Jack, just checked this tome again, poorly indexed unfortunately. The Tailors had six representatives in the Trades House where they ranked second after the Hammermen. John Gardner appears several times and Patrick Burnside is the deacon in 1741 and one of the six rep's in 1742. This volume only lists the various trades rep's each year
The trade histories were published around 1890-1900, a search of Scottish antiquarian bookshops might come up with the goods.
Voltaire & Rousseau, Cooper Hay, Caledonia Books, Thistle Books etc', all Glasgow.
Skoosh.