Hugh Rodger, Provost of Glasgow

HUGH RODGER

Merchant in Glasgow: Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow, 1705; Dean of Guild of Glasgow, 1727-28; Provost of Glasgow, 1728-29

Hugh Rodger, merchant, was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 13 January 1705. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750, p. 260

Death

Hugh Rodger died before 17 September 1744, the date upon which his son-in-law, the Reverend Mr. George Lyon, Minister of the Gospel at Longforgan, was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750, p. 455

Evidence from the Records of the Merchants House of Glasgow

                    1

9 February 1728: . . . . . Hugh Rodger, Dean of Gild of the City of Glasgow . . . . . A View of the Merchants House of Glasgow, pp. 607-08

                   2

18 April 1728: [https://archive.org/details/viewofmerchantsh00glasuoft/page/556 A View of the Merchants House of Glasgow, pp. 602-04

                  3

17 June 1728: . . . . . Hugh Rodger, present Dean of Gild of Glasgow . . . . . A View of the Merchants House of Glasgow, pp. 611-12

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1728: Hugh Rodger, Provost A View of the Merchants House of Glasgow, p. 556

                   5

8 August 1729: A View of the Merchants House of Glasgow, pp. 160-61

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

                   1

15 May 1726: Assignation of the above bond by the said Earl in favour of Hugh Rodger, merchant in Glasgow, as factor and manager of Mary Bailly, only daughter of the deceased Francis Bailly of Kilwinning. Dated 15 May 1716. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Cuninghame Family of Thorntoun, reference GD21/88

                   2

1733: Petition to the Barons of Exchequer by Hugh Rodger and Andrew Ramsay on behalf of themselves and other trading merchants in Glasgow, asking that the new oath imposed by the Commissioners of Customs regarding the re-exportation of tobacco be cancelled. National Records of Scotland, Papers of Clerk family of Penicuik, Midlothian, reference GD18/2767

                   3

12 December 1735: Production in process: Mintue of Sale between Hugh Rodger Esquire, late Provost of Glasgow and James Macrae, late Governor of Madras, whereby the said Hugh Rodger for himself and as having power and commission as therein mentioned sells to the said James Macrae, the lands and Barony of Monktoun[Monkton], property and superiority all lying within the Parishes of Monktoun and Quivox, Bailiary of Kyle Stewart and Sheriffdom of Ayr. Also other lands therein described, dated 28 Oct and 12 Dec 1735. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: Unextracted processes, 1st arrangement, Currie-Dalrymple office, reference CS230/MC/1/44