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Murdoch's parents were John Murdoch, a teacher and session clark in Auchinleck, [4] and Margaret Robinson. The family lived in Ayr's Sandgate in a two-storey house, long demolished, but marked with a plaque. [2] [5] He was a member of the Dumfries Volunteers, serving as a first lieutenant. [6] In 1800 he was a collector of cess for Dumfrieshire ...
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The Burns family later moved from the cottage to a larger house in the south–east of Alloway in order to accommodate the growing Burns family. Robert's father, William Burnes, sold the cottage to the Incorporation of Shoemakers which was located in Ayr. [7] Following the death of Burns in 1796, the cottage was being used as a pub.
John Murdoch (bishop) (1796–1865), Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic for Western Scotland; John Murdoch (editor) (1818–1903), Scottish newspaper editor and land reformer; John Murdoch (footballer) (1901–1964), Scottish international footballer; John Murdoch (politician) (1882–1936), Australian politician for the Electoral division of Pembroke
The house was occupied by a number of families until 1928, it then lay empty and in 1937 faced demolition by Ayr County Council, however the Burns Federation and the National Trust managed to delay this precipitous act, World War II followed and in 1951 the property was acquired for the nation. [6]
The lieutenancy area was created in 1975 when the historic county of Ayrshire was abolished for local government purposes. The last Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire was made the first lord-lieutenant of a new lieutenancy area covering the four districts of Cumnock and Doon Valley, Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, and Kyle and Carrick. [1]
During Rupert’s Murdoch’s 1999 divorce from his ex-wife Anna, the couple set up an irrevocable trust to secure long-term financial stability for their four children.
Murdoch's Cave, [1] is a relatively small artificial cave [2] created by William Murdoch (1754-1839) and his siblings in the soft red sandstone Lugar river bank cliff just upstream of the old Bellow Mill close to the confluence of the Bellow or Bello Water and the Glenmuir Water in Lugar, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The spelling 'Bellow' is used ...