Walter (of Cavers Carre) Riddell-Carre

1807 - 1874  (67 years)

• Name	Walter (of Cavers Carre) Riddell-Carre
  Birth	Aug 1807
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1874
  Person ID	I190047	First tree
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Riddell,   b. 23 Aug 1777   d. 18 Apr 1826 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Jane Ferrier   d. 11 Jan 1839
  Marriage	31 Jan 1805
  Family ID	F44900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Riddell McLachlan,   b. 1803   d. 25 Dec 1869 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1830
  Children	1. Lt Col Thomas Alexander Riddell-Carre, JP,   b. 26 Sep 1831   d. 21 Mar 1905 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F44902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was given the name of Walter Riddell at birth Walter Riddell Carre of Cavers Carre was well-known and admired in his lifetime for his work, collecting and telling stories of the rich and fascinating lives and histories of men and women from the prominent families in the Borderland between Scotland and England. He died in 1874 before his popular lectures could be published. James Tait, of the Kelso Chronicle, undertook the necessary editing and the works - reflecting as far as possible their original style and delivery - appeared in this edition in 1876. Chapters on the Douglas Family, followed by the Scott Family; the Ker Family; the Elliott Family; and the House of Riddell come first. Then there are sketches of individual Eminent Roxburgh and Selkirkshire Men in the Law, Church, Medicine and Politics as well as in Military and Literary life (where a few women feature too). The handful of 'Peculiar Celebrities' who defy categorisation appear at the end of the book. All who feature are of the Scottish Borders, but their fame and influence spread widely.