David Baxter (1793-1872)
David Baxter (1793-1872) was born in Dundee to William Baxter (1767-1854) and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Gorrell (1763-1804). He was one of eight children but often considered ‘one of Dundee’s greatest sons’. Baxter initially…
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David Berry (1795–1889)
David Berry (1795–1889) came from a Cupar farming family, and became Australia’s first millionaire. In 1836, he (and two other brothers and two sisters) emigrated to join their older brother Alexander in New South…
John Hay (1840-1909)
In 1896, John Hay gave £5,000 to enable the University to buy the house known as Scores Park, to become the official residence of the Principal of the University. Hay had become well-known to the University of St…
International businessmen: the firm of Chalmers & Guthrie (1788-1897), by Matthew Ylitalo
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,…
James Alexander Guthrie (1823-1873) and Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie (1825-1897)
James Alexander Guthrie (1823-1873) and Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie (1825-1897) were the sons of David Charles Guthrie (1788-1859) and Jane Campbell Hunter (1798-1859). Their lives and careers were intricately linked to…
James Menzies (c1778-1844)
A fish-curer, merchant and sometime outlaw, James Menzies (c.1778-1844) was perhaps born on the Castle Menzies estate, Perthshire. He went into business in Glasgow, and by the later 1810s, was part-owner, with John…