1 ROLL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GUILDRY OF DUNDEE ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED DUNDEE PRINTED BY WILLIAM KIDD & SONS, WHITEHALL STREET 1929 Simon Forrest, Esq., Lord Dean of Guild Assessors 1926 Robert Steven Thomas Russell Alexander Spence C. J. Bisset David Dickie Neil Macdonald 1927 - W. Campbell Scarlett William Anderson T. B. Taylor P. S. Nicoll W. S. Nicoll J. F. Simpson 1928 W. G. Anderson Findlay Lesslie James King A. R. Merchant L. K. Stevenson William Foggie 1
2 Joseph Wilkie, clerk David Don, collector and Treasurer Geo. D. Bedson, Officer 2
3 The Dean of Guild holds a Court once a week, or oftener when required, for the purpose of disposing of applications for Warrants to build within Burgh, encroachments by conterminous proprietors, removal or repair of dangerous or ruinous buildings &c. The Lord Dean holds the following Offices ex-officio: - Member of the Town Council of Dundee Do Dundee Police Commission Do Dundee water Commission Do Dundee Burial Board Do Dundee Gas Commission All now amalgamated and known as the Town Council of Dundee Director of the Dundee Orphan Institution Do Deaf and Dumb Institution Do High School Governor of Do University College Guthrie Davidson s Mortification for The Home. Trustee of The Technical Institute Do Alexander Cameron s Mortification Do Webster and Davidson Mortification for the Blind. Do John Hutchison s Mortification. Manager of the Dundee Savings Bank DO John Boyd Baxter Fund Patron (one of) Mrs Gibson s Mortification. Do Symers Fund for indigent Females. Do or Trustee (one of) George Bruce s Mortification 3
4 ROLL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GUILDRY OF DUNDEE Note. Those who have the letters D G after their names have held the office of Dean, and those persons whose address is not given but who have the letters n r after their names are not resident in the town or neighbourhood. A Years of Admission For posterity 1892 Adam, John jun. ropemaker 1920 Anderson, William G., manager. Dundee Flour Mills (life in 1909) 1928 Air, David, merchant 1921 Allan, Robert, Inspector of Poor 1892 Anderson, David, manager 1909 Anderson, William, stockbroker 1926 Anderson, David A., manufacturer 1919 Archer, James B., builder B 1921 Bell, Thomas Norman J., manufacturer, son of Thomas 1909 Binny, Alexander, builder, son of James nr 1904 Bisset, C. J., Sheriff Clerk of Forfarshire, by Isabella, daughter of William Smith DG 1877 Brodie, John, shoemaker, by Agnes, daughter of John Bruce 1870 Brodie, Walter Lyon, merchant, son of Samuel 1877 Brown, D. D., architect, son of James 1877 Bruce, James, architect, son of John 1870 Buik, Thomas, compositor, son of Robert 1902 Bell, Robert, timber merchant 1926 Birrell, James, bootmaker 1929 Blackwood, Robert, printer 1926 Bonar, George, manufacturer 1928 Bonar, Thomas H. D., merchant 4
5 1892 Brown Alexander, yard manager 1929 Brown, Arthur E., manufacturer 1909 Brown David Miller, dry goods warehouseman 1911 Brown, William Halley, brewer 1902 Buist, J. C., manufacturer 1920 Buist, Wm., Huntley, cabinetmaker C 1927 Caird, Alex., clothier 1892 Carmichael, David Low, engineer, son of George 1892 Carmichael, Edward, engineer, son of George 1892 Cleghorn, John, merchant, son of William 1894 Cochrane, James Y., clerk, son of John M. 1909 Cox, James Ernest, merchant, son of Edward 1909 Cox, Arthur, merchant, son of Edward 1888 Cameron, Augustus Stephen, house factor 1892 Campbell, John, grocer s assistant 1902 Capon, T. M., architect 1908 Carnegie, George, sculptor 1908 Chalmers, David F., mill furnisher 1872 Clark, James, manufacturer 1927 Cowper, Ralph C., manager, D. P. & L. Shipping Co. D 1872 Davidson, John, clerk, son of William 1905 Dickie, David, wholesale ironmonger (life in 1896) DG 1886 Doig, J. L., chemist, Son of William 1877 Donald, David, merchant, son of James 1877 Douglas, William A., merchant, son of Andrew 1877 Duncan, Fames, son of P. M. 1881 Duncan, William Knight, clerk, son of P. M. 1191 Durkie, Alexander Frederick, architect and surveyor, son of Alexander F. 1891 Dickie, William Bruce, solicitor 1892 Dobson, William, law clerk 1888 Don, David, C. A. 1926 Donald, George R., solicitor 1877 Douglas, James O., nook-keeper 1928 Dunn, William F 1903 Fair-weather, W. W., tobacco manufacturer, son of James T. 5
