Biography
Son of Alexander Goldie. He possibly married (1779) to Sophia M'Douall.1 Goldie was the Secretary (then Manager) of the British Linen Bank (1759-1785) and Keeper of the Linen Hall.2 There appears to have been some family connection between Goldie and the Heron family at Kirroughtrie,3 and Boswell, in his journal, tells us, that he was educated with Patrick Heron.
Life with Boswell
Boswell met Goldie at Patrick Heron's on September 18, 1762. Boswell thought him "a neat young man, very cheerful and very friendly". He is probably the same Mr Goldie who came to William Maxwell's Springkell during Boswell's stay there on October 8 of that same year. Boswell had supper at Goldie's place in Edinburgh on October 27.