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Louis Stewart Gumley
Sir Louis Stewart Gumley LLD (7 May 1870 – 30 September 1941) was a Scottish property agent who founded the firm Gumleys and who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1935 to 1938. Gumleys merged in 1989 to become Speirs Gumley. Life He was born in Dublin in Ireland on 7 May 1870 the son of Thomas Franc Sadler Gumley and his wife Wilhelmina Moffat. He moved to Edinburgh around 1890 with his mother, following the death of his father, and they lived in a flat at 11 Howe Street. He founded Gumleys in 1898 at 84 Leith Walk. In 1910 he was running a property business at 89 Leith Walk and living at 3 Dundas Street in New Town, Edinburgh, Edinburgh's Second New Town.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1910-11 In 1935 he succeeded Sir William Johnston Thomson as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He died on 30 September 1941 at Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District but was returned to Edinburgh for burial in Warriston Cemetery in the north of the city. The grave lies at the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Provost Of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. It is the equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries. While some of Scotland's subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elect a Provost (civil), Provost, only the four main cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland, Dundee) have a Lord Provost. In Edinburgh this position dates from 1667, when Charles II of England, Charles II elevated the Provost to the status of Lord Provost, with the same rank and precedence as the Lord Mayor of London. The title of Lord Provost is enshrined in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. Roles and Traditions Prior to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
