George WILSON [19053]

  General Notes:

George Wilson of Kilmeny, Hawick, was born on 7th January 1815 and died on 23rd December 1898. He was a Senior Partner of Wilson & Glenny Ltd and was elected the first Provost of Hawick in 1861. He was also President of the Liberal Association of Hawick and Justice of the Peace for the County of Roxburgh. He was appointed Captain of the 5th Roxburgh Rifle Volunteers in 1861.
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Wilson. George, son of William and Elizabeth, hosier res. Hawick. b. 07 Jan 1815 at Hawick. Bk. 21 pg. 74 Scot. Genl. Mtg. Bk. 24 pg. 10 Edinburgh 2 mos. Mtg.

Heronhill House
1865 proved to be a fruitful year for JT Rochead in Hawick, as he was commissioned by George Wilson to build Heronhill House. George was Hawick's first Provost and owner of the Wilson & Glenny mills. The Ladylaw Mills at Langlands (Roughheugh), started production in 1876 on the site of the former Wilson & Armstrong's business. The partnership between George Wilson and James Glenny (his nephew), became one of the largest tweed manufacturers in the South of Scotland during the early part of the 20th century. In 1959 a large fire decimated the main building.
Heronhill House was built to an Italianate design. During and after WWII, it was used as a private girls school which moved from St. Helen's in Bridge of Allan. It also saw use by knitwear companies Anne Howard, Lyle and Scott and John Spencer, after modern extensions on the ground Along with the adjoining estate, it was purchased by the Town Council for a housing development. Most of the land was cleared and bungalows built there. Heronhill Crescent, a loop on the grounds of the old Heronhill estate, was built in 1948 - some of the Cruden homes were rebuilt in 1983.
The house itself was in a poor condition and the upper floor was destroyed by fire long before its eventual demolition in 2005.
Heronhill Gate Lodge still survives at 152 Weensland Road, being extended in the mid-20th century.This C-listed Italianate building is notbale for its prominent ornamental stacks.
Design Plan: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Photo: Project Hawick https://www.facebook.com/ProjectHawick/posts/700268233375749

Wilson George of Kilmeny Hawick manufacturer died 21 Dec 1898 Confirmation of Charles John Wilson and George Murry Wilson manufacturers Jane Murry Wilson or Graham (wife of John Graham) and the said John Graham and James Glenny manufacturer Sealed London 10 March 1899.
National Probate Calendar

Wilson George, manufacturer, of Kilmeny Hawick died 21 December 1898 at Hawick, testate. Confirmation granted at Jedburgh, 14 February, to Charles John Wilson and George Murry Wilson, manufacturers, Hawick, his sons, Jane Murry Wilson or Graham, wife of John Graham, Huntingstile, Grasmere, his daughter, the said John Graham, his son-in-law, and James Glenny, manufacturer, Hawick, his nephew, Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 12 October 1897, and codicil, dated 30 September 1898, and recorded with another Writ in Court Books of Commissariat of Roxburgh, 14 February 1899
Value of Estate £28,463 8s 1d
Scottish National Probate Index

  Research Notes:

3 April 1805 George Wilson son of John Wilson of Wilson Lodge died.
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  Other Records

1. Census: Scotland, 1841, Hawick Roxburghshire SCT. George is recorded as age 26 a wool manufacturer born Roxburghshire

2. Census: Scotland, 1861, Hawick Roxburghshire SCT. George is recorded as a head of house a widower aged 46 a wool manufacturer employing 85 men 94 women 28 boys and 6 girls born Hawick.

3. George Wilson.
In 1891 Burke's published an edition "Burke's Colonial Gentry" in it was a pedigree "Wilson of Bulls" putting James & George Wilson as sons of John and Mary (Richardson). This researcher after considering other evidence to the contrary does not accept this view.

4. George Wilson.
Probate & Buriel Vault

George married Jane LAW [19054] [MRIN: 6851] on 8 Jun 1840 in Hawick Roxburghshire SCT. (Jane LAW [19054] was born on 3 Oct 1817 in New Castleton Roxburghshire Scotland and died on 20 Sep 1851 in Hawick Roxburghshire SCT.)

George next married Margaret WATSON [28970] [MRIN: 10258] on 8 Nov 1864 in Meigle Perth Scotland. (Margaret WATSON [28970] died in 1873.)