The Merchant Company | The City of Edinburgh

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The Merchant Company’s original purpose was to protect trading rights in the City of Edinburgh. Rules were drawn up for better regulation of trade and for punishing offenders. Then, as now, the term merchant covered a wide field but all Members, including a few women, shared common interests and purpose. Issues discussed included the city’s water supply, smuggling, taxation, Sabbath observance and postal services. From its earliest days, the Merchant Company was involved in educational and charitable work. As a result, when the monopolies of trade guilds were ended by the Trading Within Burghs Act 1849, the Merchant Company continued to flourish and play an important role in the life in the city.

Below is an organisational chart which displays the functionality of the Company today -

	Master Mr Kennedy Dalton

	Treasurer Mr Kenneth Dunbar

Secretary & Chamberlain Mr Nigel D Fairhead	Master's Court

Membership Committee Chairman: Jacqui Low		Charity Committee Chairman: Gillian L Sandilands

Education, Liaison & Enterprise Committee Chairman: Jacqueline B Easson		Property Committee Chairman: Don S F Young

Archive & Treasures Committee Archivist: Vernon Williamson Chairman: Mr Brian Adair

Flourishing Membership Of Businessmen And Women

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