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Peter Clouston (1807–1888) was a Scottish insurance broker and philanthropist who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1860 to 1863. LifeHe was born in Greenock on 10 August 1807. His father died when he was an infant and his widowed mother moved to Glasgow.[1] In 1821 at age 14 he was apprenticed to William Bennet & Co, an insurance broker at 185 Exchange in the city centre.[2] The company specialised in marine insurance for Glasgow ships. Not until around 1840 does he appear as an independent householder, then living at 28 Abbotsford Place in Glasgow and working for Bennet & Browne, an amalgamated firm now operating from 126 Queen Street.[3] William Bennet had died of cholera in 1832 and Clouston and then been made a junior partner with James Browne, but his name never appeared in the company title.[4] In 1854 he became a town councillor, rising to be Lord Provost in 1860. By this time he was living at 1 Park Terrace, a very attractive five storey Victorian end-terraced house close to Kelvinside Park.[5] He was later Chairman of the Glasgow and South Western Railway Company He died in Glasgow on 30 August 1888, aged 81. He is buried in the Glasgow Necropolis.[6] The grave lies on one of the western terraces. Artistic RecognitionWhilst in office he was portrayed by Robert Herdman.[7] He was also photographed by Camille Silvy.[8] FamilyHe was married to Hannah Grant (d.1867). His daughters married the brothers James and Matthew Bulloch of the "Bay Line" Shipping Company and Bulloch Lade & Co distillers (owners of the Caol Ila distillery) respectively.[9] References1. ^Peter Clouston The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 2 July 2018. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Clouston, Peter}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}}2. ^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1821 3. ^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1840. 4. ^William Euing Retrieved 2 July 2018. 5. ^Glasgow Post Office Directory 1862. 6. ^{{cite web|publisher=Glasgow Ancestry|url=http://glasgowancestry.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/|title=Paterson Ancestry, Glasgow, Scotland|date=31 January 2010|accessdate=2 July 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/peter-clouston-lord-provost-of-glasgow-18601863-84463|title=Peter Clouston, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1860–1863)|publisher=Art UK|accessdate=2 July 2018}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp123994/peter-clouston|title=Peter Clouston|publisher=National Portrait Gallery, London|accessdate=2 July 2018}} 9. ^From Wheelhouse to Counting House, by Lewis Fischer. 6 : 1807 births|1888 deaths|Lord Provosts of Glasgow|People from Greenock|British businesspeople|Burials at the Glasgow Necropolis |
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