Gillian Maclaine

He was born on the Isle of Mull on 17 June 1798, the son of Alan Maclaine of Scallasdale and his wife, Marjory Gregorson.

He studied art at Glasgow University (without graduating), then in 1816 went to London to be apprenticed as a commodities merchant.

[1] In May 1820 he arrived in Java and then settled in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (modern day Jakarta).

The company of Maclaine Watson survived 140 years until it was nationalised by the Indonesian government in 1963.

[5] He was married on 22 August 1832 in Batavia to Catherine Cornelia van Beusechem,[6] of Dutch origin.