Towns > Glasgow > 1828-1912 - Post-Office annual Glasgow directory > 1836-1837

57 Banking Houses^
GREENOCK BANK, 64, Buchanan Street John Robertson,
Agent.
NATIONAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, 43, Virginia Street
R. A. Macfie, Agent.
PAISLEY BANK, 58, Virginia Street Alexander Brown, Agent.
Draw on Smith, Payne & Smith, London, and Royal Bank, Edinburgh,
and on the Bank Agents at Irvine and Stranraer.
PAISLEY UNION BANK, 51, Ingram Street William
Walker, Agent. Draw on Sir R. C. Glyn & Co. London, W. Jones,
Loyd & Co. Manchester, and Sir William Forbes & Co. Edinburgh.
RENFREWSHIRE Bank, 94, Miller Street William Napier
& Co. Agents. Draw on Sir William Kay, Bart. Price & Co.
London.
ROYAL BANK, West End of the Royal Exchange Bills for
discount given in on Monday, between 10 and 12 o'clock, and called for
on Tuesday between II and 12. — Laurence Robertson, Cashier. —
Robert Bell, Accountant Edward Fairley, George Richmond, Wm.
Fraser and William Gow, Tellers W. T. Nimmo, John Aikman,
Thomson Cannan, John H. Paul, M. Richardson, F. W. Wilson and
Alexander Donaldson, jun. Clerks. — Wm. Wilson and George Ramsay,
Messengers to the Office, and A. Lauder Waiter. Draw on Messrs.
Couts & Co. London, and the Bank of Ireland, Dublin, and all its
branches. Negotiate bills on all the towns in Scotland where any Bank
or Bank Agent has been established ; also, on all the towns in England
where the Bank of England has branches, and on all the towns in
Ireland where the Bank of Ireland has branches.
SHIP BANK, No. 9, Glassford Street Michael Rowand, Cashier.
— A. Galloway, Jun. Accountant Robert Smith, R. Taylor and
John Ferguson, Tellers. — John Cowan, Charles Campbell, James
Norwell, Michael Rowand and James Buchanan, Clerks George
Lockhart, Porter. — Draw on Sir William Forbes & Co. Edinburgh,
and Smith, Payne & Smith, London ; and transact business with the
chief Towns in the United Kingdom.
THISTLE BANK, 26, Virginia Street — Bills for discount given
in on Monday, before 12 o'clock, and called for on Tuesday, and on
Friday, from 10 to 11, and called for after 12 o'clock.— Richard Duncan
and Robert Scot, Cashiers. — John Steel, Accountant. — Adam Ferguson
and John Neil, Tellers Archibald Campbell and James G. Tennent,
Clerks. — John Drummond, Porter. Draw on Smith, Payne & Smith,
London, and on the Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
THE WESTERN BANK OF SCOTLAND, 10, Miller Street
Donald Smith, Manager. — John Buchanan, Secretary. — James Hamil-
ton, Accountant Andrew Reld and John Thomson, Tellers John
Smith, William Dickie, Robert M. Steele, James D. Bailie, Robert
Stewart, John B. Bishop, Donald Dewar and Andrew Reid, Jun.
Clerks — John Keady and William Miller, Porters. Bills given in for
discount on Mondays and Thursdays, and called for on Tuesdays and
Fridays. Draw on Jones, Loyd & Co. London, and transact business
with the principal Tovvns in the United Kingdom,