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Laurence Hill, LLD, WS

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: February 22, 1872 (80)
Barlanark House, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) (Diabetes 3 years)
Place of Burial: Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart Street, Glasgow, G4 0UZ, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Laurence Hill of Barlanark, WS and Christian Hill
Husband of Barbara Hill and Marion Hill
Father of Christian Hill; Isabella Helen Watson; Laurence Hill C.E.; James Hopkirk Hill, WS; Anne Henrietta Hill and 11 others
Brother of James Hill (died in infancy) and Elizabeth Richardson

Occupation: Lawyer, Writer to the Signet
Managed by: Hamish Macleod Thomson
Last Updated:

About Laurence Hill of Barlanark, LLD, WS

From Geni: 1813 01 19 Laurence and Barbara Hill (Hopkirk) Marriage.jpg

Glasgow [Banns] 17 January 1813. Hill. Laurence Hill, Writer in Glasgow, and Barbara Hopkirk, [lawful daughter] of James Hopkirk of Dalbeth, Married 19 January 1813 by Mr. James Graham, Minister of Killearn.

From Lawrence Hill m Barbara Hopkirk Dalbeth - Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, 3 February 1813 Page 3 - Newspapers.com

Marriage - At Dalbeth, Lawrence Hill, Esq., to Miss Barbara Hopkirk, third daughter of James Hopkirk, Esq., of Dalbeth Dalbeth House, 1920 London Road, Glasgow 55.83858, -4.18492

From British Newspaper Archive: Caledonian Mercury, Thursday, 21 January 1813 Page 3 Married

Married: At Dalbeth, on Tuesday, 19 January 1813 [current], by the Reverend Mr Graham of Killearn, Laurence Hill, Esq. to Miss Barbara Hopkirk, third daughter of James Hopkirk, Esq. of Dalbeth.

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

Possible list of 12 children of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk from 1st:29 October 1813 Christian Hill to last: 1 July 1829 Marianne Boswell Hill NOTE: missing Euphemia Georgina Hill

  • 29 October 1813 birth or baptism of Christian Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [1st child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 24 October 1814 birth or baptism of Isabella Helen Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [2nd child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 21 July 1816 birth or baptism of Laurence Hill, son of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [3rd child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 6 November 1817 birth or baptism of James Hopkirk Hill, son of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [4th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 14 May 1819 birth or baptism of Anne Henrietta Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [5th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 18 August 1821 birth or baptism of Barbara Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [6th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 14 March 1823 birth or baptism of Elizabeth [Richardson] Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [7th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 15 April 1824 birth or baptism of Catherine [Glassford] Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [8th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 5 February 1825 birth or baptism of Charlotte Maria Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [9th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 15 June 1826 birth or baptism of Ninian Hill, son of Lawrence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [10th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 1 August 1827 birth or baptism of Rebekah Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [11th child], in the parish of Glasgow
  • 1 July 1829 birth or baptism of [Marianne Boswell] Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Barbara Hopkirk [12th child], in the parish of Glasgow

From Geni: 1834 06 16 Laurence and Marion Hill Marriage.jpg

  • 8 June 1834 marriage or banns of Marion Hill to Laurance Hill, in the parish of Edinburgh
  • 8 June 1834 [Banns]: Laurence Hill, writer in Barony Parish, and Marion Hill residing in Edinburgh, lawful daughter of the late Ninian Hill, Esq., W. S., married at Dunesk, Monday, 16 June 1834 by the Rev. Adam Duncan Tait, minister of the parish of Kirkliston.
  • 16 June 1834 marriage or banns of Marion Hill to Laurence Hill, in the parish of Barony

From British Newspaper Archive: London Courier and Evening Gazette Saturday, 21 June 1834 Page 4 Married

Married: On Monday, 16 June 1834, at Dunesk House, Green Lane, Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1HE 55.88194, -3.12056, by the Rev. A. D. Tait, of Kirkliston, Laurence Hill, Esq., of Barlanark [Barlanerk], to Marion Hill, third daughter of the late Ninian Hill, Esq., writer to the signet.

