Guthrie Family Group 3A – Branch B
George Guthrie Esq. 1803SCT – 1868SCT and Margaret Cumming McDowell
of Dundonald, Ayrshire and Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland

GEORGE GUTHRIE, ESQ.
Parents: William Guthrie c1771SCT-1844SCT and Jacobina McClure 1770SCT-1835SCT
Birth: 10 September 1803 at Harperland, Dundonald, Ayrshire
Baptism: 16 September 1803 at Harperland, Dundonald, Ayrshire
Occupation: Factor to the Earl of Stair, Author, Inventor, Politician, Investor
Marital Status: Married to Margaret Cumming McDowell on 7 October 1834 in Wigtown, SCT
Death: 18 January 1868
Death Location: Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Burial: Inch Old Parish Churchyard, Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

MARGARET CUMMING MCDOWELL
Parents: Alexander McDowall and Margaret Cumming
Birth: 31 May 1812 in Kirkinner, Wigntown, Scotland
Baptism:
Guthrie Children: William, Alexander, George, Ann Cumming, Stair, James, Jacobina, Margaret, Robert, James Cumming, Agnes Fergusson, Helen.
Death: 22 January 1883
Death Location: Aboukir Villa, Bridge of Allan, Logie, Perth, Scotland
Burial: Inch Old Parish Churchyard, Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 12
Y-DNA Project Participants:
Autosomal DNA Participants

CHILD 1: WILLIAM GUTHRIE (Advocate / Sheriff of Lanarkshire)
1835SCT – 1908SCT
Spouse: Charlotte Carruthers Palmer

William Guthrie: William lawful son of George Guthrie residing at Culhorn House was born on 17 August 1835. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 91 of 350 – Scotlands People)

Culhorn House, a seat of the Earl of Stair in Stranraer parish, Wigtownshire, 1¾ mile SE of Stranraer town. ruilt for a barracks, it is a large clumsy brick edifice, but stands amid finely-wooded policies. (F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

1858 Marriages in the parish of Dalkieth in the County of Edinburgh:
On the 29th day of September 1858 at Dalkeith, Marriage after Banns was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Presbyterian Church. (signed) William Guthrie, 23, Musselburgh, bachelor, Writer, parents: George Guthrie and Mart. C. MacDowall. (signed) Charlotte C PAlmer, 18, Musselburgh, spinster, parents: James Palmer and Sarah Woods. (signed) JOseph Brown Minister, (Signed) George McNaughton, witness, and John Himan, witness. The above marriage was Registered by me at Dalkeith, on the Second day of October, 1858. W. Barrie, Registrar.

William Guthrie died at Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire on 31 August 1908.
William Guthrie, LLD Advocate, Sheriff of Lanarkshire, married to Charlotte Carruthers Palmer, died 1115PM at 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, UR: Moraybank, Langside), M, 73, P: George Guthrie, chamberlain, Margaret m.s. McDowall, both decd, COD: acute bronchitis.

Charlotte Carruthers Guthrie, sometime of Craigallion, Skelmorlie, thereafter of Cote How Cottage, Rydal, Ambleside, Westmoreland, and Rosebank House, Roslin, Midlothian, widow, died 26 April 1928 at Windermere, testate. Confirmation Edinburgh, 25 July, to Charles Guthrie, Insurance Manager, Rosebank House aforesaid, her son, Executor. Will dated 17 December 1923 recorded Edinburgh 24 July 1928. Value of Estate, £1453:13:9. (Scotland National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936) Year: 1938 – Ancestry.com)

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 7
Y-DNA Project Participants: None
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) George Guthrie (Solicitor) 1859SCT – 1925SCT m. Mary Mortimer Stuart Shand -no children
2.) William James Guthrie (Asst. Magistrate, India Civi Service) 1861SCT – 1890IND m. Jance Cochrane Stevenson +child
3.) David Guthrie (Chartered Accountant) 1862SCT – 1934SCT m. Margaret Middleton +child
4.) Alexander Guthrie (Research Chemist) 1864SCT – 1917ENG m. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Fisher +child
5.) Margaret Maxwell Guthrie 1867SCT – 1954ENG – unmarried
6.) Charles Guthrie (Actuary & Insurance Secretary) 1869SCT – 1953SCT m. Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
7.) Sarah Beatrice Guthrie (Teacher: Music and Painting) 1874SCT – 1963ENG m. Edward Rimbault Vere Dibdin +child

CHILD 2: ALEXANDER GUTHRIE (Factor to the Earl of Stair)
1837SCT – 1877SCT
Marital Status: Single

Register of Births – Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1837
Alexander Guthrie lawful son to George Guthrie and Margaret Cummings McGowan at Culhorn House was born May 20th & baptized June 30th 1837. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 102 of 350 -Scotlands People)

1874 Deaths in the Parish of Portpatrick in the County of Wigtown
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, late Factor to the Earl of Stair, single, died 2AM Main Street, Portpatrick, 40 yrs, Parents: George Guthrie, Factor to the Earl of Stair, & Margaret Cumming McDowell, both decd, COD: Carbuncle & Blood Poisoning. (Statutory Registers Deaths 896/ 22 – Scotlands People)

DUNDEE COURIER, Tuesday 18 September 1877, page 4
DEATHS: At Portpatrick, on the 14th inst., Alexander Guthrie, second son of the late George Guthrie, Esq. of Appleby.

