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could be very distinctly nasty in his own magnificent 

 manner, and, like Captain Barclay of Ury, he was an 

 ugly customer with his fists, and had been a most 

 enthusiastic patron of the old P.R The Lawers 

 herd was founded by Colonel Williamson's father in 

 1841, and Mr David Robertson Williamson, as he then 

 was, succeeded to the property in 1852. When fairly 

 settled down as laird, he started to buy cattle from the 

 Earl of Zetland, Sir Wrn. Stirling-Maxwell, the Duke of 

 Montrose, Mr James Douglas, Mr George R. Barclay, 

 Mr Hugh Aylmer, Messrs Cruickshank, and others. 

 Booth bulls were his fancy, and he had a special 

 liking for the blood of the Dalkeith Knight Errant. 

 His leading sires were Mario (16,505), Teithside 

 (17,082), Caractacus (19,397), Ben Lawers (19,304), 

 Keir Butterfly 6th (26,493), Baron Rosebery (33,078), 

 Demetrius (33,532), Young Vinedresser (25,380), and 

 Carlos (39,553). 



Prior to 1879 Colonel Williamson held the lead 

 at 100 gs. for a young bull sold at Perth. This 

 was with Prince of Atholl. In his time he won 

 numerous county prizes, and with the yearling 

 Master Tree he led at the Edinburgh Highland. 

 The herd was sold on 25th October 1879, but, merits 

 of the stock considered, prices were low. The Hon. 

 George Waldegrave Leslie paid 41 gs., the top figure 

 in cows, for Rosamund, a fine roan by Demetrius. 

 Captain C. H. Dundas took Marchioness, by Prince 

 Henry, out of a Keir Butterfly 6th dam, at 40 gs. 

 Prince Henry was out of the Keir first prize Highland 

 Society cow Henrietta, which was sold at 400 gs. for 