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

Possible list of 3 children of Laurence Hill and Marion Hill from first: 28 April 1835 Janet Hill to last: 10 October 1842 Laetitia Marion Hill

  • 28 April 1835 birth or baptism of Janet Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Marion Hill [child 1], in the parish of Barony
  • 21 March 1837 birth or baptism of William Henry Hill, son of Laurence Hill and Marion Hill [child 2], in the parish of Barony
  • 10 October 1842 birth or baptism of Laetitia Marion Hill, daughter of Laurence Hill and Marion Hill [child 3], in the parish of Ayr

From Early records of an old Glasgow family - Hill family, 1520-1901, by William Henry Hill, Published 1902 Page 156

Laurence Hill, LL.D., who married, first Barbara Hopkirk and left issue, viz.:

  1. Christian Hill, who died unmarried.
  2. Isabella Helen Hill, who married David Watson and had issue (10 children), the representative of this branch being Thomas Watson.
  3. Laurence Hill, C.E., who married Catherine Wardrop and had issue (10 children), the male representative of this branch or stirps, and consequently also of the family, is Alexander Hill.
  4. James Hopkirk Hill, who married Janet Smith Whitehead and had issue (2 children), the representative of this branch being Mrs. Janet Dixon Hill or Scott-Fogo.
  5. Anne Henrietta Hill, who died unmarried.
  6. Barbara Hill, who died unmarried.
  7. Elizabeth Richardson Hill, who died unmarried.
  8. Katherine Glassford Hill, who died unmarried.
  9. Charlotte Maria Hill, who married Ninian Wight and had issue (5 children), the representative of this branch being Ninian Hill Wight.
  10. Ninian Hill, understood to be dead, sans issue.
  11. Rebecca Hill, who died in infancy.
  12. Mariamne Boswell Hill, who died unmarried.
  13. Euphemia Georgina Hill, who died in infancy.

Said Laurence Hill, LL.D., married, secondly Marion Hill, daughter of Ninian Hill, W.S., and had issue, viz.:

  1. Janet Hill, who married James Grahame and had issue (7 children), the representative of this branch being William Richard Grahame.
  2. William Henry Hill, LL.D., who is the representative of this stirps or branch; and
  3. Laetitia Marion Hill, who married Richard Grahame and had issue (9 children), the representative of this branch being Laurence Hill Grahame.

From Freecen - 1841 Census

6 June 1841 Census for residents of Somerset Place, [Barns Street, Ayr KA7 1XB 55.4608338, -4.6345833]

  • Lawrence Hill, male, age 49 [born about 1792] in Out of County, LLD (Law)
  • Marion Hill, female, age 35 [born about 1806] in Out of County
  • Ann H Hill, female, age 22 [born about 1819] in Out of County
  • Barbara Hill, female, age 19 [born about 1822] in Out of County
  • Elisabeth Hill, female, age 18 [born about 1823] in Out of County
  • Katherine Hill, female, age 17 [born about 1824] in Out of County
  • Charlotte Hill, female, age 16 [born about 1825] in Out of County
  • Marianne Hill, female, age 11 [born about 1830] in Out of County
  • Janet Hill, female, age 6 [born about 1835] in Out of County
  • William H Hill, male, age 4 [born about 1837] in Out of County
  • Janet Cochrane, female, age 40 [born about 1801] in Out of County, Female Servant
  • Sarah Giffin, female, age 23 [born about 1818] in Ayrshire, Scotland, Female Servant
  • Ivanna Fyfe, female, age 23 [born about 1818] in Out of County, Female Servant
  • William Fyfe, male, age 24 [born about 1817] in Out of County, Agricultural Servant

From freecen

30 March 1851 Census for residents of Western Club, 147 Buchanan Street, Glasgow 55.8614, -4.2541, Lanarkshire; Parish of St George's, St George's

  • Laurence Hill, member, married, male, age 59 [born about 1792] in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Writer
  • John Muir, member, unmarried, male, age 40 [born about 1811] in Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • John Campbell, member, unmarried, male, age 46 [born about 1805] in Argyllshire, Scotland
  • 6 servants

