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David Edmund Outram
3 July 1818, Leith - 31 October 1893, Glasgow
Source: ancestry.com
Associated with Glasgow Chess Club from around 1840.
In 1892 he presented to the club a solid silver championship cup, to be competed for annually. The cup was in the form of a Scotch thistle, with a figure representing victory on the top. It was made by James Weir, silversmith, Buchanan Street, Glasgow.
Member of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - elected Jan 23, 1878. His address at the time was 16 Grosvenor Terrace, Hillhead.
Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow (incorporated 1855)- listed as a member in 1882.
Directory of Directors 1883 - D.E. Outram and Son, stock brokers, 48 West George St, Glasgow - is a local director of 'Life Association of Scotland'
British Chess Magazine 1893, p 543: We regret to notice that during the past month Scotland has lost one of her oldest chess players, and one of her most generous patrons of the game, in the person of Mr D.E. Outram.
Mr Outram was the oldest surviving member of the Glasgow Chess Club, with which his name has been associated since 1840, and of which for several years he was honorary president. He was the donor of the "Outram" cup, the handsome trophy which forms the championship of the Glasgow Chess Club, and which is a lasting memorial of his generosity, though only one of the many tokens by which he indicated the deep interest he always felt in Scottish chess. For some years he has ceased to take an active part in the game, but at one time he was a keen player and one of the earliets opponents of the now brilliant player, Sheriff Spens. The Glasgow and Hillhead Clubs, with both of which he was so long and so intimately connected, showed their appreciation of his loss by sending messages of condolence and sympathy to Mrs Outram and family. Mr Outram was one of the most respected citizens of Glasgow, and his loss will be mourned by many in all classes of community.
Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotlandupdated 10/12/2020