Old Photograph Railway Station Mid Calder Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Mid Calder in West Lothian, Scotland. This Scottish town is located on a steep hill overlooking the River Almond and Calder Wood, around 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The town has been on a major crossroads since its origin some time in the eleventh century.





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Old Photographs Castle Street Forfar Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and cart, shops, houses and people on Castle Street in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. Like other parts of Angus, Forfar was home to a very successful textile industry during and after the Industrial Revolution. In the late 18th century the firm of William and John Don & Company was founded in the town. Another important textile firm was J & A Craik & Company, Linen and Jute Manufacturers, which was based at the Manor Works in Forfar. Craiks was started in 1863. Bon Scott, rock n' roll singer from the band AC/DC. was born in Forfar.



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Old Photograph Hamilton Street Polmadie Scotland

Old photograph of Hamilton Street in Polmadie, Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. Polmadie is situated south of the River Clyde, and adjacent to the Gorbals. Polmadie is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Poll Mac Dè. The bulk of the place names of the neighbourhoods of Glasgow were either coined by Gaelic speakers or adapted to Gaelic from Cumbric. Polmadie is an early Gaelic name, containing the Gaelic " poll " which usually means burn or stream in areas where Gaelic replaced Cumbric. From a late 12th century form, Polmacde, it is clear that the middle element is Gaelic mac, meaning son of. The third element could be either the personal name Daigh, or the Gaelic Dè, of God, referring to an early religious establishment beside the burn. A remarkable feature of this place name is how the original stress pattern has survived, even centuries after its meaning ceased to be understood by those using it locally. It is still pronounced " pawmaDEE ",with a half stress on " paw " and full stress on " dee ", exactly as it would have been stressed in Gaelic.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Kilmartin Scotland

Old photograph of the war memorial in Kilmartin village in Argyll, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

Private, W Ballantyne
Lieutenant, Gavin Boyd
Private, A Campbell
Private, J Campbell
Private, A Crawford
Private, J McEwan
Corporal, A McFadyen
Private, A McIntyre
Private, D. G. McKay
Sergeant, A McKellar
Private, C McKellar
Private, D McKellar
Captain, James M. McLachlan, Military Cross
Corporal, H McLean
Private, D McLellan
Private, J McLellan
Sergeant, A McNair
Private, D McVean

Kilmartin is 96 miles from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph Union Street Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of cars, shops, houses and people on Union Street in Aberdeen, Scotland. Union Street was built to relieve the strain of the small cramped streets that people coming into the city had to navigate. It was built higher than the old town, and was designed to include the five entrances from the city. These were: Queens Road, Rubislaw and Hazelhead direction; George Street heading in from Inverurie and Morayshire; King Street heading in from the north from Bridge Of Don, Peterhead and Fraserburgh; Market Street which leads to the fishing town of Torry; and Holburn Street to the Ruthrieston and Garthdee areas of the city. It was designed in the beginning of the 19th century under plans suggested by Charles Abercrombie and nearly bankrupted the city when it was built.



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Old Photograph Pier Largs Scotland

Old photograph of people on the pier at Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. The pier was constructed in 1834. Largs was originally a centre for handloom weaving and fishing with over 50 boats. It grew as a seaside resort with visitors arriving by steamboat prior to the railway being extended from Fairlie in 1885. In fact the first summer visitors to Largs were the Reids who in 1782 traveled from Glasgow by various means including farm carts taking 2 days to arrive.



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Old Photograph Deer Stalking Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of Deer Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland.



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Old Photograph High Street Kirkcudbright Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on the High Street in Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town lies South West of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea. It was the county town of the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire, also known as the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.



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Tour Scotland Video Autumn Sunday Morning Drive Along Edinburgh Road Into Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland Autumn video of a Sunday morning car drive North along Edinburgh Road on ancestry visit into Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Mountain Bikes Leaving City Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of mountain bikes leaving the city centre of Perth, on their way to Kinnoull Hill in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph John Gibson Paton Scotland

