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James Smith
Archive, Helen Mowatt, Norman Mowatt, People of the Picture House
James Smith was born in Glasgow in 1867, son of a Master Baker. He worked for several years as a clerk then as head clerk of the Central Hotel in Glasgow. From 1905 he was proprietor, manager, and later managing director of the Ugadale Arms Hotel in Machrihanish. He was one of the founding directors of the Picture House and had a large shareholding. He was a believer in provision of entertainment and excursions as methods of attracting tourist business to the area and to his hotel.
Biography File: People of Campbeltown Picture House | |||
Full Name | James Smith | ||
Birth date | 2nd July 1867 | Birth place: Glasgow | |
Death date | unknown | Death place: unknown | |
Father’s full name | Robert Smith (Baker in Glasgow, Hotelier Bute Arms Hotel, Rothesay, Bute) | ||
Mother’s full name (maiden name in brackets) | Agnes Hendrie Smith (Morrison) – married 11th September 1866 Glasgow | ||
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Relationship with Picture House / Rex Cinema | One of the founding four directors and a shareholder of the Picture House | ||
Life story in a paragraph (summary of above)
| James Smith was born in Glasgow in 1867, son of a Master Baker. He worked for several years as a clerk then as head clerk of the Central Hotel in Glasgow. From 1905 he was proprietor, manager, and later managing director of the Ugadale Arms Hotel in Machrihanish. He was one of the founding directors of the Picture House and had a large shareholding. He was a believer in provision of entertainment and excursions as methods of attracting tourist business to the area and to his hotel. | ||
Contact with family established (details)? | No | ||
External source references (e.g. census, BMD, valuation rolls, probate index, wills, parish records etc.) include ref. numbers
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CPH archive or object collection reference | Shareholders Ledger. Share Certificates book. | ||
Other notes
| The last newspaper ad for the Ugadale Arms showing James Smith as Managing Director is 1940 – the trail stops there so far ! Searching for James Smith’s first wife, his death, and details for son Bertie is very difficult with the surname Smith . | ||
Researcher | Norman and Helen Mowatt | Creation Date: 25th May 2017 |