. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. t,also lived for several years at Mugdock before he built Dunmullin in Strath-blane; and the last who tenanted the old house of the second Marquis wasWilliam Clarke of the Falkirk Iron Company, John Phillips, the late well-known tenant of the Laigh Park (of Mugdock), holding the lands. In 1874 the late Duke of Montrose arranged for a very extended lease E 34 THE PARISH OF STRATHBLANE. of the Castle and lands of Mugdock with John Guthrie Smith, a younger son of the late William Smith of Car-beth Guth
. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. t,also lived for several years at Mugdock before he built Dunmullin in Strath-blane; and the last who tenanted the old house of the second Marquis wasWilliam Clarke of the Falkirk Iron Company, John Phillips, the late well-known tenant of the Laigh Park (of Mugdock), holding the lands. In 1874 the late Duke of Montrose arranged for a very extended lease E 34 THE PARISH OF STRATHBLANE. of the Castle and lands of Mugdock with John Guthrie Smith, a younger son of the late William Smith of Car-beth Guthrie, and great-grandson ofJames Smith of Craigend, in con-sideration of his rebuilding the moremodern part of the house and ofcertain other conditions. The de-cayed old house of 1655 was accord-ingly removed, and the present onebuilt. Roads and shrubberies havebeen made and plantations formed,and the old place is beginning toassume more of the appearance whichthe staitly house may be supposedto have worn before it was demol-ished by Lord Sinclair in 1641,and berried by the Buchanans THE WINDOW OVER THE DOOR AT MUGDOCK. Fortiter occupa portu) Jirmly in a friendly port. THE FEUING OUT OF THE BARONY OF MUGDOCK, AND THE ESTATES INSTRATHBLANE THEREBY FORMED. On the death of John Earl of Montrose in 1626, the young Earl James hadassumed as his curators his near relatives, the Earl of Wigton, Sir WilliamGraham of Braco, Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston, who became LordNapier, Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, David Graham of Fintry, Sir RobertGraham of Morphie, Sir \Villiam Graham of Claverhouse, great-grandfather ofBonnie Dundee, John Graham of Orchill, Patrick Graham of Inchbrakie, andJohn Graham of Balgown.^ Soon afterwards it was resolved to feu out to thetenants then in possession parts of the Barony of Mugdock and other landsbelonging to the young Earl in Strathblane. 1 Memorials of Montrose, vol. i. p. 109. ^Archibald First Lord Napier to the Factor of Mugdock, 12
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