Old photograph of John Gibson Paton in Glasgow, Scotland. John, born 24 May 1824, died 28 January 1907, was a Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. He was born in a farm cottage at Braehead, Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire. He was the eldest of the 11 children of James and Janet Paton. From the age of 12, he started learning the trade of his stocking manufacturing father and, for fourteen hours a day, he manipulated one of the six stocking frames in his father's workshop. During his youth Paton felt called by God to serve overseas as a missionary. Eventually he moved to Glasgow where he undertook theological and medical studies. He was ordained by the Reformed Presbyterian Church on 23 March 1858. On 2 April, in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland John G. Paton married Mary Ann Robson and 14 days later, on 16 April, accompanied by Mr. Joseph Copeland, they both sailed from Scotland to the South Pacific. John and Mary Paton landed on the island of Tanna, in the southern part of the New Hebrides, on 5 November 1858 and built a small house at Port Resolution. Three months after their arrival, a son, Peter Robert Robson, was born on 12 February 1859. But just 19 days later, Mary died from tropical fever soon to be followed to the grave by the newly born Peter at 36 days of age. Despite these devastating bereavements, Paton continued unfailingly with his missionary work in spite of constant animosity from the natives and many attempts on his life. During one attack, a ship arrived just in time to rescue him and take him and missionaries from another part of the island, Mr. and Mrs. Mathieson, to safety at Aneityum. From Aneityum, he went first to Australia, then back to Scotland, to arouse greater interest in the work of the New Hebrides, to recruit new missionaries. During this time in Scotland, on 17 June 1864, in Edinburgh, he married Margaret Whitecross, a descendant of the so called " Whitecross Knights ". Arriving back in the New Hebrides in August 1866, John and his new wife Maggie established a new Mission station on Aniwa Island. Enduring many years of deprivation, danger from natives and disease, they continued with their work and after many years of patient ministry, the entire island of Aniwa professed Christianity. In 1899 he saw his Aniwa New Testament printed and the establishment of missionaries on twenty five of the thirty islands of the New Hebrides. Maggie Whitecross Paton died at the age of 64 on 16 May 1905. Paton survived his wife by nearly two years, dying at the age of 82 on 28 Jan 1907 at Cross St, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.



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Old Photograph Mother And Daughter Cottage Garden Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a mother and daughter in a cottage garden in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph World War One Nurse Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of a World War One Red Cross nurse in Paisley by Glasgow, Scotland. During World War One branches of the Red Cross had groups of volunteers called Voluntary Aid Detachments, often abbreviated to VAD. Voluntary Aid Detachment members themselves came to be known simply as VADs. Famous women who volunteered for the Red Cross during the war include: Agatha Christie who served as a VAD nurse at a hospital in Torquay, England. Enid Bagnold, author of National Velvet and The Chalk Garden. She served in London as a VAD.



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Old Photograph Frank Richard Stranahan St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of Frank Richard Stranahan on the Old Royal and Ancient Golf Course in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Frank, born August 5, 1922, died June 23, 2013, was an American sportsman. He had significant success in both amateur and professional golf. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, into a very wealthy family; his father, R. A. Stranahan, was the founder of the highly successful Champion Spark Plug company. Frank's father's millions allowed Frank to concentrate on golf, and while in his teens he set a goal of becoming the best golfer in the world. He grew up playing the famous Inverness Club in Toledo, and won several club championships there. During his amateur golf career, spanning from 1936 to 1954, Stranahan won over 70 amateur tournaments, and several Open events as well, competing against professionals. Stranahan was able to remain amateur by forgoing the prize money he could have won as a professional, due to his family wealth. His greatest accomplishments included appearing as a finalist in over a dozen national championships, winning seven. He won two major championships (as they were counted at the time): the 1948 and 1950 British Amateurs. Stranahan was runner-up in five other major championships, including the British Amateur, the Masters Tournament, The Open Championship, and the U.S. Amateur. He won the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1947 and 1948. He won the Tam O'Shanter All-American Amateur six consecutive years from 1948 to 1953; this was a significant extravaganza hosted by impresario George S. May. His globetrotting allowed him to compete in over 200 tournaments across three continents during his amateur career. Stranahan died June 23, 2013, aged 90, at his home in Miami Beach, Florida, where he had lived for many years.



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Old Photograph Lamington House Scotland

Old photograph of Lamington House in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, born 29 July 1860, died 16 September 1940, was a British politician and colonial administrator who was Governor of Queensland, Australia, from 1896 to 1901, and Governor of Bombay, India, from 1903 to 1907. He was born in London, England, and was the only son of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, the 1st Baron Lamington. Charles was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1883. In 1885, he became assistant private secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Salisbury. Upon the death of his father in 1890, he succeeded as the 2nd Baron Lamington. On 13 June 1895, he married Mary Houghton Hozier at St Michael's Church, Pimlico; they had two children, a son and a daughter. He was appointed captain of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry on 26 March 1902. In 1919, he served as commissioner of the British Relief Unit in Syria, prior to its allocation as a French mandate. He returned to his family home, Lamington House, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, where he died on 16 September 1940, aged 80.



