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Alexander Campbell of Hallyards

Profile & Legacies Summary

1768 - 1817

Biography

Glasgow merchant, partner in John Campbell senior & Co.

  1. Will of Alexander Campbell Halyard merchant of Glasgow proved 25/11/1817. He left his estate in trust to a large group of trustees including his partners Mungo Nutter Campbell and Colin Campbell to secure an annuity of £500 p.a to his wife Barbara. He left £7500 to each of his two younger sons Archibald Campbell and John James Campbell, and £5000 each to his daughters Sarah Mann [?] and Ann Penelope Campbell Dennistoun Campbell, with the remainder to his residuary heir his eldest son Mungo Campbell.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1598/354

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Legacies Summary

Commercial (3)

Partner
John Campbell sen.
West India merchant  
 
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Partner
Campbells, Fraser
West India merchant  
 
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Partner
Newark Sugar Refining Company
Sugar refiner  
 
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Cultural (1)

Paintings
Portrait by Raeburn, held by Glasgow Museums,... 
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Relationships (5)

Alexander Campbell of Hallyards
Business partners
John Campbell senior of Morriston
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Cousins and business...
Alexander Campbell of Hallyards
Father → Son
Mungo Campbell junior
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Alexander Campbell of Hallyards
Other relatives
Robert Nutter Campbell
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Shown as 'cousins' in some sources, e.g. https://hallyards.org/history/...
Alexander Campbell of Hallyards
Brothers
Colin Campbell of Glasgow and Rotterdam
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Alexander Campbell of Hallyards
Brothers
James Campbell of Newton Lodge
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Andrew Scott, 'Four Leading Articles', in Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society Vol. I No. xxv p....

Addresses (1)

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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