George Bogle of Daldowie
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George Bogle, of Daldowie, Junior (1701–1782) was a Virginia
merchant, a West India
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
As well as trading in tobacco
he dealt in other Caribbean
commodities, such as sugar
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
to Tibet
and the Emperor of China
in 1774.
, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
. There is a curate
, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
of the Scottish Parliament
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
between Scotland
and England
which opened up both England
and the English Empire
to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
branch, the Daldowie
branch and the Carmyle
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
land, commercial and legal elites.
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
between the North Calder Water
and the River Clyde
. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
, was a considerable Glasgow
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
(and also lands at Whiteinch
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
on Timothy Pont
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
of the British East India Company
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
in an effort to get the Lama
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
George Bogle, of Daldowie, Junior (1701–1782) was a Virginia
merchant, a West India
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
As well as trading in tobacco
he dealt in other Caribbean
commodities, such as sugar
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
to Tibet
and the Emperor of China
in 1774.
, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
. There is a curate
, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
of the Scottish Parliament
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
between Scotland
and England
which opened up both England
and the English Empire
to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
branch, the Daldowie
branch and the Carmyle
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
land, commercial and legal elites.
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
between the North Calder Water
and the River Clyde
. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
, was a considerable Glasgow
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
(and also lands at Whiteinch
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
on Timothy Pont
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
of the British East India Company
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
in an effort to get the Lama
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
George Bogle, of Daldowie, Junior (1701–1782) was a Virginia
merchant, a West India
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
As well as trading in tobacco
he dealt in other Caribbean
commodities, such as sugar
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
to Tibet
and the Emperor of China
in 1774.
, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
. There is a curate
, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
of the Scottish Parliament
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
between Scotland
and England
which opened up both England
and the English Empire
to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
branch, the Daldowie
branch and the Carmyle
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
land, commercial and legal elites.
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
between the North Calder Water
and the River Clyde
. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
, was a considerable Glasgow
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
(and also lands at Whiteinch
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
on Timothy Pont
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
of the British East India Company
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
in an effort to get the Lama
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
Virginia
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merchant, a West India
West India
West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire before...
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
Glasgow
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, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
Tobacco Lords
The Tobacco Lords were Glasgow merchants who, in the 18th Century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco from Great Britain's American Colonies....
As well as trading in tobacco
Tobacco
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he dealt in other Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
commodities, such as sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
India
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to Tibet
Tibet
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and the Emperor of China
Emperor of China
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in 1774.
The Bogles
George Bogle, Junior, came from an ambitious family which had farmed, rented, tenanted then owned land in the west of Scotland for at least 200 years. They are well documented in the land rolls of the Archbishopric of GlasgowGlasgow
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, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
Glasgow
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. There is a curate
Curate
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, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
Scottish Reformation
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the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
Act of Parliament
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of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral
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. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
Treaty of Union
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between Scotland
Scotland
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and England
England
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which opened up both England
England
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and the English Empire
British Empire
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to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
branch, the Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
branch and the Carmyle
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
Scotland
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land, commercial and legal elites.
The Bogles of Daldowie
The lands of Easter DaldowieDaldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
between the North Calder Water
North Calder Water
The North Calder Water is a river in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It flows for 12 miles from the Black Loch to the River Clyde at Daldowie south-east of Glasgow....
and the River Clyde
River Clyde
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. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
Robert Bogle
Robert John "Bob" Bogle is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...
, was a considerable Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
Dean of Guild
A Dean of Guild, under Scots law, was a burgh magistrate who, in later years, had the care of buildings.Originally, the post was held by the head of the Guild brethren of Scottish towns, and dates back to the 12th century. Later, the phrase Dean of Guild also described the courts set up in the 14th...
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
(and also lands at Whiteinch
Whiteinch
Whiteinch is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city...
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
on Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont was a Scottish topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an actual survey.-Life:...
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
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but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
Bothwell
Bothwell is a small town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow city centre....
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lord of Session
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- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
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) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
George Bogle, diplomat
George Bogle was a Scottish adventurer and diplomat, the first to establish diplomatic relations with Tibet and to attempt recognition by the Chinese Qing Empire...
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
in an effort to get the Lama
Lama
Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
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. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
Sources
Mitchell Library Glasgow Special Collections Bogle Papers, 1725-80 [letter-book and correspondence of the firm Bogle & Scott, tobacco merchants]External links
- a link to the history of the Bogles, courtesy of the Glasgow Digital Library.
George Bogle, of Daldowie, Junior (1701–1782) was a Virginia
Virginia
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merchant, a West India
West India
West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire before...
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
Tobacco Lords
The Tobacco Lords were Glasgow merchants who, in the 18th Century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco from Great Britain's American Colonies....
