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George Glasgow, Manchester cloth patent, 1762

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Biography

George Glasgow, of Manchester, is reported granted royal letters patent for fourteen years for the sole manufacture and vending of his cloth imitating women’s stitched stays. Three issues report one fourteen-year royal patent. George is styled of Manchester; birth origin, later residence, family and individual identity with the Scottish merchant or officers are unproved. The patent report documents a George Glasgow of Manchester. Four compatible Scottish chronological comparisons remain possible; none has an inspected inventor/patent identity bridge. This subject remains separate from the Glasgow merchant and military subjects.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Research Notes

The patent report documents a George Glasgow of Manchester. Four compatible Scottish chronological comparisons remain possible; none has an inspected inventor/patent identity bridge. This subject remains separate from the Glasgow merchant and military subjects.

Bounded QMD/public catalogue search; no relevant exact inventor note found, which is not proof of no compatible person.

The patent term is reported; no patent grant day, manufacture or later residence is independently proved.

Glasgow-1070: Estimated c. 1719 Kilwinning birth permits these eighteenth-century appearances; no occupation, Manchester or individual bridge. Glasgow-4165: Uncertain birth before 1722 and Irvine family context permit an older adult; no patent, mercantile or army-service identity bridge. Glasgow-1058: Uncertain birth before 20 November 1687 at Kilwinning permits an older man in 1762/1768, but age makes this a weak comparison; no occupational or personal bridge. Glasgow-3312: Exact 19 July 1729 Kilwinning birth and recorded 27 June 1768 death fit early 1762/1767/1768 appearances by chronology/locality. Later property reprints can be posthumous; no individual identifier joins this profile to the advertiser.

Inspect original patent enrolment/specification and Manchester trade, parish and residence records for the inventor’s identifiers; compare candidate source records.

Sources

1. Identity review — 6 October 2026

No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search; **READY TO CREATE** once the biography below is checked.

New record: TNA SP 37/1/134 (Aug-Nov 1762) is the petition of 'Robert Elsden of St Luke Old Street, London, weaver, and George Glasgow of Manchester [Lancashire] weaver' for letters patent for a new method of weaving and quilting cloth in the loom, in imitation of common, India, French and Marseilles quilting. This is the patent the newspapers report as cloth imitating stitched stays, and it makes George a weaver living in Manchester. No WikiTree George Glasgow has a Manchester, Lancashire or weaving record. Glasgow-3312 (b. 1729 Kilwinning, 'merchant in Glasgow' and heir of Nethermains in 1767-68) differs in status and residence, and only a general textile overlap joins them, so he drops to a weak possibility. Glasgow-1058 (b. by 1687, Irvine shipmaster 1737), Glasgow-1070 (b. 1719 Kilwinning) and Glasgow-4165 (Irvine family 1740s) have nothing in common with him except the name. Full WikiTree searches for George Glasgow (all 87 hits), George Glasco/Glascoe/Glascow found no 18th-century Lancashire or English George. A new profile draft is reasonable: George Glasgow, weaver of Manchester, joint patentee with Robert Elsden, 1762. Parents and origin unknown, and Scottish birth is not established.

- [The Leeds Intelligencer and Yorkshire General Advertiser, 1762-07-20, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/404028614/): 1762 royal patent to George Glasgow of Manchester. The State Papers petition shows he was a working weaver of Manchester, joint patentee with Robert Elsden, a London weaver, for weaving quilted cloth in the loom. No WikiTree profile fits him, and the earlier link to the Glasgow merchant of Nethermains (Glasgow-3312) is now weak. - [TNA SP 37/1/134, Petition of Robert Elsden of St Luke Old Street, London, weaver, and George Glasgow of Manchester, weaver, for Letters Patent (Aug-Nov 1762), catalogue description](https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17873365)

Searches: wt.py search George Glasgow 1700-1730 (3 hits: 3312,1070,4165), 1730-1765 (0), 1745-1760 (0); wt.py search George Glasco / George Glascoe (no 18th-c. matches); local cohort filter George b.1680-1780; Dictionary of Canadian Biography 'Glasgow, George'; archive.org OCR of Kane 1815 (listofficersroy00kanegoog) and Askwith List of Officers RA (listofficersroy00/01/02askwgoog) for 'Glasgow' and 'Downman'. archive.org advancedsearch for Woodcroft 'Alphabetical index of patentees' (1617-1852 reprint trent_0116404145298 is access-restricted, 401).; 6 Oct 2026: WebSearch '1762 patent "George Glasgow" Manchester stays cloth' led to TNA Discovery SP 37/1/134 (read with python urllib); WikiTree searchPerson with paging for George Glasgow (87 results), George Glasco, George Glascoe, George Glascow (no Lancashire/English 18th-c. George).

Source references

The Caledonian Mercury, 1762-07-24, p.3, original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.
The Leeds Intelligencer and Yorkshire General Advertiser, 1762-07-20, p.2, original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.
The Newcastle Weekly Courant, 1762-07-24, p.1, original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.

