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Old Photograph Dunnichen House Scotland
Old photograph of Dunnichen house located between Letham and Forfar in Angus, Scotland. This was the home of George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo, born 1732, died 1818, who was a Scottish advocate, landowner, agricultural improver and politician. Dempster served as Member of Parliament for the Perth Burghs in Perthshire, founded the Dundee Banking Company in 1763, was a Director of the East India Company from 1769, and served as Provost of St Andrews, Fife in 1780 and was a Director of the Highland Society in 1789. He spent the later years of his life improving Scottish fishing and agriculture and improving the living conditions of his tenants. He was a lifelong friend of the philosopher Adam Ferguson and the minister Alexander Carlyle. was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1788, upon the proposal of Dr Anderson, Henry Duncan and John Playfair. He died at Dunnichen, Angus, on 13 February 1818, and was interred at Restenneth Priory, Forfar.
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