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Hunter
of Bonnytoun and Doonholm
Bonnytoun
(Ayrshire).
The
first
mention of Bonnytoun, which is in the parish of Ochiltree,
appears to have been in the sixteenth century, when the property
was in the possession of Josias Stewart, brother to Andrew,
fourth Lord Ochiltree. He
was also styled Josias Stewart of Blairquhan in a testamentary
document in 1621
(Paterson's
History of Ayrshire).
About the middle of the eighteenth century the property
was acquired by John Hunter, W.S., the second son of Andrew
Hunter, of Abbotshill, and remained in the family till, about
the year 1860, when it was sold, together with the other family
possessions.
Doonholm
(Ayrshire)
The
mansion house of Doonholm, to which an addition was built in
1818, is delightfully situated on a gentle eminence within a few
yards of the Doon, four miles from Ayr.
It is surrounded by thriving plantations, and the garden
and shrubbery walks skirt the margin of the river.
The domain ,stretched along the banks of the Doon, and
included the classic scenery connected with Burns' monument.
The
lands of Doonholm, in the barony of Alloway, belonged to the
town of Ayr previous to 1754, and were called Old Berriesden and
Warlockholm. They
were purchased by James Neill, of Ayr, who, in 1755, disposed of
them to David Mitchell, of Ayr, and the latter in the same year
sold them to William Fergusson of London, a relative of the
Fergussons of Castlehill, Ayrshire.
This gentleman had spent the greater part of his life as
a medical practitioner in London, where he realized a
considerable fortune. He
was subsequently Provost of Ayr for a number of years. Upon the
lands, which he greatly improved, he built the older portion of
the present house, and gave the property the name of Doonholm.
Between
1756 and -1766 he added to it the lands of Fauldhead, Whisknowe,
South High Corton, High Broomberry-Yards, High Carcline, and
South High Muir of Corton.
On his death in 1776 Mr. William Fergusson left Doonholm,
as well as these other properties, to his eldest daughter,
Elizabeth, who afterwards, in 178o, married Malcolm Fleming of
Barochan.
From this gentleman Doonholm was purchased in 1783 by Mr. John
Fergusson, merchant in Calcutta, and a nephew of Mr. William
Fergusson, of Doonholm. He
made
a handsome fortune, and was a great benefactor to the poor in
Ayr. At his death
in 1790 he left his estate to trustees, with directions to offer
the lands of Doonholm to the daughters of his uncle, Mr. William
Fergusson, according to seniority.
They were then acquired by Mrs. Fleming of Barochan, the
eldest daughter, who sold them in 1796 to John Hunter, W.S., the
husband of her sister, Mrs. Hunter of Bonnytoun, who added the
lands of Alloway Croft, Hollybush, and Greenfield (now called
Cambusdoon). All
these properties were disposed of by the family in the middle of
the nineteenth century. Doonholm itself was purchased by the late Lord Blackburn, one
of Her Majesty's judges, shortly after whose decease in 1896 the
property was again sold.-Paterson's
'History of Ayrshire.'
Armorial
Bearings.
Armorial
Bearings Matriculated by William Francis Hunter and Andrew
Alexander Hunter at the Lyon office, Edinburgh, January 18,
1889.
Arms:
Argent, on a chevron azure between three hunting horns
vert,
garnished
and stringed gules, a crescent of the first.
Crest:
A
stag's head cabossed or.,
Motto: Vigilantia robur voluptas.
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Hunter
of Bonnytoun and Doonholm
Lineage
I.
John Hunter,
of
Bonnytoun and Doonholm, was the second son of Andrew Hunter, the
eighth Laird of Abbotshill.
He was born in 1746, and became a Writer to the Signet in
1769. He married,
December 2i, 1773, Jane, daughter and coheiress of William
Fergusson, Esq., of Bonnytoun and Doonholm, by which union he
acquired both properties. Bonnytoun
had previously been purchased from Malcolm, Fleming, Esq., of
Barochan Tower, Renfrewshire, whose wife was a sister of Mrs.
John Hunter. He,
Mr. Hunter, also acquired the property of Hollybush, in the
parish of Dalrymple, in 1797.
By his wife, who was born 1752, and died July 4, 1838, he
had the following issue:
-
Andrew, of Bonnytoun
and Doonholm (of whom presently).
-
William,
born March 28, 1778. Appointed
Cornet, 19th Light Dragoons, on
November 14, 1798, and who died on the march to Seringapatam
during the campaign under Lord Harris against Tippoo Sahib,
March 25, 1799
-
John, born April 17, 178b, who went, in 1801, with
Colonel WilliamFullarton
of Fullarton, Governor of Trinidad, as one of his secretaries,
and died in that island, March 20,
18O3
-
James, born September 24, 1783, died April 30, 1794
-
Christopher, born October 4, 1785, died December 20,
1790.
-
Fergusson, born January
14, 1788, died December 6, 1800.
-
Alexander, of Edinburgh, born January 9, 1790.