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Old Photograph Torduff Reservoir Scotland

Old photograph of Torduff Reservoir in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fairnilee House Scotland

Old photograph of Fairnilee House located three miles South West of Galashiels, Borders, Scotland. Alison Cockburn was born on 8 October 1712 at Fairnilee House. In 1765 she published her lyrics to the traditional Border Ballad the Flowers of the Forest. She was the daughter of Robert Rutherfurd of Fairnalee. She married an impoverished advocate, Patrick Cockburn of Ormiston in 1731. Unable to afford a home of their own they lived for 4 years in the house of her elderly father in law, " an old Presbyterian of the deepest dye " who condemned as ungodly cards, plays, and dancing. On the death of the old man they moved to Edinburgh and she began to mix in society where her liveliness and wit made her welcome in spite of her relatively lowly status. Her husband died on 29 April 1753, and left her a small income. She continued to mix in artistic and intellectual circles from her home in Bristo Street, on Castlehill, Edinburgh. In 1765 she published her lyrics to the traditional Border Ballad the Flowers of the Forest. She died on 22 November 1794. She is buried in the kirkyard of The Chapel of Ease of Buccleuch Parish Church in Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Mossfennan House Scotland

Old photograph of Mossfennan House by Broughton in the Borders, Scotland. The core is a simple 18th century house which has been extended at either end in the Victorian era and is now a pleasant long low structure, with harled walls, quoins, piended ridge roof, the large dining room and upstairs drawing room to extreme left having a splayed bay window; pilastered doorway in centre.



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Old Photograph Lennel House Scotland

Old photograph of Lennel House by Coldstream, Borders, Scotland. During World War I Lennel was an Auxiliary Hospital, a private convalescent home for officers, on the country estate owned by Major Walter and Lady Clementine Waring. It had been transformed, as had many private homes throughout Britain, into a treatment center. Lady Susan Elizabeth Clementine Hay was born on 9 August 1879. She was the daughter of William Montagu Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale and Candida Louise Bartolucci. She married Captain Walter Waring, son of Charles Waring, on 4 November 1901. She was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire in 1918. She was decorated with the award of the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Medal.



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Old Photograph Glenbreck Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Glenbreck, Tweedsmuir in the Borders, Scotland. It was known as a former coaching stop for changing horses on southern journeys.


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Old Photograph Talla Waterworks Scotland

Old photograph of the opening of Talla Waterworks, Tweedsmuir in the Borders of Scotland. Developed under the name of the New Water Supply by the Edinburgh and District Water Trust, the Talla Scheme was adopted on 11 October 1894. It comprised a storage reservoir, a service reservoir and filter, main and branch aqueducts, and a railway from Broughton Station to Talla. The authorising Act received the Royal Assent on 30 May 1895. This reservoir was formed by damming the Talla Water, a tributary of the River Tweed.



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Old Photograph Library Hamilton Scotland

Old photograph of the library in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This is the fifth largest Scottish town, excluding cities, after Paisley, East Kilbride, Livingston and Cumbernauld. The building, although appearing to be one, was actually built in stages over a 21 year period. The library section of the complex was opened by Andrew Carnegie in 1907. The adjacent town house offices were opened by King George V in 1914 and finally the town hall completed the building in 1928.





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Old Photograph Prince Of Wales Unveiling Scottish War Memorial Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of the Prince of Wales unveiling the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. Proposals for a Scottish National War Memorial were put forward in 1917, during the First World War, by John Stewart Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl in Highland Perthshire, and Captain George Swinton of Kimmerghame. Sir Robert Lorimer, one of the architects involved in the Imperial War Graves Commission, was appointed in 1919, but opposition to a large scale monument arose from the Cockburn Association and others concerned with the castle's heritage. A more modest scheme to remodel the North Barrack Block was finally agreed in 1923, and the memorial was formally opened on 14 July 1927 by the Prince of Wales. After the Second World War 50,000 names were added to the rolls of honour. Names continue to be added from successive conflicts, however the memorial itself has been left unchanged.



