William Sloan was a member of a family which was instrumental in establishing the new profession of chartered accountant and played a major part in the founding the Arlington Baths. William Sloan was a member of the first Management Committee, and two of his younger brothers, Alexander and Charles, served almost sixty years between them … Continue reading William Sloan, shipping company owner, and Alexander and Charles Tennant Sloan, chartered accountants
William James Fleming MD – surgeon and medical researcher
William J. Fleming was a medical practitioner, surgeon and lecturer in physiology who published medical research, including experiments conducted on himself at the Arlington Baths.
Robert Boyd – calico printer
Robert Boyd was part of a family calico printing firm in Barrhead and Manchester which was run with his brother Thomas Boyd. Robert Boyd was a founding member of the Baths, being an original shareholder of the Glasgow Swimming Baths Co Ltd and on the first committee of management of the Arlington Swimming Club. The … Continue reading Robert Boyd – calico printer
Robert Peel Lamond – lawyer and Poor Law reformer
Robert Peel Lamond was a lawyer and legal author from a family of lawyers who were active in Glasgow city politics.
James S Higginbotham, calico printer, and Mary Higginbotham, nursing pioneer
James Samuel Higginbotham was involved in his family's successful calico printing business and his wife Mary set up an organisation of nurses to care for poor residents of Glasgow.
