Son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith, winning a government contract to sheath ships' hulls in copper. With the fortune he made from this venture, he purchased the estates of Callendar and Linlithgow.
Married firstly, 1787, Mary McAdam, daughter of John McAdam of Craigengillan, who died childless in 1801.
Married secondly, 1806, Agnes Chalmers, of Aberdeen.
Son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith, winning a government contract to sheath ships' hulls in copper. With the fortune he made from this venture, he purchased the estates of Callendar and Linlithgow.
Married firstly, 1787, Mary McAdam, daughter of John McAdam of Craigengillan, who died childless in 1801.
Married secondly, 1806, Agnes Chalmers, of Aberdeen.
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