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Old Photograph German Air Attack Forth Railway Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of German air attack of the Forth Railway Bridge near North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. Six weeks into World War II, on 16 October 1939, the first air attack over Britain took place, above the Firth of Forth. Supermarine Spitfires of 603 Squadron City of Edinburgh were quickly scrambled from Turnhouse Aerodrome, as was 602 City of Glasgow Squadron based at Drem in East Lothian. They shot down two Heinkels into the Forth and a bomber off the May Island. The crew of a local fishing boat picked up two German survivors. These were the first enemy aircraft of the war to be brought down over Britain.



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Old Photograph Bridge Street Halkirk Scotland

Old photograph of children, houses and cottages on Bridge Street in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Halkirk is the birthplace of Alexander Keith, born 1795, died 1873, who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia and became established as a respected politician and brewer. He is known across Canada for his most famous beer, Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale.




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Old Photograph Caol Ila Islay Scotland

Old photograph of whisky distillery workers cottages in Caol Ila near, Port Askaig, Island of Islay, Scotland. Caol Ila is derived from Gaelic Caol Ìle for " Sound of Islay " in reference to the the location of a whisky distillery overlooking the strait between Islay and Jura. It was founded in 1846 by Hector Henderson. The distillery did not fare well, and changed hands in 1854 when Norman Buchanan, owner of the Isle of Jura Distillery, took over. In 1863 the business was acquired by Bulloch Lade and Company of Glasgow, traders in whisky stocks. According to the 1871 census, Duncan Johnston was the Distillery Manager at the time. Duncan was the nephew of John Johnston of Lagavulin and cousin to the Laphroaig Johnstons and so the family were involved with yet another distillery on the island. By the 1880s over 147,000 gallons of whisky were produced there each year. In 1920 Bulloch Lade went into voluntary liquidation, and a consortium of businessmen formed the Caol Ila Distillery Company Ltd. In 1927 the Distillers Company acquired a controlling interest in Caol Ila, and in 1930 Scottish Malt Distillers Limited obtained ownership of all the shares. The distillery closed during World War II, from 1942 to 1945, because of wartime restrictions on the supply of barley to distillers. From then, production continued until 1972, when the entire structure of the distillery was demolished. A larger distillery was then built, designed by George Leslie Darge in the same architectural style as many of his others with his trademark glazed curtain walls to the still houses, and production resumed in 1974. The company eventually became part of Diageo. Caol Ila is one of the lighter Islay whiskies, pale in colour, with peaty, floral and peppery notes. In addition to being sold as a single malt, it is used heavily in blends such as Johnnie Walker and Black Bottle. Since 1999, the distillery has also produced a non peated " highland spirit ."



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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Canoe Association Tay Descent River Tay Old Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of paddlers at the Scottish Canoe Association River Tay Canoe and Kayak Descent at the Old Bridge on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Mountain Bike Airbag Jump City Centre Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the mountain bike airbag jump in the city centre on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph War Memorial Braehead Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Braehead village located six miles North East of Lanark Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

Private, Archibald Aberdeen, Cameronians
Private, William Aberdeen, Cameron Highlanders
Second Lieutenant, John Blair, Cameronians, son of Mrs. Janet Prentice, 18, Parkhead Terrace, Ferguson St., Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
Private, George Burt, Gordon Highlanders, son of Mrs. Marion Burt, Croftlea Cottage, Braehead, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.
Gunner, J Burton, Royal Field Artillery
Lance Corporal, A Cairnduff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private, John Chapman, Cameronians
Lance Corporal, Alexander Donald, Cameron Highlanders, Son of Mary Donald, Ballochmorrie Farm, Pinwherry, Ayrshire, and the late John Donald.
Private, John Donald, Machine Gun Corps, son of Alexander and Catherine Donald, Braehead Mains, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.
Lance Sergeant, John Forrest, Royal Scots, son of John and Susan Forrest, Station House, Auchengray, Carnwath, Lanarkshire.



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Old Photograph Grouse Shooting Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of grouse shooting in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The name driven grouse shooting refers to the way in which the grouse are driven towards the hunters, otherwise known as Guns by beaters. A shooting party usually includes 8 to 10 Guns who stand in a line in the butts hides for shooting spaced some 20 to 30 metres apart, often screened by a turf or stone wall and usually sunken into the ground to minimise their profile to shoot the grouse in flight. There is a strict code of conduct governing behaviour on the grouse moor for both safety and etiquette. Grouse shooting can also be undertaken by walking up grouse over pointers, or by flushing the birds with other dogs.



