Leith Hall 1902 – tenantry
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 to improve the lives of tenants on the estate. Perhaps a sign of his popularity, the image of each of the tenants of the […]
Leith Hall – Outside
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 show the Hall, Stables, Gardens including the local walk up the Craigfall trail and the the family Kirkyard showing the family burial ground. [nggallery id=9]
Charles Arthur O’Neill Leith Hay – A life
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Leith Hall aerial view
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 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) and also a volunteer guide at the Hall. The video appreciates the stunning countryside in the local area typical of Aberdeenshire. […]
Georgle Leslie L-H, Jean Leith Hay and Doreen Leith-Hay
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 Leith-Hay’s younger brother George Leslie Leith-Hay who was also born in Australia. George was a wine merchant in his day and primarily resided in London. […]
Scots Heraldry
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 a colourful and decorative system of identification which transcends national boundaries and forms an important part of the nations’s history and pageantry. This is the […]
1745-46 Jacobites
Scots 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 Britain. The Leith family’s own history provides a connection to Stuart times and particularly so on the assumption of the Hay surname by Alexander […]
John Leith III of Leith Hall and Harriot Stuart
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 can been read in the family book on pages 27-28 an in the book on Andrew Hay of Rannes, ‘A Jacobite Exile,’ where the […]
Hays of Rannes and Lenplum
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 Heraldry Society work completing parts of the genealogy. The book contains a useful history on the family and also an interesting insight into the attitude […]
James Leith-Hay and Maria Catherine Gray
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