Robert Boyd was part of a family calico printing firm in Barrhead and Manchester which was run with his brother Thomas Boyd. Robert Boyd was a founding member of the Baths, being an original shareholder of the Glasgow Swimming Baths Co Ltd and on the first committee of management of the Arlington Swimming Club. The … Continue reading Robert Boyd – calico printer
Robert Peel Lamond – lawyer and Poor Law reformer
Robert Peel Lamond was a lawyer and legal author from a family of lawyers who were active in Glasgow city politics.
James S Higginbotham, calico printer, and Mary Higginbotham, nursing pioneer
James Samuel Higginbotham was involved in his family's successful calico printing business and his wife Mary set up an organisation of nurses to care for poor residents of Glasgow.
William Graham – chartered accountant and city father
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
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.
Arlington Baths Club History Group 