From Smuggling to Cotton Kings: the Greg Story

by Michael Janes

Overview

In 1715, John Greg left his home village of Ochiltree in Ayrshire to seek his fortune in Ulster. When two of his young grandsons, Thomas and Samuel, sailed for England for the same purpose 53 years later, they gave rise to one of the most powerful families in the British textile trade. It's triumphs and disasters would reflect the story of British manufacturing and international trading through the 18th and 19th centuries.

The author, Michael Janes is a seventh-generation descendant of John Greg of Ochiltree and this meticulously-researched book, prepared with the help of other members of the Greg family, sets out a comprehensive history of the Gregs and their businesses in the UK and overseas from the end of the 17th century through to the 20th, through triumph, hardship and adversity.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033132904
Publisher:	Mereo Books
Publication date:	03/20/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

As a sixth-generation descendant of Thomas Greg of Belfast, I have been fortunate enough to inherit a collection of family records. In later life, I have had time to pursue further researches into the family and this book has been written to describe the Greg family’s role in it's historical context. Accordingly, the book covers a period when Britain was the cradle of change and innovation in many fields - commerce, agriculture, manufacturing, finance and the development of democratic political structures. The book goes on to portray the slow decline of a family-based industrial enterprise under the political, social and economic pressures of the late 19th and 20th centuries.