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
2 distinct notices from 2 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 2 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
How to read these notices
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described as a gentleman · appointed Second Lieutenant, vice Barnes, promoted
Birth estimate / source
Second lieutenant role establishes adult status; assuming age 18+ by 1774, age unstated.
Occupation / trade
Published 1774-09-24 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 2
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 · 1774-09-24 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
George Glasgow, gentleman, is reported appointed Second Lieutenant, vice Second Lieutenant Barnes, promoted.
Evidence and identity limits
Published 24 September 1774. Regiment is not stated in the bounded appointment paragraph. No identity bridge joins this Second Lieutenant appointment to the 1771 First Lieutenant or later Royal Artillery reports; completed service and family remain unproved. A separate reported appointment names George Glasgow, gentleman. Existing chronological comparisons remain weak; regiment and personal identity are unproved. Do not join this lower-rank appointment to the 1771 First Lieutenant solely by surname or assume a demotion. Identity review (6 October 2026): Sept 1774: George Glasgow, gentleman, appointed Second Lieutenant vice Barnes. This is the future Lt-Gen George Glasgow RA (DCB: 2nd Lt 8 Sept 1774); he has no WikiTree profile. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: George Glasgow, gentleman (Second Lieutenant).
1774Verified surname passageland sale advertisementNo profile yet
William Glasgow
Cleugh-head and ClovenfordsykeBirth unknown
Listed as tenant/possessor of lots offered at roup; tack stated to expire at Martinmas 1776.
Place / address
Published 1774-12-12 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Faithful bounded original source passage, visually checked 5 October 2026; long-s typography normalized to Glasgow in the reading. Issue heading outside crop; provider issue metadata retained. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1774-12-12 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
William Glasgow is tenant/possessor of Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke lots in a sale advertisement planning a roup on 5 January 1775; his tack is stated to expire at Martinmas 1776.
Evidence and identity limits
Notice published 12 December 1774. The land lies in West Calder; lots II and III name the tenant. William White is the proprietor, a different person. Tack expiry is stated, not independently verified, and the planned sale is not a completed transaction. Identity review (6 October 2026): Dec 1774 sale advertisement: William Glasgow tenant of lots at Cleugh-head and Clovenfordsyke (West Calder), tack to Martinmas 1776. No WikiTree profile can be fixed; the prior candidate Glasgow-1463 (bapt. 1816) is impossible.
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