Proprietors of Badallan pit with partners:
- Andrew Hamilton
- James Hamilton
- Robert Hamilton
L.Hamilton and R. Hamilton were later directors of the Badallan & Palace Farm Collieries Ltd.
References
SEQUESTRATION of ANDREW HAMILTON & SONS, Coalmasters, Fauldhouse, and Andrew Hamilton, James Hamilton, and Robert Hamilton, Coalmasters there, the Individual Partners of said Firm, carrying on business under the name of the BADALLAN, COAL COMPANY, as such Partner, and as Individuals.GEORGE KIRKWOOD JOHNSTON, Chartered Accountant, 23 Albany Street, Edinburgh, has been elected Trustee on the Estates; and Henry Beaton, Coal Manager, Bathgate, Hugh Alexander Heggie, Writer, Bathgate, and Thomas Steel, Joiner, Fauldhouse, have been elected Commissioners. The Examination of the Bankrupts will take place in the Sheriff Court House, Linlithgow, on Friday the 21th day of November current, at one o'clock afternoon. The Creditors will meet in the Royal Hotel, Bathgate, on Wednesday
The Edinburgh Gazette, 17th November 1896
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LINLITHGOW BANKRUPTCY COURT . —Andrew Hamilton , James Hamilton, and Robert Hamilton, forming the Badallan Colliery Company, Fauldhouse, were examined at Linlithgow yesterday in bankruptcy before Sheriff Melville. Mr Caesar, solicitor, Bathgate, said the cause of the firm's failure was bad debts, and their pit being flooded with water. The statutory oath was administered . The liabilities of the firm are set down at £233 , and the assets at £355.
The Scotsman, 21st November 1896
