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Person code |
DS/UK/24446 |
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Family name |
McDouall |
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Territorial designation |
of Logan |
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The McDoualls of Logan seem first to have held the lands of Logan (Wigtownshire) in the early 15th century: Dougal McDougall surrendered Logan to his superior, the Earl of Douglas, who regranted the lands to his son, Thomas McDouall, in 1414. Logan Castle was burnt in the late 15th century, which presumably caused the destruction of family papers. Charles McDouall of Logan was killed at the battle of Flodden in 1513. In the main the heads of the family married into the families of other local landed gentry. Andrew McDouall (1685-1760), second son of Robert McDouall of Logan (d. c1729), was an advocate who became one of the senators of the College of Justice, under the style Lord Bankton. He was author of ?An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Rights' (1751-1753). Andrew McDouall of Logan (1758-1834) was MP for Wigtownshire, 1802-1805. His grandson, James McDouall of Logan (1840-1896), married in 1869 Agnes Buchan-Hepburn (d. 1926), eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Buchan- Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn. She was a keen gardener, and experimented with new, tender plant species in the grounds of the house at Logan, which benefits from the warming effect of the Gulf Stream.
James McDouall was succeeded by his eldest son, Andrew Kenneth McDouall of Logan (1870-1945), who (like his brother, Nigel McDouall [d 1943]) was also very interested in gardening. On his death, the estate passed to his cousin, Sir Ninian Buchan-Hepburn (1922-1992), but then in 1949 out of the family's hands. In the 1960s, the Logan Gardens Trust was set up to manage the gardens for the benefit of the public, but it ran out of money, and in 1969 the estate was handed over to the nation. It is managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. At that time Sir Ninian reacquired the house and policies. |
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15th century-20th century |
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family |
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| GD141 | McDouall family of Logan, Wigtownshire | 1475-1927 |
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