Old Photograph Kildonan House Barrhill Scotland

Old photograph of Kildonan House by Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Euan Wallace Member of Parliament inherited the estate on condition that he made it his home. He employed Miller to design this enormous house in English Manorial Revival style, complete with a theatre and indoor tennis courts. Kildonan was ready for occupation by 1923, the world it was designed for had all but vanished and the interiors were never completed. Captain David Euan Wallace, born 20 April 1892, died 9 February 1941, who went by his middle name of Euan, was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II. He was the son of John Wallace, of Glassingall, Dunblane, at that time in Perthshire. Wallace gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards Reserve, acted as a special Commissioner for the North East coast and acted as Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada in 1920 and was decorated with the award of the Military Cross. He was first elected to the House of Commons at Member of Parliament) for Rugby, England from 1922 to 1923, then represented Hornsey from 1924 until his death in 1941.



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