From Newspapers: Glasgow Herald Friday, 28 August 1857 Page 4 Fête at Barlanark

On Wednesday last, 26 August 1857, Mr. Laurence Hill of Barlanark gave a fête of a very pleasing and interesting kind to the children of both sexes belonging to Hutchesons' Hospital 55.8598, -4.24656 and Millar's Schools. The youngsters, to the number of 250, were taken out in omnibuses early in the day, and as the weather was cool and dry they enjoyed themselves as town children only can do when they meet with a courteous and generous entertainer, and where they have the unimpeded range of extensive and beautifully wooded grounds, with thickets, hill, and dale. ...[Barlanark House, Shettleston, Glasgow 55.8589066, -4.1435791]

From Newspapers: Glasgow Herald Wednesday, 8 September 1858 Page 2 The Purification and Waste Waters of the Clyde

We have been requested to insert the following interesting communication upon the purification, etc., of the Clyde, addressed by Mr. Laurence Hill, of Barlanark [Barlanerk], to Mr. Pollok, of Govan, who recently wrote to us on the same important subject....

From Newspapers: Glasgow Herald Friday, 24 February 1860 Page 5

20. The first Minute-Book of Hutchesons' Hospital, Glasgow, commencing 5 November 1641, and ending Tuesday, 25 September 1764. A massive volume, beautifully written, and in fine preservation.

Exhibited by Mr. Laurence Hill of Barlanark.

From British Newspaper Archive: Caledonian Mercury Tuesday, 21 April 1863 Page 2 Court and Fashion

University degrees. - The senate of the University of Glasgow Old College, now 140 High Street, Glasgow G1 1QF 55.85917, -4.24028, at their meeting on Friday, 17 April 1863, unanimously conferred ... the degree of LL.D. on Mr. Laurence Hill, LL.B., factor to the College ...

From Geni: 1871 Census Laurence and Marion Hill.jpg

2 April 1871 Census for residents of Barlanark, Shettleston, Lanark; 17 rooms with 1 or more windows

  • William Henry Hill, head, son, single, male, aged 31 [born about 1840], in Barlanark, Barony, Lanarkshire; Lawyer in Glasgow
  • Laurence Hill, senior, father, married, male, aged 79 [born about 1792] in Edinburgh, Midlothian; LL.D., and J.P., retired from business for years
  • Marion Hill, mother, married, female, aged 65 [born about 1806] in Edinburgh, Midlothian
  • Eliza Marion Thomson, cousin, single, female, aged 31 [born about 1840] in Edinburgh, Midlothian
  • Martha Lesley Wood, nurse, widow, female, aged 53 [born about 1819] in Laurieston, Glasgow; Ladies sick nurse
  • Helen Scott, servant, single, female, aged 34 [born about 1837] in Killin, Perthshire; Cook, Domestic
  • Helen James, servant, single, female, aged 28 [born about 1843] in England; Housemaid, Domestic
  • Annie McLuckie, servant, single, female, aged 21 [born about 1850] in Kingston, Lanarkshire; Tablemaid, Domestic
  • Jane Gibson, servant, single, female, aged 16 [born about 1855] in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire; Kitchenmaid, Domestic

From Geni: 1872 02 22 Laurence Hill Death.jpg

  • Thursday, 22 February 1872 at 00:25
  • Death of Laurence Hill, LL.D (married to Marion Hill); at Barlanark, Shettleston, Lanark; 80 years old male [born about 1792]
  • Son of Laurence Hill, Writer to the Signet, (deceased) and Christian Hill (maiden surname: Dreghorn) (deceased)
  • Died of Diabetes, 3 years, as certified by George Miller, Surgeon; Informant William Henry Hill, son present
  • Registered 22 February 1872 at Shettleston by Andrew Garrand, Registrar, in the District of Shettleston in the County of Lanark

From British Newspaper Archive: North British Daily Mail Saturday, 24 February 1872 Page 4 The Late Laurence Hill, Esq., LL.D.

This gentleman, who for a long time held a most prominent position in our city, died at Barlanark, the residence of his son, Mr W. H. Hill, on Thursday last, 22 February 1872, at the ripe age of 81 years.

