. The "Red and white" book of as, Oh yes,goats and eagles.—Historic Scenes of Perthshire. The chief has always been a keen curler, and as patron of his team hepresented them with the Menzies arms, which they wore in their bonnets for manyyears without any objection on the part of the , until the chief and his teamwere playing a match at Logierait, on the 21st February 1870, where one of hismen, Mr Robert Menzies, was singled out by the Excise and summoned before thejustices, where he was acquitted and the case dismissed. But this was appealedto the Quarter Sessions at Perth,
. The "Red and white" book of as, Oh yes,goats and eagles.—Historic Scenes of Perthshire. The chief has always been a keen curler, and as patron of his team hepresented them with the Menzies arms, which they wore in their bonnets for manyyears without any objection on the part of the , until the chief and his teamwere playing a match at Logierait, on the 21st February 1870, where one of hismen, Mr Robert Menzies, was singled out by the Excise and summoned before thejustices, where he was acquitted and the case dismissed. But this was appealedto the Quarter Sessions at Perth, 4th August 1870, where Sir Robert, being a ,sat on the bench until the case of Robert Menzies came up, when he took theclansmans place at the bar, and addressed the bench in support of the localjustices, and stated that he had presented the silver crests, and authorised his clubto wear it, as patron. He requested the bench to take a broad view of the matter,and asked them, If a friend staying at his house, using his paper with the. Annie Balcarres Stewart-Alston, Lady Menzies, Wife of Chief Sir Robert Menzies, 7TH Baronet of Menzies. Born, 1822. Died, 1878. From Presentation Portrait by Harrison Walker. Lady Menzies was much beloved by all classes over the wide dominions of the Chief of the took a deep interest in the poor, and made it a standing practice to distribute warm clothing andblankets every winter to all the poor and old women on the estates. The sick, those in distress or illness,she visited, and helped in many ways to cheer them in their troubles. The boys and young men of theClan were not forgotten. One rule she made was that, so soon as a boy was old enough to carry thekilt, she had him supplied with a Fheilidhheag of Menzies Hunting Tartan, made from the wool grownon the Menzies country, spun and woven at the Tartan Weaving Mills of the Menzies, at Camserney. Inthis way the wearing of the Highland dress was perpetuated in the land of Clan Menzi
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