Lt-Colonel Arthur John (of Anniston) Rait, CB, RHA

1839 - 1902  (63 years)

• Name	Arthur John (of Anniston) Rait
  Prefix	Lt-Colonel
  Suffix	CB, RHA
  Birth	1839	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Jun 1902	Cauldcots railway station
  Person ID	I45690	First tree
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Captain James Rait,   b. 1805, Anniston House d. 1877, Anniston House (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Lady Clementine Gertrude Helen Ogilvy,   b. Abt 1819, Scotland d. 16 Oct 1848 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1838
  Family ID	F9449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hon. Kathleen Georgiana Arbuthnott,   b. Aug 1849   d. 22 Sep 1923, Anniston House (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Walter Garnet Rait,   b. 16 Nov 1878   d. 22 Jun 1900, Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Age 21 years)   2. Eileen Anna Arbuthnott Rait,   b. 16 Jul 1880, Inverkeilor, Fife, Scotland d. 11 Jan 1904, Anniston House (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F58756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Anniston, standing ¾ mile SE of the village, is the seat of Lieut.-Col. Arthur John Rait, C. B. (b. 1839; suc. 1877), who owns 978 acres in the shire, valued at £2744 per annum Arthur John Rait, the eldest child of James and Clementina Rait, and the last male Rait owner of Anniston House and supposed to be the representative of the Hallgreen branch, was born there on 17 May 1839, and died with "startling suddeness" on 13 June 1902. He had boarded the train at Inverkeilor for Barry, but midway between Inverkeilor and Cauldcots he was taken very ill. He was removed from the train at Cauldcots station and taken to the waiting room where he died almost immediately. The cause was established as heart disease. His moveable estate was valued at over £17.000. Like his father Arthur had a military career