In what year did singer Harry Lauder turn professional? Did he always
live in Lanarkshire, Scotland?

In what year did singer Harry Lauder turn professional?

Harry Lauder?s first professional engagement was in Larkhall in 1894.


Did he always live in Lanarkshire, Scotland?

No. Harry Lauder was born in 1870 in Portobello, Edinburgh. At age 12
he moved with his family to Arbroath and when he was 14 the family
moved to Lanarkshire.
In 1900 he set off to London and in 1907 he started touring overseas.

Excerpts:

 ?Harry Lauder was born on 4th August 1870 at no 3 Bridge Street,
Portobello, near Edinburgh, the eldest of eight children. At the age
of 12 his father died and the family moved to Arbroath, where Lauder?s
mother had relatives and where he went to work in the mill in 1882. It
was here that Harry began his singing career.

When he was 14 the family moved to Lanarkshire and Lauder went to work
in the pit. He continued his singing, however, and entered several
competitions. He gradually obtained a number of paid engagements and
then joined a concert party - a very popular form of entertainment at
that time - and toured Scotland. His first professional engagement was
in Larkhall in 1894.?

Read the full text of his biography here:
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/sta/lauder/



?He toured the world for forty years including 22 times to the U.S.A.,
and several times to Australia where he often stayed with his brother
John.?
?In 1932 Sir Harry purchased a property at Strathaven, Lanarkshire,
where his next mansion, Lauder Ha? was constructed.?

 ??  Sir Harry Lauder died at Lauder Ha? on the 26th February 1950.?

Source:
Biographical Notes on Sir Harry Lauder by Gregory Lauder-Frost (great-nephew)
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/htol/lauder3.htm

Here is a detailed list of Harry Lauder's Residences from 1870-1950 

4 Bridge Street, Portobello, near Edinburgh / 1870-1871
Musselburgh / 1871-1882 
19 Nuneaton Street, Glasgow / 1877-? 
Whittington Moor, Derbyshire, near Chesterfield / 1882 
Arbroath, Forfarshire / 1882-1884
Eddlewood Buildings, Hamilton / 1884-1888? 

25 John's Street, Hamilton / 1889-1890? 
32 Portland Square, Hamilton / 1891 
8 Ramsay's Buildings, John's Street, Hamilton / 1891-1893? 
30 Orchard Street, Hamilton / 1893-1894? 
52 Dundas Street, Glasgow / 1894?-1900?
Hamilton Drive, Cambuslang, Glasgow / 1900?-1903 
Athole House, 46 Longley Road, Tooting / 1903-1911 
Laudervale, Bullwood, Dunoon / 1908-1932 (34?) 
Glenbranter / November 1916 - September 1922 
Lauder Ha', Strathaven / 1936-1950 

Source: Jim  Vallance  Website
http://www.jimvallance.com/02-family-folder/harry-lauder-folder/lauder-pages/lauder-homes/pg-lauder-homes.html


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Best regards,
Bobbie7

Very helpful, good research.