Old Photograph St James's Church Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of St James's Church in Paisley, Scotland. This Scottish church is early French Gothic style to a design by Hippolyte Blanc, largely gifted by Sir Peter Coats in 1884. He was a Scottish thread manufacturer and philanthropist of note. He was co founder of the firm J & P Coats which later evolved into Coats Group. He was born on 18 July 1808 in Paisley and is deeply associated with that town. He attended Paisley Grammar School and then the University of Glasgow, at first intending to study for as a minister. However he decided to follow his father, James Coats, as a thread manufacturer, largely in partnership with his younger brother Thomas Coats. He died in the Mustapha Superieur quarter of Algiers on 9 March 1890 aged 81. His body was returned to Paisley for burial in Woodside Cemetery, west of the town centre.



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Old Photograph Machermore Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Machermore Castle by Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. James Cleland Burns, 3rd Baron Inverclyde married on 2nd of April 1891, Charlotte Mary Emily, youngest daughter of Mr. Nugent-Dunbar of Machermore Castle, Newton Stewart, and had two daughters, Emily and Muriel, and a son, John Alan Burns, who succeeded him. James Burns was born in Glasgow in 1864, and educated at Repton. He was the principal Director of the shipping business of Messrs. G. & J. Burns, Limited, and took a strong interest in everything connected with shipping. He was President of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom in 1899. In 1900 he became Chairman of the Glasgow Shipowners' Association, and was an Honorary Member of the Advisory Committee on New Lighthouse Works to the Board of Trade. He was a Director of the Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd., and of the Clydesdale Bank Ltd. He was a member of the Glasgow Committee of Lloyd's Register, a representative of Glasgow on the London General Committee of Lloyds' Register, and a Director of the Clyde Steamship Owners' Association. He was an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects and of the Scottish Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders. He was also involved in the religious and philanthropic life of the city.



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Tour Scotland Easter Monday Video Scottish Pipers Scone Palace Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Easter Monday video of Scottish bagpipers playing on the parkland on ancestry visit to Scone Palace by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Easter Video Doocot Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland Easter Sunday video of the Doocot on ancestry visit to Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. An early 17th century Dovecot on the castle grounds; repaired in 1976. A dovecote or doocot is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Double chamber, rectangular-plan, lectern dovecot. Roughly coursed rubble with squared rubble quoins, some dressed. Part base course, stepped alighting ledge/rat course, crowstepped flanks with moulded skewputts, back parapet carried up to form gable. Angus stone slates.

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Tour Scotland Easter Sunday Video Drive To Glamis Castle Angus

Tour Scotland Easter Sunday video of part of a drive to visit Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland. There was a castle on this site in 1376, when it was granted by Robert I to John Lyon, Lord Glamis, who reconstructed the castle at that time. A beautiful Easter Sunday at Glamis Castle.

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