Henry Dunlop of Craigton

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DL (1799–1867) was a Scottish cotton manufacturer and merchant who served as

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from 1837 to 1840.

Life

He was born on 7 June 1799 in

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the third son of James Dunlop of

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(1762–1826) and his wife, Bruce Alice (sic) (1769–1855), daughter of Rev James Alice of Paisley. He joined the family firm of James Miller & Sons (one of the oldest cotton firms in Scotland) around 1813. He was educated at Glasgow High School and spent some time at

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(without graduating). In 1829 he purchased the estate of Craigton in south-west Glasgow. He was a leading member of the

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from 1830 until death. He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1837 aged only 37, one of the city's youngest Lord Provosts. During his period in office he lived at 86 Miller Street in Glasgow. His was a bitterly contested election which had to be settled by the

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. In the

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in the Church of Scotland he played a leading role in the political guidance upon the religious schism. In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the

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his proposer being

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his counterpart, being the former Lord Provost of

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. He was later Vice Chairman of the

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and remained Vice Chairman when it amalgamated to create the far larger

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. He sold Craigton House to a merchant, Graham Hutchison, several years prior to his death. He died during a visit to

on 10 May 1867 from a "painful internal complaint." His widow moved to Edinburgh where she died on 20 January 1872.

Family

He married twice, firstly in 1826 to Ann Cairnie (1800–1829) by whom he had two children Margaret Ann Dunlop (who died in childhood) and James Dunlop (1828–1898). Secondly in 1831 he married Alexina Rankin from

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(1804–1872) by whom he had ten further children.

Artistic recognition

He was photographed several times by

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References

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