HISTOEY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



instituted in 1777, he was one of its twelve original 

 members. And it may be observed that the fact of 

 his having held " several respectable offices in the 

 public service," and having been more than once a 

 Member of Parliament, was not inconsistent with his 

 occupying the position of a master of fox-hounds ; 

 for in those days a country was not hunted in such 

 a regular and business-like manner as it is now, and 

 hounds were taken into the field more or less as it 

 suited the convenience of the master and members, 

 — the fixtures not usually being publicly advertised, 

 but merely intimated privately to those concerned. 



Livingstone House or Place where Sir William 

 lived, stood inside the remains of the Peel of 

 Livingstone, an old fortified camp which was 

 situated a little to the north-east of Livingstone 

 village. Sir Robert Sibbald relates that " the 

 late Baron Patrick Murray planted a curious 

 Garden within the Peel, in which he trained up 

 many curious Flowers and Herbs. . . . He inclosed 

 large Parks, Orchards, and Avenues, which were 

 inviron'd with a Stone Dyke, by Mr John Elis, 

 Advocat, his brother - in - law, and planted with 

 many thickets of Oaks and Firrs, and other Barren 

 Trees : the Nephew by his Brother John Murray, 

 did build a neat House within the Peel, which is 

 now the Seat of Sir James Cuningham." ^ Within 



^ ' History of the Sheriflfdoms of Linlithgow and Stirling,' by Sir 

 Robert Sibbald, 1710, p. 21. The Sir James Cunynghame here referred 

 to was the second Baronet, the elder brother of Sir David and the 

 uncle of Sir William, 



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