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19th-century Scottish businesspeople

  • James Beaumont NeilsonJames Beaumont Neilson was born on the 22nd of June 1792 in Shettleston. His father Walter Neilson worked as a millwright and later became an engine wright…
  • Charles TennantCharles Tennant entered the world on the 3rd of May 1768 at Laigh Corton in Alloway, Ayrshire. He was the sixth child among thirteen surviving siblings born…
  • John Loudon McAdamJohn Loudon McAdam was born on the 23rd of September 1756 in Ayr, Scotland. He entered the world as the youngest of ten children and the second son of the…
  • Thomas LiptonA tenement on Crown Street in the Gorbals district of Glasgow housed a family that had fled Ireland during the Great Famine.