John Orr ca.1685-1744
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John ORR ca.1685-1744
Biographical Note
Of Glasgow, where he studied at the University before becoming a successful merchant. Sometime after 1715 he bought an estate at Barrowfield to the east of Glasgow, where he built a house. He was rector of Glasgow University 1731-3 and 1742-43.
Books
Orr used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 22413); the extent and disposition of his library are not known. In 1730 he gave Glasgow University £500, stipulating that the interest was to be used to buy books for the library.
Sources
- John Orr of Barrowfield, Glasgow University.
- Barrowfield, The Glasgow Story.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.