Old Photograph Jardine Hall Lockerbie Scotland

Old photograph of Jardine Hall near Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built in 1814, this Scottish mansion house was the seat of Sir Alexander Jardine. A previous Sir Alexander Jardine of Applegirth helped to defend the Borders from English invaders, taking nearly 300 prisoners near Carlisle, England, in 1524. His son John was overwhelmed by an English force of 5,000 in 1547 and the Jardine lands were ravaged. The pendulum swung back later in the same year, however, when the Jardines were helped by French troops and exacted fierce retribution. The Jardines supported Mary Queen of Scots until she married Bothwell and then declared allegiance to the infant King James VI. A later head of the family married Lady Margaret Douglas, sister of the first Duke of Queensberryand his elder son, born in 1645, was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1672. A later baronet was a distinguished author and editor of works of natural history while a nephew married Princess Sana, the niece of the King of Samoa. The royal connections helped him to develop North East Australia and the new state of Queensland where he had an estate named after Lockerbie back in Scotland. Sir Alec Jardine is 12th baronet and the 24th chief of the clan. The Jardine clan motto is "Cave adsum" which means " Beware, I am present ". Spelling variations and septs of the Clan Jardine include: Jardine, Jardines, Gardino, Gardin, Gardinus, Garden, Jardin, Jardane, Jerdane, Jerden, Jerdone, Jarden, Jardyne, Jarding, Jardyn, Gerden, Gerdain, Gairdner, Gardynnyr, Gardynsr, Gardnsrd, Gardinare, Gardinar, Gardenar, Gardenare, Gardnare, Gardener, Gardennar, Gardnar, Gardiner, Gardner.



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