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William Fairlie (merchant)

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From 1793 Fairlie, with Scott and his son, ran for about 20 years a business empire operating in London, New York, India, China and South-East Asia. Fairlie, Bonham & Co., involving Fairlie, H. Bonham and
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He was the third son of John Fairlie and his wife Agnes Mure or Muir. He came to India in the early 1780s, remaining there until 1812, and was associated with the "Fairlie House" in
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Fergusson & Fairlie. Fergusson returned to Great Britain in 1789, took over David Scott's business in London, and died in 1793.
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In a legal case of the 1840s, it was argued that Fairlie had participated in four successive firms based in Calcutta:
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Fairlie married Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of John Ogilvy of Murtle. Their children included:
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A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
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After Fairlie's death, his widow Margaret began construction on Coodham House, near
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The house was also on good terms with David Scott & Co. of London, run by
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Agnes Maria, eldest daughter, married James Fairlie of Holms, her cousin.
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The last of these was succeeded in 1818 by Fergusson, Clark & Co.
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William Fairlie and young family, group portrait c.1801
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Calcutta
British East India Company
David Scott
John Innes

James Ogilvie Fairlie

Symington, South Ayrshire
William Houldsworth



A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
British Trade and the Opening of China 1800-1842
Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire
ISBN
978-1-84383-579-0
The Scots Abroad: Labour, Capital, Enterprise, 1750-1914
ISBN
978-1-000-44159-8
European Agency Houses In Bengal 1783-1833


Reports of Cases Heard and Decided in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error: During the Sessions 1831[-1846]


"From Campsie to Kedgeree: Scottish Enterprise, Asian Trade and the Company Raj"
ISSN
0026-749X

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