Person:Arthur Gairdner (1)

Information from: “A Chronicle of the Family of Gairdner“ (1947, Taunton) by William Henry Bailey: Sylvia Jane Colquhoun Balloch was b. 31Jan1889 and was known as Biz (gairdner). Sylvia marr Arthur Charles Dalrymple Gairdner in 1915 (gairdner). Arthur was son of David Cowan Gairdner, founder and general manager of British Overseas Bank (gairdner).

Arthur Charles Gairdner was b. 16Jun1872 at Kilmarnock (familysearch). Arthur Charles Dalrymple GAIRDNER was b. ?1873 at Kilmarnock, Ayrs. and d. 1950 at Storrington, Sussex (mundia). Arthur marr Sylvia Jane Colquhoun BALLOCH (1889 Chigwell, Essex-1980 Chichester, Sussex) (mundia).

Arthur C.D. Gairdner (1873) d. 1st qtr 1950 at Chanctonbury, Sussex (bmd). Will of Arthur Charles Dalrymple Gairdner (d. 21mar1950) of High Winds Storrington Sussex, 44810 gbp (National Probate Calendar).

In 1950 Arthur C.D. Gairdner (b. 1872) d. at Storrington, Sussex; he had been gen manager of Union Bank of Scotland 1910-19 and chairman of British Oversea Bank 1919-38; his grnfather, Charles Dalrymple Gairdner, became in 1821 agent of Hunters and Co., Kilmarnock, a bank later absorbed by Union Bank; his father, David Cowan Gairdner, was agent of Union Bank at Kilmarnock (Glasgow Herald, google news).

In 1925 Arthur C.D. Gairdner (1872, London, banking) sailed from UK bound for NY (findmypast). In 1935 Arthur Charles Dalrymple Gairdner (1873, banker) and Sylvia Jane (1889) of Baddington, Wendover, Bucks, arrived at GB from Algeria with Frances Louise Gairdner (1918) of Borehamwood, Herts (ancestry.com).