Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of the dining room in Abbotsford House by Galashiels near Melrose on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Roxburghshire, Borders, Britain, United Kingdom. Sir Walter Scott died in the dining room at Abbotsford House on September 21, 1832. He had returned home after a trip to Italy and was ill with what is believed to be typhus. A bed was set up for him by the window in the dining room so he could enjoy the view until his death. Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, born 15 August 1771, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. Scott had only enjoyed his residence for one year when in 1825, he met with that reverse of fortune which involved the estate in debt. The property was wholly disencumbered in 1847 by Robert Cadell, the publisher, who cancelled the bond upon it in exchange for the family's share in the copyright of Sir Walter's works. Scott's only son Walter did not live to enjoy the property, having died on his way from India in 1847. Among subsequent possessors were Scott's son in law, John Gibson Lockhart, J. R. Hope Scott, QC, and his daughter, Scott's great granddaughter, the Hon. Mrs Maxwell Scott. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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