He was born in Edinburgh, and was the son of Laurence Hill, Writer to the Signet, and Christian Dreghorn. He passed his early school days in the Old Royal High School, 5-7 Regent Road, Edinburgh EH7 5BL 55.95361, -3.18028, and was afterwards under tuition of the celebrated Mr Jerom, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.

In the year 1812 he came to Glasgow and entered at once into the business which has now been conducted by members of his family for more than a century and a half.

In the following year he married Barbara Hopkirk, daughter of James Hopkirk, of Dalbeth, by whom he leaves a family. He subsequently married his cousin, Marion Hill, by whom also he leaves a family.

Mr Hill was the direct representative of the founders of Hutchesons' Hospital — his ancestor, Ninian Hill, of Lambhill, having married Helen, sister of George and Thomas Hutcheson, who bequeathed the funds with which the Hospital was afterwards built and endowed.

As a member of the legal profession he held during his lifetime many public trusts. He was Clerk to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ 55.86241, -4.263446, succeeding in this office his grandfather, James Hill, of Cathcart, and his uncle, James Hill, of Gartloch, by whom the office had been held since the middle of last century. He was also Factor for the College of Glasgow, Collector to the [Merchants House, 7 West George Street, Glasgow G2 1BA 55.8615204, -4.251698], and Hutchesons' hospital, and Clerk to various Road and other important trusts.

He originated the idea of extra-mural cemeteries in Scotland, and during his collectorship of the Merchants' House the Fir Park, belonging to that institution, was converted into the Glasgow Necropolis. He also carried through Parliament the Act for constructing the first railway in Scotland.

At one time Mr Hill took a great interest in the matter of the disposal of the Glasgow sewage; and the project for disposing of it on the waste lands on the Ayrshire coast, which was substantially the scheme afterwards adopted by Messrs Bateman and Bazalgette, originated with him.

Since the year 1840 he has practically been out of business. In that year he retired to Ayr and afterwards to Edinburgh. He subsequently lived on a property he purchased in the New Forest, Hampshire. In 1856 he returned to his residence at Barlanark, near Shettleston, and in 1860 went out to Canada to visit some members of his family there. He returned from Canada in 1869, and latterly took up his residence at Barlanark, where he died.

From findagrave: Laurence Hill (1791-1872)

  • Name: Laurence Hill
  • Born: Monday, 25 July 1791, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Died: Thursday, 22 February 1872 (aged 80), Glasgow, Scotland
  • Buried: Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart Street, Glasgow G4 0UZ 55.86217, -4.23340
  • Plot: [Beta 1/1 55.86203, -4.23285]
  • About: Buried on Monday, 26 February 1872. Died aged 80 years old at home, Barlanark House, Barlanark, Glasgow. He built Barlanark House in 1822.Cause of death was diabetes. His parents were Laurence Hill and Christian Dreghorn. He was married twice. First to Barbara Hopkirk on Tuesday, 19 January 1813 at Glasgow. After her death he remarried to Marion Hill, who was his first cousin - their fathers were siblings on Monday, 16 June 1834 at Glasgow. He was educated in Edinburgh and Lincolnshire before moving to Glasgow in 1812. He here entered his family's long-established legal practice. He was the factor for the College of Glasgow from 1819-1872, and was associated with numerous institutions in Glasgow and its neighbouring counties. He campaigned for improvements to the road system and in 1832 promoted, unsuccessfully, the first bill for a Glasgow to Edinburgh railway. He was involved with the Garnkirk to St Rollox railway, the first line in Scotland on which locomotives were used, and was active in the construction of the Glasgow Necropolis. From 1835 he campaigned to improve the quality of the Clyde by removing Glasgow sewage to the Ayrshire coast. He retired from business in 1840 and subsequently lived in Ayr, Edinburgh and in the New Forest. In 1856 he returned to Barlanark House.

