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one occasion searched by a party of dragoons sent 

 out from Edinburgh to apprehend Hugh M'Kail, who 

 had been at first tutor and then chaplain in Sir James's 

 family. His son, also Sir James, was still more dis- 

 tinguished. His faithful adherence to the Stuart 

 family forced him, like his royal masters, to live for 

 many years in exile. After the Revolution he returned 

 home, obtained a complete pardon, and became 

 afterwards Lord Advocate for Scotland. 



In 1775 Goodtrees was purchased by Mr Mackenzie 

 of Delvine, who sold it in 1769 to Baron Stewart 

 Moncrieff, and while in the occupancy of this gentle- 

 man the name of Goodtrees was changed, under a 

 royal charter, to that of Moredun. At the beginning 

 of the present century Moredun was bought by Mr 

 Samuel Anderson, by whom, and afterwards by his 

 son, Mr David Anderson, banker in Edinburgh, it was 

 possessed until 1888, when it was purchased by the 

 present proprietor, Mr John Welsh, who has restored 

 and improved the house, in harmony with its original 

 character and surroundings. Mr David Anderson 

 was long a Director of Fettes College, and took an 



