Old Photograph Udny Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Udny Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Colonel John Robert Fullerton Udny inherited the estate in 1802. He had been an army officer since 1797 but retired after his marriage to Emily Fitzhugh in 1812. Thereafter he only visited the estate occasionally as his main residence was in London, England. The couple had one son, John Augustus Udny, but he died a bachelor in 1859. The Colonel's wife died in 1846 after which he had an affair with Ann Allat whom he married on 2 January 1854. However, the couple had a son, John Henry Udny, born out of wedlock on 9 May 1853. A legal case was heard by the House of Lords as to whether John Henry was entitled to inherit the estate as his parents had been unmarried when he was born. The Colonel died in 1861. The House of Lords had decided in favour of John Henry and he inherited the estate though illegitimate at his birth. In 1887, it is recorded as owned by John Hay Udny and had been in the family's ownership for several centuries.



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