As well as trading in tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
he dealt in other Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
commodities, such as sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
and the Emperor of China
Emperor of China
The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...
in 1774.
The Bogles
George Bogle, Junior, came from an ambitious family which had farmed, rented, tenanted then owned land in the west of Scotland for at least 200 years. They are well documented in the land rolls of the Archbishopric of GlasgowGlasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. There is a curate
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...
the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral
The church commonly known as Glasgow Cathedral is the Church of Scotland High Kirk of Glasgow otherwise known as St. Mungo's Cathedral.The other cathedrals in Glasgow are:* The Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew...
. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
Treaty of Union
The Treaty of Union is the name given to the agreement that led to the creation of the united kingdom of Great Britain, the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which took effect on 1 May 1707...
between Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which opened up both England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and the English Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
branch, the Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
branch and the Carmyle
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
land, commercial and legal elites.
The Bogles of Daldowie
The lands of Easter DaldowieDaldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
between the North Calder Water
North Calder Water
The North Calder Water is a river in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It flows for 12 miles from the Black Loch to the River Clyde at Daldowie south-east of Glasgow....
and the River Clyde
River Clyde
The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
Robert Bogle
Robert John "Bob" Bogle is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...
, was a considerable Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
Dean of Guild
A Dean of Guild, under Scots law, was a burgh magistrate who, in later years, had the care of buildings.Originally, the post was held by the head of the Guild brethren of Scottish towns, and dates back to the 12th century. Later, the phrase Dean of Guild also described the courts set up in the 14th...
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
(and also lands at Whiteinch
Whiteinch
Whiteinch is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city...
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
on Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont was a Scottish topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an actual survey.-Life:...
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
Bothwell
Bothwell is a small town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow city centre....
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lords of Session were lay members of the Court of Session in Scotland from 1532 to 1762.When the Court of Session was founded in 1532, it consisted of the Lord President, 14 Ordinary Lords and three or four Extraordinary Lords. The Extraordinary Lords were nominees of the King, not...
- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
George Bogle, diplomat
George Bogle was a Scottish adventurer and diplomat, the first to establish diplomatic relations with Tibet and to attempt recognition by the Chinese Qing Empire...
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
in an effort to get the Lama
Lama
Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
Sources
Mitchell Library Glasgow Special Collections Bogle Papers, 1725-80 [letter-book and correspondence of the firm Bogle & Scott, tobacco merchants]External links
- a link to the history of the Bogles, courtesy of the Glasgow Digital Library.
George Bogle, of Daldowie, Junior (1701–1782) was a Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
merchant, a West India
West India
West India or the Western region of India consists of the states of Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, along with the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is highly industrialized, with a large urban population. Most of Western India was part of the Maratha Empire before...
trader, and a considerable citizen of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, where he was one of the Tobacco Lords
Tobacco Lords
The Tobacco Lords were Glasgow merchants who, in the 18th Century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco from Great Britain's American Colonies....
As well as trading in tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
he dealt in other Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
commodities, such as sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. He was an early partner in the Glasgow Tan Work, and in the Eastern Sugarhouse.
He was Rector of the University of Glasgow three times between 1738 and 1750 and was the father of the young adventurer, George Bogle, private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
, who led the first attempted British embassy from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
and the Emperor of China
Emperor of China
The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...
in 1774.
The Bogles
George Bogle, Junior, came from an ambitious family which had farmed, rented, tenanted then owned land in the west of Scotland for at least 200 years. They are well documented in the land rolls of the Archbishopric of GlasgowGlasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, who owned much of the land to the east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. There is a curate
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
, Patrick Bogle, of the “church of Caddir” mentioned in 1509. In 1510,“Thomas Bogyl” of Chedylstoun
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
is mentioned. In 1555 , “Isobell Bogyl” is mentioned in relation to “Daldowy Wester” and in 1569, “Wylzem Bogylle” is referred to as having “the lands of Carmyl
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, callet “Bogylis Hole”. After the Reformation
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was Scotland's formal break with the Papacy in 1560, and the events surrounding this. It was part of the wider European Protestant Reformation; and in Scotland's case culminated ecclesiastically in the re-establishment of the church along Reformed lines, and politically in...
the Bogyle seem to have taken over their lands from the church. In 1690, an Act
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
recorded the return of lands to “Tomas Bogle of Boglehole”, after forfeiture (presumably having chosen the wrong side during the Civil Wars
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
).
A George Bogle, senior, died in 1707, and was buried at the east end of Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral
The church commonly known as Glasgow Cathedral is the Church of Scotland High Kirk of Glasgow otherwise known as St. Mungo's Cathedral.The other cathedrals in Glasgow are:* The Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew...
