Timber merchant and philanthropist who established a sawmill and wharf in Erskine Street, a brickworks at Granville and a pottery at Surry Hills.
Milestone
Born
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
22 Mar 1835
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Died
Ashfield
13 Jan 1914
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