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Preface
It is perhaps mainly in
consequence of a perusal of the hunting diary of Mr George Ramsay of Barnton,
which was kindly lent to me by Mr Keith Ramsay Maitland, Edinburgh, in the
year 1902, that this history came to be written; for although the putting
together of some records of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt had been
attempted by me several years earlier, the difficulty in finding sufficient
material for the purpose was so great that the idea had all but been
abandoned. The pleasure derived from reading the little volume lent to me by
Mr Maitland, however, induced me to make some further researches, and of
these this work is the result. That it may prove of interest to those who
now hunt or have hunted with the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hounds, I
sincerely hope and since it embraces the period (1814-1825) during which—the
Hunt being in abeyance—the country was visited by the original Lothian now
the Duke of Buccleuch's Hounds, under Mr Robert Baird of Newbyth, and Will
Williamson his huntsman, and the period (1869-1877) during which the Hunt
and that of East Lothian were amalgamated under the title of the Lothians
Hunt, it is possible that it may also possess some small outside interest.
To all who have in any way
given me help— and I have received much from acquaintances and strangers as
well as from personal friends—I render my warmest thanks; for without their
aid the information which the book contains would certainly have been either
less extensive or less accurate. The index was prepared by Mr A. W. Jones,
Chester, and I am most grateful to him for the expenditure of time and
trouble involved in doing so.
While these pages were
passing through the press, the deaths took place of Mr John Ross, head
forester to the Marquis of Linlithgow, and Mr William Shore, late huntsman
to the Duke of Buccleuch, whose names occur in the text, and for each of
whom I had much regard.
EDINBURGH, December 1910.
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Introductory Chapter
The country, the Masters, Supporters and Huntsmen, the Hounds, the
Kennels
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Chapter I.
Early records, Sir William Augustus Cunynghame of Livingstone, the
Committee of Management
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Chapter II.
Lord Elphinstone, Mr George Ramsay of Barnton, Mr William Murray,
Younger of Polmaise
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Chapter III.
The Interregnum
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Chapter IV.
The three Lairds, the Hunt Club
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Chapter V.
The Squire of Barnton
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Chapter VI.
The Regency and the Young Squire of Barnton
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Chapter VII.
The Laird of Wallhouse
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Chapter VIII.
The Union
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Chapter IX.
Major William John Wauchope of Niddrie, Mr James Russel of Dundas
Castle, Mr John Graham Menzies
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Chapter X.
Captasin George Clerk Cheape of Wellfield, Mr Adam Paterson Cross
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Chapter XI.
Mr Robert, Mr Fred, and Mr Frank J. Usher
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Chapter XII.
Sir Robert Usher and Mr Andrew Gillon
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Appendices
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