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1785Verified surname passagemilitary appointmentProbable match
Robert Glasgow
St Vincent (appointment destination)b. by c. 1767 adult estimate
Formerly a hospital mate in the West Indies; announced for appointment as surgeon to the forces on St Vincent.
Birth estimate / source
Age is not printed; inferred only as an adult lower bound from the stated professional role (military surgeon), assuming age 18 or older by the 1785 issue year.
Occupation / trade
Published 1785-12-12 · The Times · p. 2
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What the notice says
Robert Glasgow, formerly a hospital mate in the West Indies, is announced for appointment as surgeon to the forces on St Vincent.
Evidence and identity limits
Appointment notice. It proves a named Robert Glasgow formerly served as hospital mate in the West Indies and was appointed surgeon to forces on St Vincent; it gives no age, relatives, or birth origin. Glasgow-1076 is a probable candidate for the exact Montgreenan designation, consistent with a prior independently reviewed 1802 record. The 1785 surgeon and 1793 Loudoun doctor are compatible earlier contexts; their identity with him is inferred, not explicitly linked. No family relationship is proved. Identity review (6 October 2026): 1785 Times notice: Robert Glasgow, formerly hospital mate in the West Indies, appointed surgeon to the forces on St Vincent. He is the army surgeon of Johnston's Roll, and probably the 'Dr Robert Glasgow' who made a St Vincent fortune and bought Montgreenan (Glasgow-1076).
[b. before 1747-10-15; d. 1827-04-19] · surgeon to the forces, St Vincent (formerly hospital mate, West Indies)Why this candidate?
Several independent agreements. (1) The St Andrews Biographical Register, from Johnston's Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service no. 1067, gives Robert Glasgow M.A. and M.D. 6 Dec 1779, possibly an Edinburgh medical student 1767-70, Hospital Mate in the West Indies before 1785, Surgeon Staff St Vincent 1785, half-pay apothecary 1791, alive to at least 1825. That is the man in this notice. (2) Paterson, Ayr II, says Robert Glasgow (b.1747, son of Robert of Puddockholm) 'gained a fortune in St Vincent's' and died at Mountgreenan House on 19 April 1827. (3) UCL LBS styles the Montgr
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