Tour Scotland Video Jane Hutcheson Begg Gravestone Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Jane Hutcheson Begg gravestone in the churchyard on ancestry visit to the Parish Church in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Jane Hutcheson was born on 2nd of August 1833 in Cleish, Kinross-shire. She was baptized on 11th of August 1833 in Cleish. She married Robert Burns-Begg, son of Robert Burns Begg and Grace Beveridge, on 5th of November 1861 in Cleish. She died on 5th of November 1867 in East Green, Kinross at age 34.

The Begg surname is from the Gaelic word Beag meaning: little, young, small of stature, it is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ferdinand Faithful Begg, born 27 December 1847 in Edinburgh, died 4 December 1926 in Hove, Sussex, England. He was a Scottish stockbroker and Unionist politician. He served as Chairman of the Edinburgh Stock Exchange in 1885 and Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce in 1912. In 1873 he married Jessie Maria Cargill, died 1925. They had several children, including Francis Cargill Begg, Maria Faithful Palmer, Jessie Begg, Elizabeth Begg and James Begg.

John Begg, commonly known as Jack Begg, born 20 September 1866, died 23 February 1937, was a Scottish architect, who practised in London, England, South Africa and India, before returning to Scotland to teach at Edinburgh College of Art from 1922 to 1933. He was born in Bo'ness the third son of John Begg, born 1826, died 1878, an ironmonger and Justice of the Peace. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. In 1896 he was appointed architect to the Real Estate Company of South Africa and moved to Johannesburg. He returned to Scotland due to the Boer War. He arrived in India in 1901 as Consulting Architect to Bombay. In 1906 he became Consulting Architect to the Government of India. He returned to Scotland in 1921 and went into partnership with Alexander Lorne Campbell. He served as President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland in 1932. He died in 1937 and is buried in the Grange Cemetery, near its south east corner, with an exceptionally modest stone. His wife, Edith Mary Dods Espie, born 1864, died 1920, was killed in a fire in their home and is buried with him..

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