James Galloway Weir [SEP] date of birth
Galloway Weir
James Galloway Weir (6 July 1839 – 18 May 1911) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician.
Biography.
Born in Scotland, he was the son of a builder, James Ross Weir. He was a pupil at Dollar Academy before moving with his family to London as a young man. He worked as a travelling salesman for a haberdashery company before he went into business on his own account in 1863 importing sewing machines. He retired from business in about 1879/80 to pursue politics full-
James George Weir
Air Commodore James George Weir, (23 May 1887 – 7 November 1973) was an early Scottish aviator and airman. He was a successful industrialist who financed Juan de la Cierva's development of the autogiro.
Biography.
Weir was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1887 the son of James Galloway Weir.
Weir was commissioned on 24 February 1906 as an officer in the 3rd (Renfrewshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). On 1 April 1908