The Hon. William Rae Arthur was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1869 to 1871.
Life
In 1850 he was Director of Muir Brown & Co based ar 296 St Vincent St.Glasgow Post Office directory 1850
He was a director of A & W Arthur, a warehouse company in Glasgow. He lived at 20 Buccleuch Street in the city.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1870
In 1869 he succeeded Sir James Lumsden as Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was succeeded in turn in 1871 by Sir James Watson.
On 18 February 1871 he is recorded as officially sanctioning the new Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
In 1880 he is listed as a Director of Muir Brown & Co and was living at 1 Crown Gardens in Dowanhill.
In 1873 he is listed as a Freemason.History of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) 1873
His daughter Isobel McRae Arthur married Charles Ralph Dubs (1850-1903), son of Henry Dubs. She remarried Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Robert Wallace in 1908, of Cloncaird Castle.
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