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Old Photograph Craigiehall Temple Scotland
Old photograph of the Temple at Craigiehall near Cramond, Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish building was located at the summit of Lennie Hill. Charles Hope Weir had this ornamental temple built in 1759. The structure was burned by vandals in the early 1970s, and in 1977 the upper storey was removed as a hazard to aviation, following the development of a new longer runway at nearby Edinburgh Airport. Charles Hope Weir, born 8 May 1710, died 30 December 1791, was a Scottish politician. He was the second son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone, daughter of William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale. In 1730 he inherited the Craigiehall estate, in the parish of Dalmeny, West Lothian, from his uncle, the 2nd Marquess of Annandale. He adopted the name Hope Weir, and the arms of the Weir family, on his marriage in 1733 to Catherine Weir, daughter and heiress of the Weir Baronets of Blackwood, Lanarkshire. The family name was later changed to Hope Vere.
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