Alexander George Pirie

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 2 April 1836 birth or baptism of Alexander Georg [George] Pirie, son of Francis Pirie and Euphemia Hogarth [child 1], in the parish of Old Machar

From University of Cambridge: Alexander George Pirie

• Alexander George Pirie 1836–1904
• "Pensioner" Fee paying student at aged 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge Trinity College, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TQ 52.2070, 0.1146 Admitted Thursday, 20 October 1853
• Son of Francis Pirie of 42 Upper Thames Street, City of London, London EC4R 3TA 51.5106788, -0.0922926
• Born Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Saturday, 2 April 1836
• Educated Rugby School Rugby, Warwickshire
• Matriculated October 1854
• Of Stoneywood, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire
• Married (1) 1862 Jane Hogarth, daughter of Thomas Hogarth, of Elmfield, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
• Married (2) 1867 Barbara Hill Watson, daughter of David Watson, of Glasgow, Scotland
• Died Wednesday, 13 January 1904
• father of Francis D. Pirie (1886)
• (Rugby School Reg.; V. C. P. Hodson.)

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Marriages

1861: Marriage of Jane Mary Hogarth to A G Pirie in district of St Nicholas

From MyHeritage: Alexander George Pirie: 1861 Scotland Census (transcription only)

7 April 1861 Census for residents of Waterton House, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

• Alexander George Pirie, head, single, male, aged 25 [born about 1836], in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; Manufacturer of paper
• Francis Logie Pirie, brother, single, male, aged 20 [born about 1841], in England; Scholar
• Elsie Hay, servant, single, female, aged 54 [born about 1807], in Speymouth, Moray; Domestic Servant
• Helen Mitchell, servant, single, female, aged 42 [born about 1819], in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; Domestic Servant
• James Crighton, servant, single, male, aged 19 [born about 1842], in Turriff, Aberdeenshire; Groom

From British Newspaper Archive: Dundee Advertiser Friday, 1 November 1861 Page 4 Marriages

Marriages: At St Paul's Episcopal Chapel, Aberdeen, on Wednesday, 30 October 1861 [ult.], by the Rev. Frederick W. B. Bonverie, Incumbent, Alexander George Pirie, Esq., Waterton, to Jane Mary Hogarth, second daughter of Thomas Hogarth, Esq., Elmfield. Old St Paul's Episcopal Chapel, now George Street, Aberdeen AB25 1HZ 57.14972, -2.09917

From Scotland's People: Marriages

• 1867 marriage of Barbara H Watson to A G Pirie, in the district of Partick

From British Newspaper Archive: Aberdeen Press and Journal Wednesday, 9 January 1867 Page 4 Marriages

Marriages: At Glasgow, on Monday, 7 January 1867 [inst.], by the Rev. J. R. Macduff, D.D., Alexander George Pirie, Esq., Stoneywood House, Stoneywood Terrace, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9AB 57.1932, -2.1749, to Barbara Hill Watson, eldest daughter of David Watson, Esq., 8, High Windsor Terrace. 8 Windsor Terrace, now 8 Kirklee Terrace, Kelvindale, Glasgow G12 0TH 55.8801178, -4.2949489

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Advertiser Friday, 11 January 1867 Page 8 Marriages

Marriages: On Monday, 7 January 1867 [inst.], at 8 High Windsor Terrace, Glasgow, by the Rev. J. R. Macduff, D.D., Alexander George Pirie, Esq., to Barbara Hill Watson, eldest daughter of David Watson, Esq.

NOTE The Glasgow Story: Windsor Terrace, 1867 and 8 Kirklee Terrace, Glasgow G12 0TH 55.8803, -4.2949

From MyHeritage: Alexander George Pirie: 1871 Scotland Census (transcription only)

2 April 1871 Census for residents of Morland House, High Road, Upper Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland Morland House, 2 Long Hill, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire PA17 5DS 55.872783, -4.8882225

