Andrew Galbraith
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Andrew Galbraith (1799–1885) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1857 to 1860.
Life
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He was born in Campbeltown on 6 February 1799.
Together with his younger brother Archibald Galbraith they ran A & A Galbraith, cotton spinners in Glasgow. The business had offices at 4 Bothwell Street and factories on Garngad Road. Later he also had mills at Oakbank near Glasgow. His mills employed 1200 persons.{{Cite web|url=https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kosmoid&id=I15963|title = Individual Page}}
He joined Glasgow town council in the 1840s and served as Dean of Guild from 1848 to 1850. He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1857. At this time he lived at 153 St Georges Road in Glasgow.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1858
He retired to Johnstone Castle in Renfrewshire.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1884
He died at the castle on 29 November 1885 and was buried with his wife and daughters in the Glasgow Necropolis.{{Cite web|url=http://historicgraves.com/glasgow-necropolis/gla-necr-sig-0019/grave|title = GLA-NECR-SIG-0019 | Historic Graves| date=25 May 2014 }}
Family
He was married to Margaret Bogle Scott (1807-1850) from Port Glasgow.
Artistic recognition
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Category:People from Campbeltown
Category:Scottish company founders
Category:Lord provosts of Glasgow
Category:Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis
Category:19th-century Scottish businesspeople
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