Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship

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

MATHEW PERSTON

MATHEW PERSTON, of Mathew & John Perston, lawn and cambric manufacturers. - He had his warehouse at 165 Saltmarket, and his house in Campbell Street, Dovehill. The Perstons have since owned the fine residences of Thornwood, Partick, and Brooksby, Largs. Mathew Perston was elected chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in 1802, on the death of Mr. Henry Riddell. He married Elizabeth Reid, daughter of John Reid and Elizabeth Reid, sister of "Senex," and was father of the late Mathew Perston of Brooksby. He died in 1833.