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The Burgh of Maxwelltown

Provost's Chain of Office, Town Council of the Burgh of Maxwelltown

Description:

The pendants were made in Birmingham, and have the date mark for 1897.

 

The lower badge bears two inscriptions, on the front, 'RIVIRESCO - THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE - BURGH OF MAXWELLTOWN - 1810' and on the reverse, 'CHAIN PRESENTED BY SUBSCRIBERS 1857 - BADGE PRESENTED BY PROVOST CHICKEN 1898'.

 

The names of the twelve Provosts are aslo engraved on the reverse of the lower badge:

 

William Gillies (1853 - 59)
Andrew Stewart (1859 - 60)
James Caldow (1860 - 66)
John L Gillies (1866 - 84)
Thomas F Smith (1884 - 89)
John Cowan (1889 - 96)
John Chicken (1896 - 05)
John Herries (1905 - 07)
John H Nicholson (1907 - 13)
Alex Turner (1913 - 15)
Samuel Arnott (1915 - 26)
David Brodie (1926)

Source:
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Accession Number:
DUMFM:1996.30.2
Digital Number:
DMAC022a-d
Copyright:
Dumfries & Galloway Council
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Further Information:

The first Provosts were:

Philip Forsyth of Nithsdale (1810 - 14)
James Shortridge, baker and brewer (1814 - 16)
Philip Forsyth (1816 - 22)
James Shortridge (1822 - 25)
James Locke, Clerk of Customs (1825 - 27)
James Shortridge (1827 - 2)
William Mckay, merchant (1829 - 31)
John Hairstens, tanner (1831 - 33)
John Affleck, iron founder (1833 - 36)
James Shortridge (1836 - 40)
John Hairstens (1840 - 42)
Alexander Scott, iron founder (1842 - 43)
John Forsyth, joiner (1844 - 46)
John Brown, dyer (1846 - 48)
Joseph Welsh, weaver (1848 - 50)
John Maxwell, iron founder (1850 - 53)