 1825 - 1897 (~ 72 years)
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| Name |
Guthrie, Arbuthnot Charles |
| Born |
10 Jan 1825 |
Middlesex, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
21 Feb 1897 |
St Selpuchre, Holborn, London, England |
| Person ID |
I02618 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
20 Oct 2017 |
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| Notes |
- Possibility?
1851 Census St Marylebone, London, England:
Portland Place, All Souls, St Marylebone
Guthrie, David Charles Head Marr 61 Merchant Forfarshire NB
Guthrie, Jane E Wife Marr 51 Lisbon British Subject
Guthrie, A. Son Unmarr 25 London
McNabb, Mary, Visitor 22 East Indies, British Subject
McNabb, Charlotte, Visitor 19 East Indies, British Subject
(plus six servants)
Can't find on the 1861
1871 census St George Hanover Square, London, England:
47 Bruton Street, Hanover Sq.,St George Hanover Square
Abruthnot C Guthrie Head 46 Marr Retired merchant, City of London
Ann B Wife 36 years Rio De Janerio
(listed with 7 servants)
1881 census Mayfiar, London, England:
At 4 Seamore Place, Mayfair, London
A. C Guthrie Head Mar 60 Householder Middlesex, London
A.B. " Wife Mar 66 Wife Brazil
N.B.Chamberlain Visitor Mar 60 General Indian Arny Brazil
C.C. "" Mar 45 wife of Sussex, Brighton
C.T. " " Mar 54 General Indian ArmyLondon
Henry "" Unmar 27 Lieut R.N. retired list Hants, Southsea (possibly Henry son of William Charles Chamberlain)
7 servants including Ladies maid, butler, housemaid, cook, kitchen maid footman
Mrs P A_M Arbuthnot, "Memories of the Arbruthnot's", Allen and Unwin, 1920.
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/textonly/gardens_search_more_info.htm?s=&r=Glasgow%2C+Clyde+and+Ayrshire&bool=0&PageID=2398&more_info=Site
....In the mid-19th century the Georgian House was demolished and a new castle in the Scots Baronial style was built. The estate then called Achnacroish was purchased in 1865 by Arbuthnot Charles Guthrie, younger son of David Charles Guthrie of Craigie and co-founder of Chalmers Guthrie, the London Merchant Bank. He and his wife, Anne, spent some months here every year for the next 32 years and, during that time, changed the name to Duart House. On the death of her husband in 1897, Anne moved to London, taking the furniture and contents of the castle interior with her. Thus, Walter Murray Guthrie, her nephew and partner of Chalmers Guthrie, inherited an empty castle. He immediately put it up for sale but withdrew it after a visit to the island with his wife, Olive. They realised the potential of the site and commissioned Robert Lorimer to lay out the gardens to form a link between the Victorian castle and the Georgian walled garden. Over the next ten years, there were many important visitors to the castle including Sir Winston Churchill, who stayed here often and indeed shot his first
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