May 25
Scottish Landowners
Hunter owners of land in Scotland 1873
The name and address of every owner with the estimated acreage of 1 acre and upwards in extent ( outside the Municipal Boundaries of Boroughs containing more than 20,000 inhabitants) .
compiled by Inland Revenue, Edinburgh 1874.
| Name | Location | acreage |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | ||
| Alexander Hunter | Inverurie | 2 |
| Capt. Alexander Chambers Hunter of Tillery | Tillery House, Newburgh, Aberdeen | 3,687 |
| Mrs. Isabella Hunter | Janefield, Cults | 5 |
| Argyll | ||
| James Hunter of Hafton | Hafton House, Dunoon (Dunoon Pier) | 5740 |
| James Hunter | Dunoon | 1 |
| James & Wm. F. Hunter | Ardnadam | 1 |
| John Hunter | Innellan | 2 |
| John Hunter | Kindrochit, Lochgilphead | 2 |
| Robert Hunter | Sandbank | 6 |
| Ayr | ||
| David Hunter Blair of Dunskey, Brownhill | Dunskey, Portpatrick | 807 |
| Sir Edward Hunter Blair of Blairquhan Bart. | Blairquhan Castle, Straiton | 12,610 |
| Charles Hunter | Prestwick | 26 |
| David Hunter | Newton | 8 |
| James Hunter | (minerals) North Kirkland, Dalry | 27 |
| James Hunter | Church Street, Prestwick | 23 |
| James Hunter of Glenapp | (minerals) Newmains, Motherwell | 8580 |
| James Hunter | Burnscourt, Ireland | 2 |
| John Hunter | Farewell Cot., Prestwick | 2 |
| John Hunter | Poundland, Colmonell | 250 |
| Trustees of John Hunter | Smiddybank, Dalry | 16 |
| Robert Hunter of Hunterston | Hunterston House, West Kilbride | 881 |
| William Hunter | Clunes Vennal, Newton | 5 |
| William (above) and Janet Bone | Burnside, Newton | 6 |
| William Hunter | Everton Cot., Prestwick | 19 |
| Mrs Rachel Hunter | Corsehill, Kilwinning | 2 |
| Mrs Mary Hunter | Prestwick | 2 |
| Agnes, Janet & Thomasina Hunter | Cassillis Street, Ayr | 10 |
| Banff | ||
| Rev. William Hunter | Manse, Macduff, Gamrie | 4 |
| Berwick | ||
| George Hunter | Lauder | 2 |
| Hugh Hunter | Lauder | 2 |
| James Hunter | Godscroft, Dunse | 153 |
| James William Hunter of Thurston | Thurston, Dunbar | 1,220 |
| John Hunter | Muirhouse, Coldingham | 3 |
| Rev. Joseph Hunter | Manse, Cockburnspath | 8 |
| Martin Hunter of Antonshill | Antonshill, Coldstream | 474 |
| Trustees of late William King Hunter | Dunse | 114 |
| Dunbarton | ||
| William Hunter | Maybank, Kilcreggan | 1 |
| Dumfries | ||
| Rev. David Hunter of Killylung | Killylung, Holywood | 349 |
| Heirs of W.G. Hunter of Burnhead | Burnhead, Lockerbie | 298 |
| Mrs. Hunter | Milnton, Thornhill | 8 |
| Edinburgh | ||
| James Hunter of Colzium | Newliston Haugh, Kirkliston | 3,000 |
| Robert Hunter | Dalhousie Chesters, Lasswade | 4 |
| James Hunter | Broughton Point, Edinburgh | 2 |
| Samuel Hunter | 223 Leith Walk, Edinburgh | 1 |
| Fife | ||
| Grace Hunter | St. Andrews | 2 |
| Forfar | ||
| Charles Hunter | Forfar | 13 |
| Charles Hunter and Mrs. (jointly) | Forfar | 7 |
| James Hunter (junior) | Dundee | 1 |
| Patrick Hunter | Kirkton of Lundie, Dundee | 9 |
| Heirs of William Hunter | Kirriemuir | 30 |
| William George Hunter of Burnside | Burnside, Forfar | 1,842 |
| Elizabeth Hunter of Polmood | Polmood, Kinnell | 209 |
| David Hunter of Blackness | Blackness, Dundee | 98 |
| David Hunter and town of Dundee | Dundee | 20 |
| Haddington | ||
| James Hunter | Prora, Drem | 1 |
| James William Hunter of Thurston | Thurston, Dunbar | 6,492 |
| William Hunter | Edinburgh | 7 |
| Kinross | ||
| William Hunter | Fossoway, Kinross | 16 |
| Kircudbright | ||
| George Hunter of Lanecroft | Lanecroft, Beeswing, Dumfries | 130 |
| William Hunter of Holmpark | Holmpark, Creetown | 42 |
| Lanark | ||
| Alexander Hunter | Covington, Biggar | 2 |
| David Hunter | Yieldshields, Carluke | 1 |
| James Hunter (junior) | Rhindsdale, Baillieston | 15 |
| John Hunter | Tailend, Bathgate | 2 |
| John E. Hunter | 14 Walmer Crescent, Glasgow | 520 |
| John R.S. Hunter | Dales, Carluke | 1 |
| Hunter, Moses, & Co. | 19 Macfarlane Street, Glasgow | 4 |
| Peter Hunter | Stobwood, Carnwath | 8 |
| Mrs. Margaret Hunter | Abington | 1 |
| Orkney | ||
| Alexander Hunter | Una, Stromness | 25 |
| Jacob Hunter | Scorn, Birsay | 5 |
| John Hunter | Newhouse, Stromness | 15 |
| Mrs. Margaret Hunter | Howaback, Birsay | 3 |
| Peebles | ||
| Mrs. John Hunter | Kingsmuir Cottage, Peebles | 1 |
| Perth | ||
| Colonel James Hunter of Auchterarder | Auchterarder House | 1500 |
| Mrs Annie Hunter and Mary Lawson | Auchterarder | 15 |
| Renfrew | ||
| James Hunter | Newton-Mearns | 1 |
| Thomas O. and Charles P. Hunter | 24 Forsyth Street, Greenock | 2 |
| John C. Hunter | Forsyth Street, Greenock | 2 |
| Orr, Hunter & Co. | 43 Wellington Street, Greenock | 1 |
| Roxburgh | ||
| Colonel James Hunter of Auchterarder | Auchterarder House | 1500 |
| Mrs Annie Hunter and Mary Lawson | Auchterarder | 15 |
| Roxburgh | ||
| Colonel James Hunter of Auchterarder | Auchterarder House | 1500 |
| Mrs Annie Hunter and Mary Lawson | Auchterarder | 15 |
| Roxburgh | ||
| Rev. George Hunter | Manse, Kirkton, Hawick | 7 |
| James Hunter | Kelso | 1 |
| Stirling | ||
| Rev. William Hunter | Baldernock | 10 |
| Wigtown | ||
| David Hunter Blair of Dunskey | Dunskey, Portpatrick | 8,255 |
| Zetland | ||
| Peter Hunter | Kirkhouse, Whiteness | 84 |
Not much of an exciting story and it's not a comprehensive list but it may give some seekers another lead to follow.
as I get other pages filled I will be able to cross-refer here
General David Hunter and Broughty Ferry
On May 23rd
some of the Hunter armorial families
On Mar 21
1000 years of Hunter history
On Jan 25
politicians.. who needs them
On Feb 25
