Lawhead House
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Lawhead House is about a mile outside the village of Tarbrax
. It is on the Buildings at Risk Register. It was built in 1859 by David Souter Robertson who also built Auchengray Church in Auchengray
.
David Souter Robertson started the name Souter Robertson, and is the ancestor of all those who inherit the name Souter Robertson (mostly in Australia), as it was he who changed his name (with the assent of Queen Victoria) from Robertson Souter to Souter Robertson, though the original family name was in fact Johnstoun. He was one of the founders of modern accountancy, though he and all his sons went bankrupt, one of them twice!
This was the site of a Castle owned by George Lockhart of Tarbrax
, his son William Lockhart of Tarbrax
, and his daughter Anne Lockhart, Countess of Aberdeen
. She was an ancestor, nine generations removed on her mother's side, of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a member of the British Royal Family.
Also on the original Lawhead estate is a round do'cot, now derelict.
Tarbrax
Tarbrax is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, County of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath....
. It is on the Buildings at Risk Register. It was built in 1859 by David Souter Robertson who also built Auchengray Church in Auchengray
Auchengray
Auchengray is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.It has a small church whose architect was Frederick Thomas Pilkington , the ground given by George Robertson Chaplin of Colliston House, Arbroath, the uncle of David Souter Robertson of Lawhead House nearby. The church has two stained...
.
David Souter Robertson started the name Souter Robertson, and is the ancestor of all those who inherit the name Souter Robertson (mostly in Australia), as it was he who changed his name (with the assent of Queen Victoria) from Robertson Souter to Souter Robertson, though the original family name was in fact Johnstoun. He was one of the founders of modern accountancy, though he and all his sons went bankrupt, one of them twice!
This was the site of a Castle owned by George Lockhart of Tarbrax
George Lockhart of Tarbrax
George Lockhart of Tarbrax was a son of Sir Allan Lockhart of Cleghorn. He married Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax daughter of Sir James Lockhart of Lee...
, his son William Lockhart of Tarbrax
William Lockhart of Tarbrax
William Lockhart of Tarbrax was the son of George Lockhart of Tarbrax and Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax. His sister Anne, became Countess of Aberdeen...
, and his daughter Anne Lockhart, Countess of Aberdeen
Anne Lockhart, Countess of Aberdeen
Anne Lockhart was the daughter of George Lockhart of Tarbrax and Anne Lockhart of Tarbrax. She had a brother William Lockhart of Tarbrax....
. She was an ancestor, nine generations removed on her mother's side, of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, a member of the British Royal Family.
Also on the original Lawhead estate is a round do'cot, now derelict.