Albums
A visual archive of the Leith-Hay family, Leith Hall, military service, travel and the places connected with the family story.
The Visual Record
Albums and Images Related to the Family
Each collection is a record in its own right. Together they follow family life at Leith Hall, journeys through Scotland and overseas, military campaigns and the landscapes of Aberdeenshire and Queensland.
People and Home
Family Life Across Generations
Leith Hall · The 1890s
Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay
These photographs record life at Leith Hall and on the estate during the 1890s. They include Highland cattle and images of the ageing Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay.
1918–1939
Charles Arthur O’Neill Leith-Hay
This album follows the last laird’s short life from 1918 to 1939 and the beginning of the Second World War. Its photographs show his close attachment to Leith Hall, family life and the pursuits of a young man growing up between the wars.
Leith Hall and the Family, 1908–1909
A carefully preserved travel album associated with Violet Norma Gibson, eldest daughter of Florence Gibson, née Leith-Hay. The photographs document the family and Leith Hall in 1908–1909.
A Second Album of Aberdeenshire
Photographs and postcards from the same family travel album, preserved through Violet Norma Gibson’s descendants. They extend the visual record of Aberdeenshire and the family’s Scottish connections.
House and County
Leith Hall and Aberdeenshire
Leith Hall in 2015
Exterior views of Leith Hall, Craigfall walk, the family burial ground and the gardens photographed in 2015.
Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire
Lithographs from The Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire, published in 1849. Andrew Leith-Hay’s work records major historic houses across his home county.
Campaigns and Journeys
War and Travel
Peninsular War Images
Andrew Leith-Hay’s sketches from the Peninsular War, made between 1809 and 1812 at locations across Portugal and Spain.
A Pilgrimage: Palestine and Jordan During the First World War
Photographs taken by a nephew of Charles Edward Norman Leith-Hay during service with the Light Horse Field Ambulance. They record places that appear to have held personal and religious significance for him.
Darling Downs · c. 1845–1853
George Erskine Knight Fairholme
These lithographs, held by the National Gallery of Australia, are among the earliest visual records of colonial life on the Darling Downs. Fairholme arrived in Australia in 1840 and later settled with William and James Leith-Hay. Together they purchased Toolburra station in 1845 and worked the property for seven years.
The original archive also points researchers to the National Gallery of Australia and to W. R. F. Love’s University of Queensland study of Fairholme, the Leslies and the Leith-Hays.
Original Archive
Explore the Original Album Index
Visit the original Leith-Hay archive for the historic album index and its complete collection links.