Captain James Rait

1805 - 1877  (72 years)

• Name	James Rait
  Prefix	Captain
  Birth	1805	Anniston House
  Gender	Male
  Death	1877	Anniston House
  Person ID	I45691	First tree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	John (of Anniston) Rait   d. 1825
  Mother	Elizabeth Guthrie,   b. 28 Jun 1775   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Clementine Gertrude Helen Ogilvy,   b. Abt 1819, Scotland d. 16 Oct 1848 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1838
  Children	1. Lt-Colonel Arthur John (of Anniston) Rait, CB, RHA,   b. 1839, Scotland d. 13 Jun 1902, Cauldcots railway station (Age 63 years)   2. Agnes Rait,   b. 16 Oct 1843   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Gertrude Jean Rait,   b. 12 Nov 1845, Anniston House d. 9 Sep 1922 (Age 76 years)   4. William Rait,   b. 23 Jul 1847, Anniston House d. 7 Sep 1895, Paddington, London (Age 48 years)   5. Unknown Rait,   b. 10 Oct 1848, Cortachy Castle d. 10 Oct 1848, Cortachy Castle (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F9449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Clemintina Rait   d. 9 Sep 1922
  Children	1. Gertrude Jean Rait,   b. 12 Nov 1845, Anniston House d. 9 Sep 1922 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F58762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2016

  
  

• Notes

  James Rait (1805-1877 ), J.P., D.L. for Forfarshire, was the son of John Rait (d. 1 825) of Anniston and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of James Guthrie of Craigie. He was a Captain of 15th Hussars and Lt.-Colonel in the Spanish Legion. In 1838 he married Lady Clementina Drummond Ogilvie, second daughter of David, 7th Earl of Airlie. Above the kirk door in Inverkeilor are the arms of Rait (Or, a cross engrailed sable) impaled with those of Ogilvy (Argent, a lion passant guardant gules crowned or), for James Rait of Anniston and the Honourable Clementina Ogilvy, daughter of David (7th) Earl of Airlie. Motto: "Spero meliora" - "I hope for better things".