| 词条 | John Ure (Lord Provost) |
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John Ure DL LLD (1824–1901) was a Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1880 to 1883. LifeHe was born on 17 July 1824 the son of John Ure, a baker. The family lived at 80 Bridgegate, then a fashionable quarter.[1] Aged eight he nearly drowned in the River Clyde. He joined the family baking business in 1837 and from the mid-1840s expanded it greatly. He became a town councillor in 1856 and became chairman of the Sanitary Department in Glasgow in 1858, appointing Glasgow's first Medical Officer of Health, William Tennant Gairdner. In 1865 he built the large Crown Flour Mills on Washington Street. This was done to supply his existing large bakery firm with cheaper flour. For most of his later life he lived in Helensburgh[2] in a house commissioned from architect William Leiper in 1871. The house, "Cairndhu", was designed to look like a French chateau and contained stained glass by Daniel Cottier.[3] In 1880 he succeeded Sir William Collins as Lord Provost of Glasgow. During his term in office he organised the building of the new Counil buildings on George Square. On stepping down as Lord Provost he declined a knighthood from Queen Victoria, the standard "reward" for a Lord Provost, the only Lord Provost to do this in her reign.[4] In 1884 he became Deputy Chairman of the Clyde Navigation Trust. From 1889 to 1891 he was Lord Dean of Guild for Glasgow. He was Chairman of the Glasgow Savings Bank. He died at his large villa "Cairndhu" in Helensburgh on 1 August 1901. He is buried in Helensburgh Cemetery.[4] FamilyHe was married to Isabella Dibb. Their children included the politician Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde.[5] His three other sons ran the family bakery and flour business. His sister Annie Ure, married the merchant-baker William Primrose, and his nephew (their son) was John Ure Primrose, who was named after him, and served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1902 to 1905. His great grand-daughter was the actress Mary Ure. Artistic RecognitionWhilst in office as Lord Provost he was portrayed by the then young George Reid RSA, one of his earliest commissions.[6] References1. ^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1824. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ure, John}}2. ^Mitchell Library, The Bailie The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 1 July 2018. 3. ^Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Leiper. 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:cairndhu-owner-became-glasgow-lord-provost&catid=39:people-&Itemid=399|author=Fullarton, Donald|title=Cairndhu owner became Lord Provost|publisher=Helensburgh Heritage|accessdate=1 July 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|publisher=The Peerage|title=Page 47077|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p47077.htm|accessdate=1 July 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-ure-18241901-lord-provost-of-glasgow-18801883-85817|title=John Ure (1824–1901), Lord Provost of Glasgow (1880–1883)|publisher=Art UK|accessdate=1 July 2018}} 5 : 1824 births|1901 deaths|Lord Provosts of Glasgow|British businesspeople|Bakers |
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