The story behind the Guthrie Scholarship and Cheape Bursaries at the University of St Andrews is one of interconnected influential families, immense business wealth, and exploitative imperial labour systems. In 1865,…
David Charles Guthrie (1788-1859) of Dundee was born to parents James Guthrie, 2nd Baron of Cragie (1740-1830) and Amelia Murray (c.1749-c.1824). He was a student at United College from 1802 to 1804. Guthrie became…
George Clerk Cheape (1801-1886) of Strathtyrum was the son of George Cheape and Lilias Guthrie. In the 1830s, Cheape moved to London and joined the merchant firm, Chalmers & Guthrie, with his uncle David Charles…