Henry Dunlop of Craigton

Henry Dunlop of Craigton FRSE DL (1799–1867) was a Scottish cotton manufacturer and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1837 to 1840.

Life He was born on 7 June 1799 in Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire the third son of James Dunlop of Linwood (1762–1826) and his wife, Bruce Alice (sic) (1769–1855), daughter of Rev James Alice of Paisley. He joined the family firm of James Miller & Sons (one of the oldest cotton firms in Scotland) around 1813. He was educated at Glasgow High School and spent some time at Glasgow University (without graduating). In 1829 he purchased the estate of Craigton in south-west Glasgow.

He was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1837 aged only 37, one of the city's youngest Lord Provosts. During his period in office he lived at 86 Miller Street in Glasgow. His was a bitterly contested election which had to be settled by the House of Lords.

In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Learmonth his counterpart, being the former Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

He was later Vice Chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and remained Vice Chairman when it amalgamated to create the far larger North British Railway. He sold Craigton House to a merchant, Graham Hutchison, several years prior to his death.

He died during a visit to Edinburgh on 10 May 1867 from a "painful internal complaint."