One family member was a Commissioner of Militia for Peeblesshire in the reign of Charles II.
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The Younger family home was in the village of Linton (now West Linton), Peeblesshire, where their house still stands.
He was also involved with work on many country houses in Scotland, including Blair Castle and Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, Loudoun Castle in Ayrshire, and Stobo Castle in Peeblesshire.
Born in London, she was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and spent the World War II years and her childhood summers at the family's faux Gothic mansion The Glen in Peeblesshire.
He sat as Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire.
In 1767, he bought for £40,000 Stanhope and Stobo in Peeblesshire, part of the estates of Sir David Murray, which had been confiscated for their owner's complicity in the rebellion of 1745.