▁despite ▁strong ▁ant is emit ic ▁sent iments ▁in ▁court ▁and ▁the ▁arist ocracy . ▁They ▁had ▁four ▁children . ▁Their ▁son , ▁Harry , ▁would ▁become ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁for ▁Scotland ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁during ▁W inst on ▁Church ill ' s ▁post war ▁care t aker ▁government . ▁ ▁To ▁avoid ▁per sec ution ▁and ▁pog rom s ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Empire ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁many ▁Jews ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁larger ▁cities ▁of ▁Britain , ▁including ▁Scotland , ▁most ▁not ably ▁in ▁Glasgow ▁( es pecially ▁the ▁poor er ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁the ▁G orb als , ▁alongside ▁Irish ▁and ▁Italian ▁imm igr ants ). ▁A ▁smaller ▁community ▁existed ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁and ▁even ▁smaller ▁groups ▁in ▁D und ee , ▁Aber de en , ▁Green ock ▁and ▁A yr . ▁Russian ▁Jews ▁t ended ▁to ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire , ▁in ▁particular ▁Lith u ania ▁and ▁Poland , ▁hoping ▁to ▁use ▁Scotland ▁as ▁a ▁stopping ▁post ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁North ▁America . ▁This ▁explains ▁why ▁Glasgow ▁was ▁their ▁fav oured ▁location . ▁However , ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁ear n ▁enough ▁to ▁afford ▁the ▁trans at l antic ▁voyage ▁ended ▁up ▁sett ling ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁after ▁the ▁infl ux , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population ▁of ▁Glasgow ▁was ▁ 4 , 0 0 0 . ▁▁ 2 0 th ▁and ▁ 2 1 st ▁centuries ▁ ▁Im