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. […]
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 […]
Violet Norma Gibson – later Jessop
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 Florence Leith-Hay can be accessed from the below link. The photo is reportedly taken at the Hall or for her confirmation in Westerham in England. […]
Maria Catherine Leith Hay (nee Gray)
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 of Scot’s and Irish background. Her father Col. Charles George Lewis Gray was born in Scotland in 1786 and her mother Jane Grogan b. […]
Narrative of the Peninsular War
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 of the work offers anyone with interest in the family or the period the chance to own the work and a decent copy since […]
Primary Source – The Baronage of Scotland
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 family to the 1350’s. This cover image is a from a photo of the 1798 work, which is presently held by a family member […]
Charles Arthur O’Neill Leith-Hay
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 the main line as was his father’s account and will be left untouched. The family book passed down listing the chiefs of the Leith and […]