ANDREW McLENNAN
ELDEST son of the late Deacon-Convener McLennan, this
enthusiastic member of many Incorporations of the Trades' House was born in
Glasgow, and educated at Glasgow High School and University. He served an
apprenticeship first to the legal profession, but on the expiry of his indenture
went to London to gain experience of mercantile work and fit himself to join his
father's business. Before returning to Glasgow he set out on a tour of the
world, and visited South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. At
Wellington, however, a cablegram intimating his father's death recalled him
home. He and his brother then took charge of their father's business, purchased
it from the trustees, and are now the sole partners of the firm - Alexander
Bryce & Co., distillers and blenders. Mr. McLennan was also for some time a
Director of Convalmore Distillery.
Mr. McLennan joined the Merchants' House when his father
became a director of that body, while in the Trades' House he is a member of the
Incorporations of Hammermen, Maltmen, Wrights, Gardeners, and Bonnetmakers and
Dyers. He was elected Visitor of the Maltmen in 1902. In 1906, and again in
1907, he was elected Collector of the Trades' House. Only once before, since the
granting of the Trades' House charter, over three centuries ago, has a son
followed a father in this post. He is also a member of the Anderston Weavers,
has been a Director of the Old Men's Home, Rottenrow, and is a Governor of the
Buchanan Trust. In addition to the tour already mentioned, he has travelled
extensively on the Continent, has visited the United States, Canada, and
Iceland, and has made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Cairo. In 1904 he again went
round the world, visiting Mombasa, Zanzibar, South Africa, Australia, China, and
Japan, and returned through the United States, by San Francisco and New York.
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