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Old Photograph Harbour Perth Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The original harbour was further upriver, possibly at the end of High Street. Silt deposits, shifting of the river's bed and the increase in size of ships have led the harbour to be moved repeatedly downstream. In the 1840s, the tidal basin and quay that are currently in use were built on Sand Island at Friarton.



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OLd Photograph Auchencar Standing Stone Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of the standing stone at Auchencar by Machrie Bay on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Also known as the Druid stone. It is 5 metres tall. The area is most well known for its Standing Stones that are a local tourist attraction, along with the King's Cave which was believed to have been used by Robert the Bruce.



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Old Photograph Auchenhew Bay Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Auchenhew Bay, Island of Arran, Scotland. The name Auchenhew is rooted in the Gaelic language, likely deriving from Achadh Iodh, which translates to " field of the yew. "

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Old Photograph Whitefarland Point Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of cottage, car and fishermen at Whitefarland Point, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The name Whitefarland originates from Old Norse times, a period when Arran was part of the Kingdom of Norway for 400 years, 800 to 1263 AD. It may relate to Olaf the White, a 9th-century Norse king

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Old Photograph Invercloy Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Invercloy by Brodick, Island of Arran, Scotland. There was a synagogue at one time in the Invercloy Hotel. Wartime evacuees swelled the numbers of the community. There were also wartime refugees in Ayrshire, including Susanne Schaefer and Lore Zimmerman, who came on the Kindertransport and were fostered by the Hamiltons of Rozelle House. In addition there was a refugee hostel, Birkenward in Skelmorlie.There were Jewish families in Ayr from at least the early 1850s and a small but vibrant Jewish community had been formally established in the beginning of the twentieth century. The Ayrshire coast also had a number of kosher boarding houses, particularly in the 1920s and 1930s, catering principally for members of the Glasgow Jewish community, including the Invercloy Hotel in Ayr, reputedly Scotland's only kosher hotel. The Jewish reached its highest point during World War II, due in part to the influx of evacuees from Glasgow and elsewhere. Numbers began to decline following the war and the Invercloy closed, with the synagogue, in the 1970s There was also a war-time hostel for Jewish evacuee and refugee children at Birkenward in Skelmorlie, north Ayrshire from at least 1940.

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Old Photograph Bootmakers Kemnay Scotland

Old photograph of bootmakers in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The traditional boot maker would measure the feet and cut out upper leathers according to the required size. These parts were fitted and stitched together. The sole was next assembled, consisting of a pair of inner soles of soft leather, a pair of outer soles of firmer texture, a pair of welts or bands about one inch broad, of flexible leather, and lifts and top-pieces for the heels. The insole was then attached to a last made of wood, which was used to form the shoe. Some lasts were straight, while curved lasts came in pairs: one for left shoes, the other for right shoes. The 'lasting' procedure then secured the leather upper to the sole with tacks. The soles were then hammered into shape; the heel lifts were then attached with wooden pegs and the worn out sole was nailed down to the lifts. The finishing operation included paring, rasping, scraping, smoothing, blacking, and burnishing the edges of soles and heels, scraping, sand-papering, and burnishing the soles, withdrawing the lasts, and cleaning out any pegs which may have pierced through the inner sole.



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Old Photograph Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Royal Samaritan Hospital for Women at 69 Coplaw Street in Govanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. The hospital was opened in Hutchesontown in 1886 and relocated in Kingston three years later. The new hospital in Coplaw Street was built in the mid-1890s, designed by the architects Ninian McWhannell and John Rogerson. The design was an adaption of the 17th century Scottish Renaissance style and has just two storeys in the main. A dispensary was added in 1897 and two new wards were built in 1905 and 1924. The building with round towers in the foreground, on the corner of Victoria Road, was the Alice Mary Corbett Memorial Nurses' Home on the corner of Victoria Road. It was financed by Mrs Cameron Corbett of Rowallan and was built in 1904 and subsequently extended.



