Gavin Hadden (provost)

Gavin Hadden (1770–1857) was a merchant who served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen for four non-consecutive periods between 1820 and 1833.

He was born in Aberdeen on 4 May 1770, the son of city bailie Alexander Hadden (1721-1793) and his wife Elspeth Young (1737-1804).

His father founded the manufacturing firm of "A Hadden & Sons" specialising in carpets, knitwear, hosiery and yarns of which Gavin became a partner.

[1] Their main premises (a five-story warehouse) was on The Green just south of Union Street, Aberdeen (now demolished).

[2] In 1796, he collaborated with Robert Eden Scott to create a series of geometrical problems and theorems for the students at the University of Aberdeen.