Family and Education
b. 10 June 1771, 2nd s. of Robert Downie (d. 1805), distiller, of Spittletown, Monteith and Kilmadock, Perth and his w. Margaret Morison of Spillodon, Doune, Perth. m. 8 Oct. 1804, at Calcutta, Mary, da. of Joseph Barnard Smith, high ct. judge, Bombay, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.); at least 1s. 1da. illegit. BL OIOC N/1/7, ff. 37, 85, 247; 8, ff. 13. d. 10 Sept. 1841.
Offices Held
Chairman, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Co.; gov. Edinburgh Gaslight Co.
Main residence: Appin House, Loch Linnhe, Argyll.
Notes
Ian Macalpine-Leny, Downie’s great-great-great grandson, very kindly supplied copious information on his family background, business interests and property.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
DOWNIE, Robert (1771-1841)
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Oxford 1644
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