Scotland National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories, 1876-1936 (Ancestry.com)
Guthrie, Alexander: 4 February 1878. Value of Estate: £931, 16s, 10d.
Confirmation of Alexander Guthrie, formerly Factor, Rephad, Stanraer, afterwards residing in Portpatrick, who died 14 September 1877, at Portpatrick, intestate, granted at Wigtown, to William Guthrie, Advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire, and Jacobina Guthrie, Portpatrick, Executors dative qua next of kin.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: None Known
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants

CHILD 3: GEORGE GUTHRIE
1839SCT – Before 1851
Died Young

Register of Births – Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1839
George Guthrie lawful son to George Guthrie and Margaret Cumming McDowall, Culhorn House, was born Frebruary 27th 1839. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 110 of 350 – Scotlands People)

George, aged 2, is listed with the family in the 1841 census of Scotland at Culhorn Mains, Inch, Wigtowhshire. He is not found with them during the 1851 census. His two older siblings are listed there indicating that it is unlikely he was away attending school at the time.

CHILD 4: ANN CUMMING GUTHRIE
1840SCT – Before 1851
Died Young

Register of Births – Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1840
Ann Cumming Guthrie, lawful daughter to George Guthrie at Culhorn Cottage and Margaret Cumming McDowall his wife was born September 7th and baptized November 8, 1840. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 118 of 350) – Scotlands People)

Ann Guthrie, aged 9 months, is listed with the family in the 1841 census of Scotland at Culhorn Mains, Inch, Wigtowhshire. She is not found with them during the 1851 census.

CHILD 5: STAIR GUTHRIE (Engineer)
1842SCT – 1882 CHILE
Spouse: Faustina Román

Register of Births – inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1842
Stair Guthrie lawful son of George Guthrie & Margaret Cumming McDowall at Culhorn Mains was born July 23rd and baptized September 11th 1842. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 128 of 350 – Scotland)

Stair Guthrie, aged 8, is listed in the 1851 census of Scotland at Rephad, Inch, Wigtownshire with his parents, siblings and their household staff. He is still living there ten years later during the 1861 census of Scotland, aged 18, working under his father as the Factor’s Clerk. He became an engineer and moved to Chile where became the manager of the Chaparral Railway. He married Faustina Román by whom he had 2 sons and 2 daughters.

Scotland National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories, 1876-1936 (Ancestry.com)
Guthrie, Stair, Railway Engineer, Guayacan, Chili, died 22 November 1882, at Guayacan aforesaid, intestate. Confirmation granted at Wigtown, 1 April, to George Andrew Guthrie, 146 Park Road, Glasgow, his son, Executor dative qua nest of kin. Value of Estate, £939, 8s.11d.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: 4
Y-DNA Project Participants: None
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) George Andrew Guthrie 1874 Chile – 1945 Zimbabwe or South Africa
2.) Margaret Ines Guthrie 1875 Chile – 1956 SCT – unmarried
3.) David Olof Guthrie 1877 Chile – 1948 Chile m1. Rosa V. Bolados, m2. Juana Imelia Elizalde +children
4.) Faustina Elena Guthrie m. Jose Benito Zepeda Barrios

CHILD 6: JAMES GUTHRIE
1844SCT – 1848SCT
Died Young

Register of Births and Baptisms – Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1844
James Guthrie lawful son of George Guthrie Esq. and Margt. Cumming Macdowal was born at Culhorn Cottage March 2 and baptized April 21st 1844. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 135 of 350 – Scotlands People)

DEATHS: At Rephad House, of scarlet fever, on the 5th inst., James aged 4 years and 5 months, youngest son of George Guthrie Esq. (Dumfries and Galloway Standard, published Wed., 13 Sep 1848)

CHILD 7: JACOBINA GUTHRIE
1845SCT – 1931 SCT
Spouse: Robert Cullen Russel (Merchant / Shipowner)

Birth and Baptismal Register for Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland – 1845
Jacobina Guthrie lawful daughter of George Guthrie Esq. Chamberlain Culhorn and Margaret Cumming McDowall as born at Rephad 21st December 1845, and baptized 15th February 1846. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 142 of 350 – Scotlands People)

