Old Photograph Calderwood Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Calderwood Castle, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was situated near the banks of the Rotten Calder Water, in what is now Calderglen Country Park. Constructed in the fifteenth century by the Maxwell family, the original building collapsed in 1773. A new castle was later rebuilt on the same site, but it eventually fell into disrepair, with the final vestiges of the castle being demolished with explosives in 1951. The Maxwell Baronetcy of Calderwood was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1627 for Sir James Maxwell, died 1670. The 2nd baronet died without issue, and was succeeded by a son of Colonel John Maxwell who died in Dunbar in 1650. The 6th baronet also died without issue, and was succeeded by the son of Alexander Maxwell of Leith, third son of 4th baronet. This line too were failed, when his grandson, the tenth Baronet died in 1885. The next holder was the afromentioned 9th Baron, who succeeded as eleventh Baronet. The title passed to the 10th Baron and continued to his descendant.



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