Old Photograph Fintray House Scotland

Old photograph of Fintray House in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A Scottish mansion house in the Tudor style built in the middle of the 19th century. The estate was acquired in 1610, by the Forbses of Craigievar. It formerly belonged to Lindores family, until the Reformation, at which time it was called Lamington. The Forbes Baronetcy, of Pitsligo and Monymusk in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 March 1626 for William Forbes, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes. The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname and arms of Hepburn. He was the heir general of the last Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, his ancestor, the fourth Baronet, having married Mary, daughter of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo. His only child, Harriet Williamina, married Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton. On the Baronet’s death in 1828 the Forbes of Pitsligo estates passed to his daughter and son in law. The seventh Baronet married Williamina Wishart, only child and heiress of Sir John Belshes Wishart 4th Baronet. The tenth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Stuart.



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