John Campbell White, 1st Baron Overtoun, was a Scottish chemical manufacturer, supporter of religious causes, philanthropist and Liberal politician. He was raised to the peerage by Gladstone in 1893,
Reproductie van een foto van een portret van John Campbell White, eerste Baron Overtoun Lord Overtoun, RP F F26821
Overtoun House, the seat of Lord Overtoun
James White (1812–1884)
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James White was a Scottish lawyer, businessman and chemicals manufacturer. In 1890 he was honoured posthumously with a statue in Glasgow’s Cathedral Square, designed by John Mossman and sculpted by Fr
John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
…Keir Hardie, exposed the scandalous working conditions there in a series of pamphlets published in 1899 entitled White Slaves. Lord Overtoun's father, James White of Overtoun (1812–1884) was originally a lawyer, who had left the legal profession to join John & James White, chemical manufacturers, a firm founded…
Statue of James White in Cathedral Square, Glasgow
Overtoun House, Dumbarton