A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Foutainhall, the seat of Sir Thomas H. Dick Lauder, Bart., in Pencaitland parish, Haddingtonshire, 1½ mile SW of Pencaitland village, and 5 miles SSE of Tranent. The lands of Fountainhall were acquired by Sir John Lauder, who in 1688 was created a baronet of Nova Scotia, and whose ancestors had been lairds of the Bass Rock from the 13th to the 16th century. His son, Sir John (1646-1722), an eminent lawyer and statesman, was appointed a lord of Session in 1689, with the title of Lord Fountainhall. He is remembered by his Decisions, as is his fourth descendant, Sir Thomas DickLauder (1784-1848), by his fictions and other writings. The present and ninth baronet, Sir Thomas-North DickLauder (b.1846; suc. 1867), holds 600 acres in East and 68 in Mid Lothian, valued at £1174 and £1066 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 33,1863. See Sir T. DickLauder's Scottish Rivers (Edinb. 1874).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Pencaitland ScoP East Lothian ScoCnty |
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