Image from page 342 of "The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family" (1898)

Image from page 342 of "The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family" (1898)


Identifier: grangeofstgilesb00smit
Title: The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Smith, Jane Stewart
Subjects: Dick family Lauder family St. Giles Grange (Scotland)
Publisher: Edinburgh : Printed for the author by T. and A. Constable
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ir estate until 1768, and the Lauders of Carolside up till about 1795. Thelaird of Carolside was the last of the name of Lauder who owned lands on theLeader. Of him Sir Thomas Dick-Lauder writes :— This gentleman was so remarkable for his style of dressing that he went in Edinburghby the name of Beau Lauder, a title which rather flattered than annoyed him. We THE LAUDERS OF LAUDERDALE 385 can just recollect him as being followed by the boys whilst walking the streets as a veryold man, with a cocked hat, gold-headed cane, scarlet coat, lace ruffles, embroideredwaistcoat, satin shorts, white silk stockings, and gold buckles on his shoes richly set withstones. Poor man ! his fate ultimately was a very sad one ; for, if our recollection servesus right, he was accidentally burned to death sitting in his chair, as he then was in ahelpless state. The Lauders of St. Leonards were burghers and agriculturists. It was oneof the oldest of the family settlements, having an old tower or keep like

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Whitslaid, but not nearly so extensive as Muircleuch. It had, however, at onetime a chapel and a burying-ground. There is still an old inscription built intothe farmhouse wall over one of the windows :— DEUS ■ EST ■ FONS • VIT.li • the testimony of those who in ages past worshipped here in spirit and intruth. More than five centuries have elapsed since first the walls of this chapelof St. Leonards echoed to the requiem chant for the dead, or the soul-stirring 286 THE LAUDERS OF LAUDERDALE Te Deum for victory over southern foes, when Leader-town was a place of note,a very battlefield of kingdoms. Now it might well be called Sleepy Hollow,so primitive is the imprint of a past century. So easy-going and quiet, onemight almost fancy every day was Sunday, and the inhabitants of the two-storeyed houses and the simple little thatched cottages were taking their indoorSabbath rest.


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Orignal From: Image from page 342 of "The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family" (1898)