• Alexander George Pirie, head, married, male, aged 35 [born about 1836], in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; Paper Manufacturer
• Barbara H Pirie, wife, married, female, aged 25 [born about 1846], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Jenny E Pirie, daughter, single, female, aged 8 [born about 1863], in Newhills, Aberdeenshire
• Francis D Pirie, son, single, male, aged 3 [born about 1868], in Newhills, Aberdeenshire
• Helen M Pirie, daughter, single, female, aged 1 [born about 1870], in England
• Helen Menzies, servant, unmarried, female, aged 56 [born about 1815], in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire; Upper Nurse
• Archibald Glendinning, servant, unmarried, male, aged 33 [born about 1838], in Ratho, Midlothian; Butler
• Margaret R Pringle, servant, unmarried, female, aged 32 [born about 1839], in St Cuthbert's, Midlothian; Housemaid
• Catherine Angus, servant, unmarried, female, aged 24 [born about 1847], in Blairgowrie, Perthshire; Cook
• Jane Davison, servant, unmarried, female, aged 23 [born about 1848], in Ireland; Sewing Maid
• Mary J McGregor, servant, unmarried, female, aged 21 [born about 1850], in Newlands, Peeblesshire; Under Nurse
• Marion E Watson, sister-in-law, unmarried, female, aged 19 [born about 1852], in Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• Angus Anthony, servant, unmarried, male, aged 18 [born about 1853], in Currie, Midlothian; Laundry maid

From MyHeritage: Alexander G Pirie: 1881 England & Wales Census and MyHeritage: George Lawrence Pirie: 1881 England & Wales Census

3 April 1881 Census for residents of [26 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5JE 51.4990069, -0.1801882], England.

• Alexander G Pirie, head, married, male, aged 45 [born about 1836], in Aberdeen, Scotland; Paper Manufacturer
• Barbara H Pirie, wife, married, female, aged 35 [born about 1846], in Glasgow, Scotland
• Francis D Pirie, son, single, male, aged 13 [born about 1868], in Aberdeen, Scotland; Scholar
• Helen M Pirie, daughter, single, female, aged 11 [born about 1870], in London; Scholar
• Ada I Pirie, daughter, single, female, aged 9 [born about 1872], in Scotland; Scholar
• George Lawrence Pirie, son, single, male, aged 5 [born about 1876], in Scotland
• Isabel H Watson, mother-in-law, widow, female, aged 66 [born about 1815], in Glasgow, Scotland
• Wilhelmina A Lobedaug[?], governess, single, female, aged 22 [born about 1859], in Germany; Governess
• Milicent Stuart, housekeeper, single, female, aged 51 [born about 1830], in Highgate, London; Housekeeper
• Rose Cordell, servant, single, female, aged 24 [born about 1857], in Harlow, Essex; Cook
• Janet Osborne, servant, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1862], in Killearn, Scotland; Kitchenmaid
• Janet Dickson, servant, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1863], in Muirkirk, Scotland; Scullery maid
• Helen Michie, servant, single, female, aged 42 [born about 1839], in Aberdeen, Scotland; Luna Maid[?]
• Ann MacGregor, servant, single, female, aged 25 [born about 1856], in Drymen, Scotland; Head Housemaid
• Eliza Walker, servant, single, female, aged 19 [born about 1862], in Drymen, Scotland; Nurse
• Katherine C Miles, servant, single, female, aged 22 [born about 1859], in Mill Green, Hertfordshire; Housemaid
• Louisa A Hilton, servant, single, female, aged 18 [born about 1863], in London; Housemaid
• Matilda[?] G[?] Moliner, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1854], in Paris, France; Lady's Maid
• Archibald Glendinning[?], servant, single, male, aged 43 [born about 1838], in Scotland; Butler
• James Crabbee, servant, single, male, aged 24 [born about 1857], in Ayr, Scotland; Footman
• John C Sutherland, servant, single, male, aged 17 [born about 1864], in Hatton, Scotland; Footman

From Scotland's People - Valuation Rolls

• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in House Offices And Gardens Stoneywood in Newhills ref: VR008700089-
• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in Policies in Newhills ref: VR008700089-
• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in Lodge Stoneywood in Newhills ref: VR008700089-
• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in House Gardener's Stoneywood in Newhills ref: VR008700089-
• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in House Over Stables in Newhills ref: VR008700089-
• 1895 Alexander George Pirie: Occupier; in House Over Stables in Newhills ref: VR008700089-

From The World's paper trade review Volume 30 by W John Stonhill July to December 1898 Page 68

Alexander Pirie and Sons, Ltd.—

This company has been registered to purchase and carry on the business of Alexander Pirie and Sons, Ltd., paper manufacturers, Stoneywood and Woodside, near Aberdeen, and the Union Works, Aberdeen. The capital of the company is £1,000,000, divided into 40,000 preference shares of £10 each, 30,000 ordinary shares of £10 each, and 60,000 deferred shares of £5 each. The first directors of the company are:— Alexander George Pirie, Stoneywood House, Aberdeenshire; Francis Logie Pirie, Tottingworth Park, Heathfield, Sussex; Martin Henry Pirie, Woodlands Lodge, Totton, Hunts; Francis David Pirie, Stoney wood House; George Lawrence Pirie, ditto; and John Whyte, advocate, Aberdeen. The registered office of the company is situated at Stoneywood Works, Bucksburn, Aberdeen.