1880 Marriage in the District of St. George in the City of Edinburgh
On the 29th of April 1880 at 4 Saxe-Coberg Olace, Edinburg after Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland. (signed) Robert Russel formerly of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Import Merchant, (Bachelor), 59, Usual Residence: 29 Howe Street, EdinburghParents: John Russel, Solicitor (deceased) and Mary Russel m.s. Somerville (deceased); and (signed) Jacobina Guthrie, (spinster), 34, Usual Residence: 4 Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh. Parents: George Guthrie, Land Factor (deceased) and Margaret Cumming Guthrie, m.s. McDowall. (Ministers/Witnesses: (signed) John McMurtrie, minister of St Bernard’s Parish, Edinburgh., (signed) R H B Wickham, witness, Agnes F. Guthrie, witness. Registered 3 May 1880 at Edinburgh by Angus Matheney, Asistant Registrar. (Statutory Registers Marriages 685/1 125 – Scotlands People)

1889 Deaths in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh
Robert Cullen Russel, Retired General merchant, Married to Jacobina Guthrie; Died 14 Oct 1889 at 9:15AM at 25 Cluny Drive, Edinburgh, Male, aged 83 years; Parents: John Russel, solicitor, (deceased), and Mary Russel m.s. Somerville, (deceased); COD: Senile Decay, evidence of lung & heart failure 3 days; Informant: Robert G Russel, son, present; Registered 14 October 1889 at Edinburgh by Wm Kirkaldy, assistant registrar. (Statutory Registers Deaths 685/5 1072 – Scotlands People)

1931 Deaths in the District of Moulin in the County of Perth
Jacobina Russel, widow of Robert Cullen Russel, Shipowner, Died 29 November 1931 at 3PM at Airdaniar, Pitlochry, female, aged 85 years; Parents: George Guthrie, Estate Factor (deceased) and Margaret Cumming Guthrie m.s. McDowall (deceased); COD: Cerebral hemorrhage; Informant: R G Russel, son, present; Registered 30 Nov 1931 at Pitlochry by R H Stewart, Registrar. (Statutory Registers Deaths 384/1 39 – Scotlands People)

RUSSEL CHILDREN: 3
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: None

1.) Robert ‘Robin’ Guthrie Russel (Civil Engineer) 1881SCT – 1966CAN m. Mary Agnes Hutchinson
2.) Mary Somerville Russel 1884SCT – 1924SCT m. Thomas Patrick William Barly (Civil Engineer)
3.) Helen Jacobina Russel 1888SCT – 1930SCT m. William Mervyn Biden (Medical Practitioner) +child

CHILD 8: MARGARET GUTHRIE
1848SCT – Before 1861
Died Young

Parish Register of Inch 0 1848
Margaret Guthrie lawful daugher of George Guthrie Esq. Rephad house and of Margaret Cumming McDowall was born at Rephad 11th January 1848 and baptized 28th February 1848. (OPR Births 886/ Inch, page 150 of 350 – Scotlands People)

Margaret, aged 3, is listed in the 1851 census of Scotland at Rephad, Inch, Wigtown with the rest of the household. She is not found there in 1861 , so presumably died by that date.

CHILD 9: ROBERT GUTHRIE (Library Student)
1849SCT – 1867SCT
Died Young

Parish Register of Inch 1849
Robert Guthrie} George Guthrie Esq. Raphad and Margaret Cumming MdCowall had a lawful son named Robert born 1st May 1849 and baptized 6th June 1849. (Old Parish Registers Births 886/ Inch) Page 155 of 350 – Scotlands People)

Robert was listed in the 1851 and 1861 censuses of Scotland in Inch, Wigtownshire with his family.

1867 Deaths in the Parish of inch in the County of Wigtown
Robert Guthrie, Library Student, (single); Died 9 January 1867 at 5PM at Raphad, male, 17 years; Parents: George Guthrie, Factor, and Margaret Cumming Guthrie m.s. McDowall; COD: Typhus Fever 15 days; Informant: Alex Guthrie, brother, not present; Registered 11 January 1867 at Inch.

CHILD 10: JAMES CUMMING GUTHRIE (Annuitant Clerk)
1851SCT – 1874GER
Marital Status: Single

Parish Register of Inch – 1851
James Cumming Gutherie} George Gutherie, Factor, and Margaret Cumming McDowall at Rephad had a lawful son named James Cumming born 3rd February 1851 and baptized 12th March 1851. (Old Parish Registers Births 886/ Inch) Page 164 of 350 – Scotlands People)

James is found in the Census of Scotland in 1851 as a 2 month old living at Rephad with his parents, siblings, and the rest of the household members. He is there in 1861 as a 10 year old scholar. In 1861, he is living at 9 Fettes Row in Edinburgh, and working as an Annuitant Clerk.

GLASGOW HERALD, Wednesday 28 January 1874, page 1
DEATHS: At Dresden, on the 24th inst., JAMES CUMMING GUTHRIE, youngest son of the late George Guthrie, Esq. of Appleby

Dresden, Germany, Weekly Church Reports of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1685-1879 (Ancestry.com)
James Guthrie, Burial, Birth date abt. 1852, Death Date: 24 Jan 1874, Burial Date 27 Jan 1874, Burial Place: Dresden, Saxony, Germany, COD: Apoplexy.