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Old Photograph Ardblair Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Ardblair Castle near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish tower house was built by the Blairs during the Norman period, on the site of a fort. In the reign of King Robert III, born 1390, died 1406, the lands of Ardblair were granted to Thomas Blair of Balthayock, remaining with his family until 1792, when the estate passed to the Oliphants of Gask.

Prominent Blairs in Scottish history include: John Blair, chaplain to Sir William Wallace; Robert Blair, born 1699, died 1746, a poet best known for the epic poem The Grave; his son Robert Blair of Avantoun, born 1741, died 1811, Solicitor General for Scotland under King George III, and Lord President of the Court of Session, equivalent to Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; Doctor Patrick Blair, botanist and surgeon; Robert Blair, inventor of the aplanatic telescope; Eric Blair, a writer best known by his pen name George Orwell; Tony Charles Lynton Blair, born in 1953 in Edinburgh, educated in Fettis College, read law at Oxford University, in England, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Robin Orr Blair, appointed Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland by the Queen in 2001.

Blair is also a prominent surname in Ireland. These Blairs are primarily descended from Scots who settled in Northern Ireland in earlier centuries. Many moved on to the U.S. and the British Commonwealth, where they are found today, and were known as Scotch Irish.

The first Blair in America is thought to be Commissary James Blair, born in Edinburgh, educated in the University. of Edinburgh, who arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1685. He founded the second oldest college in America, William & Mary College, and served as president for 40 years and was acting Governor of the Colony of Virginia from 1740 to 1741, while The Reverend John Blair, of Fagg’s Manor, helped found Princeton University. Other prominent Blairs in American history include John Blair, signer of the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court Justice, appointed by President Washington; Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor and confidante of several U.S. Presidents; Francis Preston Blair, Junior, Civil War General, U.S.Senator, and candidate for Vice President in 1868; Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General under President Lincoln; two state Governors, Austin Blair & James T. Blair, and a wife of a state Governor; numerous U.S. Congressman and Senators; John Insley Blair, a railroad magnate and philanthropist; Andrew Blair, Canadian Statesman, and Bonnie Blair of Champaign Illinois, Olympic Gold Medal winner for speed skating.



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Old Photograph Buchanan Retreat Bearsden Scotland

Old photograph of the Buchanan Retreat house in Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. Now known as Boclair House it was originally built as the Buchanan Retreat in 1890 by legacies from three Buchanan sisters of Bellfield, Ayrshire, to provide a home for elderly members of the Buchanan Clan. In due course the restriction to those called Buchanan had to be removed due to the lack of applications from people of that surname and, following an interest taken in the Institution by the Corporation of Glasgow, who were represented among the original trustees, it became a Home for elderly men. In 1960 the property was acquired by Bearsden Town Council and became the new Municipal Buildings. By 1975 the building housed the Administration and Finance Departments of the new Bearsden and Milngavie District Council.





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Old Photograph Broomhall House Scotland

Old photograph of Broomhall House near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is presently occupied by Lord Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine, hereditary chief of the clan Bruce, and the direct descendant of Thomas Bruce of Clackmannan Tower, appointed by the Bannockburn victor as his heir. The north frontage which incorporates the old house which was built about 1650. The south front was built by the 7th Earl of Elgin, born 1766, died 1841.



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Old Photograph John S Kennedy Memorial Kelvingrove Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the John S Kennedy Memorial in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This statue of a Tigress bringing a peacock to her cubs was presented by John S. Kennedy of New York, USA, to his native city in 1867. There is a copy in Central Park, New York. John Stewart Kennedy, born January 4, 1830, died October 30, 1909, was an American capitalist and philanthropist. He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club, also known as The millionaires Club, on Jekyll Island, Georgia along with J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller among others. He was born near Glasgow, received a scant education in school, studied in his spare moments as a clerk, and at 20 was sent to America by an iron firm in London, England, in whose branch house in Glasgow he worked for four years. He was a manufacturers representative for tubing used in locomotives. Then he went again to New York and entered business with Morris K. Jesup. From this partnership he retired in 1867 and from active business in 1883, although he was still called upon after that date to aid in the reorganization of various financial concerns, notably in 1888, when he acted with J. S. Harris as receiver of the New Jersey Central Railroad. He died of whooping cough in 1909.



