***************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. ***************************************************************************** short notice in 1895 Nov 2 Highland News but taken from Celtic Monthly Malcolm Dundee, Scotland Mr Hugh Bannerman of Southport. Born Helmsdale 3rd son of late James Bannerman merchant. Hugh went to Ireland in 1851 where apprentice in large drapery establishment. 1860 Liverpool where partner in Sutherland & Co, silk mercers in Bond Street. Partnership dissolved in 1870 when opened similar house in "fashionable watering place of Southport" - Sutherland & Bannerman. Now sole partner. A pioneer of Presbyterianism in Southport. "His ancestors were, for generations, settled as tacksmen at Dalhalmy, on the lovely Strath of Kildonan, his grandfather, after having lost a leg in the service of king and country, being one of the victims of the Sutherland Clearances." "...remains a staunch Highlander... annual visit to his native village, where his two sisters reside."