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P0211 · Persona · 1605 – 1675

William Kerr, first Earl of Lothian of a new creation (1605–1675) was a Scottish nobleman.

Kerrr signed the national covenant in 1638 and marched with the Scots into England in 1640, being present when the English were routed at the Battle of Newburn. Afterwards, he became Governor of Newcastle. He was appointed one of the four commissioners of the treasury in 1642, was lieutenant-general of the Scots Army in Ireland, and was appointed privy councillor in the same year.

He entered Parliament in 1644 and joined Lord Argyll in expedition against Lord Montrose during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in 1644. He was one of the commissioners sent to treat with the king at Holmby House in 1647.

He was appointed secretary of state in 1649 and was one of the commissioners sent by the Scottish Parliament to protest against proceeding to extremities against the king, visiting Charles II in exile at Breda.. He was a general of the Scottish forces in 1650. In 1662 he refused to take the abjuration oath.

P0213 · Persona · 1771 – 1858

Sir James McGrigor, 1st Baronet, KCB, FRS, FRSE, FRCPE LLD (9 April 1771 – 2 April 1858) was a Scottish physician, military surgeon and botanist, considered to be the man largely responsible for the creation of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served as Rector of the University of Aberdeen.

P0214 · Persona · 1782 – 1837

Lieutenant-General James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon KCH FRS (29 May 1782 – 12 October 1837), styled as Lord James Murray until 1821, was a British Army officer, Member of Parliament and peer.

Murray was born in 1782 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the son of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl and his wife the Hon. Jane Cathcart. He was first commissioned into the British Army in 1798 and rose to the rank of Major-General by 1819. In 1807, he was elected Member of Parliament for Perthshire, holding the seat until 1812. He served as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 1812 to 1832 and from 1813 to 1819 was also aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent. He was created Baron Glenlyon, of Glenlyon, Perthshire, on 17 July 1821, and was promoted Lieutenant-General in 1837.

He also managed family affairs on behalf of his older brother John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl, who had been declared insane at age 20.

According to the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership at the University College London, Glenlyon was awarded a payment as a slave trader in the aftermath of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 with the Slave Compensation Act 1837. The British Government took out a £15 million loan (worth £1.43 billion in 2020[3]) with interest from Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Moses Montefiore which was subsequently paid off by the British taxpayers (ending in 2015). Glenlyon was associated with "T71/892 St Vincent nos. 492A & B; 497A & B; 498A & B", he owned 610 slaves at Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and received a £15,765 payment at the time (worth £1.51 million in 2020).

Lord Glenlyon died at Fenton's Hotel, St James's Street, London, on 12 October 1837, aged fifty-five, and was buried on 30 October at Dunkeld. He died intestate.

P0227 · Persona · 1858 – 1931

Sir Edwin Bolton, 1st Bt. married Elinor Elisabeth Graham, daughter of Sir John Hatt Noble Graham, 1st Bt. and Jane Browne Adam, on 12 April 1888. He died on 7 October 1931. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) He gained the title of 1st Baronet Bolton.

Lord, Harold Gordon, fl. 1940 - 1970
P0233 · Persona · 1940 - 1970

Harold Gordon Lord was a resident of Bandeath Lodge in Throsk, Stirling. He deposited papers relating to Bandeath Royal Naval Depot with Stirling Council Archives.

P0238 · Persona · 1818 - 1903

Sir James Campbell was born in Edinburgh in 1818 into the Campbell of Aberuchill and Kilbryde family. His parents were Sir Alexander Campbell of Kilbryde (1757 - 1824) and Margaret Coldstream, who named Campbell after his paternal grandfather Sir James Campbell 4th Baronet of Aberuchill (1723 - 1812). Campbell became the 5th Baronet of Kilbryde in December 1824. He married Caroline Bromley (d. 1900) in 1840 and died in 1903 aged 84 years in North Wales. Following his death he was succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Campbell (1841 - 1914) who then became the 6th Baronet of Kilbryde.

Barker, George, 1812 - 1876, composer
P0249 · Persona · 1812 - 1876

George Barker, who was born in Leicester in 1812, was a London based composer. He was highly successful as a writer of ballads, the most popular of which included 'White Squall' and 'The Irish Emigrant'. Barker also composed the music for 'Yon Tower on the Abbey Craig High' which was written for the opening of the Wallace Monument in 1869. He died in 1876.

