HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW 



1789. His miniature in the Caledonian Hunt 

 coat of the period, painted by Inglehart about 

 three years later, is reproduced as a frontispiece 

 to this history, but, unfortunately, the reproduc- 

 tion conveys no idea of the beautiful colour- 

 ing of the original, which, worthy of the artist's 

 work, is set in gold and diamonds. Mr Ramsay 

 had married, in 1791, the Hon. Jean Hamilton, 

 sister of William, seventh Lord Belhaven ; and 

 after occupying Drylaw House, near Edinburgh, 

 for a year or two, adopted as his residence what 

 is now Barnton House, but what was then 

 King's Cramond or Cramond Regis, — the Barn- 

 ton House of those days standing almost mid- 

 way between King's Cramond and the village 

 of Davidson's Mains. " To the north - west of 

 Barntoun House, at the distance of about half a 

 mile, is King's Cramond, also belonging to Mr 

 Ramsay. . . . Very large additions and con- 

 siderable alterations are now making to this 

 house, which is destined for the residence of 

 George Ramsay, Esq., banker in Edinburgh, 

 eldest son of William Ramsay of Barntoun." ^ 



In joining Lord Elphinstone in the management, 

 Mr Ramsay formed that connection between his 

 family and the Hunt which was to last so 

 long, and to prove so satisfactory. He and 

 Lord Elphinstone were nearly the same age. 



1 'State of the Parish of Cramond,' by J. P. Wood, 1794, p. 56 

 et seq. 



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