From MyHeritage: Alexander G Pirie: 1901 Scotland Census (transcription only)

31 March 1901 Census for residents of Stoney Wood House, Aberdeen, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

• Alexander G Pirie, head, married, male, aged 64 [born about 1837], in City of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire; Chairman A P O S
• Ida I Gully, daughter, married, female, aged 29 [born about 1872], in Skelmorlie, Renfrewshire
• Leslie Gully, granddaughter, single, female, aged 3 [born about 1898], in London, Middlesex
• George L Pirie, son, single, male, aged 25 [born about 1876], in Auchty[?], Lanarkshire; Director A P O S Papermakers
• Archibald McD Hogarth, cousin, single, male, aged 21 [born about 1880], in Australia; Engineer Student
• Mary J Thomson, servant, single, female, aged 29 [born about 1872], in St Cyrus, Kincardineshire; Cook Domestic
• Annie Morrison, servant, single, female, aged 25 [born about 1876], in City of, Aberdeenshire; Nurse Domestic
• Mary Milne, servant, single, female, aged 25 [born about 1876], in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; Housemaid Domestic
• Helen Michie, servant, single, female, aged 23 [born about 1878], in Grayshill, Aberdeenshire; Housemaid Domestic
• Mary Thomson, servant, single, female, aged 23 [born about 1878], in Muirtack, Aberdeenshire; Kitchen Maid Domestic
• John Walker, servant, single, male, aged 21 [born about 1880], in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire; Foot Man Domestic
• Maggie Bridgeford, servant, single, female, aged 20 [born about 1881], in Cluny, Aberdeenshire; Scullery Maid Domestic

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1904 death: Alexander George Pirie, age at death: 67 [born about 1837], in district of Newhills

From British Newspaper Archive: Edinburgh Evening News Thursday, 14 January 1904 Page 6 General News

Death of Aberdeen Paper Manufacturer. — Mr Alexander George Pirie, head of the firm of Messrs Alexander Pirie & Sons, paper manufacturers, Stoneywood, Aberdeen, died Wednesday, 13 January 1904 [yesterday].

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Post Friday, 15 January 1904 Page 5 Arrangements For This Day

The death announced Mr. A. G. Pirie, chairman of Alexander Pirie and Sons (Limited), papermakers, Aberdeen. Born in 1836, he was associated with the great papermaking firm all his business life. One of his daughters is married to the son of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and another is the wife of the Hon. Cyril Russell.

From British Newspaper Archive: Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Saturday, 16 January 1904 Page 10 Obituary

Mr. Alexander George Pirie, Leckmelm, Ross-shire, chairman and managing director of Alexander Pirie and Sons (Limited), paper manufacturers, died on Wednesday, 13 January 1904 at his residence, Stoneywood House, Aberdeenshire, death resulting from heart disease. Mr. Pirie had reached his 67th year.

A man of strong individuality and excellent business habits, he followed political events with keen eye, and the Unionist party had few adherents more enthusiastic. Mr. Chamberlain's policy of Protection found in him a powerful supporter.

He was a man also of fine artistic tastes, and his collections of pictures and precious stones are of rare merit.

He had two sons and two daughters. One of the daughters is married to a son of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the other to a son of the late Lord Russell of Killowen.

From findagrave - Alexander George Pirie

• Alexander George Pirie
• Born: Saturday, 2 April 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland
• Died: Wednesday, 13 January 1904 (aged 67) at Stoneywood, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Buried: [St. Peter's Cemetery, King Street, Aberdeen AB24 3BX 57.1596001, -2.0974489]
• [Location of grave 57.1605759, -2.0974370]

The Scotsman - Monday, 18 January 1904, page 9:

The funeral of Mr Alexander George Pirie of Leckmelm, Ross-shire, chairman and managing director of Alexander Pirie & Sons (Limited), paper manufacturers, Stoneywood, Aberdeenshire, took place on Saturday 16 January 1904 from Stoneywood House to St Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen.

