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Short biographical notices of the principal merchants, manufacturers etc of Glasgow in 1783

ROBERT EUING

ROBERT EUING, baker and victualler, Trongate (Tait). - This occupation he combined with an extensive grain trade, inherited from his father, Bailie William Euing, an excellent public-spirited citizen, originally from the parish of Drymen. Mr. Euing's sister, Isabel, married Archibald Smith of Jordanhill, West India merchant, of Leitch & Smith. She died in 1855, aged 101. Her nephew was the well-remembered citizen, William Euing, of the firm of William Euing & Co., underwriters, Exchange, who died recently at an advanced age. Robert Euing died in 1786.

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