Don, Hill and Robertson Family Trusts

• Reference:GB 254 MS 100/16
• Dates of Creation:1877-1934
• Name of Creator:
  Don Family
• Physical Description:
  0.58 linear metres

• Scope and Content

  Miscellaneous legal and financial records relating to trusts

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Don family were involved in the textile trade in Angus from the eighteenth century. By the nineteenth century many of the family were involved in the family firm which eventually became Don Bros. Buist, and Co and later Don and Low PLC. Among them was John Don a great leader of the company in the Victorian period. The Hill and Robertson families were offshoots of the Don family. One of John Don's daughters, Mary Anne Don, married Michael Hill a merchant from Hull. Their son Lionel was appointed a Director of Don Bros., Buist and Co. in 1922. Another member of the family Evelyn Campbell Don married L.F. Robertson.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Note

  The Don family were involved in the textile trade in Angus from the eighteenth century. By the nineteenth century many of the family were involved in the family firm which eventually became Don Bros. Buist, and Co and later Don and Low PLC. Among them was John Don a great leader of the company in the Victorian period. The Hill and Robertson families were offshoots of the Don family. One of John Don's daughters, Mary Anne Don, married Michael Hill a merchant from Hull. Their son Lionel was appointed a Director of Don Bros., Buist and Co. in 1922. Another member of the family Evelyn Campbell Don married L.F. Robertson.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, July 2009

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published