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JOHN LAURIE
JOHN LAURIE, merchant, Greenhead; counting-house, High Street, above No. 10. - In the beginning of this century two brothers, James and David Laurie, feued land on the south bank of the Clyde from Hutchesons' Hospital, and built thereon a range of buildings, of which Canton Place forms a part. The district, which was said to be a model specimen of street architecture, was named after its founders, and still bears the name - Laurieston. John Laurie was a relative - uncle, it is said - to the builders of Laurieston, and the prime agent in the speculation. Mr. Laurie was one of the first directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and through life took an active interest in all its transactions. He was a magistrate in 1784 and 1787. He died in 1811.
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