Gillespie, John Hamilton ♂

Education

Student United College 1869-1870 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 1. Merit in bursary comp., 1869. Guthrie scholar.

Birth/childhood

Born 14.10.1852 2nd son of Sir John Gillespie W.S. [Writer to the Signet], Edinburgh and Margaret Ross Robertson. [Lawyer]

Attended Edinburgh Academy.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - law student 1870-1871.

Apprenticed to his father. Writer to the Signet 1875. [Lawyer]

Emigrated to U.S.A.

Mayor of Sarasota Town, Florida 1903-1908 and 1910.

Death

Died at Sarasota [U.S.A.] 7.9.1923.

Sources

• UYUC400:2.11.1869
• Edin. Acad. Reg.