From Scotland's People: Wills and Testaments

  • 1 December 1873 Holograph Will of Laurence Hill, L.L.D. of Glasgow, spouse of Marion Hill; court: Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills
  • 1 December 1873 Inventory of Laurence Hill, writer in Glasgow, residing at Barlanark, parish of Shettleston; court: Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories
  • 14 December 1896 Eik of Laurence Hill, senior, sometime Writer, Glasgow, died Thursday, 22 February 1872 at Barlanark, Parish of Shettleston, testate; court: Glasgow Sheriff Court Inventories

From eik Laurence Hill writer d 18720222 Barlanark to William Henry H Writer Glasgow Rev Ninian Wight Largnean Lauder Rd Edinburgh will 18680723 orig conf 18731212 £55 60558 40884_b206790-00102

Laurence Hill, senior, sometime Writer, Glasgow, died 22 February 1872 at Barlanark, Parish of Shettleston, testate. Eik to Confirmation granted at Glasgow 14 December 1896 to William Henry Hill, Writer, Glasgow, and Rev. Ninian Wight, [ERROR Lurgnean CORRECTION Largnean], Lauder Road, Edinburgh, Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 23 July 1868, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Lanark, 1 December 1873. Value of Additional Estate, £54, 16s 7d.

Original Confirmation granted 12 December 1873

From History of the hospital and school in Glasgow founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill; with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs by Hutchesons' Hospital By William Henry Hill Published 1881 Page 170

In that year (Monday, 30 November 1789), Messrs. Orr and Wilson, the Town-Clerks, having resigned office, the Patrons elected James Hill, Senior, who had acted as their Factor on the Gorbals lands since 1758, and James Hill, Junior, his son, jointly to be Clerks to the Hospital. On the decease of the latter the Patrons [Footnote: Thursday, 12 August 1819] elected Mr. Laurence Hill, grandson of Mr. Hill of Busby, to the office. This appointment he held till his death in 1872, in conjunction, for some time, with his son James Hopkirk Hill, elected on Friday, 19 December 1845, and subsequently with other Members of the firm of Hill, Davidson, and Hoggan, by whom the office is presently held.

From University of Glasgow Story People Laurence Hill

Degree Information: LLB (1822) ; LLD (1863)

Addison 1727-1897 reads: Of Barlanark, Writer in Glasgow; held, inter alia, the Factorship of the University, the Clerkship of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Collectorship of the Merchants' House; born in Edinburgh, 25 July 1791; died at Barlanark, 21 February 1872; grandson of James Hill, MA 1747 .

From "Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men" No. 44

2 July 1831: Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 173

On Saturday, 2 July 1831, the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway was partially opened. On that occasion, a beautiful Locomotive Steam Engine, the St. Rollox, started on a trial trip from Messrs. Charles Tennant & Co.'s Chemical Works, at St. Rollox, on this Railway. The Isabella, an elegant new Carriage, with 24 passengers inside, besides an open vehicle, in which were Dr. Jeffrey, Dr. Couper, Mr. Charles Tennant, Mr. Mark Sprot, Mr. Laurence Hill, Mr. Claud Girdwood, and other promoters of the undertaking, having been attached to the tender, the whole proceeded in fine style. Although the one-half of the power of the Engine was at no time exerted, she went to Lea-end, a distance of 8.25 miles, in 40 minutes and 30 seconds, being at the rate of 12 miles, and 3 furlongs, in the hour.

Glasgow Works formerly the St Rollox Works 55.872, -4.232

From Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 59

1831: Secretary to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens 55.87930, -4.29066, Glasgow

From Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and county of Lanark. For the government census of 1831. With population and statistical tables relative to England and Scotland by James Cleland Published 1832 Page 110

1832: Justice of the Peace for the County of Lanark.

From PDF FORMAT: North Parish Washing-Green Society, established 1792, incorporated 1794, for the relief of the poor in the North Quarter of the City Page 17

Past member: Lawrence Hill (writer)

From random Scottish history photo of Lawrence Hill LL.D of Barlanark

1844: Lived in [Frog Moore, Burley Lawn, Burley, Hampshire, BH24 4DL 50.8318486, -1.6908318] probably from 1844 to at least 1848

1848: Author of: A letter from the New Forest, on its present state and proposed improvement, to the Lord Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's woods and forests

From London Gazette Issue 21394 Friday, 24 December 1852 Page 3752 and London Gazette Issue 21394 Friday, 24 December 1852 Page 3780

[Page 3752]

Abstract of the Claims to Rights of Common and other Rights over the New Act of the 14th and 15th Victoria, chapter 76, and duly registered by Mr. William.

This Abstract is published pursuant to the 17th section of the said Act, and printed to the said Clerk of the Verderers, on payment of the sum fixed by the said Act, viz.:

The original Registers of Claims may be inspected by any person, on application to Revenue Records and Enrolments, in London; or to the Clerk of the Peace for the [?] and certified Copies or Extracts of the said Registers may be obtained by any person, on the rate of Fourpence per folio of seventy-two words.

[Page 3780] New Forest

  • Name and Abode of the Claimant: Lawrence Hill, Burley Lawn, Ringwood
  • Agent: Richard Loch and MacLawin, 21 Fludyer street, London
  • Land or Tenements in respect of which he Claims: 7 houses, offices, farms, and land, at Burley and Holmesley
  • Quantity 40 acres 1 rood 15 perches [16.327 hectares]

From PDF FORMAT: The Cemetery and the City: The Origins of the Glasgow Necropolis, 1825-1857 PhD thesis by Ronald David Scott University of Glasgow Page 250

Appendix A - Short biographies

Laurence Hill (1791-1872) succeeded his grandfather James Hill of Cartside (1731-1791) in the family legal business, which had for many years acted as secretaries to a number of leading institutions in Glasgow. Hill was factor of Glasgow University from 1819 until his death, clerk to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, collector of the Merchants' House, Crown receiver of the Archbishopric revenues of Glasgow, secretary of the Royal Botanic Institution, chamberlain to the Royal Incorporation of Hutchesons' Hospital, and secretary of Miller's Educational Trust. He was also secretary of road trusts in Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and other counties in the west of Scotland. As an investor and business man, he was involved in the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, and Sighthill Cemetery. His first wife, Barbara, was the sister of Thomas Hopkirk. He was buried in the Necropolis. [Footnote: James MacLehose, Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men Volume 1 (Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1886), Pages 161-164]

From Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow 1894 by Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Published 1894 Page 72

Lent by William Henry Hill, LL.D.

202. Painting of Laurence Hill, LL.D., of Barlanark (Born 1791; died 1872) by Robertson.

Writer in Glasgow. Partner of the old firm, established in 1740, now represented by Hill & Hoggan, of which his son, the lender, is a member.

Laurence Hill was Chamberlain of Hutchesons' Hospital, Collector of the Merchants' House, and holder of many other important positions in Glasgow. He was a public-spirited citizen, and took a leading part in promoting the roads, and afterwards the railways, which have done so much for the city.

The Hills have been long intimately and creditably connected with Glasgow. In 1549 James Hill was inducted "Parson of Govan." He early embraced the Reformed faith, and was the first Protestant "Reader" of Cathcart.

Just 200 years after James Hill, the Roman Catholic priest, had been inducted to the parish of Govan his direct descendant the Rev. Laurence Hill, the Presbyterian minister, was inducted to the Barony parish of Glasgow. The deeds relating to these presentations will be found in the exhibition (see Numbers 1089-1093). The Rev. Laurence Hill was great-grandson of Ninian Hill of Garioch, merchant in Glasgow, who married, in 1609, Helen Hucheson, sister of George and Thomas Hucheson, the founders of Hutchesons' Hospital and Schools (Numbers 15, 38); and the subject of this notice was his great-grandson.

Dr. Hill married, first, Barbara Hopkirk, daughter of James Hopkirk of Dalbeth (No. 166); and second, his cousin Marion Hill (Number 257), daughter of Ninian Hill, W.S.; and by both he had issue.

Painter — Robertson.

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Laurence Hill of Barlanark, LLD, WS's Timeline

1791
July 25, 1791
Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1813
October 29, 1813
1814
October 24, 1814
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1816
July 21, 1816
Dalbeth House, 1920 London Road, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1817
November 6, 1817
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1819
March 29, 1819
1821
August 18, 1821
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1823
March 14, 1823
Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1824
April 15, 1824