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Old Photograph Nisbet Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Nisbet Castle located South of Duns in the Borders of Scotland. This Scottish castle was built in about 1630 by Sir Alexander Nisbet, ancestor of the heraldic authority Alexander Nisbet, born 1657, died 1725. The Nisbet family built two fortified houses or pele towers in the 12th century, East Nisbet and West Nisbet. East Nisbet, now known as Allanbank, was located on the Blackadder Water near Allanton, although the original tower no longer exists. Wester Nisbet remains, and was extended in the 1630s to form the bulk of the present house. The laird at the time was Sir Alexander Nisbet of that Ilk, born 1580, died 1660. Sir Alexander Nisbet overextended his finances in supporting Charles I in the Civil War, and was forced to sell the property to John Ker in 1652. A square tower, with fine interior plasterwork, in the classical style of William Adam was added to the west end in 1774. The house remained with Ker descendants, latterly in the person of Lord Sinclair, until the 1950s, when the estate was sold to Lord Brocket. After partial modernisation, the house was sold again in the mid 1960s to a local farmer, and remained unoccupied until its recent and comprehensive restoration as a private residence.



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Old Photograph Blairfindy Lodge Scotland

Old photograph of Blairfindy Lodge, Glenlivet, Moray, Scotland. The Dukes of Richmond and Gordon built this building as a shooting lodge.


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Old Photograph Dalnaglar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dalnaglar Castle, Glenshee, Perthshire, Scotland. Originally an early 19th century hunting lodge, the castle was commissioned by Lord Clyde, Queen Victoria's banker. Ian David Burke a Scottish Architect, born 5 September 1915, died 8 January 1999, restored Dalnaglar Castle, which was his home for 40 years.


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Old Photograph Purves Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Purves Hall, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the later part of the nineteenth century as a replacement for the peel tower to the north, which was recorded as being in a ruinous condition in the mid nineteenth century. A seventeenth-century window incorporated into the south-west wall of the house probably came from the older building, as it has a carved panel bearing the date 1675.



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Old Photograph Caprington Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Caprington Castle near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was originally a Tower House in the early 15th Century built for Adam Cunningham. The present building was erected about 1820 by Sir William Cuninghame. The tower which forms the South West part of the building is said to be of 15th century date, with 17th, 18th and 19th century alterations. Caprington Castle remains the private residence of the Cunningham Family.



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Old Photograph Drumkilbo House Scotland

Old photograph of Drumkilbo House near Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. This mansion house is located on the edge of the village of Meigle, about ten miles east of Blairgowrie, and adjacent to the estate of Glamis Castle. The first recorded owner of Drumkilbo was Robert the Bruce; he passed it to his liegeman Morice de Tiry in about 1300. For 300 years it was the home of the Tyree family, including Jesuit theologian James Tyrie, born 1543, died 1597, and Sir Thomas Tyree, race horse owner and associate of Charles I of England. In 1650 it became the property of the Nairne family. Lord Wharncliffe purchased Drumkilbo in about 1851; he sold it to Edward Cox in 1900. The Cox family at that time were the leading proprietors of the jute industry in Dundee. In 1951 Drumkilbo was sold to the 17th Lord Elphinstone, whose nephew inherited it in 1975, and sold off much of the estate in 1984.



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Old Photograph Allander Toll House Scotland

Old photograph of Allander Toll House cottage by Milngavie, Scotland. Located in East Dunbartonshire, on the Allander Water, at the North Western edge of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Pinkie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pinkie House, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Pinkie was formerly the country seat of the abbots of Dunfermline in Fife, and the tower house was built some time in the 16th century on the site of the Battle of Pinkie. In 1597, following the Reformation, it passed to Alexander Seton. He served as James VI's chancellor, and was created Earl of Dunfermline in 1605. The young Prince Charles, later Charles I, lived here as a boy, after his father's move to London at the Union of the Crowns in 1603. He slept in what is still known as The King's Room. In 1607 Seton married his third wife, Margaret Hay of Yester, and from 1613 set about expanding the house, adding a long wing to the south, and decorating the interior. In 1694 the property passed to the Hays, the Marquess of Tweeddale adding a door to the east front. In 1745, following victory at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Edward Stuart stayed here, as well as using the building as a field hospital. In 1778 the Hays sold the building to Archibald Hope of Craighall, who made further alterations, and added a stable block. Extensions were carried out in 1825, designed by William Burn. In 1951 Pinkie House was bought by Loretto School.



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Old Photograph Shops People Houses High Street Perth Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and houses on the High Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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