William McDowall
William McDowall (c. 1749 – 3 April 1810) of Garthland and Castle Semple was a Scottish Member of Parliament.[1]
Life
He was the eldest son of William McDowall, Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1768 to 1774, and Elizabeth Graham.[1] His youngest brother, David McDowall-Grant, was also briefly a Member of Parliament for Banffshire.
He was educated at
He sat as Member of Parliament for
Glasgow Burghs from 1790 to 1802, and again for Renfrewshire from 1802 until 1810.[1]
He owned property in
St Kitts as well as extensive lands in west-central Scotland which he bequeathed in trust to his nephew William McDowall (1770-1840), son of his brother James.[2]
He was a partner in the firm of Alexander Houston & Co., a major Glasgow firm trading in the West Indies, which failed in 1801.[3]
He was
Rector of Glasgow University from 1795 to 1797.[5]
Family
His younger brother
Lord Provost of Glasgow.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1790–1820.
- ^ Legacies of British Slave-ownership: William McDowall of Garthland.
- ^ Douglas Hamilton’s ‘Scottish Trading in the Caribbean: The Rise and Fall of Houstoun & Co.’, in Ned C. Landsman (ed), Nation and Province in the First British Empire: Scotland and the Americas, 1600-1800 (Bucknell University Press, 2001), 94-126. cited on UCL Legacies of British Slave-ownership website.
- ^ "No. 13652". The London Gazette. 6 May 1794. p. 409.
- ^ The University of Glasgow Story - William McDowall of Garthland and Castle Semple.
- ^ "Provosts of Glasgow". 5 May 2017.