William Graham, son of grain merchant, member of a successful family of accountants and committed community member. He was a member of the first Committee of Management of the Arlington Swimming Club. William was born on 30 April 1838 to Patrick Graham, a grain merchant from Garnethill, Glasgow, and Mary Wright Lang. They had married … Continue reading William Graham – chartered accountant and city father
Category: Arlington Swimming Club Committee
Members of the Committee of Management of Arlington Swimming Club 1870
John Black Cowan – Surgeon and university professor
John Black Cowan was an eminent surgeon and a professor of medicine at Glasgow University with a family interest in public health.
Sebastian Hermann Schwabe – businessman and calico printer
Sebastian Hermann Schwabe was a businessman from a German Jewish family who had long been established in Glasgow and Lancashire.
John Marshall Junior – lawyer
John Marshall came from a family of lawyers and himself worked in the legal profession, with a connection with courts in Ireland.
Robert Dalglish Junior – calico printer and longtime Arlington chairman
Robert Dalglish Junior was from an eminent local family, including businessmen, a Lord Provost and an MP, and was chairman of the the Board at the Arlington Baths for its first 48 years. He was a director of the Glasgow Swimming Baths Company and secretary to the First Committee of Management of the Arlington Swimming … Continue reading Robert Dalglish Junior – calico printer and longtime Arlington chairman
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