P0268 · Persona · 1814 - 1878

John Thomas Rochead was a Scottish architect born on 28 Mar 1814. He is most famous for being the designer of the Wallace Monument, a tower standing on the shoulder of the Abbey Craig, overlooking Stirling, it commemorates Sir William Wallace (c. 1270 - 1305). He was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Rochead (or Rocheid) and Catherine Gibb and was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh.

Rochead worked for a number of years, starting in 1831, as an apprentice David Bryce (1803 - 1876), an architect in Edinburgh. In 1834, Rochead sought admission to the Trustees' Academy with a testimonial from Bryce stating that he had been three years an apprentice and was later admitted in June 1835. From around 1841 to 1870, Rochead lived and worked in Glasgow and, during this time, was employed by David Hamilton (1768 - 1843), working alongside Thomas Gildard, a 19th-century Scottish architect and author.

In the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843, Rochead received a large number of commissions for new churches for the Free Church. Rochead himself was a Scottish Freemason just like his mentor and fellow architect, David Bryce. He was initiated at St Mark's Lodge at Glasgow, No.102, in 1856. He was also the Grand Architect of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow.

Rochead was very successful in a number of competitions. In 1849, he won a competition for The Royal Arch, Dundee; in 1857, he won a third place prize of £300 for his Louvre-inspired design for the London War Office; and, in the following year, he won a competition for St Mary's Free Church in Edinburgh. In 1859, he won his most important competition and was awarded the contract for the Wallace Monument in Stirling, which was completed in 1869. The project ended up going £5000 over its original budget, which resulted in the bankruptcy of the contractor and Rochead never receiving payment for his work. His apprentices at this time included John Hutchison (1841 - 1908), who in turn trained both John Kinross (1855 - 1931) and Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928). The financial strain and subsequent criticism that Rochead faced caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown and his work was then taken over by John Honeyman (b. 1831), a Glasgow-based architect.

In the early 1860s, Rochead moved office to 201 West George Street and then to 150 Hope Street in c. 1866. In his later years much of his business came from the wool and livestock business in and around Hawick. He lived at 19 Morningside Place in south-west Edinburgh during his final years, only a year after retiring to Innellan with his family, where he added a spire to the West Free Church.

Rohead married to Catherine Jane Calder (d. 1896) in the Gorbals in Glasgow in 1843 and the couple had three children, one of whom did not survive infancy. Rochead himself died quite suddenly of angina, in Edinburgh on 07 Apr 1878 aged 64. He is buried in the north-east section of the Grange Cemetery and left his family a then substantial sum of £7,897 17s 5d plus £326 1s 4d. He was survived by his wife, one son named Stuart, who was living at 4 George Street, Manchester at the time, and a daughter. His widow continued to press for his unpaid fees on the Wallace Monument after his death, but to no avail. Rochead's wife and two daughters, Evelyn Cecilia, who died as a young child, and Henrietta Paul, are buried with him.

P0276 · Persona · 1913 - 1998

Robert Douglas McIntyre was a Scottish physician and a Scottish National Party politician and Member of Parliament. He was one of four children and the son of the manse, he was born in Motherwell on 15 Dec 1913 to John Ebenezer McIntyre, a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland, and his wife. McIntyre was educated at Hamilton Academy and Daniel Stewart's College, Edinburgh. After a short period working at an accountants’ office, McIntyre managed to acquire the necessary qualifications to attend the University of Edinburgh, where he initially studied Chemistry, before switching to study Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. He later worked as a GP and a consultant pulmonologist; he was also on the Glasgow public health staff for a time as a port medical officer. With the creation of the National Health Service in 1948, McIntyre was appointed as Consultant Chest Physician at Stirling Royal Infirmary and remained there until he retired.

McIntyre came to political prominence in 1945 when he won the Motherwell by-election, becoming the SNP's first ever-elected Member of Parliament. He served as the leader of the Scottish National Party from 1947 – 56, and as President of the SNP from 1958 – 1980. He was the Provost of Stirling from 1967 – 1975, admired by many for his fight for independence and known affectionately as "Doc Mac", he was often referred to as the "Father of the SNP".

He was the Stirling town treasurer, planning con-vener, a senior baillie, a member of the hospitals management board, and the sponsoring committee for Stirling University. He was given the freedom of Stirling and an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling.

McIntyre married his wife, Letitia Macleod in 1954 and had one child. He died on 02 Feb 1998, aged 84.

P0278 · Persona · fl 1927 - 1939

Alexander Morrison was a Town Clerk in Bridge of Allan, Stirling. He was the author of a number of booklets detailing the history of Bridge of Allan, its local people, and geographical features.