G. R. Hislop
1922 Obituary
The death of Mr. George Hislop, gas manager and engineer for the Burgh of Paisley for fifty-three years, has removed a prominent and familiar figure in the gas manufacturing and gas engineering world. He was in his eighty-seventh year on the date of his death, the 18th inst., and had been connected with the production of gas since his childhood. His father was for many years manager of the Lanark Gasworks and on his death his two sons carried on his work in spite of the fact that at the time the late Mr. Hislop was but thirteen years of age and his brother only two years his senior. Subsequently he became gas engineer and manager at Falkirk, and then at Coatbridge.
In 1865 he was appointed to a similar post at Paisley, a position which he held continuously until his retirement in 1918. He was a Fellow of the Chemical Society, and was on three occasions President of the North British Association of Gas Managers.