Charles Granville Stuart Menteath
Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath of Closeburn and Mansfield FRSE FSA (1769–1847) was a Scottish advocate and landowner.[1]
Life
He was born at Closeburn Castle on 15 May 1769, the son of Rev James Stuart Menteath and Catherine Maria Wheler, daughter of rev Granville Wheler.[2] He trained as a lawyer and qualified as an advocate in 1794.
In 1815 Menteath was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Leslie, John Playfair, and Robert Jameson.[3]
He was created a baronet on 11 August 1838.
In later years he spent much time at his townhouse at 27 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[4]
Menteath died on 3 December 1847.[5]
Family
In 1791 he married Ludwina (or Ludivina) O'Loughnan (d.1859).
Their six children included Sir James Stuart Menteath FRSE.[6]
His daughter Philadelphia Stuart Menteath married John Francis Miller-Erskine, the Earl of Mar and Kellie, maternal grandson of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton.[7]
Artistic Recognition
He was caricatured by Benjamin Crombie in the early 19th century.
References
- https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1G-G2H
- https://www.myheritage.com/names/charles_menteth
- Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1846-47
- "Obituary from Dumfries and Galloway Courier on Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath, 1847".
- "Sir Charles Granville Steuart-Menteath, of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Baronet b. 15 May 1769 d. 3 Dec 1847: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy".
- Gentleman's Magazine vol221