Name
Alexander Speirs, Esq., of Elderslie
Occupation
Alias
Alexander Spiers
Biographical Notes
A prominent tobacco merchant. Son of John Speirs, merchant in Edinburgh and Isabel, daughter of John Tweedie, Provost of Peebles. Married Mary Buchanan of Auchentorlie 1755. They had ten children
Life Dates
1714
- 1782
Associated Cases
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8
| Case | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Spiers and Others v. Thomas Dunlop and Others | Pursuer | 1778 |
| Dunlop, and Other Trustees of Carlyle and Co v. Spiers and Others | Defender | 1776 |
| Gibb v. Speirs | Defender | 1779 |
| Macredie v. Cunninghames | Named in case documents | 1778 |
| Robert Arthur, Merchant in Irvine v. Messrs Hastie & Jamieson, Merchants in Glasgow | Named in case documents | 1770 |
| Thomas and Alexander Peters, Merchants in Glasgow, v. Alexander Spiers, Andrew Blackburn, and Others, Trustees for James Dunlop, Merchant in Glasgow | Defender | 1767 |
| Thomas Dunlop and Others v. Alexander Spiers and Others | Defender | 1779 |
| Thomas Dunlop, and Others v. Walter Monteith and Co., and Others | Named in case documents | 1778 |
