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Note for:   Robert Lamb Watson Mactaggart,   12 DEC 1832 -          Index

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Occupation:   
     Place:   Clerk for Dock Commission in Edinburgh. 1901

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Note for:   Mary Jane Alexander Main,   7 JAN 1836 -          Index

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Christening:   
     Date:   19 FEB 1836
     Place:   Duddingston, Midlothian

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Note for:   William Alexander Main Mactaggart,   10 NOV 1868 -          Index

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Occupation:   
     Date:   1901
     Place:   Shipping Clerk in Edinburgh. 1901

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Note for:   Charles Rowatt Mactaggart,   18 JUN 1809 - 20 JAN 1846          Index

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Occupation:   
     Place:   Surgeon. Proprietor of Campbeltown Distillery

Individual note:   
Proprietor of Campbeltown Distillery and adjouning Union Distillery. Charl es Rowatt was one of Campbeltown's doctors during the great cholera epidem ic of 1832. He is buried with Robert Lamb, a town clerk of Cambeltown at t he beginning of the 18th century. Charles was a physician and surgeon a nd probably the most famous person of his day being exceptionally learn ed and cultured

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Note for:   John W. Mactaggart,   19 AUG 1762 - 12 OCT 1833          Index

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Occupation:   
     Place:   Maltster founding Campbeltown Distillery in 1815

Individual note:   
Campbeltown Distillery was built at the head of Longrow in 1815/1817. T he original firm was John Beith & Co. His partner was this John Mactagga rt who at this time was a maltster. John Beith was a banker. The Union Dis tillery originated in 1826. In 1834 this firm was Mactaggart & Henderson w ith partners Charles Rowatt Mactaggart (the doctor) and Hector Henderso n. Later in 1835 the Union distillery was sold to John Grant & Co - partne rs Charles Kelly & John Grant (married to a Mactaggart). who died in 18 57 and 1849 respectively. This was the first major legitimate distille ry in Longrow street of Campbeltown. It was sold to Charles Rowatt 1835 w ho leased it to Hector Henderson. In 1852 it was named as the Campbelto wn Distillery Co. Production and was going on until 1924. With 2 Pot stil ls and 5/3.000 gallon washbacks it had an annual production of 60.000 gall ons. Water was drawn from mains. Some of the buildings remains and are tod ay used by an automobile dealership. Visited by Alfred Barnard, 1887.

CAMPBELTOWN DISTILLERY, LONGROW.

PROPRIETORS, THE CAMPBELTOWN DISTILLERY COMI'ANY.

THIS Distillery was erected in the year 1815 by John Mactaggart, great gra ndfather of Mr. Daniel Mactaggart, the Procurator Fiscal of Campbeltown, a nd is an old-fashioned work according to the present ideas of distillin g, but when it was first built it was a great advance on the "Smuggler's K ettie."

On passing through a pair of ancient gates and turning to the left, the vi sitor comes upon a veritable" smuggler's work," so ancient is its appearan ce and tumble-down look. The quality of its brew is said to have inspir ed Burns to sing, when he visited bis Mary at Campbeltown,

" Oh Willie brew'd a peck o' maut,
An Rob a' Allan cam' to pree;.
Three blyther hearts, that lee long night,
Ye wad na find in Christendie.
We are na fou, we're nae that fou,
But just a drappie in our e'e;
The cock may craw, the day may daw,
And aye we'll taste the Whasky O."

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Note for:   Archibald Mactaggart,   1733 - 16 DEC 1809         Index

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Occupation:   
     Place:   Farmer at Craigag near Macrihanish

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Note for:   Edwin Frost,   ABT 1817 - 1866         Index

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Occupation:   
     Date:   1861
     Place:   Leather Something

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