Saved WikiTree evidence draft

[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]

== Biography ==
George Glasgow, of Manchester, is reported granted royal letters patent for fourteen years for the sole manufacture and vending of his cloth imitating women’s stitched stays. Three issues report one fourteen-year royal patent. George is styled of Manchester; birth origin, later residence, family and individual identity with the Scottish merchant or officers are unproved. The patent report documents a George Glasgow of Manchester. Four compatible Scottish chronological comparisons remain possible; none has an inspected inventor/patent identity bridge. This subject remains separate from the Glasgow merchant and military subjects.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/395740363/ The Caledonian Mercury, 1762-07-24, p.3], original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/404028614/ The Leeds Intelligencer and Yorkshire General Advertiser, 1762-07-20, p.2], original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/404022055/ The Newcastle Weekly Courant, 1762-07-24, p.1], original passage visually inspected 5 October 2026.</ref>

== Research Notes ==
The patent report documents a George Glasgow of Manchester. Four compatible Scottish chronological comparisons remain possible; none has an inspected inventor/patent identity bridge. This subject remains separate from the Glasgow merchant and military subjects.

Bounded QMD/public catalogue search; no relevant exact inventor note found, which is not proof of no compatible person.

The patent term is reported; no patent grant day, manufacture or later residence is independently proved.

[[Glasgow-1070]]: Estimated c. 1719 Kilwinning birth permits these eighteenth-century appearances; no occupation, Manchester or individual bridge.
[[Glasgow-4165]]: Uncertain birth before 1722 and Irvine family context permit an older adult; no patent, mercantile or army-service identity bridge.
[[Glasgow-1058]]: Uncertain birth before 20 November 1687 at Kilwinning permits an older man in 1762/1768, but age makes this a weak comparison; no occupational or personal bridge.
[[Glasgow-3312]]: Exact 19 July 1729 Kilwinning birth and recorded 27 June 1768 death fit early 1762/1767/1768 appearances by chronology/locality. Later property reprints can be posthumous; no individual identifier joins this profile to the advertiser.

Inspect original patent enrolment/specification and Manchester trade, parish and residence records for the inventor’s identifiers; compare candidate source records.

== Sources ==
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## Identity review — 6 October 2026

No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search; **READY TO CREATE** once the biography below is checked.

New record: TNA SP 37/1/134 (Aug-Nov 1762) is the petition of 'Robert Elsden of St Luke Old Street, London, weaver, and George Glasgow of Manchester [Lancashire] weaver' for letters patent for a new method of weaving and quilting cloth in the loom, in imitation of common, India, French and Marseilles quilting. This is the patent the newspapers report as cloth imitating stitched stays, and it makes George a weaver living in Manchester. No WikiTree George Glasgow has a Manchester, Lancashire or weaving record. Glasgow-3312 (b. 1729 Kilwinning, 'merchant in Glasgow' and heir of Nethermains in 1767-68) differs in status and residence, and only a general textile overlap joins them, so he drops to a weak possibility. Glasgow-1058 (b. by 1687, Irvine shipmaster 1737), Glasgow-1070 (b. 1719 Kilwinning) and Glasgow-4165 (Irvine family 1740s) have nothing in common with him except the name. Full WikiTree searches for George Glasgow (all 87 hits), George Glasco/Glascoe/Glascow found no 18th-century Lancashire or English George. A new profile draft is reasonable: George Glasgow, weaver of Manchester, joint patentee with Robert Elsden, 1762. Parents and origin unknown, and Scottish birth is not established.

- [The Leeds Intelligencer and Yorkshire General Advertiser, 1762-07-20, p.2](https://www.newspapers.com/image/404028614/): 1762 royal patent to George Glasgow of Manchester. The State Papers petition shows he was a working weaver of Manchester, joint patentee with Robert Elsden, a London weaver, for weaving quilted cloth in the loom. No WikiTree profile fits him, and the earlier link to the Glasgow merchant of Nethermains (Glasgow-3312) is now weak.
- [TNA SP 37/1/134, Petition of Robert Elsden of St Luke Old Street, London, weaver, and George Glasgow of Manchester, weaver, for Letters Patent (Aug-Nov 1762), catalogue description](https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17873365)

Searches: wt.py search George Glasgow 1700-1730 (3 hits: 3312,1070,4165), 1730-1765 (0), 1745-1760 (0); wt.py search George Glasco / George Glascoe (no 18th-c. matches); local cohort filter George b.1680-1780; Dictionary of Canadian Biography 'Glasgow, George'; archive.org OCR of Kane 1815 (listofficersroy00kanegoog) and Askwith List of Officers RA (listofficersroy00/01/02askwgoog) for 'Glasgow' and 'Downman'. archive.org advancedsearch for Woodcroft 'Alphabetical index of patentees' (1617-1852 reprint trent_0116404145298 is access-restricted, 401).; 6 Oct 2026: WebSearch '1762 patent "George Glasgow" Manchester stays cloth' led to TNA Discovery SP 37/1/134 (read with python urllib); WikiTree searchPerson with paging for George Glasgow (87 results), George Glasco, George Glascoe, George Glascow (no Lancashire/English 18th-c. George).