He had made his money trading tea during the Napoleonic wars, and used this to buy the estate of Comely Bank. He was by then living at Comely Bank in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh and he had other estates which he had bought but he was to retire from trade in 1800 to look after these interests.
This individual had made his fortune through trading tea during the Napoleonic wars, allowing him to acquire the Comely Bank estate. At that time, he lived at Comely Bank in Edinburgh's Stockbridge area and was responsible for managing other properties before retiring from trade in 1800.