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Andrew Macgeorge
1810–1891
A Glasgow lawyer with a deep love of history, heraldry, and old civic traditions, he turned careful research into books that still attract readers interested in Scotland’s past. He is best known for writing about historic Glasgow and for his lively study of flags and their meanings.
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Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses
by Andrew Macgeorge
About the author
Born in Glasgow on 13 May 1810, he was educated there and went on to join the legal profession, being admitted to the Faculty of Procurators in 1836. He worked in his father’s firm and later headed it until retiring in 1889, earning a reputation as a knowledgeable ecclesiastical lawyer.
Alongside his legal career, he became known as an antiquarian writer and historian. His books include Old Glasgow: The Place and the People, a substantial history of the city, and Flags: Some Account of Their History and Uses, which explores the story and symbolism of flags. He also wrote on church law and on the armorial insignia of Glasgow.
His work reflects a lasting interest in Scottish local history and civic identity. Andrew Macgeorge died in 1891, but his writing remains a useful window into how nineteenth-century scholars interpreted Glasgow’s past.