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The 1828 map of Ayrshire by William Johnson only records Corsehill lying on the east side of the burn. [26] The 1776 map by Taylor & Skinner shows a 'Corsehill' only as a dwelling house held by Sir William Cunynhame (sic). [27] The remains of the dam on the Corsehill Burn. A 1789 View of Corsehill House, engraved in 1791 and published in 1797.
Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame of Corsehill, 10th Baronet (1877–1945) was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Second Boer War with The Rifle Brigade with distinction, for which he received the Distinguished Service Order. He rose to the rank of Colonel and was the British ...
The property of Dowra and Patterton therefore formed part of the Barony of Corsehill, held since the 16th century by the ancestors of the Montgomerie Cuninghames of Corsehill, Baronets who held the remaining parts of the barony lands in the 19th century. [18] The clan name has many variations and the spelling used here is 'Cuninghame'.
His horse carried his dead body along the side of the river, still known as the 'Weeping', 'Mourning', or 'Widows' path. A wave of bloody revenge swept over Cunninghame and elsewhere. Cunningham relatives, friends, and supporters were killed without mercy. Aiket was killed near his home; Robertland and Corsehill escaped to Denmark.
Corsehill may refer to: Barony and Castle of Corsehill in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Corsehill (stone), a type of building stone obtained from Corsehiil Quarry ...
The name Kirkland is marked on Timothy Pont's map of 1604 [3] and on Armstrong's map of 1775, showing its antiquity. [ 4 ] 1775 map. The name infers church ownership, possibly through a feudal grant of land by a local baron in pre-reformation times.
Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 8th Baronet "married" Jonet Clemency Wilson Reid of Robertland, daughter of David Reid of Robertland, Baron of Robertland and Archivist of Glasgow University and his wife Diana Rosamond Angell secretary of the Baronetage of Scotland (1973–1997). The present owner from February 2005 has been Brian Douglas Parsons of ...
Montgomery-Cuninghame became the 9th Baronet of Corsehill on the death of his father on 30 August 1870. [22] [23] He died on 11 November 1897, aged 63 at Gunton Old Hall, Lowestoft, Suffolk after a period of ill health. [16] He is buried in Kirkmichael Churchyard, Ayr with his wife, where a window commemorates him.