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commended George Richmond, his cleverest " mud 

 student." Richmond, although under eighteen years 

 of age, taught the Balgowan tenants how to cultivate 

 the land and make the most of the turnip crop. He 

 himself settled in Perthshire, and became a most dis- 

 tinguished agriculturist. The late Mr John Richmond, 

 tenant of Dron, Moneydie, and other holdings, breeder 

 of Border Leicester sheep, and inventor of a grain- 

 drying rack, a potato-digger, and other appliances, 

 was a grandson of George Richmond. Lord Lynedoch 

 is stated to have kept Shorthorns as early as between 

 1815 and 1820, but I have been unable to discover 

 the extent of his work in connection with the breed. 

 He was one of the purchasers at General Simson's 

 sale in 1818. Mr Samuel Richmond, son of Mr 

 George Richmond, had a good herd of Shorthorns 

 at Chapelpark in the thirties of last century, but I 

 have no particulars in regard to the breeding of the 

 cattle. 



A strong personality in Perthshire Shorthorn, 

 social, Volunteering, and sporting life was Colonel 

 David Robertson Williamson of Lawers (1829-1913), 

 a perfect exponent of that " grand" early Victorian 

 manner of which scarcely a vestige is left ! Splen- 

 didly athletic in build ; spare, handsome, powerfully 

 muscular, lithe in movement, he could work in and 

 out of a company with the ease of an all-conquering 

 yet supremely urbane General. The music of his 

 voice, the light in his fine grey eyes, the glamour of 

 his smile, formed a happy combination. On his hunt- 

 ing-horse or afoot his was a gallant figure. Yet he 



