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Jessie Campbell
Daughter of Merchant James Black and Eliza Taylor, Janet (Jessie) was born at Cross-Arthurlie, Neilston, Renfrewshire on 26th March, 1827.
On 21st April, 1846 Jessie married the Laird of Tullichewan, James Campbell (1823-1901). In 1817 his father William and Uncle James had founded J & W Campbell & Company, a warehousing, wholesale and retail drapery company, based at Ingram Street in Glasgow. His cousins were James Campbell-Bannerman, British Prime Minister, and James Alexander Campbell, Politician and Provost in Glasgow.
Memorial Window to Isabella Elder, Bute Hall
Marion Douglas
Marion Douglas, daughter of the Earl of Buchan, married Alexander Irvine, Laird of Drum, around 1590. The Irvines of Drum were an influential family in Aberdeen. Alexander Irvine gave money to Aberdeen University and Marion Douglas funded Lady Drum's Hospital. The new mansion of Drum was built during their marriage, and Alexander Irvine and Marion Douglas' initials appear on one of the lintels. The couple had at least three children.
Plaque on site of Lady Drum's Hospital
DRUM'S LANE on the site of LADY DRUM'S HOSPITAL.
In 1633 Marion Douglas, Lady Drum, mortified a sum of 3,000 merks for a commodious house for poor widows and aged virgins.
Building began in 1671. By 1721 the house also accommodated daughters of Burgesses of Guild.
The area was redeveloped and Drum's Lane laid out in 1798.
Plaque to Rachel Annand Taylor
RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR 1876-1960
POET, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST TAUGHT HERE.
Rachel Annand Taylor
Rachel Annand was born in Aberdeen. Her father was a stone mason and an active trade unionist. She was one of the first women to study at Aberdeen University. Despite excelling academically, she did not complete her degree. She taught at the High School for Girls, in the building now occupied by Harlaw Academy. She married Alexander Cameron Taylor in 1901, but the marriage was not a happy one. She published four volumes of poetry between 1904 and 1923. She also published books on the Italian Renaissance and the poet Dunbar. She died in London in 1960.
Plaque to Helena Mennie Shire
HELENA MENNIE SHIRE 1912-1991
SCHOLAR OF THE LITERATURE AND MUSIC OF SCOTLAND LIVED HERE.
Helena Mennie Shire
Helena Mennie Shire was born in Aberdeen, and attended the High School for Girls. She was educated at Aberdeen and Cambridge Universities. She taught in the English faculty at Cambridge where she researched medieval and renaissance music and literature. She was the author of several books. She was appointed Emeritus Fellow of Robinson College in 1980.
Wigtown Martyrs Monument, Stirling
The Martyr's Stake
The Martyr's Stake marks the (traditional) location where two Covenanter women, Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson, were bound to stakes and drowned by the rising tide.