The Hon. William Rae Arthur was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as
Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1869 to 1871.
Life
In 1850 he was Director of Muir Brown & Co based ar 296 St Vincent St.
He was a director of A & W Arthur, a warehouse company in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
. He lived at 20 Buccleuch Street in the city.
In 1869 he succeeded
Sir James Lumsden
Sir James Lumsden DL (1808–1879) was a Scottish stationer and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1866 to 1869. He was known as the Knight of Arden.
History
The eldest son of James Lumsden who served as Lord Provost of G ...
as
Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was succeeded in turn in 1871 by Sir James Watson.
On 18 February 1871 he is recorded as officially sanctioning the new
Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
In 1880 he is listed as a Director of Muir Brown & Co and was living at 1 Crown Gardens in
Dowanhill
Dowanhill is an area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.
An upper middle-class residential district, the area generally contains a mixture of terraced townhouses with private communal gardens, detached villas with private grounds and a number ...
.
In 1873 he is listed as a
Freemason
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
.
[History of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) 1873]
References
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Businesspeople from Glasgow
Lord Provosts of Glasgow