Author: Harold Peacock
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304788806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Scotland was a world banking power in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and Edward Fairley at The Royal Bank of Scotland was at the fore, eventually proclaimed the oldest banker in Glasgow. His offspring encircled the globe, enriching this family history with stories of the Chinese Opium Wars, Trinidad planters, Swedish merchants, Australian publicans, Queensland floods, British peerage, Persian intrigue, English actors, British spies, even a Soviet war hero, Ipswich Ghost, Olympic medalist, and Government minister. Only one descendant bears the Fairley name today, and that's as a given name. This Fairley family story, covering eight generations, is perfect for anyone interested in social history intertwined with global events. The family history is documented for the first time with this book.
Mr. Fairley: The Oldest Banker in Glasgow
Author: Harold Peacock
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304788806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Scotland was a world banking power in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and Edward Fairley at The Royal Bank of Scotland was at the fore, eventually proclaimed the oldest banker in Glasgow. His offspring encircled the globe, enriching this family history with stories of the Chinese Opium Wars, Trinidad planters, Swedish merchants, Australian publicans, Queensland floods, British peerage, Persian intrigue, English actors, British spies, even a Soviet war hero, Ipswich Ghost, Olympic medalist, and Government minister. Only one descendant bears the Fairley name today, and that's as a given name. This Fairley family story, covering eight generations, is perfect for anyone interested in social history intertwined with global events. The family history is documented for the first time with this book.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304788806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Scotland was a world banking power in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and Edward Fairley at The Royal Bank of Scotland was at the fore, eventually proclaimed the oldest banker in Glasgow. His offspring encircled the globe, enriching this family history with stories of the Chinese Opium Wars, Trinidad planters, Swedish merchants, Australian publicans, Queensland floods, British peerage, Persian intrigue, English actors, British spies, even a Soviet war hero, Ipswich Ghost, Olympic medalist, and Government minister. Only one descendant bears the Fairley name today, and that's as a given name. This Fairley family story, covering eight generations, is perfect for anyone interested in social history intertwined with global events. The family history is documented for the first time with this book.
The Miscellany of the Wodrow Society: Containing Tracts and Original Letters, Chiefly Relating to the Ecclesiastical Affairs of Scotland During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries ...
Author: Wodrow Society
Publisher:
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Category : Church of Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Church of Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Glasghu facies : a view of the city of Glasgow; or, An account og its origin [&c.] by J. M'Ure. mdccxxxvi. Comprising also every history hitherto published, ed. by J.F.S. Gordon
Author: John M'Ure
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Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Glasgow, Past and Present
Author: James Pagan
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Glasgow, Past and Present
Author: Robert Reid
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Glasgow, Past and Present; Illustrated in Dean of Guild Court Reports, and in the Reminiscences and Communications of Senex, Aliquis, J. B. [i.e. John Buchanan], &c
Author: James Pagan
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Glasgow, Past and Present
Author: David Robertson
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
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Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Scots Revised Reports
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Languages : en
Pages : 782
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The addresses delivered at the commencement and conclusion of the first general assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
Author: Thomas Chalmers
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Report of the Financial Committee to the General Assembly of 1843: being the first Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland
Author: Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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