GUTHRIE CHILDREN: None Known
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Known Descendants
Autosomal DNA Participants: No Known Descendants

CHILD 11: AGNES FERGUSSON GUTHRIE
1853SCT – 1930SCT
Marital Status: Single

Parish Register of Inch – 1853
Agnes Fergusson guthrie} George Guthrie Esq. Factor and Margaret Cumming McDowall, Rephad house, had a lawful daughter named Agnes Fergusson born 29th March 1853 and baptized 17th May 1853. (OPR Registers Births 886/ Inch, page 177 of 350 – Scotlands People)

1930 Deaths in the District of Morningside in the City of Edinburgh
Agnes Fergusson Guthrie, Fundholder, single; Died 10 April 1930 at 10:20AM at Craig House, Edinburgh, (usual residence 3 West Castle Road, Edinburgh), female, 77 years, Parents: George Guthrie, Estate Factor (deceased), and Margaret Cumming Guthrie m.s. McDowall (deceased); COD: Arteriosclerosis several years; cerebral hemorrhage, 6 days, chronic myocarditis, several years. Informant: Charles Guthrie, nephew, Rosebank House, Roslin. Registered 11 April 1930 at Edinburgh.

Scotland National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories, 1876-1936 (Ancestry.com)
Guthrie, Agnes Fergusson, 1 West Castle Road, Edinburgh, died 10 April 1930 at Edinburgh, testate. Confirmation Edinburgh, 11 June, to Helen Guthrie, “Airdaniiar”, Pitlochry, her sister, Executrix. Will dated 18 November 1908 recorded Edinburgh 10 June 1930. Value of Estate, £9447: 2: -.

Edinburg Scotland Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935
Agnes Fergusson Guthrie, Burial Age: 77, Birth Date: abt. 1853, Residence Place: Craighouse; Death Date: 10 Apr 1930; Burial Date: 12 Apr 1930; Burial Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Cemetery: Metropolitan Cemetery

CHILDREN: None Known
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No Known Descendants

CHILD 12: HELEN GUTHRIE
1855SCT – 1930SCT
Marital Status: Single

1855 Births in the Parish of Inch in the County of Wigtown registered by James Lawrie
Guthrie, Helen (present), female, Born 4 January 1855 at 5 AM at Rephad House, Father: George Guthrie, Factor, 51 years, born Dundonald Parish, married 1834 at Airlour, Mochrum Parish, 5 boys and 2 girls living, 2 boys and 2 girls deceased; Mother: Margaret Cumming Guthrie, maiden name McDowall, her 12th child – 42 years, born Kirkmaiden Parish; Informant: Geo. Guthrie, father; Registered 18 January 1855 at Inch by James Lawrie, Registrar. (Statutory Registers Births 886/ 1 – Scotlands People)

1930 DEATHS in the District of Moulin in the County of Perth
Helen Guthrie, single, Died 11 October 1930, at 5:20 AM at Airdaniar, Pitlochry, female, aged 75 years, Parents: George Guthrie, Factor, (deceased), and Margaret Cumming Guthrie m.s McDowall 9deceased); COD: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Heart Failure; Informant: R.G. Russel, nephew, present; Registered 13 October 1930 at Pitlochry by R. H. Stewart, Registrar. (Statutory Registers Deaths 384/1 26 – Scotlands People)

Scotland National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories, 1876-1936 (Ancestry.com)
Guthrie, Helen, sometime of 1 West Castle Road, Edinburgh, latterly of Airdaniar, Pitlochry, died 11 October 1930 at Pitlochry, testate. Confirmation Perth, 1 December, to Robert Guthrie Russel, Airdaniar aforesaid, Executor. Will dated 29 July 1927 recorded with another Writ Perth 25 November 1930. Value of Estate, £5022: -: -.

CHILDREN: None Known
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No Known Descendants

READING and RESOURCES

Dundonald Baptismal Record Anno 1803
George son to William Guthrie tenant in Harperland and Jacobin McClure spouses was baptized there the sixteenth day of September eighteen hundred & three.
(OPR Births 590/ Dundonald, page 233 of 306 – Scotlands People)

Wigtown Baptismal Record 1812
Margaret Cumming, lawful Daughter to Alexr. McDowell and Margaret Cumming in ____ _____ born 31st May & baptized 12th June 1812
(OPR Births 890/ Kirkmaiden, page 99 of 180 – Scotlands People)

Register of Marriages in the Parish of Mochrum – 1834
Guthrie George Factor for the Earl of Stair, Parish of Inch, and Cumming McDowell Margaret were lawfully proclaimed in this Church and married at Avilour on Tuesday the 7th day of October 1834 by the Reverend Mr Ferguson, Minister of Inch.
(OPR Marriages 892/ Mochrum, page 191 of 238 – Scotlands People)