6 1894 Farquharson, David, plumber, son of John 1894 Farquharson, George, plumber, son of John 1892 Fisher, Peter, bookbinder, by Mary, daughter of Charles Mearns 1921 Foggie, David, artist, son of James 1903 Foggie, James K., baker, son of John 1894 Foggie, William, joiner, son of James 1920 Frain, William, agent 1903 Fairweather, john S., merchant 1901 Ferguson, Robert, shipowner 1922 Findaly, James, joiner 1892 Forrest, Simon, shipbroker DG 1896 Forwell, William, baker 1928 Fraser, Simon G., baker 1926 French, W. Forrest, solicitor G 1897 Gibson, Robert J., merchant, by Nancy, daughter of G. S. Whytock 1903 Gold, James, solicitor, by Maggie, daughter of William Ellis nr 1877 Grant, stockbroker, son of Rev. P. 1991 Gray, James M., solicitor, by Margaret, daughter of James Yeaman 1892 Galloway, Alexander L., clerk 1892 Grant, James, clerk, now solicitor 1928 Grant, James, miller 1920 Gregory, William Ferguson, Harbour Master H 1921 Halley, James Roy Lindsay, manufacturer, son of James H. 1894 Hamilton, George S., boot manufacturer, son of James 1892 Henderson, James L., leather merchant, son of James 1892 Henderson, R. S., leather merchant, son of James 1892 Henderson, William, manufacturer, son of Alexander 1920 High Wm., ship owner 1909 Hood, James S., coal merchant, son of George S. 1909 Hood, William, coal merchant, son of George S. 1919 Hood, Robert S., coal merchant, son of James S. 1877 Hogg, James, builder 1908 Horsburgh, David, contractor 1923 How D. P. 1892 Hume, Henry, sawmiller 1892 Hurrie, J. B., draper 1903 Hynd, William, clerk 6
7 K 1926 Keiller, Robert, painter and decorator 1894 Keith, Ernest Christie, son of Robert 1892 Keith, H. M Grady, son of Robert 1894 Keith, James Lawson, son of Robert 1892 Keith, R. D. L. son of Robert 1919 King, James, egg merchant (life in 1909) 1920 King, Andrew, egg merchant, son of James 1903 Kyd, J. A., solicitor, by Maude, daughter of Thomas Taylor 1921 Kyd, John Normansell, manufacturer L 1886 Leitch, James Thomson, son of Andrew 1892 Leitch, R. T., coal exporter, son of Andrew 1877 Low, John Campbell, clerk, son of J. C. 1926 Low, John Campbell junr., son of John Campbell 1892 Low, William, engineer, son of J. F. 1894 Lamb, William Mitchell, stationer 1908 Langlands, James R., quarrymaster 1929 Larg, Robert J., musicseller 1870 Leighton, William, engineer 1922 Lesslie, Findlay 1892 Lindsay, Charles, warehouseman 1909 Lockhart, James, electrical engineer 1925 Loggie, Robert, retired schoolmaster 1892 Longair, William, manufacturer 1894 Low, William, wholesale grocer 1892 Lundie, Peter, warehouseman M 1894 Macdonald, Henry William, joiner, son of Henry 1889 M Donald, William, insurance agent, son of W. D. 1870 M Farlane, David, boilermaker, son of George 1870 M Farlane, John, manufacturer, son of George 1872 M Farlane, Louis Kossuth, son of George 1892 M Grady, W. W. H., merchant, son of Henry 1909 M Intyre, J. E., C.A., son of Daniel 1872 Mackay, James, son of J. H. 1903 Mackay, William, painter, son of J. H. 1888 M'Laggan, George Mason, by Jane, daughter of G. D. Bruce 1894 M Laggan, John Jun., clerk, son of John 1886 M'Laggan, William, clerk, son of John 1870 Malcolm, Alexander, flaxspinner, London, son of George 1892 Mearns, Alexander, marine engineer, South Shields, don of Charles 7
8 1892 Mearns, Rev. Robert Burns, son of Charles 1881 Methven, James White, clerk, son of T. E. 1903 Milne, Alexander, builder, son of Thomas 1863 Milne, John M Lean, solicitor, son of David nr 1926 Mitchell, David S., son of James 1881 Moncur, John, St. Petersburg 1872 M Donald, Kenneth, contractor nr 1902 Macdonald, Neil, fruit merchant 1928 M Kee, Thomas, wine merchant 1877 Mackay, James D., warehouseman 1921 Mackersie, James, electrical engineer 1870 Malcolm, Alexander, flaxspinner 1877 Malcolm. William, merchant 1877 Mann, Robert, clerk 1903 Martin, W. H. B., solicitor 1909 Maxwell, David, electrical engineer 1923 Mechan, Alex. R., dental surgeon 1894 Menzies, William, draper 1892 Mitchell, William, warehouseman 1926 Morton, James, clothier 1926 Morrison, Frank H., solicitor 1892 Murray, Andrew, carter N 1919 Nairn, Douglas, manufacturer, son of John Mathewson 1927 Nairn, Boswell L., shipping agent 1877 Nicoll, David, engineer 1928 Nicoll, Douglas, wine merchant 1908 Nicoll, Peter S., shipping agent DG O 1925 Oastler, Alex., joiner 1928 Ovenstone, Reginald A. P 1926 Prain, John C., manufacturer, son of John Eason 8
