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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.
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2 distinct notices · 2 retained pages
1793Verified surname passagesubscription listPossible match
Dr. Robert Glasgow
Loudoun, Ayrshireb. by c. 1775 adult estimate
Listed among subscribers after an Ayrshire heritors’ meeting.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role: doctor and subscriber in 1793; age unstated; estimate assumes the role holder was at least 18.
Occupation / trade
Published 1793-04-09 · The Edinburgh Advertiser · 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 Edinburgh Advertiser · 1793-04-09 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Dr Robert Glasgow at Loudoun is listed among subscribers after an Ayrshire heritors’ meeting.
Evidence and identity limits
The issue is dated 9 April 1793; the original does not establish the meeting date or that the listed assessment was paid. Loudoun is printed as the person’s location/designation. 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): April 1793 Ayrshire heritors' subscription list: 'Dr Robert Glasgow at Loudoun'. Probably Dr Robert Glasgow, later of Montgreenan (Glasgow-1076), the year before he bought Montgreenan.
[b. before 1747-10-15; d. 1827-04-19] · Ayrshire heritor / subscriberWhy this candidate?
Name + 'Dr' + Ayrshire landed status + date. The subscribers are Ayrshire heritors paying 'in lieu of their assessments by valuation', so Dr Robert held valued land in Ayrshire in 1793. Robert Glasgow of Montgreenan was a physician (UCL LBS 'Dr Robert Glasgow'; Montgreenan histories 'the doctor') who had made a St Vincent fortune, and Paterson says he bought Mountgreenan from John Bowman in 1794. The other Dr Robert in the family, his father Robert-1075 (surgeon at Kilbirnie), died in 1766. No other Dr Robert Glasgow is known in Ayrshire in 1793. The Loudoun address itself is not explained, which keeps this at probable. A new source supports the 'Dr': the St Andrews Biographical Register rec
Identified by rank as Captain-Lieutenant and promoted to Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, vice Wright.
Birth estimate / source
Age is not printed; inferred only as an adult lower bound from the stated professional role (artillery officer), assuming age 18 or older by the 1793 issue year.
Occupation / trade
Published 1793-10-05 · 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 · 1793-10-05 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
An Office of Ordnance notice names Captain-Lieutenant George Glasgow to be Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, vice Wright.
Evidence and identity limits
Published 5 October 1793. Original Office of Ordnance heading reads 25 September; the parallel Observer notice reads 27 September. Retain both printed dates without asserting two independent promotions or inventing a precise commission day. Exact name and artillery context with progressive reported ranks support a provisional career study; individual continuity across the 22-year interval remains unproved. No checked existing profile is identified. The possible later chronological match George-1529 does not prove the early lieutenant’s identity. The 1774 unassigned Second Lieutenant notice remains a separate subject. Identity review (6 October 2026): Oct 1793: Captain-Lieutenant George Glasgow to be Captain, Royal Artillery, vice Wright (Ordnance 25 Sept). This is Lt-Gen George Glasgow RA (DCB: captain 25 Sept 1793); no WikiTree profile. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: George Glasgow (Captain-Lieutenant to Captain, Royal Artillery).
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