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Sir William Dick of Braid (1580–1655) was a 17th-century Scottish landowner, banker and merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1638 to 1640.[1] His fortunes took him from being "the richest man in Scotland" in 1650 to his death as a pauper a few years later.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, Jane Stewart (1898). The Grange of St. Giles, the Bass, and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. Edinburgh : Printed for the author by T. and A. Constable. pp. 45–57. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. ^ Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1888). "Dick, William". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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