Register of Marriages in the Parish of Inch – 1834
George Guthrie in the Parish of Inch and Margaret Cumming McDowall in the Parish of Mochrum gave in their names in order to proclamation of marriage 4th October 1834 and after proclamation no objections being offered they were lawfully married the 7th Current.
(OPR Marriages 886/ Inch, page 261 of 350 – Scotlands People)

1868 Deaths in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh
George Guthrie, Factor, married to Margaret Cumming McDowall, died 18 January 1868 at 330PM at Cecil Lodge, 5 Blackford Road, Edinburgh, Male, 64 years, Parents: William Guthrie, farmer, deceased; Jacobina Guthrie, m.s. McClure, deceased; COD: Lung, bowel disease; Informant: Jacobina Guthrie, daughter, present, Recorded: 25 January 1868 at Edinburgh.
(Statutory Registers Deaths 685/5 45 – Scotlands People)

1883 Deaths in the Parish of Logie in the County of Perth
Margaret Cumming Guthrie (widow of George Guthrie of Appleby, Wigtownshire), died 22 January 1883 at 10:05AM at Aboukir Villa, Bridge of Allan, female, 70 years, Parents: Alexander McDowall, farmer, decd, and Margaret McDowall, m.s. Cumming, decd, COD: (Illegible), Informant: W Guthrie, son, 21 Montgomerie Drive, Glasgow, present, Registered 24 January 1883 at Logie.
(Statutory Registers – Deaths 374/ 13 – Scotlands People)

WIKIPEDIA: BIO/HISTORY OF THE EARL OF STAIR
Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair. The title continues to the present day.

WEBSITE: GLASGOWLIFE – THE HISTORY of CATHKIN HOUSE

Built in 1799, this house features in Thomas Annan’s Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry (1878). Read on to find out more about this fascinating house and the families who lived there.

Cathkin House was built in 1799, for Walter Ewing Maclae (1745 – 1814). It was designed by architect and landscape gardener, James Ramsay (d.1820).

The next family to reside in Cathkin House were the Guthries. William Guthrie (1836 – 1908) was born in 1836 in Inch, Wigtonshire, the son of George Guthrie (1804 – 1868), who was a factor, lawyer, and chamberlain to the Earl of Stair. The rest of the family were also closely involved in the legal, insurance and accounting business. There is another female scholar, Margaret Guthrie (age 23), who is described as an Arts student. The children were all living in the family home at the relatively advanced age. Perhaps the large number of servants made for a pretty comfortable life for the young Guthries! By 1901, the family had moved to Mansionhouse Road, in Langside.

WEBSITE – Scotlands Places – Ordnance Survey Name Books – Wigtownshire Volume 35
OS1/35/35/205
List of Names As Written: REPHAD
Description Remarks:
This name applies to a district or large tract of Arable land occupied 7 or 8 different occupiers but on the land there are only two farm houses one occupied by David Cowan the other by Thomas McMaster also a large & a handsome Mansion House built about 4 years since by George Guthrie Esqr. (the occupier) Factor to the Earl of Stair Land the property of the Earl of Stair formerly in one large farm but now in several divisions. The house occupied by Mr. Guthrie is designed to be the factor’s residence whatever change may occur & as it is built by Mr. Guthrie Compesation is allowed to him by the Earle.

ARTICLE: “Guthrie, Wiliam (1835-1908, legal writer” by G.W.T. Osmond revised by Nathan Wells, 2004.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Guthrie, William (1835–1908), legal writer, born at Culhorn House, Stranraer, on 17 August 1835, was the eldest son of George Guthrie of Appleby, writer and factor to the earl of Stair, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Robert McDonall. He was educated at …

BOOKS: Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. (1843). United Kingdom: W.Blackwood & Sons.
Includes an Essay “On Old Brick Drains” by Mr George Guthrie, Factor at Culhorn, Wigtownshire (Communicated by the Earl of Stair.)

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES: Search for “George Guthrie” and “Raphad”
There are several pages of results. Here are a few of them…

• GLASGOW COURIER, Tuesday, 28 Oct 1845, page 3
  Stranraer General Railway Terminus.
  Mentions George Guthrie Esq., Rephad, Director of the British and Irish Union Railway.
  
• DUMFRIES and GALLOWAY STANDARD, Wednesday, 31 Dec 1845, page 4
  BIRTHS: At Rephad, on the 21st inst., Mrs George Guthrie, of a daughter.
  
• DUMFRIES and GALLOWAY STANDARD, Wednesday, 13 September 1848
  DEATHS: At Rephad House, of scarlet fever, on the 5th inst., James aged 4 years and 5 months, youngest son of George Guthrie Esq.
  
• LINCOLNSHIRE CHRONICLE, Friday 19 March 1852, page 7
  A patent has been enrolled for George Guthrie, Rephad, Stranraer, for a machine, which is described as imitating spade labour.

