Allan Gilmour (29 September 1805 – 18 November 1884) was a businessman in the shipping and timber industries and worked for the family firm in Britain and Canada. He worked for a firm established by his uncle Allan Gilmour Sr.

Biography

Allan was born on September 29, 1805, at Craigton, Mearns (

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), Scotland, the son of John Gilmour, a farmer, and Margaret Urie. In 1819, he was hired as a clerk by

Pollok, Gilmour and Company Pollok, Gilmour, and Company was a Glasgow-based timber-importing firm established in 1804 by Allan Gilmour, Sr and the brothers John Pollok and Arthur Pollok. The company soon became the leading British firm in the North American timber trade. ...

, a firm established by his uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. and partners John and Arthur Pollok. In 1821, he was promoted to clerk in the company's booming

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, branch ( Gilmour, Rankin & Co). In 1824, he transferred to a new branch in

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, and in 1826 joined the

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, operation (

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and Co.). In 1828, he joined a new venture, Allan Gilmour and Company, a partnership established by Allan, his uncle (Allan Gilmour, Sr), and William Ritchie of

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. He died in

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, Scotland.

References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
1805 births 1884 deaths Canadian businesspeople {{Canada-business-bio-stub