From Scotland's People - Legal records, wills, testaments

• Monday, 7 March 1904 Will, Testament or Inventory of Alexander George Pirie: Leckmelm, County of Ross, and of 26 Queen's Gate, London, Stoneywood House, Bucksburn, County of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, 13 January 1904 at Stoneywood House, testate.; court: Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills
• Monday, 7 March 1904 Will, Testament or Inventory of Alexander George Pirie: Leckmelm, County of Ross, and of 26 Queen's Gate, London, Stoneywood House, Bucksburn, County of Aberdeen, died Wednesday, 13 January 1904 at Stoneywood House, testate.; court: Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories

From Ancestry 19040307 probate Alexander George Pirie Stoneywood House d 19040113 pr Barbara Hill Watson P 26 Queen's Gate London Francis David P Cyril Russell George Laurence P £140719

7 March 1904 confirmation of Alexander George Pirie, of Leckmelm, Ross-shire and 26 Queen's Gate, London, residing at Stoneywood House, County of Aberdeen, who died 13 January 1904, at Stoneywood House, aforesaid, testate, confirmation granted at Aberdeen dated 7 March 1904 to Barbara Hill Watson or Pirie, 26 Queen's Gate aforesaid, widow, Francis David Pirie of Stoneywood House, Paper Manufacturer, son, The Hon. Cyril Russell, Stockbroker, South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, London, and George Laurence Pirie of Stoneywood House, Paper Manufacturer, son, executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 14 March 1901, and codicil, dated 15 January 1903, and recorded with other Writs in Court Books of Commissariot of Aberdeen, 29 February 1904. Value of Estate: £140719 2s. 11d.

From The Highland Clearances By Eric Richards, 2012 chapter 4

From Aberdeen, 1800-2000: A New History edited by W. Hamish Fraser, Clive Howard Lee Page 95

From thepeerage - Alexander George Pirie

Alexander George Pirie was born on Saturday, 2 April 1836 at Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was the son of Frances Pirie and Euphemia Hogarth. He lived at Leckmelm, Ross-shire, Scotland. He lived at Stoneywood House, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Child of Alexander George Pirie:

Ada Isabel Pirie, died Thursday, 5 March 1931

From Graces Guide - Alexander Pirie And Sons

From the Mastiff by Marcel Wynants

Mr Alexander George Pirie owned the Mastiff ‘Prince’, a 3rd prize at Glasgow 1871 – 1st ch Hector owned by Mrs Mary Rawlinson b ‘10 of Graythwaite Old Hall Ulverston, 2nd Wolf owned by Mr Patrick Warner b ’40, JP of Ardeer House Stevenston Ayrshire. Mrs Rawlindon’ ch Hector was out of Druid’ dau Una sired by ch Turk’ brother Wolf, Mr Warner’ Wolf was out of ch Stella or Bill George’ dau Di sired by ch Turk but Prince’ parents are unknown but, taking into account Mr Pirie’ high-class backgrounds, he probably belonged to a similar prominent strain.

Mr Alexander George Pirie 1836-1904 according to the Census 1861 ‘Manufacturer of Paper’ residing at his birthplace Waterton House Stoneywood Aberdeen. He was educated at Rugby School, Lawrence Sheriff Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 5EH 52.3675, -1.2611 and Cambridge University. Due to ill health of his father, he left .... He was the son of Mr Francis Pirie (see above at left) 1809-1870, paper manufacturer, and his 1st wife, Euphemia, dau of George Hogarth, merchant of Aberdeen. Aberdeen Press & Journal 10t August 1898 – ‘Few firms Scotland can boast a more respectable antiquity than that Alexander Pirie and Sons, Limited, which may be said to date from 1775, when an ancestor of the present family acquired full possession and control of the small ...’

