Lee Castle (South Lanarkshire)
Lee Castle , also simply The Lee , is a crenellated country house in Auchenglen , a side valley of the Clyde Valley in the Scottish administrative division of South Lanarkshire . It is about 1.5 km south of the village of Braidwood and 4 km northwest of Lanark . Lee Castle was the seat of the Lockharts of Lee from its founding in the 13th century until 1919; the current house, however, is a new building from the 19th century.
Historic Scotland has listed the house as a Category B Historic Building and the property is listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland .
history
In 1272 William Locard received the Baronate Lee. His son, Sir Simon Locard (1300-1371), fought in the Scottish Wars of Independence and then accompanied Sir James Douglas in his attempt in 1330 to transfer the heart of King Robert the Bruce to the Holy Land . After the death of Sir Douglas in the battle against the Moors in Spain , Sir Locard returned the king's heart to Scotland, where it was buried at Melrose Abbey . He is said to have added the heart and "Fetterlock" to his family crest. He also acquired the Lee Penny , an amulet that is said to have healing powers and that remained in the family's possession.
Sir William Lockhart of Lee (1621–1675) initially fought for the cause of the royalists in the English Civil War , but then changed sides and later married the niece of Oliver Cromwell . Lockhart was appointed Cromwell's commissioner for the administration of justice in Scotland in 1652. He also served as the English ambassador to the French court in 1656 . His brother George Lockhart was appointed Lord Advocate and bought the estates of the Earl of Carnwath in Lanarkshire . His son, the politician Sir George Lockhart of Lee (1673-1731), inherited the lands of Lee and Carnwath. He served as commissioner for the Act of Union 1707 between England and Scotland, but later joined the Jacobite cause . He was involved in the Jacobite Rebellion in 1715, but escaped severe punishment, then fought in the Jacobite Rebellion in 1745 and then went into exile. This George Lockhart of Lee's younger brother, James , also went overseas and fought with the Austrians in the Seven Years' War . He inherited the Lees' estates by staging the death of his treacherous older brother, and was named Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1782 . His nephew, Alexander Lockhard of Lee , MP for the constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed , was raised to baronet in 1806.
At that time, the parkland around Lee Castle was created, as noted in William Roy's mid-18th century map , although the shape of the house at the time is unknown. Sir Charles Lockhart, 2nd Baronet , (1799–1832) had a new house built in Lee in 1817, but shortly after his death Sir Norman Lockhart, 3rd Baronet , (1802–1849) commissioned James Gillespie Graham to design one much bigger house. Work on this began in 1834, integrating the previous building, and was completed in 1845. The 5th Baronet had changes made to the parkland at the end of the 19th century; with his death in 1919 the title of baronet expired. In 1948 the property was bequeathed to a non-family member and was split up in the 1970s. The Baronate Lee received through a petition to the representative of Queen Elizabeth II , the Lord Lyon, King of Arms , the Much Honored Terence Alvis of Lee, 23rd Baron of Cam'nethan, 33rd Baron of Lee .
The 33rd Baron Alvis of Lee had the house restored for ten years. During this time, in 1981, his son and heir, Tai Alvis of Lee, 34th Baron of Lee , was born. In 2004 the house was put up for sale on eBay, along with 100 hectares of land and the noble Caput , albeit without success. The house was later sold to a US buyer for an all-time record price for a private Scottish home.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Castle for sale on the internet site . BBC News. March 18, 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
- ↑ US buyer found for Scots castle . BBC News. July 22, 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′ 54.2 " N , 3 ° 49 ′ 28.9" W.