Overview
Andrew Galbraith (1799–1885) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1857 to 1860.
Life
He was born in Campbeltown on 6 February 1799.
Together with his younger brother Archibald Galbraith they ran A & A Galbraith, cotton spinners in Glasgow. The business had offices at 4 Bothwell Street and factories on Garngad Road. Later he also had mills at Oakbank near Glasgow. His mills employed 1200 persons.
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