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Posted on April 17, 2026August 31, 2026 by vanished comforts · 1 Comment

A note of my mother’s cabinets, 1644

When Mary Dudley, Countess of Home, died in London in March 1644, her body was shipped to Dunglass for burial and £300 sterling was allocated for her monument, according to her will. Settling the will was a convoluted and protracted process, in part because her son-in-law John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale was declared delinquent, and…

Posted on January 17, 2025June 23, 2026 by vanished comforts

Hugh Paterson of Bannockburn and the Countess of Moray’s funeral

Hugh Paterson was a lawyer, joint deputy-keeper of the signet, and builder of Bannockburn House. He was made a baronet in 1686, apparently by the influence of Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray. Paterson had worked for the earl’s mother Margaret Home, Countess of Moray. She bequeathed him a small necklace of pearls, bracelets, and…

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