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created a Baronet, and retired to Garscube, his paterna1 estate. On Sir
Islay Campbell Ieaving Park Place, his only son-who on the retirement
of his father had been raised to the Bench as Lord Succoth, and had
for some years occupied No. 4-removed to the larger mansion, No. I.
In 1795, Craufurd Tait, the only son of Rlr. John Tait of Harviestoun,
married a daughter of Sir Islay Campbell. Mr. John Tait soon afterwards
gave up his house, No. 2, and his business, in favour of his son, and died on
his estate of Harviestoun in 1800. No. 3 continued to be inhabited by Mr.
Honyman, who became a Judge of the Court of Session as Lord Armadale,
and married a daughter of the celebrated Lord Justice-clerk Braxfield. Being
a great party man, No. 3 became a resort of the Whigs of the day, as No. I
was of the Tory party. the Major greeting for his
parritch ’ was enacted, and really took place.
It was in No. 3 that
EDlNBUXCH ACAUEMY.
Commissions in the army were then given to those having great interest,
as a gift or pension to the fathers, in the shape of a provision for a child, and
even some young Iadies, it is said, actually held commissions as captains of
dragoons, and drew pay as such, white children in the nursery in the same
way got rank in the army. Lord Armadale having a large family, and being
a great politician and jobber, was not unnaturally one so to benefit. But as
it turned out, the commission in this case was not ill bestowed on ‘ the Baby
Major,’ for he afterwards died gallantly on the field of battle. On Lord
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