John Gray of Carntyne

JOHN GRAY OF DALMARNOCK

is the second son of John Gray of Dalmarnock [James R. Anderson, The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1751-1846 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1935), page 28].

Merchant and Burgess of Glasgow

John Gray of Dalmarnock was enrolled as a burgess of Glasgow on 10 May 1758. The town council admitted him in right of his deceased father, John Gray of Dalmarnock, who had previously been a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow [James R. Anderson, The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1751-1846 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1935), page 28].

The Laird of Dalmarnock

John Gray of Dalmarnock succeeded his older brother James as Laird of Dalmarnock [Dalmarnock House - East End Glasgow History] http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Books/MansionHouses/MansionChapters...

[John Burke, Esq., Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank, but uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume II (Henry Colburn, London, MDCCCXXXVII), pp. 8-12 for the Gray of Carntyne, formerly of Dalmarnock]