Records of John Gourlay, distillers, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland

• Production records, 1821–1824.

The partnership of Brown, Gourlay & Co, distillers, of Glasgow, Scotland began trading in 1813. The partnership was dissolved in 1818 and the business continued, but under the name of John Gourlay & Co. In 1833 John Gourlay snr left the partnership and John Gourlay jnr left three years later in 1835. When Robert Gourlay died in 1841 the partnership was once more dissolved, although business carried on under the same name. In 1877 John Gourlay & Co amalgamated with M MacFarlane & Co, who were the other major distiller in Port Dundas, Glasgow. Together they became part of the Distillers Company Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland, that same year. The Distillery was badly damaged by fire in 1903, but was quickly rebuilt. In 1966 the business transferred to Scottish Grain Distillers Ltd, Edinburgh, and rebuilding was carried out from the mid–1960s. Source:

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The collection was previously stored with the rest of the Scottish Brewing Archive at Heriot–Watt University. It moved to the University of Glasgow in 1991. Custody of the Scottish Brewing Archive was transferred to Glasgow University Archive Services in 2008.

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• GB 800001 NRA(S)2786: Records of Distillers Company Ltd (private collection, enquiries to National Archives for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland)

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