Autumn Road Trip Drive With Music From Perth On Visit To Dennistoun Glasgow Scotland

Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video of a one hour drive, with Scottish music, West from Broxden Roundabout by Perth in Perthshire, on the A9 road and the M80 Motorway on ancestry, genealogy visit to Dennistoun in Glasgow. Dennistoun is a mostly residential district 1 mile East of George Square in Glasgow. Alexander Dennistoun, born 1790, died 1874, was a Cotton trader. The eldest son of a successful merchant family, Dennistoun was educated at Glasgow Grammar School and the College of Glasgow before making his name in the family business. In 1820, he spent time in New Orleans, America, establishing cotton trading links. With other Scottish businessmen, Dennistoun formed The Glasgow Bank, which through merger became part of the Union Bank of Scotland. Dennistoun acted as a director of the latter institution. Dennistoun maintained a home in Golfhill, Glasgow and Lagarie, a villa on the Gare Loch. He served briefly as Liberal Member of Parliament for Dumbarton from 1834. His name is chiefly remembered as the founder, in 1861, of the Glasgow district of Dennistoun, an area of tenements and villas in the east end of the city. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip James Livingstone Begg was born in Dennistoun in Glasgow in 1874 and educated at Garnethill School. He trained as an artist in Paris. France, for three years, but ultimately was employed in his father's business as a House Factor and Property Agent in Glasgow, becoming a partner in 1917. However, geology was his passion. He studied Geology as a series of extramural evening classes at Glasgow University, joining the Glasgow Geological Society in 1905. He was President of the Glasgow Geological Society from 1935 to 1938. He was also a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lanark. He died on 11 August 1958. His large fossil collection, specialising in trilobites was gifted to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. This is known as the Begg Collection. The British surname Dennistoun was first found in Yorkshire, England, where the first record of the name was found in 1212. Spelling variations of this family name include: Dennison, Denison, Denson, Dennistoun, Dennistown, Dennisone and many more. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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