Burgess and Baillie of Haddington. Son of William Cadell and Anna, daughter of James Hogg, Burgess of Haddington. Born 10 May 1708, married 20 July 1734 Christeen, daughter of John Hog of Prestonpans. 'a merchant residing at Cockenzie, who carried on a large trade chiefly in iron and timber with the continent. Not only owned ships but built them'. He together with the scientist Dr Roebuck of Sheffield and Samuel Garbett of Birmingham set up the Carron Iron Works in 1759. They met Cadell when they set up a manufactory for sulphuric acid at Prestonpans in 1749. As well as the shipping Cadell had a tile works there. Baillie Caddel [sic] sold a number of Secession Church tracts in 1747 and 1748.
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Dates of Activity1747-1749
Activitymerchant and papermaker
Online Resourcehttp://www.nls.uk/ Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
HeadingCadell, William used in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index
Variant NameCADDEL, 'Baillie' Haddington
CADDEL, William Haddington
Sources
Found inNLS Impr Ind. — “Burke's Landed Gentry” 18th ed. Vol.2 London, 1969. — Henry Hamilton 'The Founding of Carron Iron Works' “Scottish Historical Review” xxv 185-193 (1928).