September 10, 2021 For a turn of the 1980s flash back to Leith Hall in 1979, About Britain made an episode on the Hall and NTS staff and life in at the property....
July 9, 2020 Support the property, NTS staff and local volunteers at Friends of Leith Hall at Facebook Groups. More details on community action can be found at: Friends of Leith Hall
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May 6, 2020
THE ARMY OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD (link)
© A. McKenzie Annand and permission to link to article provided by www.sahr.org.uk
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
Vol. 60, No. 244 (WINTER 1982),...
July 6, 2018 Chapter 5, Leith and Maucune in Rory Muir's Salamanca 1812 contains information on Andrew Leith-Hay and his uncle James Leith and the 5th division facing Maucune's French division in the...
September 17, 2017
Edward McKenzie Scott, the son of Charles McKenzie Scott and Sarah Hague, was born about 1834 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a member of the original party which settled at...
May 28, 2017 Coming soon
May 28, 2017
This is a brief account on the Leith-Ross family that descended from the Leith's of Freefield and Glenkindie. Further information is available in more detail on the North American links...
May 28, 2017 Over the years I have had brief contact with the descendants of a George Leith born 29th Nov 1789 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. George's baptismal record lists him as...
May 28, 2017 More info to come.
Note: If anyone with the surname Leith is interested in a Y-DNA project, please email from the main page.The name is a rarer and in terms of...
December 30, 2015
Col. Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay of Rannes and Leith Hall. Aberdeen, b. 1818, Granada in the West Indies, d.1900 at Leith Hall, h. 1862; m. 1860, Christina Grace Agnes, dau. of...
November 18, 2015 Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay followed his uncle Alexander Sebastian to the Lairdship of the Estate in 1900. Charles was a very popular and much liked and respected landlord who did much...
November 9, 2015 The Hall gallery from 2015 provides some images on the Gardens. I recommend visiting Leith Hall Gardens and Estate for local staff based content updated regularly. The photos in the album...
November 1, 2015 The Gallery for Charles Arthur O'Neill Leith-Hay provides a window into the life of the last Leith Hall Laird between 8th May 1918 to his passing on a Saturday afternoon...
November 1, 2015 Graham from Aeroglen.co.uk recently placed this video on Youtube for the Trust's property showing the Hall and the Gardens on the Estate. Graham is an experienced helicopter pilot now operating...
November 1, 2015 The image below from the family albums displays Jean Leith-Hay, Mrs George Leith-Hay (nee Allen) and Doreen Leith-Hay in approximately 1907. Jean was the elder daughter of Charles Edward Norman...
March 11, 2015 The dust cover on the 1978 version of this volume provides the following take. Heraldry is a living science, more relevant to modern life than many people imagine. It is...
March 11, 2015 Scot's family websites often contain information on the 45' and the often romanticised characters involved in the Stuart's ultimate and unsuccessful attempt to regain their lost throne on the shores of...
February 5, 2015
The life of John Leith III of Leith Hall is perhaps best remembered for the ballad of his early demise. This ballad composed by an old rhymester of the time...
January 5, 2015
The text for the Hays of Rannes and Lenplum comes from the Appendix of the 1937 volume - A Jacobite Exile by Henrietta and Alistair Tayler with additions from the...
October 6, 2014 James Leith-Hay led an interesting life in his day. He travelled further with his brothers in his day than any of his forebears on a global scale. From Aberdeenshire to...
September 21, 2014 The below 1862 obituary on Sir Andrew provides another version on his life. In the family book some 100 years afterwards some of Andrew's shortcomings obviously receive more space than...
May 3, 2014 Many Scot's family or clan websites most often focus on the details of only those with illustrious pasts and particularly the heads of the families down the line. Primarily, the...
March 24, 2014 Focusing again on female family members, Florence Leith-Hay's eldest daughter provides a significant link in the early 20th Century to her ancestral home on her mother's side. The section on...
November 22, 2013 Some more information is available on Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay's mother Maria Catherine to what is in the section on James Leith Hay and her life in Australia.
Her parents were...
November 3, 2013
A modern version of Andrew Leith-Hay's Peninsular war was published in full in 2013 in either soft or hard cover.
This site has no affiliation with the publisher . However, the quality...
October 20, 2013 The baronage of Scotland based on Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 6th Bt. (1694-1770) 1764 work and published in Edinburgh posthumously provides of good source for primary source material on the...
October 8, 2013 The Last Laird of Rannes and Leith Hall and male line representer of the Leith-Hay family's life was also penned down by his mother Henrietta in the 1957 book on...
September 26, 2013
Vivian Louis Augustus Phipps may have had a name with a certain aristocratic ring to it, but this would only perhaps allude to something in his past or the generations...
