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First
Chief of the Name of
Newlands, Jasper
Newlands of that Ilk, is
recorded in Nithsdale in
1469.
The armiger is a
Churchill Fellow, Fellow
of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland,
member of the Guild of
Freemen of the City of
London, Burgess of
Glasgow, Convention of
the Baronage of
Scotland, City Livery
Club, Society of
Authors; on active
service with Far East
Air Force, RAF, 1953-55;
Daily Mail Travel
Correspondent, twice
voted Travel Writer of
the Year.
The
armiger's wife, Dorothy,
Lady Lauriston,is
currently (2016-17)
Deacon of the
Incorporation of Wrights
in Glasgow and also a
liveryman in London,
with the Worshipful
Company of Basketmakers.
*The
Barony of Miltonhaven
is now held by Dorothy
Newlands of Lauriston
after being assigned
by William Newlands of
Lauriston on 14th
February, 2017.
Lauriston Castle's
barony was re-named
Miltonhaven in 1695.
(The outgoing Straton
Laird wanted to take
the name with him to
his new, more modest,
estate.)
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