Basic Biographical Details

Name:	Samuel Beglan Lithgow (or Samuel Beglain Lithgow)
Designation:
Born:	17 September 1858
Died:	24 June 1934
Bio Notes:	Samuel Beglan (or Beglain) Lithgow was born at 44 Alexander Street, Airdrie on 17 September 1858, the son of Thomas Lithgow, lath splitter and his wife Janet Beglan or Beglain. The 1891 census indicates that his original profession was that of measurer. Around 1888 he married Annie McAra Spence, also from Airdrie; two children, Margaret and Annie, are recorded in the 1891 census. Late in 1891 or early in 1892 Lithgow was taken into partnership by George McCulloch Brand, who was five years younger, the practice being styled Brand & Lithgow with an office at 131 West Regent Street. This partnership was dissolved in 1915, probably because of lack of business or separate wartime commitments and Lithgow continued the John Menzies warehouseproject alone. By November 1917 Lithgow was in practice at 156 St Vincent Street, and in 1924 he took his former pupil Donald John Cameron into partnership as S B Lithgow, but shortly thereafter he appears to have retired. He died of bronchitis and pneumonia at his home, 48 Holmlea Road, Glasgow on 23 June 1934.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	10, Garturk Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	Before 1891	After 1893
	Cairnhill Cottages, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland	Private	Before 1896	After 1899
	131, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	Before 1902	1915
	40, Dinmont Road, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1904
	156, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1917 *
	183, West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1925 *
	48, Holmlea Road, Glasgow, Scotland	Private	1934

* earliest date known from documented sources.

The following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	Brand & Lithgow	Late 1891 or early 1982	c. 1915	Partner
	S B Lithgow & Cameron	1924	c. 1926(?)	Partner

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
	Date started	Building name	Town, district or village	Island	City or county	Country	Notes
	After 1888	Clyde Dye Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions
	1896	Warehouse for John McQueen			Glasgow	Scotland
	1902	Park Saw Mills			Glasgow	Scotland
	1902	Possil Pottery			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions
	1903	Sentinel Works			Glasgow	Scotland	With Archibald Leitch
	1904	Covent Garden Market, warehouse			Glasgow	Scotland
	1904	Polmadie Iron Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions
	1905	Shop and hall, Lacy Street / Glasgow Road	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1905	The Burgh Bar	Paisley		Renfrewshire	Scotland
	1906	Sentinel Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Further additions
	1906	Stables, Renton Street			Glasgow	Scotland
	c. 1907	Dalmarnock Weaving Factory	Dalmarnock		Glasgow	Scotland
	1910	Masonic Hall			Glasgow	Scotland
	1910	Paladium Cinema	Scotstoun		Glasgow	Scotland
	1911	Sentinel Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions
	1913	Hillhead Picture House			Glasgow	Scotland
	1914	John Menzies, 90-94 West Nile Street			Glasgow	Scotland	Project continued by Lithgow when partnership with Brand dissolved
	1914	Polmadie Iron Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Additions
	1914	Whitevale Foundry			Glasgow	Scotland

The following books contain references to this :
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Post Office Directories

The following archives hold material relating to this :
	Source	Archive Name	Source Catalogue No.	Notes
	Professor David M Walker personal archive	Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material		Research by Iain Paterson