1749 - 1821
Glasgow merchant, partner in Leitch & Smith and James Finlay & Co. Purchased Jordanhill 1821. Son of James Smith of Craigend.
'An elite revisited: Glasgow West India merchants, 1783-1877', Journal of Scottish Historical Studies 32.2 2012 pp. 127-165, at p. 164, Inventory CC 10/7/4/2357 11/10/1822; additional inventory CC 10/7/4/236 31/10/1822, further inventory SC 36/48/19/143 10/08/1824.
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Isabella Ewing
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Children
James; Archibald
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Wealth at death
£69,160
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Occupation
West India merchant
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1800 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
Leitch & Smith had advanced £25,000 to Robert Mackay & Co. in 1800 on mortgage. Mullen, Stephen Scott (2015) The ‘Glasgow West India interest: integration, collaboration and exploitation in the British Atlantic World, 1776-1846. PhD thesis, Glasgow 2015 pp. 164-166, 215. |
1800 [EA] - → Mortgage Holder
Leitch & Smith had advanced £25,000 to Robert Mackay & Co. in 1800 on mortgage. Mullen, Stephen Scott (2015) The ‘Glasgow West India interest: integration, collaboration and exploitation in the British Atlantic World, 1776-1846. PhD thesis, Glasgow 2015 pp. 164-166, 215. |
1810 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Not known
Millennium Hall was shown against Leitch & Smith for 1810-11 (Jamaica Almanacs 1811 and 1812). The Glasgow merchant firm had a branch in Kingston Jamaica. |
Commercial (2) |
Founding Partner
Leitch and Smith (later J & A Smith)
West India merchant |
Founding partner
notes → Shown as founding partner by...
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Physical (1) |
Country house
Jordanhill [Purchased]
description → Purchased in 1800 by Archibald Smith who 'shortly after... added considerably to the house and greatly improved its appearance.'...
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Business partners
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Father → Son
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Brothers
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Brothers
Notes →
Also business...
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Jordanhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Central Scotland, Scotland
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