9 1925 Patterson, D. T., builder 1894 Peacock, Andrew Lawson, brassfounder 1922 Phin, John, ironmonger 1870 Powrie, William, builder 1925 Proctor, A. L., house agent R 1886 Robertson, Charles David, commission agent, son of Charles 1894 Robertson, Edwin Fenton, clerk, son of Charles 1892 Robertson, John C., wine merchant, son of W. B. 1923 Roberts, David Rollo, wine merchant 1926 Russell, Tomas, blacksmith (life in 1894) 1926 Russell, Thomas A., engineer, son of Thomas 1926 Reid, William, bank agent 1877 Robertson, Andrew, engineer 1923 Robertson, George 1877 Robertson, William, book-keeper 1877 Ross, James D., builder S 1919 Scarlet, W. Campbell. Solicitor (life in 1908) 1894 Scott, William, butcher, Broughty Ferry 1892 Scott, William jun., merchant, son of James 1894 Scrimgeour, George, wholesale grocer, son of John 1892 Sharp, Fred. Bower., manufacturer son of F. B. 1928 Sharp, Hugh F. B., manufacturer, son of John 1929 Sharp, Harold S., manufacturer, son of John 1929 Sharp, Ronald G., manufacturer, son of John 1910 Sheach, Norman, bank clerk 1920 Shepherd, Edward, house factor 1920 Shepherd, Andrew Inglis, house factor, son of Edward 1920 Shepherd, Joseph Leslie, house factor, son of Edward 1919 Sibbald, John Greig jun., house agent, son of John Greig 1921 Simpson, Peter, architect, son of john 1927 Sinclair, Peter, architect, son of John 1914 Smith, George Henderson, clerk, son of John C. 1893 Stevenson, John Lawrence, solicitor, son of George 1920 Stewart, Charles, C. A. 1900 Stewart, John M., merchant, son of D. Gordon 1870 Summers, Adam jun., wright, son of Adam 1870 Summers, Andrew, joiner, son of Adam 1870 Summers, David, mechanic, son of Adam 9
10 1909 Salmond, William, architect, Dundee 1902 Sime, George, timber merchant 1918 Simpson, James, solicitor 1928 Smith, Alfred S. H., merchant 1920 Smith, Wm. Ross, manufacturer 1894 Soutar, Alfred, watchmaker 1909 Soutar, John M., solicitor 1892 Soutar, W. F., merchant 1903 Spence, Alexander, grain merchant 1903 Spence, john, grain merchant 1894 Steven, Robert, solicitor 1928 Stevenson, Francis, dyer 1894 Stevenson, Laurence Kerr, quarrymaster 1928 Stewart, Athole F., manufacturer 1926 Stewart, Charles, mercantile clerk T 1877 Taylor, John B., merchant, son of Thomas 1903 Taylor, Thomas B., coal merchant 1909 Thomson, Joseph, painter 1926 Thomson, David, property agent 1927 Thomson, John, wine merchant 1929 Tyrie, David A., merchant V 1928 Valentine, William H., manufacturer 1920 Walker, Thoms H. H., manufacturer, son of John H. 1921 Walker, Charles W., manufacturer, son of William 1921 Walker, H. Giles, manufacturer, son of William 1926 Watson, George T., managing editor, by Edith, daughter of William High 1870 Watson, David Alexander, tea merchant, son of James 1894 Watson, High Hayes, accountant, by Robina, daughter of Robert D. Fox 1896 Watson, Thomas, produce broker, by Jane, daughter of James Yeaman 1929 White, James, tea merchant, son of David 1870 Whitton, Alexander Barry, manufacturer, son of John 1903 Wilkie, Charles M. B., butcher, son of William Wilkie jun. 1894 Wilkie, George, butcher, son of William Wilkie, tailor 1903 Wilkie, George, butcher, son of William Wilkie jun. 1894 Wilkie, Thomas, butcher, son of William Wilkie Jun. 1894 Wilkie, William, jun., architect, son of William Wilkie Jun. 1909 Willison, John, merchant, son of Andrew 10
11 1892 Wilson, James Rattray, upholsterer, son of Alexander 1927 Wilson, Garnet, D., draper 1870 Wood, William, clerk, son of David nr 1924 Watson, Robert, ropespinner 1908 Wilkie Joseph, solicitor 1903 Willsher, George Jun., wine merchant 1892 Wilson, James, clerk Y 1892 Younger, John jun., law clerk 11