Saxty family Edinburgh

[Mark Saxon]

Hi there,

I am trying to glean some information about a J. Saxty of Edinburgh in late 1929 to 1930.
I have been on Scotland's people and knocked up a quick family tree in Family Search which shows it can only really be either:

James Gibson Saxty 1885-1960 (1930 at 75 Warreneder Park Road) or

John Macintosh Saxty 1880-1942 (1930 at 15 Falcon Avenue or 1 Viewpoint Square)

They were both sons of William Frank Saxty 1855-1915.
His father was Richard Saxty 1813-1895.

The reason for my interest is that I have recently acquired a vintage Armstrong Siddeley Motor Car sold by Rossleigh of Edinburgh in December 1929.

The client was recorded as J. Saxty.

I have no other information and just wondered if anyone reading this thread had any more information about either oi these two chaps.

By 1947 the car was in Southend on Sea and owned by a lady with the name of Miss Edith Mabel Campion. She surrendered her driving license in 1965 and the car was stored until about 1981.

I have not been able to establish any link between the Campion and Saxty families thus far so the car may well have been sold after J. Saxty's ownership. Or was he perhaps a car dealer ?

[GR2]

Looking at the newspapers, J. M. Saxty appears several times from 1929 - 1938 as a competitor in amateur golf matches (with the Inland Revenue Club in 1929). He died 2-12-1942. The funeral notice gives his wife as Annie Leach Robinson and their address as 78 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh.

[Forfarian]

The obvious way to trace who the owner was would be if you can find a list of car registration numbers and who owned them.

The downside of that is that I have no idea who would hold that information for Edinburgh. I remember seeing all the early numbers in Angus somewhere online, so maybe it would be worth putting the car's registration number into a search engine and seeing what turns up?

[GR2]

Several newspapers report on a sitting of Perth Sheriff Court on 22nd September 1925.

James Gibson Saxty, 75 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, was sentenced to a fine of £2 or 14 days imprisonment for speeding at 20 mph through a speed-trap at Crieff.

Amongst the many others given the same sentence were Lady Catherine Mary Clementine Heathcote Drummond Wiloughby, Drummond Castle, and Rear-Admiral Edward Reeves, Lundy Castle, Edzell.