Dr Patrick Douglas of Garallan, d. 1819
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A medical doctor whose estate was in the parish of Old Cumnock. He
was one of those involved in the Douglas-Heron
Bank collapse.
Robert
Burns visited him in
Ayr, and it was through Dr Douglas, who had bought an estate in
Jamaica which his brother, Charles,
managed, that Burns was offered the post of book-keeper to Charles
in Port Antonio.
The Rev Hamilton Paul listed him as one of those present at the
first meeting in 1801 in the Cottage at Alloway held to celebrate
the poet's birth.
Dr Douglas was for a time a surgeon in the West Lowland Fencible
Regiment.
The Cumnock Express of 23rd September 1892 says :-
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Garallan, Old Cumnock, 1859
Almost certainly Jane Douglas (seated), who died in 1862.
She was the daughter of Dr Patrick Douglas.(1) |
The Late Patrick Charles Douglas Boswell of Garrallan
This well-known and much respected county gentleman departed this
life at Garrallan on the early morning of Tuesday last, in the 77th
year of his age, after a comparatively brief illness, for he was
present at the Cumnock Flower Show on the 3rd instant, and seemed
then in much his usual state of health, although for a considerable
time past his strength was visibly departing, and as his hearing had
also become somewhat impaired, he appeared much less in public than
formerly, and having also resigned the chairmanship of the Parochial
and School Boards of the parish – offices which he had long and most
satisfactorily filled – he thenceforth took almost no part in public
affairs, although the deep interest which he always took in
everything which concerned the prosperity of the district, and the
welfare of the country at large, continued, till his last illness
prostrated him on that bed from which he was never more to rise.
Mr Boswell was sprung from a younger branch of the Boswells of
Auchinleck , his ancestors possessing the lands of Knockroon, his
father – Mr Hamilton Boswell, only son of Mr John Boswell of
Knockroon – coming to the Garrallan estate by his marriage with Miss
Jane Douglas, daughter and heiress of Patrick Douglas of Garrallan,
whose eldest son, John Douglas Boswell – whom many yet remember –
dying about thirty years ago, the estate fell to his brother (the
gentleman whose death we now mourn) who was then in New South Wales.
About twenty-five years ago he returned to his native land, and took
up his residence at Garrallan, and has resided there, happy in the
bosom of his family, ever since, with the exception of a few months
in recent winters, when they sought the milder and more salubrious
clime of the South of England.
Besides the Garrallan estate, Mr Boswell possessed a small estate in
the adjacent parish of New Cumnock, and was a kind, generous, and
enlightened landlord. For many years too, he undertook the
management of the extensive estate of Auchinleck, not as paid agent,
but only as an act of friendship towards his relative and neighbour,
the late Lady Boswell, and in this capacity he was as successful as
he was trusted and beloved by all parties concerned.
Notes:
1. Image kindly
provided by Peter Blair, author of "Scotland in 3D - A
Victorian Virtual Reality Tour", available from info.p3db@gmail.com
See also:
Douglas of
Garallan
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