Dear blog reader This is the ninth part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 9”
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Shandon House Sale Snippets
ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL, TUESDAY 12TH JUNE 1877 LONDON CORRESPONDENCE – BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Among the articles sold today at the Shandon sale was an agate-handled, silver-mounted sword, formerly the property of the Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart. This interesting relic was bought privately from the family in whose possession it hadContinue reading “Shandon House Sale Snippets”
Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 8
Dear blog reader This is the eighth part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 8”
Testimonial to Robert Napier
DUNDEE, PERTH AND CUPAR ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 1847 TESTIMONIAL TO ROBERT NAPIER ESQUIRE Last week we had the gratification of inspecting, in the shop of Mr Muirhead, Buchanan Street, a silver salver which has been presented to Robert Napier, Esquire, by the Dublin and Cork Steam Packet Company. The salver, which is massive andContinue reading “Testimonial to Robert Napier”
Shandon Collection Sale part 15
NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL, WEDNESDAY 16TH MAY 1877 THE SHANDON COLLECTION Yesterday was the second day’s sale of the second portion of this great collection, and the choice value of some of the articles drew a great number of art connoisseurs and others to the rooms of Messrs Christie & Manson, in King St, StContinue reading “Shandon Collection Sale part 15”
Fires at Shandon
WITNESS (EDINBURGH), SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER 1847 DESTRUCTION OF SHANDON HOUSE BY FIRE On Wednesday morning, about six o’clock, the inmates of the mansion-house of Walter Buchanan, Esquire of Shandon, were roused by fire breaking out in the upper part of the building, which, with the exception of the two wings, was in a very shortContinue reading “Fires at Shandon”
Shandon Collection Sale Part 14
NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL, THURSDAY 19 APRIL 1877 THE SHANDON COLLECTION Yesterday was the seventh day’s sale of this collection, and there was again a large audience. The following were the most noticeable morceaux sold:- A globular grey beard jug, with three medallions, containing the arms of England, £15 10s; a Nuremberg tankard, with figuresContinue reading “Shandon Collection Sale Part 14”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 6
Dear blog reader This is the sixth part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 6”
The Commodore visits Robert Napier
GREENOCK ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 19TH APRIL 1844 THE COMMODORE STEAM-SHIP This favourite vessel, plying betwixt Glasgow and Liverpool, and belonging to that spirited concern, the City of Glasgow Steam Packet Company, has been undergoing a thorough repair during the last six months – her old engines being replaced by new ones, with new cylinders and boilers,Continue reading “The Commodore visits Robert Napier”
Robert Napier and his Art Collection
STIRLING OBSERVER, THURSDAY 19 MARCH 1846 THE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND (FROM THE LITERARY GAZETTE). In a late trip to Scotland, I was much gratified to find that a number of rich and eminent inhabitants of Glasgow and its neighbourhood had devoted much time and money to the collection of fine original paintings by theContinue reading “Robert Napier and his Art Collection”
Shandon People and History 