Old Photograph Lanfine House Scotland

Old photograph of Lanfine House by Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built for John Brown, born 1729, died 1802, a successful textile manufacturer and banker. He was also a bailie in the city of Glasgow. The building work was undertaken by James Armour of Mauchline, who was to become the father-in-law of Robert Burns. Lanfine House was completed in 1772. On the death of John Brown in 1802, his son Nicol Brown took over as Laird of Lanfine and Waterhaughs. After the death of Nicol Brown in 1829, the estate was inherited by his cousin Thomas Brown, a physician in Glasgow, and for a time, Professor of Botany at Glasgow University.



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