Old Photograph Mansion House Tollcross Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the mansion house in Tollcross Park in Glasgow, Scotland. This Scottish house was built in 1848 by David Bryce for the Dunlop family. Glasgow Corporation purchased the house and surrounding land in 1896. James Dunlop, was born 1742. He acquired Garnkirk from the representatives of his uncle, the third James Dunlop, and added largely to his landed property by the purchase of estates around the old family place. Along with his father and brother John, of Rosebank, he carried on the family tobacco business in Virginia, USA, until a most severe " monetary crisis " occurred in 1793, and the firm was obliged to succumb. Garnkirk and the other estates were then sold, James Dunlop retaining the superiority and minerals of Carmyle. After the great tobacco house thus came to a close James Dunlop engaged in the business of mining, and, as a coal master, worked the minerals upon Carmyle. He purchased, as already shown, about 1810, the house and part of the lands of Tollcross, and died there in 1816. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Colin Dunlop. Colin, born in Glasgow in 1775. He purchased the Clyde Ironworks, was a keen Whig politician, and one of the great leaders of the Reform party in Glasgow. In 1835, along with James Oswald, he was elected Member of Parliament for the city. He died, unmarried, in 1837, and was succeeded by his nephew, James Dunlop, who is also proprietor of the Clyde Ironworks. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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