Alexander Tilloch (1759 - 1825)

Born 28 Feb 1759 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1825 at age 65 in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Alexander Tilloch is Notable.

Alexander was born on the 28th February 1759 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, the son of John Tilloch and Elizabeth Stevenson.^[1]

Alexander married Margaret Simson on the 29th July 1780 at Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.^[2]

In 1787 he moved to London and purchased the 'Star' newspaper, and developed a process to prevent forgery of Bank of England Notes.

In later life he became a Sandemanian and occasionally preached at Goswell Road.

He died in 1825 in Islington, Middlesex, England.

The newspaper notice of his death read:

Dr Alexander Tilloch.—We announce with regret the death of this Gentleman, who had long been the Proprietor and Conductor of The Star evening Paper. The melancholy event occurred on Wednesday last at his house in Pentonville. Though labour and attention requisite the conduct of an Evening Paper are fully sufficient to occupy the Editor, yet Dr. Tilloch found leisure for philosophical pursuits, and published many useful and instructive tracts, highly creditable to his talents and attainments ^[3]

Wikipedia entry^[4] 3 page Biography and obituary published in in the New Monthly, 1825, available on Google ebooks^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X17S-KLL : 10 February 2018), Alexander Tilloch, 28 Feb 1759; citing GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,912, 1,042,934.
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTBS-128 : 10 February 2018), Alexander Tilloch and Margret Simson, 29 Jul 1780; citing Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,924, 102,925, 1,042,937, 1,041,382.
3. ↑ Morning Advertiser - Saturday 29 January 1825 accessed from the British Newspaper Archive by Trevor Pickup on 3 May 2019
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Tilloch
5. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VaE2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=tilloch+sandemanian&source=bl&ots=eLnEPjkVyc&sig=ACfU3U3qvZ-YVx2lOp-A-_6jfMKqmARoDA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqq5HL8P_hAhXXSBUIHVhcBhcQ6AEwCXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=tilloch%20sandemanian&f=false

See also:

• 'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor

• A surprising number of the London Sandemanian community were involved in the Book and Publishing business, details at Sandemanians and the bookbinding, paper and publishing trades