Colin Campbell of Elie, Merchant in Glasgow

COLIN CAMPBELL OF ELIE

Merchant in Glasgow: Burgess of Glasgow; Sometime Provost of Glasgow

Colin Campbell of Elie, merchant in Glasgow, was enrolled as a burgess and freeman of Glasgow on 11 October 1600. He was admitted in right of him being a burgess heir. Glasgow Burgesses: 29

Death

Colin Campbell of Elie died before 14 September 1644, when the house belonging to the "then deceased Colin Campbell" is mentioned in the records of the town council of Glasgow. Charters and Other Documents: ccccxliv

Evidence from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow

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4 October 1614: James Hamilton of Aikenhead, was appointed provost, and James Bell, Colin Campbell, and James Braidwood were elected bailies of the burgh. Charters and Other Documents Relationg to the City of Glasgow, A.D. 1175-1649. Part I. Edited by Sir James D. Marwick, LL.D., FRSE., Town Clerk of Glasgow (Scottish Burgh Records Society, Glasgoow, MDCCCXCVII), page cclxxvi

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3 October 1615: James Hamilton of Aikenhead was re-appointed provost, and James Bell, Colin Campbell, and James Braidwood were re-elected bailies. Charters and Other Documents Relationg to the City of Glasgow, A.D. 1175-1649. Part I. Edited by Sir James D. Marwick, LL.D., FRSE., Town Clerk of Glasgow (Scottish Burgh Records Society, Glasgoow, MDCCCXCVII), page cclxxviii

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3 October 1626: Colin Campbell was chosen Dean of Guild. Charters and Other Documents Relationg to the City of Glasgow, A.D. 1175-1649. Part I. Edited by Sir James D. Marwick, LL.D., FRSE., Town Clerk of Glasgow (Scottish Burgh Records Society, Glasgoow, MDCCCXCVII), page cccxiv

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4 October 1636: The bailies and council admitted Colin Campbell, elder, merchant, to be provost . . . . . and Colin Campbell, younger, water bailie. Charters and Other Documents Relationg to the City of Glasgow, A.D. 1175-1649. Part I. Edited by Sir James D. Marwick, LL.D., FRSE., Town Clerk of Glasgow (Scottish Burgh Records Society, Glasgoow, MDCCCXCVII), page ccclvi

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14 September 1644: A guard was ordered to be kept at all the ports of the burgh during the day, and the Saltmarket port was ordered to removed and placed "nearer the water" and the end of the house of the then deceased Colin Campbell. Charters and Other Documents Relationg to the City of Glasgow, A.D. 1175-1649. Part I. Edited by Sir James D. Marwick, LL.D., FRSE., Town Clerk of Glasgow (Scottish Burgh Records Society, Glasgoow, MDCCCXCVII), page ccccxliv

Genealogy

1. The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire for 1882, pp. 105-06
2. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland