William Macdowall of Garthland

WILLIAM MACDOWALL OF GARTHLAND

Twentieth Chief of the Name and Arms of Macdowall of Garthland

is the son of James MacDowall, sometime merchant in Glasgow, and his wife, Isabella Peter. He was born at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 26 October 1770, and his baptism was registered there [Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, index, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X1W7-MN1

Foreign Merchant

In 1791 he was a member of the Merchants House, Glasgow, and for a time he was Comptroller of Customs at Greenock. He completed the disposal of the caput baroniae in Wigtownshire, begun by his uncle in 1807, between several purchasers, when the estates of Barr and Garpel in Renfrewshire became the substitute barony of Garthland and Garthland house was built in 1811 [The Peerage] http://www.thepeerage.com/p45554.htm#i455539

Death

William Macdowall of Garthland died unmarried on 27 April 1840 and was succeeded by his brother german, Lawrence Macdowall of Garthland [The Peerage] http://www.thepeerage.com/p45554.htm#i455539