The Leckmelm Evictions. - Leckmelm, Loch Broom, Ross-shire IV23 2RL 57.86556, -5.09667, a property in the Ross-Shire Parish of Lochbroom, changed hands in 1879. Mr A G Pirie, paper manufacturer of Aberdeen - ca 150 mls E, having purchased it for £19,000 from Colonel Davidson, now of Tulloch. No sooner did it come into Mr Pirie' possession than a notice, dated 2 November 1879, in the following terms was issued to all the tenants – ‘I am instructed by Mr Pirie, proprietor of Leckmelm, to give you notice that the present arrangements by which you hold the cottage, byre, and other buildings, together with lands on that estate, will cease from and after the term of Martinmas, 1880; and further, I am instructed to intimate to you that at the said term of Martinmas, 1880, Mr Pirie purposes taking the whole arable and pasture lands, but that he is desirous of making arrangements whereby you may continue tenant of the cottage upon terms and conditions yet to be settled upon. I have further to inform you that unless you and the other tenants at once prevent your sheep and other stock from grazing or trespassing upon the enclosures and hill, and other lands now in the occupation or possession of the said Mr Pirie, he will not, upon any conditions, permit you to remain in the cottage you now occupy, after the said term of Martinmas, 1880, but will clear all off the estate, and take down the cottages.’ - This notice affected twenty-three families, numbering above one hundred souls. Sixteen tenants paid between them a rent of £96 10s.—ranging from £3 to £12 each per annum. The stock allowed them was 72 head of cattle, 8 horses, and 320 sheep. The arable portion of Leckmelm was about the best tilled and the most productive land in possession of any crofters in the parish. It could all be worked with the plough, now a very uncommon thing in the Highlands; for almost invariably land of that class is in the hands of the proprietors themselves, when not let to sheep farmers or sportsmen. -

–1886 The Steam Yacht ‘Rionnag Na Mara’ - - Scottish Gaelic for ‘Star of the Sea’. This fine steel screw yacht, 170 feet 6 inches long over all, 21 feet beam, 13 feet 6 inches, was built to the order of Mr A G Pirie, Leckmelm – Ross-Shire & 26 Queens Gate London, by the firm of Messrs John Reid & Co Port- Glasgow and engined by Messrs Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock, with ...” – 1893 ‘railway station Monday morning direct for London. The train, which was a North British Company' one, was hired by Mr A G Pirie (one of the directors) to carry the members of his household, servants, horses, and carriages to the metropolis.’ - 1894 ‘To-day a cricket match is taking place on the pitch at Stoneywood Honse between a team organised by Mr A G Pirie and a pick from the Stoneywood Club. A number of distinguished visitors viewed the game.’ – ‘96 – ‘On Wednesday horse & pony races look place the park of Stoneywood House, the residence of Mr A G Pirie, the ground for the instance being converted into race course. The sports were witnessed by company of ladies and gentlemen ...’ – Some examples of ‘image polishing’ after Mr AG Pirie’ revenge calling attitudes earlier in life at Leckmelm 1879/80, &c.

His father Francis joined his father Alexander in 1836 as a senior partner in the Stoneywood Papermill [Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers Ltd, Stoneywood Mill, Stoneywood Terrace, Aberdeen AB21 9AB 57.1901226, -2.1706475]. He largely lived at Waterton House, Stoneywood, Aberdeen AB21 9HX 57.1875, -2.176 (see above at right) and in later life Stoneywood House (see at left) situated ca 6 miles North of Aberdeen on a fine site overlooking the River Don, and designed in Jacobean style by James Matthews in 1849/50 for Alexander Pirie of Stoneywood Paper Mills – Bucksburn, the largest mill in the area in the late XIX c founded in 1770 by Alexander Smith, the uncle of Alexander Pirie acquired the mill in 1796 by Alexander Pirie who converted the mill to make white paper. In 1802 - the first watermarked Pirie paper, 1820 - the first Fourdrinier machine is installed, 1828 - a huge water wheel is installed to provide power, 1844 three fourdrinier machines working, 1871 four machines with a width of between 60-78 inches producing writing papers, 1882 - Alex Pirie & Sons was formed into a Limited Company, 1890 - Union works made more than 13 million envelopes a week. Alexander Pirie papers are sold throughout the world and receive numerous awards at world expos in the Nineteenth Century.

In 1946, it became a hostel for trainees in the paper industry and provided accommodation for visiting directors & overseas customers. It is still owned by ‘Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers’ who run Stoneywood Mills. The Aberdeen area is still noted for its paper-making industry, partly on account of the abundant supplies of fresh water in the river Don. Note – Mr Alexander George Pirie’s cousin, Mr Martin Henry Pirie of Seaton House Aberdeen owned the Bulldog ‘King Arthur’ born '71 and bred by Mr Frank Adcock, solicitor of Holmbush House Watford Hertfordshire, promoter of larger sized Bulldogs through the introduction of the Spanish Bulldog, predecessor of the Dogue de Bordeaux.