Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship

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

JAMES WARDROP

JAMES WARDROP, of Springbank House, near the Clyde Iron Works. - The property, which consisted of about twenty acres, formed part of Wester Dalbeth, belonging to an ancient family-the Grays of Dalmarnock. His father purchased the estate about 1780, and laid it out with great taste; and on his death, it passed into the hands of James. He and his brother John established a business as American merchants and importers of tobacco. The firm, however, was unfortunate, and the estate was sold to their sister, Miss Isabella Wardrop; and was again sold by her in 1806 to a Glasgow merchant, Mr. Taylor, whose descendants, we believe, still retain the property.