Benefactor
Records tagged with Keywords: Benefactor
Madge Fiddes Sanders
Submitted by Alison McCall on 7 May 2017 - 9:25pm
Revised: 7 May 2017 - 11:10pm — Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Wilson
Dates:
Approx 1862 -9 August 1938
Madge Fiddes Wilson was the daughter of John Fiddes Wilson, wool merchant and Margaret Bell Underwood.
She visited the church at Tundergarth from early childhood, as her maternal aunt was married to the minister there.
Madge Fiddes Wilson married William Sanders, landed proprietor, of Rosebank, Dryfesdale, on 23 September 1896. Aged 68 to her 34, he was twice her age. He died in 1907.
Her nephew, John Mein Austin, lived with her for much of his childhood whilst her brother-in-law and sister lived in India.
Alice Forbes
Submitted by Alison McCall on 23 March 2017 - 10:47pm
Revised: 22 November 2018 - 9:25am — Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Hunter
Dates:
1883-1972
She was the youngest daughter of John R. Hunter, schoolmaster, Botriphnie, and Ann A. Farquharson. She qualified as a teacher and taught at Ferryhill School, Aberdeen. She married William C Forbes, a solicitor, in 1912, in Aberdeen. She was widowed in 1944.
Marjory Shanks Schaw
Submitted by Alison McCall on 9 February 2017 - 12:13pm
Revised: 9 February 2017 - 2:06pm — Alison McCall
Dates:
about 1836 - 11 Feb 1915
Marjory Shanks Schaw was a large-scale benefactor to the city of Glasgow. She had the Schaw Building, Bearsden built at a cost of £47,000 and donated to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
She lived at 26 Park Circus, Glasgow, initially with her brother Archibald.
She died in 1915 and is buried in Glasgow Necropolis.
In her will she left many legacies to various charities.
Mary Barclay
Submitted by Alison McCall on 28 December 2016 - 10:56pm
Revised: 21 November 2018 - 8:05pm — Alison McCall
Dates:
Approx 1785 - 3 Dec 1858.
Miss Mary Barclay was born in Edinburgh. In 1851 she was living at 7 Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh. She left £10,000 in her will for the erection of a Free Church, to be named after her. She is buried in Wariston Cemetery
Margaret MacLaren
Submitted by Margaret Fergus... on 8 October 2016 - 7:28pm
Revised: 8 October 2016 - 8:18pm — Margaret Fergus...
Dates:
9 June 1780 - 15 February 1863
Margaret MacLaren's parents were Susan Stewart, and Thomas MacLaren, an Innkeeper. She was born in Nairn. In her birth record her parents' names appear as Sus(s)anna Stuart and Thomas McLaren, Vintnor.
Her brother was Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Maclaren. They were both associated with St Mark's Scottish Episcopal Church, Portobello.
Margaret never married. She died at 1 Pitt Street, Portobello, her death record showing her to be a House Proprietrice.
Janet Campbell
Submitted by Alison McCall on 22 June 2016 - 9:13am
Revised: 22 June 2016 - 9:33am — Alison McCall
Other names:
Her maiden name was Finlay
Dates:
18 April 1808 - 13 Oct 1840
She was one of six children of Kirkman Finlay, Provost of Glasgow, and subsequently M.P. for Glasgow, and Janet Struthers.
Lamond Leslie
Submitted by Alison McCall on 5 April 2016 - 1:47pm
Revised: 5 April 2016 - 2:13pm — Alison McCall
Dates:
1799- 16 Feb 1892
Lamond Leslie was the seventh of fourteen children of Hugh Leslie and Agnes Anne Lamond. To house his large family, Hugh Leslie built Powis House in 1802, from the profits of the family's Jamaican plantations. Of the fourteen children, only one married, and he died childless. In 1873, the Powis estate was divided between the last surviving children, Esther, Christian, Lamond, Isabella Jane and Helen. These five sisters were known for their generosity to local causes. For example they donated the land on which Powis church was built.
Sarah Rachel Amelia Suther
Submitted by Alison McCall on 30 April 2015 - 5:06pm
Revised: 4 May 2015 - 8:34pm — Alison McCall
Dates:
approx 1840 - 1889
Sarah Rachel Amelia Suther was born in Edinburgh, the only daughter of Thomas Suther and his wife Catherine Fraser. She had several brothers. Thomas Suther became Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney. Sarah took an active part in the life of the church. Her mother died in the 1870s, and Sarah took over many of her roles. Her father died in 1883, and Sarah died in 1889. She left a substantial legacy to St Andrew's Cathedral.
Eliza Schofield
Submitted by Alison McCall on 24 December 2014 - 10:39pm
Revised: 24 December 2014 - 10:58pm — Alison McCall
Eliza Schofield was the chief benefactor of St Margaret's Church, Braemar.
Elizabeth Hoyes
Submitted by Alison McCall on 20 November 2014 - 2:18pm
Revised: 21 November 2014 - 3:33pm — admin
Other names:
Her married surname was Taylor
Dates:
1844-1912
The daughter of Lewis Hoyes and Janet Fraser, she was born in Grenada, West Indies, around 1844. Elizabeth Hoyes was brought up in Dornoch, where her maternal uncle was Procurator-Fiscal.
She married Donald Taylor in 1879.
She donated a table and chairs to the Royal Burgh of Dornoch in 1907.
She died in 1912.
