George Roy was a grocer and author.
Having begun his working life as a joiner Roy became a retail grocer and later, with his brother, formed J & G Roy, wholesale grocers. Roy was also a popular orator and a prolific writer. His most popular work of fiction was Generalship: A Tale, published in 1858.
Reference: Mitchell Library, 920.04BAI
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
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authors, grocers, J & G Roy, joiners, orators