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JAMES BLACK
JAMES BLACK of Craigmaddie. His town house was in that. block of buildings still standing on the south-west corner of Miller Street. He was an extensive West India merchant, and came to Glasgow from Edinburgh. He was elected Dean of Guild in 1807-8, and Lord Provost in 1808-9; and his signature for Mr. Cuninghame of Lainshaw, in the original subscription list of the Chamber, is a sufficient indication of his social position. He married Hannah, daughter of Bailie John Shortridge, and was father-in-law to the well-known Dr. Muir of St. George's, Glasgow, and latterly of St. Stephen's, Edinburgh. Provost Black is not to be confounded with the Blacks of James Black & Co., calico printers, who were Glasgow people, nor with the Blacks of John Black & Co., printers, who were Paisley people.
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