| Biography File: People of Campbeltown Picture House | |||
| Full Name | William Greenlees | ||
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| Birth date | October 12 1850 | Birth place: Campbeltown | |
| Death date | November 1 1922 | Death place: Campbeltown | |
| Father’s full name | John Greenlees | ||
| Mother’s full name (maiden name in brackets) | Jean/Jane Mitchell8i9 | ||
| Spouse(s) | unmarried | ||
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| Relationship with Picturehouse / Rex Cinema | William was an original shareholder of the Picture House. In 1912, he bought 100 shares. | ||
| Life story in a paragraph (summary of above) | William’s early years were spent in Stewarton, where his Father had a Grocer Shop. When his Father retired, he lived in the villa “Craiglussa” at Machrihanish. Longrow Distillery was founded in 1824 and was owned by John Beith &Co. From 1852 it was owned by Colvill, Beith & Co. In 1887, William Greenlees and his brother James Greenlees took over. The distillery closed in 1896. In 1897, William had a villa built on Kilkerran Road. “Redcliff” was designed by H. E. Clifford. When he died, he left £500 to his Housekeeper, £300 to his house servant and £250 to his Nephew. He owned a half share in his brother James’s business “Bennet & Co” which he signed over to him on his death. The rest of his estate was divided between his siblings: John, James, Archibald, Jessie and Catherine. | ||
| Contact with family established (details)? | |||
| 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 | Shares Ledger | ||
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| Researcher | AB | Creation Date: June 2017 | |
