Name
Alexander Wight
Occupation
Biographical Info
Biographical Notes
Advocate, 6 Mar. 1754. Son of David Wight, writer in Edinburgh; m. Marion Blyth; Solicitor-General 1783-1784; Solicitor to Prince of Wales. Wrote on election law. Friends with Andrew Crosbie. A director of the Ayr bank, and lost money from its collapse.
Life Dates
- 1793
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David Fowler v. Andrew Reid | Answers | Answers for Andrew Reid, Andrew Boyter, and Alexander Reid, Bailies of the Borough of Kilrenny, Alexander Paton, Treasurer of the said Borough, Alexander Wedderburn, Esq; William Alexander, Esq; James Edie, David Watson, Thomas Smart, George Lothian, James Boyter, William Fowler, William Brown, James Waddel, all Counsellors of the said Borough for the present Year, and John Oliphant, a Counsellor of the said Borough last year; to the Petition and Complaint of David Fowler, late one of the Bailies, and as such, virtute officii, a constituent Member of the Council of the said Borough for the present Year; and James Millar Wright, late one of the Counsellors of the said Borough |
16 Dec 1765 | 21766 |
Dunlop, and Other Trustees of Carlyle and Co v. Spiers and Others | Petition | Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Spiers, Andrew Blackburn, and Andrew Syme, Merchants in Glasgow, Trustees for the Creditors of James Dunlop late Merchant in Glasgow | 15 Jul 1776 | 13252 |
Alexander Spiers and Others v. Thomas Dunlop and Others | Information | Information for Alexander Spiers, Andrew Blackburn, and Andrew Syme, Merchants in Glasgow, Trustees for the Creditors of James Dunlop, younger of Garnkirk, Pursuers; against Thomas Dunlop and James Ritchie, Merchants in Glasgow, and Colin Rae of Littlegovan, Trustees of James Dunlop, elder, of Garnkirk, Defenders | 25 Apr 1778 | 13633 |
Macausland and Others v. Montgomery and Others, and the Magistrates of Glasgow | Petition | Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of John Macausland, Deacon-Convener, and James Burns, Collector, for themselves, and in behalf of the other Members of the Convenery or Trades-House in the City of Glasgow; | 29 Jan 1793 | 35036 |
Marshall v. Taylor | Answers | 1796 | 36336 | |
Makgill and Maitland v. Inner-House Interlocutor | Additional Petition | 12 May 1797 | 36326 |
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