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
William James Chrystal
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William James Chrystal was a Scottish chemist and partner in his family’s chemicals business J & J White Chemicals based in Rutherglen.
John White, 1st Baron Overtoun
…continental merchants. He then joined his father's business, of which he became a partner in 1867. After his father's death in 1887 White and his cousin William Chrystal became sole partners in the Shawfield Chemical Works, which was the largest of its kind in the world, employing about 500 men in 1909. The main product…
Auchendennan House in 2007
Plaque in Rutherglen commending Chrystal's contributions relating to the town's church