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Old Photograph Eaglescairnie House Scotland
Old photograph of Eaglescairnie House in East Lothian, Scotland. There has been a house on this site since the 12th century when Emma de St. Hilary married William de Vetereponte at Bolton. A descendent, Katherine Chisholm married Walter Haliburton of Dirleton in 1432 and the house continued to pass down through the generations. That line ended in 1919 with the death of Emily Henrietta Stuart, daughter of Sir Patrick Stuart and grand daughter of the 10th Lord Blantyre of Lennoxlove. General Sir Patrick Stuart GCMG, born 10 June 1777, died 7 February 1855, was a British Army officer who became Governor of Malta. Born the son of the 10th Lord Blantyre, Stuart was commissioned into the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards in 1794. He became inspecting field officer of the militia in the Ionian Islands in 1816. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Scotland in 1830, and from 1836, Governor of Edinburgh Castle, and Governor of Malta in 1843 before retiring in 1847. He was promoted to full general in 1851. He died at his home, Eaglescairnie House.
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