Nathaniel Dunlop

Sir Nathaniel Dunlop (1830–1919) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman, shipowner and philanthropist, linked to the Allan Steamship Line. He was the longest serving Chairman of the Clyde Navigation Trust. He was also the first Scottish Chairman of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom.[1]

Sir Nathaniel Dunlop by George Frampton 1913, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Life

He was born in Campbeltown on 7 April 1830,[2] the son of Archibald Dunlop and his wife Jean Smith. He was educated in the grammar school there.[3]

He moved to Paisley in 1843 and around 1845 he moved to Glasgow to work as a clerk for Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers. He became a manager in 1853.[4] The most famous ship built under his control was the SS Canadian.[3]

In Glasgow he lived at 1 Montgomerie Crescent in the Kelvinside district.[5]

In 1898 he purchased the estate of Shieldhill near Biggar.[6] He was knighted Sir Nathaniel Dunlop of Shieldhill in 1907 by King Edward VII. Glasgow University awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in the same year. He did much philanthropic work in Biggar and paid for the church in Quothquan.[7]

He died on 15 November 1919 at Shieldhill.

Family

He was married to Ellen Smith, daughter of George Smith, a major Glasgow shipowner. They had one daughter, Ellen Smith Dunlop (born 1867), who continued his philanthropic work after his death.[8]

Publications
  • The Canadian Trade as it Was and Is (1906)
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References
  1. "Nathaniel Dunlop". gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. "Sir Nathaniel Dunlop - a Campbeltown Lad o' Pairts - ClydeMaritime Forums - www.clydemaritime.co.uk". forums.clydemaritime.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  3. "Sir Nathaniel Dunlop". glasgowwestaddress.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  4. "Who's Who in Glasgow in 1909: SIR NATHANIEL DUNLOP [ebook chapter] / George Eyre-Todd, 1909". gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  5. Glasgow Post Office Directory 1890
  6. "From Sir Nathaniel Dunlop, Shieldhill, Biggar". The National Archives. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  7. "Our Church - Libberton and Quothquan Parish Church". libbertonquothquan.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  8. "Sir Nathaniel Dunlop (1830 - 1919) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.


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