1860 - 1903 (43 years)
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| Name |
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing [1] |
| Prefix |
Capt. |
| Suffix |
M.P. |
| Birth |
8 Sep 1860 |
Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Dec 1903 |
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1] |
| Person ID |
I191951 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Beatrice Mary Leslie Hore-Ruthven, b. 4 Jun 1871, Clewer, Berkshire, England d. 24 Mar 1920 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Dec 1888 [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Janet Beatrix Orr-Ewing, b. 13 Apr 1890, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 14 Feb 1943 (Age 52 years) |
| | 2. Sir Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing, M.P., b. 4 Jun 1893, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. 27 Apr 1958, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Age 64 years) |
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| Family ID |
F78971 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Around 1830, the existing 17th Century Dunskey House was greatly enlarged and improved by Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, with his architect William Burn. The grounds were also substantially landscaped including the walled gardens; glasshouses; and what were referred to as the 'pleasure grounds' - a series of paths, view points, gazebos and elaborate plantings around the main house and all the way down to the beaches.
Towards the end of the next century, the Dunskey estate passed to the Orr Ewing family and, in the early years of the following century, the current house was built for Charles Lindsay Orr Ewing and his second wife Lady Augusta Boyle, daughter of the 7th Earl of Glasgow and Dorothea Hunter Blair. Charles was the youngest son of Sir Archibald Orr Ewing of Ballikinrain, Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire, and served as a captain in the 3rd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders before being elected Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs.
Dunskey House was designed by James Kennedy Hunter and consists of three storeys, with its entrance in the centre of the rather austere southern elevation. The 15-bay facade is decorated with quirky water spouts and crow-step gables. Indoors, there are four impressive main reception rooms with opulent plasterwork ceilings; magnificent fireplaces; and extensive woodwork, including oak panelling. The library is particularly remarkable and boasts built in bookshelves. There are also splendid beamed ceilings in the dining room and the old billiard room, now a very large family kitchen.
Unfortunately, Charles died in 1903 aged 43, shortly before the Orr Ewings' new house was completed.
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| Sources |
- [S3701] Ancestry.com.au, Ancestry Public Member Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Robert Hepburn Owner:robaweb (Reliability: 3).
- [S3697] Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, (Compiler: Darryl Lundy ('darryl.lundy','xtra.co.nz');
128 Heke Street, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND).
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