Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.
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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 1 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 1 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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Granted a royal patent for fourteen years for sole manufacture and vending of cloth imitating women’s stitched stays.
Birth estimate / source
Adult estimate from cloth manufacture and patent grant in 1762, assuming 18+; age not stated.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1762-07-24 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1762-07-24 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
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.
Evidence and identity limits
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. Identity review (6 October 2026): 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. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: George Glasgow, of Manchester.
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
1762Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1762-12-29 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 4
What the notice says
Two Glasgow hits: Robert Donald at Glasgow in Tibbie shipping advertisement; Daniel M’Lean merchant in Glasgow in winding-up notice.
Evidence and identity limits
Original checked via both visible Glasgow matches after full quoted query showed no match; Glasgow is locality, not a William Glasgow person.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
Collected references 0
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