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES: Search for “George Guthrie” and “Earl of Stair”
There are several pages of results. Here are a few of them…

• GLASGOW COURIER, Saturday, 7 June 1851, page 2
  New Steam Plough
  We have had the pleasure of inspecting a new steam plough at present erecting in the works of Messrs. John McDowall & Sons, engineers, Johnstone, the invention of the patentee, George Guthrie, Esq., Chamberlain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Stair. It is intended to turn up the earth by means of spades or grapes very much in the manner it is done manually, and will turn up 7-1/2 feet wide at a time, and at the rate of 50 lineal feet per minute, or about acres a-day of ten hours. It is to be propelled by two small steam engines of ten horse-power, on the locomotive principle, and is so constructed that the digging apparatus can be easily thrown out of gear, when it will move along any common road at the rate of three or four miles an hour. Another property of the machine is, that when the ploughing time is over it can be applied to the driving of a saw-mill or thrashing-mill, or for other agricultural purposes. It is expected to be completed in the course of fortnight, when its capabilities will be tested by a trial in one of the fields adjoining Johnstone. From what we can learn from competent judges, Mr. Guthrie’s improvements, under the efficient superintendence of Mr. M’Dowall, will, we doubt not, excell all similar attempts.
  

• GREENOCK ADVERTISER, Tuesday, 21 January 1868, page 4
  DEATHS: At Blackford Road, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, aged sixty-four, George Guthrie of Appleby, chamberlain to the Earl of Stair in Wigtownshire.
  Also: London Scotsman, Saturday, 25 January 1868, page 20
  Also: Weekly Review (London), Saturday, 25 January 1868, page 22

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES: Search for “George Guthrie” and “Appleby”
There are sevral pages of Results. Here are a few of them…

• AYRSHIRE EXPRESS, Saturday, 10 October 1863, page 8
  DINNER and PRESENTATION. —On Wednesday afternoon, a large number of gentlemen met in the King’s Arms to do honour to George Guthrie, Esq., of Appleby, by presenting him with a substantial and valuable testimonial for his unwearied services in promoting the public good in the locality for over 30 years. The company comprised Sir William Dunbar, many of the resident magistrates, and about 150 of the principal farmers and tradesmen belonging to the district. We regret that want of space prevents us from giving more than an outline of the proceedings a meeting of ao much local interest. Mr Guthrie has well earned the mark of respect which he has received, and the occasion altogether is creditable to the district, affording as it does an evidence that the inhabitants of the Rhins cherish grateful recollections of public services like Mr Guthrie’s. Sir William Dunbar, after narrating in truthful and glowing language the claims which Mr Guthrie had upon the public, concluded by saying—Mr Guthrie, it is now my pleasing duty to present you with this piece of plate, the gift numerous friends present and absent. You will appreciate it not for its intrinsic value —you will regard it not any sense intended as compensation, far less an adequate compensation for past services—but you will accept it as token of sincere regard and esteem for your character as man, and also as some slight recognition for your efforts in connection with every object of public utility in this county during a period of 37 years. lam sure you will accept it with additional satisfaction from the fact that it is presented to you on the anniversary of your wedding-day— (cheers)— and, with every one now present, hope that you and Mrs Guthrie may long be spared enjoy the gift—happy, prosperous, and blessed in all the relations of domestic life. The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering. The silver salver, value £ll6, was supplied by Messrs F. Sc G. Garrick, and bore the following inscription :—“ Presented to George Guthrie, Esq., of Appleby, along with one hundred paid-up shares in the Portpatriek Railway Company, by large number of subscribers, in testimony of their appreciation of Mr Guthrie’s services in the county of Wigtown, during a period of upwards of thirty years, in promoting agricultural improvements iu the district, and for his zeal and unwearied exertions in aiding and encouraging the construction of the Portpatrick Railway, an undertaking of the greatest importance in the district of Galloway.—Stranraer, 7th October, 1863.” The meeting was a very successful and .enthusiastic one, and a fine flute band contributed much to the enjoyment of the evening.

• DUNFERMLINE PRESS – Wednesday, 16 March 1864, page 4
  BOOKS of the WEEK
  Commerce.– ‘Bank Monopoly the Cause of Commercial Crises ‘ By George Guthrie, of Appleby, Wigtownshire. With Introduction and Notes by William Guthrie, Advocate.

• GLASGOW MORNING JOURNAL, Saturday, 8 April 1865, page 6
  Excerpt: There is opinion In-re that Mr George Guthrie, of Appleby, would a very proper man to return to Parliament for the Wigtown Burghs just now. The clear and honourable position which he has taken in the banking question, his popular and experienced views the law of hypothec, and his thorough identification with local interests, render him probably the most eligible man the district that could named just now. His election all events would mean something distinct and public-spirited, whereas is difficult to get rid the impression that, in the arrangement bow afloat, the Burghs are only play the part of Foozle in a little election comedy of which they know neither the plot nor the prologue, the end nor the beginning.

