Robert Dalglish (1770–1844) was a Scottish merchant and

calico Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than ...

printer who served as Lord Provost of

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from 1830 to 1832.

Life

He was born in Glasgow in 1770 and apprenticed around 1784 to Andrew Stephenson a

muslin Muslin () is a cotton fabric of plain weave. It is made in a wide range of weights from delicate sheers to coarse sheeting. It gets its name from the city of Mosul, Iraq, where it was first manufactured. Muslin of uncommonly delicate handsp ...

manufacturer on Bell Street. In 1803, with his brother Alexander Dalglish and friend Patrick Falconer, bought 33 Scots acres of land from John Lennox (the land then known as Lennoxfield) and the wider area known as

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. He was a partner in the firm Dalglish Falconer & Co. running the Lennoxmill Printfield warehouse at 27 Ingram Street in Glasgow. Dalglish lived at 25 St Vincent Place in the city centre. He became a Glasgow town councillor in 1825 and was elected as Lord Provost in 1830. By the time of his death, over and above his Lennoxtown premises, he had a muslin manufactor business and separate calico-printing business, both in the city centre. He died in Glasgow on 5 January 1844.

Artistic Recognition

He was portrayed by

John Graham-Gilbert John Graham-Gilbert (1794 – 4 June 1866) was a Scottish portrait painter and art collector. Life Graham-Gilbert was born in Glasgow as John Graham, the son of David Graham a West India merchant and co-owner of Graham, Milne & Co who owned a c ...

Family

He married Jean Clyde at the

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in 1791. His son Andrew Stephenson Dalglish (1793-1858) was named after his first employer. He was also father to

Robert Dalglish Robert Dalglish (4 January 1808 – 20 June 1880) was a Scottish Radical politician. He was the Member of Parliament MP for Glasgow from 1857 to 1874. Life Dalglish was born in Glasgow, the son of Robert Dalglish (1770–1844) the Lord Provost ...

MP (1808-1880).

References

1770 births 1844 deaths Lord Provosts of Glasgow Businesspeople from Glasgow British businesspeople {{Scotland-bio-stub