Charles Granville Stuart Menteath
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Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath, 1st Baronet of Closeburn and Mansfield, FRSE FSA (1769–1847) was a Scottish advocate and landowner.
Life
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He was born at Closeburn Castle on 15 May 1769, the son of Rev James Stuart Menteath and Catherine Maria Wheler, daughter of Rev Granville Wheler. He trained as a lawyer and qualified as an advocate in 1794.
In 1815 Menteath was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Leslie, John Playfair, and Robert Jameson.[1]
He was created a baronet on 11 August 1838. In later years he spent much time at his townhouse at 27 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[2]
Death
Menteath died on 3 December 1847.[3]
Family
In 1791, he married Ludivina Loughnan (d. 1859). Their six children included Sir James Stuart Menteath FRSE.[4]
His daughter, Philadelphia Stuart Menteath, married John Francis Miller-Erskine, the Earl of Mar and Kellie, maternal grandson of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton.[5]
References
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory, 1846-47.
- ^ "Obituary from Dumfries and Galloway Courier on Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath, 1847".
- ^ "Sir Charles Granville Stuart-Menteath, of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Baronet (b. 15 May 1769 - d. 3 December 1847)". MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine vol. 221