• ARDROSSAN and SALTCOATS HERALD, Saturday 25 January 1868
  THE LATE GEORGE GUTHRIE, ESQ. OUR Ayrshire and Galloway readers will notice with regret in our obituary to-day the name of George Guthrie, Esq. of Appleby. Deceased was a native of Ayrshire, son of the late William Guthrie, Esq., Crossburn, and eldest brother of Robert Guthrie, Esq., now in Crossburn, and of David Guthrie, Esq., the much respected Provost of Stranraer. He for a great many years held the appointment of chamberlain on the extensive estates of Stair, both under the late and present Earl. It was a trust of great magnitude, the duties being varied and highly responsible ; and these we have always understood were discharged with an ability and efficiency that secured for him the esteem and confidence of the Stair family and tenantry. Notwithstanding his weighty engagements, he found time for the study of many subjects, his favourite one being the currency, his views on which he repeatedly pressed on the attention of various Chambers of Commerce. He took a leading interest in the Castle Douglas and Portpatrick Railway, in the establishment of steamers between Ireland and Stranraer, in the improvement of Stranraer harbour, and indeed in all works of any importance in the wide district over which his charge extended. He also took a decided interest in agricultural improvement, and set a good example on his own estate of Appleby. Mr Guthrie for at least a twelvemonth has been in gradually declining health ; and his lingering illness terminated fatally at Edinburgh on the 18th instant.

• LIVERPOOL ALBION, Monday 22 June 1868 (Lancashire, England) page 8
  EXCELLENT LAND INVESTMENTS IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.
  TO be exposed to SALE, by PUBLIC ROUP, within Messrs. Cay and Black’s Salerooms, No. 65, George-street, Edinburgh, on WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of July next, at two o’clock afternoon, if not previously disposed of by private bargain,
  The following PROPERTIES, belonging to the Estate of the late George Guthrie, of Appleby, viz. :
  1. ‘ CRAIGLEMINE ‘ and “APPLEBY,” in the parish of Glasserton, Wigtownshire, extending to 850 1/2 Acres, and let at £1,150, besides Shootings let at £l6. Public burdens about £65. Teinds valued and exhausted. The Purchasers can have site for Residence with Shootings.
  2. “ERNAMBRIE” and “KILNOTRIE,” near Castle-Douglas, In the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, extending to 577 Acres, let at 8,887, exclusive of House, Garden, Pleasure-ground, and Shootings, not let. Public burdens about £65. Teinds valued and exhausted. Ironstone is supposed to be in the lands.
  The Houses, Cottages, and Fences on both Estates are mostly new, and little outlay will be required for a lifetime. The tenants are first-class, and punctual payments of rents and progressive increase of value may be expected. If not sold in two lots, the Estates will afterwards be set up in four.
  For further information apply to Messrs. DUNDAS and WILSON, C.S., Edinburgh ; Messrs. MOODY, M’CLURE, and HANNAY, Solicitors, Glasgow, or to DAVID GUTHRIE, Solicitor, Stranraereither of whom will furnish lithographic plans, printed particulars, and other information.

• GLASGOW HERALD, Wednesday 28 January 1874, page 1
  DEATHS: At Dresden, on the 24th inst., JAMES CUMMING GUTHRIE, youngest son of the late George Guthrie, Esq. of Appleby

• DUNDEE COURIER, Tuesday 18 September 1877, page 4
  DEATHS: At Portpatrick, on the 14th inst., Alexander Guthrie, second son of the late George Guthrie, Esq. of Appleby.

• GLASGOW HERALD, Friday 30 April 1880, page 1
  MARRIAGES
  RUSSEL-GUTHRIE– At 4 Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh, on the 29th April, but the Rev. J. McMurtrie, of St. Bernard’s Church, Robert Cullen Russel, to Jacobina Guthrie, eldest daughter of the late George Guthrie of Appleby, Wigtownshire.

• GALLOWAY NEWS and KIRCUDBRIGHTSHIRE ADVERTISER, Friday, 19 January 1883
  DEATHS: GUTHRIE–On the 22d November, at Coquimbo, Chili, Stair Guthrie, engineer, aged 40, late manager of the Chanaral Railway, son of the late George Guthrie of Appleby, Wigtownshire.

• STIRLING OBSERVER, Thursday 25 January 1883, pgae 5
  DEATHS: At Bridge of Allan, on the 22nd inst., aged 70, MARGARET CUMMING M’DOUGALL, relict of GEORGE GUTHRIE, of Appleby, Wigtownshire.