September 26, 2013
These portraits are at the Hall and held by the N.T.S.
Uncle Charlie was born on the 9th of October in Ipswich Queensland, Australia to his parents James L-H and Maria...
September 26, 2013
Russell Constantine Charles Phipps - Gunner 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Russell Constantine Charles Phipps was born on the 11 March 1883, at the Hollow Beaudesert Upper Logan to Lord Henry Phipps...
September 15, 2013 Further to Norman Leith-Hay story his descendants have been updated and these photos are all courtesy of Norman’s daughter Barbara’s descendants. Thank you M. C and A. N. for sharing...
September 10, 2013
Keeping in line with reporting on forgotten members of this family. Florence Leith Hay’s youngest child Archibald Erroll Leith-Hay Gibson b 26 September 1902 in Mackay QLD, who passed on...
August 24, 2013
Some of the old images of the family members and faces at the Hall in the past appear to be lacking names and this is also the case for any...
August 24, 2013
(Image credit National Library Australia) Catholic Priest, Leith Hay, Bogu, McArthur, Beardy, Milner D.D. Watt, Rt Pitcairn, Captain Cary Bet, Kirchner, Mendinsky [picture] ca. 1855 drawing by James G. Sawkins,...
August 16, 2013
Much of the family information on the Leith-Hay brothers in Australia focuses on their move up to the Dawson Valley towards the mid 1850’s and the eventual end of their...
July 29, 2013
George Knight Erskine Fairholme (image Mitchell Library)
Thank you to the National Gallery of Australia for the Fairholme Lithographs. An album section has been added with these images courtesy of the...
July 25, 2013 Any information on Bessie Hirst (Mary Elizabeth Leith-Hay), George Leslie Leith Hay between 1880-1910 and Jean and Doreen as well as Elizabeth Edwards d. 1997 in the UK would be...
July 16, 2013
This album and part two was kept by Leith Isley and comes courtesy of Meg L, Violet’s daughter and granddaughter and family.
They are extracts of a travel album and show...
July 14, 2013
Kennethmont can also be supported by consuming the product shown above (responsibly) The Ardmore Distillery was founded in 1898 and sends its product all over the world. Disclaimer - Please...
July 14, 2013
The Facebook page shows the development and refurbishment of the Hall as well as the rejuvenation of the Gardens for the re-opening scheduled for the 26th July 2013.
Please visit the...
June 28, 2013
Update to information on the site Florence Gibson nee Leith-Hay - 4th child of James Leith-Hay and Maria Catherine Gray bio details on the site. Also details on her husband.
Link Florence...
June 28, 2013 Link --> The Guardian obituary of Sir Edward
Edward peck.pdf and Copyright the Guardian Ed Douglas
Antipodean Rannes
Easter Torrans, Tomintoul, Ballindalloch AB3 9HJ.
Dear Sir, --- “where does the Don run into the Dee?” Any...
May 26, 2013
If the family M.S.C and J.C.M in Warrington Cheshire have any connection to Norman Leith Hay, the 4th son of Andrew Leith Hay, please get in contact.
The above shows his...
May 2, 2013
The site was intended to encompass biographical details of the family and descendants.
So far a few of the family members have their bio’s in the Genealogy section.
Updated bio’s were done...
April 21, 2013
Ebook accessible and downloadable in the Library under Lieut General Sir James Leith.
Thanks to Google for the nice scan.
Please make no commercial use of this volume.
Part of the cover hangs...
April 10, 2013
Info at Leith’s of Harthill (Note Pending copyright issues) It’s an old book some 76 years in age and its author lived very long as well, meaning 70 years past...
April 6, 2013 Ebook accessible and downloadable at Castellated Architecture
This ebook is a copy of the 1849 original. The late 1800’s and modern version is of course based on this book. This is...
March 10, 2013
Two versions are being placed for viewing of the 1937 book.
- Original scan of the 1937 book published 76 years ago.
-Ebook and and pdf versions with additional information
Note the cover...
February 13, 2013 Please get in contact if your parents / grandparents are Jean Jessop (later Fuller) and Leith Hay Jessop (later Isley).
Seeking info on Meg L Laidlaw and Jill L-H Rogers and...
February 13, 2013
The BBC and Public Catalogue Foundation released images of the collection around December 2012.
Note not all images in the collection were included and various portraits are missing.
These are available at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/galleries/locations/the-national-trust-for-scotland-leith-hall-garden-estate-7263
Now...
November 10, 2012
This blog is intended to provide any updates on the progress of this site. It is expected the the layout will change as further information is included on the family. The...