. This was the year of the Parliamentary Union
Treaty of Union
The Treaty of Union is the name given to the agreement that led to the creation of the united kingdom of Great Britain, the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, which took effect on 1 May 1707...
between Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which opened up both England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and the English Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
to ambitious Scottish merchants, from which the Bogles profited greatly.
After George Senior, the family divided into three branches - the Shettleston
Shettleston
Shettleston is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Like many of the city's districts, Shettleston was originally a small village on its outer edge. Today Shettleston lies between the neighbouring districts of Parkhead to the west, and Baillieston to the east, and is about 2 and a...
branch, the Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
branch and the Carmyle
Carmyle
Carmyle is a small village in the east end of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde.-Transport:Carmyle railway station which opened in August 1866, is on the Whifflet Line. It is an unstaffed, 2-platform halt. Trains run to Glasgow Central from Westbound Platform 1, and to Mount Vernon, Baillieston,...
, or Bogleshole branch. Each has a confusing fondness for certain first names — particularly Robert and George — but had (mostly) good fortune in trade and in marriages to Scotland’s
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
land, commercial and legal elites.
The Bogles of Daldowie
The lands of Easter DaldowieDaldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
lie 5 miles east of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
between the North Calder Water
North Calder Water
The North Calder Water is a river in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It flows for 12 miles from the Black Loch to the River Clyde at Daldowie south-east of Glasgow....
and the River Clyde
River Clyde
The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the ninth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
. George Senior’s father, Robert Bogle
Robert Bogle
Robert John "Bob" Bogle is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...
, was a considerable Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
merchant, having been Dean of Guild
Dean of Guild
A Dean of Guild, under Scots law, was a burgh magistrate who, in later years, had the care of buildings.Originally, the post was held by the head of the Guild brethren of Scottish towns, and dates back to the 12th century. Later, the phrase Dean of Guild also described the courts set up in the 14th...
twice (in 1661 and 1667)]). George Senior’s son, another Robert, was Dean of Guild in 1728. He purchased Easter Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
in 1724. Robert died in 1734 and the George Bogle of this article took possession of Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
(and also lands at Whiteinch
Whiteinch
Whiteinch is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city...
).
A house is marked at Daldowie
Daldowie
The lands of Daldowie lie astride the River Clyde on the south and the North Calder Water to the east, and stretch to the present area of Baillieston in the north...
on Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont
Timothy Pont was a Scottish topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland. Pont's maps are among the earliest surviving to show a European country in minute detail, from an actual survey.-Life:...
’s manuscript of 1596, published in 1654 at Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
but this was not suitable for a man of George Senior’s status. By 1745 he had erected in its stead a magnificent mansion (later much extended). In that year, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw for his horses “under pain of military execution”. The Highlanders who came to collect the supplies, also stole some horses and abused George’s servants. George complained to the Prince, and received from him, on the 29th, a warrant “to protect and defend the estate, house and horses of George Bogle, Jnr, of Daldowie”. Later, the family went to Bothwell Bridge
Bothwell
Bothwell is a small town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Uddingston and Hamilton, nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow city centre....
to see the Prince and his army pass. George’s elder daughter describe Charles as “a fine looking young man, with long fair hair”.
George Bogle of Daldowie married Anne Sinclair (connected to an influential Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lord of Session
Extraordinary Lords of Session were lay members of the Court of Session in Scotland from 1532 to 1762.When the Court of Session was founded in 1532, it consisted of the Lord President, 14 Ordinary Lords and three or four Extraordinary Lords. The Extraordinary Lords were nominees of the King, not...
- and, distantly, to Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
) - in 1731 , by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The youngest son was a third George Bogle
George Bogle, diplomat
George Bogle was a Scottish adventurer and diplomat, the first to establish diplomatic relations with Tibet and to attempt recognition by the Chinese Qing Empire...
, (born 1747) who used family connections, and the influence of Henry Dundas, to get a position as private secretary to Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
. This latter George Bogle was asked by Warren Hastings to lead an expedition from Calcutta to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
in an effort to get the Lama
Lama
Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
to persuade the Chinese Emperor to establish ties with Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
. He established good relations with the Lamas and even had two daughters, Martha and Mary, by a princess of Tibet, one of the Lama's daughters. These two daughters were later sent to Scotland to be educated. Bogle's diary was later sent by Warren Hastings to Dr Samuel Johnson in London to be published. He died, young and unmarried, in Calcutta in 1781.
Sources
Mitchell Library Glasgow Special Collections Bogle Papers, 1725-80 [letter-book and correspondence of the firm Bogle & Scott, tobacco merchants]External links
- a link to the history of the Bogles, courtesy of the Glasgow Digital Library.