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Graham-Gilbert was born in Glasgow as John Graham, the son of David Graham a West India merchant and co-owner of Graham, Milne & Co who owned a counting house (accountants) on Queen Strett. [1] John was at first trained in his father's counting-house, but preferred art and travelled to London in 1818 where he was admitted into the Royal Academy ...
However he appears to have become a merchant rather than practice law. He is listed as a merchant in Glasgow trading from the Counting House on Miller Street with lodgings on St Enoch Square in the late 18th century. [3] In 1787 he is listed as a member of the West India Club and as Secretary of Glasgow Golf Club. [4]
A counting house, or counting room, was traditionally an office in which the financial books of a business were kept. [1] It was also the place that the business received appointments and correspondence relating to demands for payment. [2] Originating in Italy, the counting house was a central feature of commerce in the high Middle Ages and ...
The Counting House in Glasgow, for instance, which was built in the Victorian era [3] and once owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, is now a Wetherspoons pub. [ 4 ] References
The Counting House, 405 Pleasant St., Fall River, seen here on May 3, 2024. Get a look at the historic space the restaurant will be in, and see what's on the menu .
Findlay's son, Robert Findlay Jr., developed the nearby Virginia Buildings used by early-19th-century tobacco traders in Glasgow. [3] Findlay Jr. sold 42 Miller Street to the family firm of Findlay, Hopkirk and Co. during this development. The house was later occupied by William Connel, who joined the business then trading as Findlay, Duff and Co.
William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731–1799) was a Scottish merchant and leading Tobacco Lord who headed one of the major Glasgow syndicates that came to dominate the transatlantic tobacco trade. [ 1 ] Most of the tobacco shipped from North American slave plantations was sold to France.
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