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James Blackwood

James Blackwood

Although born in the same year as James Thomson (1823), James Blackwood came from a different background - his family were relatively rich. After being educated at Kilmarnock Academy he went to Aberdeen and started a photographic business. Returning to Kilmarnock about 1860 he set up business in carpet manufacturing and later became managing partner of the Holm Foundry. By 1866 he was Town Councillor and in 1869 he was elected a magistrate. He played a large part in the establishment of both the New Academy and the Infirmary in the town.

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