Basic Biographical Details

Name:	William Tennant & A W MacDonald
Designation:
Born:	1905 or 1906
Died:	1909(?)
Bio Notes:	William Tennant was born at Camelon, Stirlingshire in 1833 or 1834, the son of William Tennant, estate foreman and Margaret Kay. His initial training was probably in an estate office, as was the case with Robert Baldie who took him into partnership in or before 1879. He became sole partner on Baldie's death in February 1890. In or about 1901 Tennant took Frederick Vincent Burke into partnership, but by 1905 Burke's alcoholism was causing serious difficulties and the partnership was dissolved. Tennant then seems to have formed a partnership with 'A W Macdonald' (probably Archibald W MacDonald, who had been born c. 1876 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1892 to 1894), which lasted until Tennant's retirement at the age of seventy-five on 16 June 1909, an event probably precipitated by the Finance Act of that year having made his practice underemployed and unprofitable. Tennant died of senile cardiac degeneration and congestion of the lungs at 55 Cambridge Drive, Kelvinside on 27 March 1915, aged eighty-one. He was unmarried, his sister Jane acting as housekeeper.

Private and Business Addresses

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	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	219, Hope Street, Glasgow, Scotland	Business	1905 or 1906	After 1909

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

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	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	William Tennant	1905 or 1906	1909	Partner
	Archibald Wallace MacDonald	1905 or 1906	After 1910	Partner

Buildings and Designs

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
	1906	Anchor Chemical Works			Glasgow	Scotland	Extension

References

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