• STONEHAVEN JOURNAL, Thursday, 3 September 1908 (Kincardineshire, Scotland)
  SUDDEN DEATH OF GLASGOW SHERIFF-PRINCIPAL. Sheriff-Pirincipal Guthrie died with startling suddenness on Monday night. Deceased, who was a native Wigtownshire, was 73 years of age, the son of George Guthrie of Appleby and Trnambrie, he was educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. Admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1861, he edited the “’Journal of Juris Prudence” from 1867 to 1874, was authorized reporter of the Court of Session, 1871 to 1874, was Registrar of Friendly Societies for Scotland from 1872 to 1874. In 1874 he was appointed senior-Sheriff Substitute for Lanarkshire, which post he held till 1903, when he was appointed Sheriff- Principal of Lanarkshire. Sheriff Guthrie was the author of numerous standard legal works, and he edited and enlarged several editions of Professor Bell’s Principles of Scots Law. Last year Sheriff Guthrie spent his summer holidays in Stonehaven.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of SHERIFF WILLIAM GUTHRIE: Index of Glasgow Men (1909)

BORN at the quaint old mansion-house of Culhorn, near Stranraer, in 1835, William Guthrie came of a stock of yeomen settled in Kyle since the seventeenth century. One of the race, Alexander Guthrie of Mount, grew rich as a coal-master, and handed his estates, through his only daughter, to Lord Oranmore and Brown; and Sheriff Guthrie’s grandfather and uncle, William and Robert Guthrie of Crossburn, were leading agriculturists in Ayrshire for eighty years. His father, George Guthrie, of Appleby and Ernambrie, was bred as a lawyer, and besides farming his own lands, and showing an example in the reclamation of moor and moss on the farms of Glenhowl near Glenluce, and of Aird, near Stranraer, of which he was tenant, was from 1830 till 1868 chamberlain of the great estates in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire of the Earldom of Stair. It was largely through his exertions and management that Wigtown County and Burghs were wrested from the Tories in 1841, and he took a prominent part in establishing the Portpatrick railway. Sheriff Guthrie was eldest of the family, and after a childhood spent in the woods and fields, received his education from private tutors, at Stranraer Academy, and at Glasgow University. Here he distinguished himself in the classes of Professors Ramsay and Lushington, but for two years was laid aside by a malady supposed to be phthisis. The skill and care however, of Dr. Gully of Malvern, father of the late Speaker, restored him to health, and he resumed his legal studies in 1856, and was admitted to the Scottish Bar in 1861. In the same year he married, and began the practice of his profession in Edinburgh.

To begin with he devoted himself to the literary aspect of Scottish Law. From 1866 to 1871 he acted as law reporter for the Scotsman and Glasgow Herald. From 1867 to 1873 he edited the Journal of Jurisprudence, then the only law journal in Scotland. In 1868 appeared his translation of Savigny’s “Private International Law,” of which an enlarged edition was published in 1886. Editions of “Erskine’s Principles” appeared from his pen in 1870 and 1874, and between 1871 and 1899 he edited no fewer than five editions of “Bell’s Principles,” which he made “the most useful and authoritative modern text-book of the law of Scotland.” He was also editor of “Hunter on Landlord and Tenant,” and author of a large number of legal articles in various journals, as well as a work on “The Law of Trades Unions,” and a volume on Court of Session cases; and he championed the cause of the Established Church in a pamphlet “The Democratic View of the Church Question.”
As a first official recognition of these services he was appointed one of the authorised reporters of the Court of Session in 1871, a position which he held for three years. In 1871 also he was appointed a Commissioner under the Truck Act. and made an elaborate report on the fishing and knitting industries of Shetland. And in 1872, appointed Registrar of Friendly Societies in Scotland, he had the task of rearranging the records and restarting the office, which had fallen into disorder.

So far he had carried on only a moderate practice at the Bar, being somewhat handicapped by want of physical strength, but in 1874 Sheriff Glassford Bell died, and on Mr. Gillespie Dickson’s appointment to his place in Glasgow, Mr. Guthrie was offered a Sheriff-Substituteship there. In this new position his legal learning and other high qualifications rapidly became manifest, to the full appreciation of the profession and the public. On quitting Edinburgh in 1874 he was entertained at dinner by a company who bore ample testimony to his qualities and acquirements; and in 1881 the merits of his legal work in the literary field were recognised by Edinburgh University, which conferred on him the degree of LL.D.
He received a disappointment in 1885, when, on the death of Sheriff Clark, Lord Advocate Macdonald appointed Professor Berry to the Sheriff-Principalship of Lanarkshire on personal and political grounds. A writer in the Times a few months later pointed out that Professor Berry did not possess the statutory qualifications for the office, and a Bill had to be introduced into Parliament to validate the appointment. Sheriff Guthrie thereupon wrote a letter denouncing the Bill as an offence to public order, and exposing the motives of the nomination. This letter was referred to in Parliament, and the Lord Advocate found some difficulty in making reply. Time, however, made amends, and on the death of Sheriff Berry in 1903 Dr. Guthrie received the appointment of Sheriff Principal, his nomination proving highly popular in Lanarkshire.
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