. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. THE BARONETS OF FOUNTAINHALL 309 her father she had ever been as the apple of his eye, his one great aim inlife being her tender upbringing and careful education ; but he did not live toshare in the joy of her happy union, for he died in 1804. The marriage took place in 1808, amid great rejoicings, in the lovely homeof Relugas, in Morayshire, which had just been enlarged and beautified. Here, inthis garden of Eden, the young couple continued to reside with the bridesmother, Mrs. Cumin, whose maiden na
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. THE BARONETS OF FOUNTAINHALL 309 her father she had ever been as the apple of his eye, his one great aim inlife being her tender upbringing and careful education ; but he did not live toshare in the joy of her happy union, for he died in 1804. The marriage took place in 1808, amid great rejoicings, in the lovely homeof Relugas, in Morayshire, which had just been enlarged and beautified. Here, inthis garden of Eden, the young couple continued to reside with the bridesmother, Mrs. Cumin, whose maiden name was Susanna Judith Craigie Halkett,. iAITIXG FOR THE YOUNG L.^ being the eldest daughter of Colonel Craigie Halkett of Hall Hill, Fife. ThoughSir Andrew Lauder sorely missed the companionship of his only son, who hadjust entered his twenty-fourth year at the time of his marriage, still the inter-course between the families was so constant and so friendly that he soon foundnew life and new interests springing up within the circle of Relugas. He lived tosee three infant daughters come like sunbeams to gladden his sons home, andeach of them return to the angel-land ere a son was born to inherit the name of 3IO THE BARONETS OF FOUXTAINHALL Lauder. Then came three more little daughters and another son before SirAndrew Lauder-Dick, in his eighty-fifth year, resigned his lands and his title toSir Thomas. He died at Fountainhall on the i6th November 1820, and wasburied in the family tomb at Greyfriars. From the succession of Sir Thomas we notice the change in the namefrom Lauder-Dick to Dick-Lauder. The reason for this is thus e
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