Became a Writer to
he
Signet. He married,
on April 26, 1819, Maria, daughter of Alexander Maclean, Esq.,
of Coll (born August
21, 1789,
and died at Great Malvern, July 14, 1862), and, dying at
Leamington, September 28, 1858, left issue-
(I)
John, born in Edinburgh, April 21, 1820, married in
December, .1854, a Spanish lady, Martina Ariola (born September
4, 1831), and died in Buenos Ayres, February 17, 1868, leaving-
i
Maria Martina Delmira Antonia del Carmen Hunter Arriola,
born in September 2, 1856, married September 4, 1875 with
Juan Cano Diaz Velez, who was born in August 21, 1855, and
died June 22, 1905. His father was Juan Cano Castro and his
mother was Carmen Diaz Velez Guerrero. Here begins the CANO HUNTER branch
ii Martin Clemencia Mariana Octavia del Carmen Hunter
Arriola, born November 20 ,1857, died May 15, 1909,married
December 11, 1873 Lauro Cabral y Perez de Prado, who was
born August 15, 1833 and died January 31, 1893. His father
was Bernardino Cabral Cascallares and his mother was
Estela Perez de Prado. Here begins the CABRAL HUNTER branch
iii Juan Enrique Hunter Arriola (Jack) born August 10, 1860,
died June 4, 1925. He married Susana Cano, who died April
13, 1938. Here begins the HUNTER CANO branch
iv Evan Gahbad (Eduardo) Hunter Arriola, born September 1,
1867, died April 25, 1923, he married in 1892 Julia Soler,
born April 25, 1874, and whose father was Gregorio Soler
Casalla and her mother was Edelmira Soler Casalla Here begins the HUNTER SOLER Branch
(2)
Alexander
Maclean, born in Edinburgh, November 25, 1821, married,
on September 5, 1850, Eliza Anna (born April 28, 1830, died
January 6, 1902),
daughter
of Robert Bostock, Esq., and died at sea, on his way to the Cape
of Good Hope, November 16, 1892,
leaving-
i.
Evan Arthur, born April 8, 1854, married Alice Mary Doherty, and
has Alexander (born March 4, 1894)-
ii.
Frank, -of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet,
born
July
26,
1858, married March 3I, 1886, Elizabeth Agnes, daughter of the
Rev. John Mein
Austin, of St. Mungo, Dumfriesshire, and has-
(i.) Evan Austin, born September 28,
1887
(ii.) Ronald Maclean, born October
16, 1888
.(iii.) Wilfrid Tennant, born October 5,.
1892.
iii.
Harry Ernest, born May 4, 186i, killed in the
Matabele
War, South Africa, March, 1895
iv. Maria Margaret, born September
29,
1856,
married, November 12,
1877,
to Charles Rome, Esq.,
who died July, 1887, and has issue.
v. Flora, born September 9, 1863, married, July 30,
1889, to
William Dykes, Esq., Writer to the Signet,
of Edinburgh, and has
issue.
(3)
James Arthur
Carr, born in Edinburgh, January
30, 1823,
married,
on October 3, 1850, his
cousin, Louisa Harriet, (born June 7,
1829,
died July, 1890), daughter of the Rev.
Alfred
Utterson. He
died December -19, 1889,
leaving issue-.
i.
Arthur Mordaunt, born April 3, 1862.
ii.
Evan James, born February 11, 1864, married
Maud
Salt, and has-
(i.)
James Arthur Carr, born 1896.
(ii.)
Lorna, born 1901.
iii.
Claud Archibald John, born September I3,
1866.
iv.
Alfred, born October
29,
1867,
died 1873-
v
vi.
Nigel Charles, born August 11, 1873.
vii.
Mary Emily
Susanna, born December 15, 1853.
viii.
Maria Frances,
born 1854, died 1857-
ix.
Elinor Catherine Margaret, born December 16,
1858,
married Charles Cummins, Esq., and has issue.
(4) Evan Allan, 6orn at Redford, near Edinburgh, June 19,
1825,
Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh.
Married,
June
15, 1871, Ernestine Eglantine, daughter of John
Stuart
Hay Newton, Esq., of Newton Hall.
She was
born
June 8, 1840, and died December 16, 1874 Mr. Hunter died in
Edinburgh, April 16, 1890, without issue.
(5) Andre*
Francis, born at Redford, April 17, 1827, died at
Mount
Gambier, Australia, September 24, 1854
(6) William
Fergusson, born at Doonholm, Ayrshire, September
27, 1828.
(7)
(8)
Jane Elizabeth, born at Inveresk, October 6, 1831, died
at
Hollybush,
Ayrshire, November, 1833.
(9)
Maria Eleanora, born at Redford, June10, 1833
8.
Francis, Lieut.-Colonel, 1st Madras Light Cavalry, born
May 1, 1792, married,
at Ellieston, March 18, 1823,
Elizabeth
Christina, daughter of Thomas Tulloh, Esq., of Ellieston,
Roxburghshire. She
was born July 3, 1796, and died at Stretton Parsonage,
Staffordshire, on February 5, 1885, and was buried at Brompton
Cemetery, London. Colonel
Hunter entered the Honourable East India Company's service as a
cavalry cadet in 1808, and his commissions bear date as follows:
Cornet 7th Madras Light Cavalry, September 7, 1811 ; transferred
to 1st Madras Light Cavalry, November 9, 1812; Lieutenant,
September 1, 1818; Brevet Captain, April 24, 1824 ; Captain,
February 26, 1829 ;
Major,
December 31, 1837; Lieut.-Colonel (retired), April 29,
1840.
His appointments were : Acting-Quartermaster of 1st
Madras Light Cavalry, 1815; Assistant Adjutant-General Nagpore
Sub. Force,
1825-1827, Assistant Commissary-General, 1827-1835, and Sup.
Div. Mysore,
1835-1837. His war
services include the Battle of Kirkee, against the Mahrattas, on
November 5, 18l7, for which he was awarded the Indian Medal,
with clasp inscribed ' Kirkee.' He also distinguished himself in
the suppression of the Kanara Insurrection in 1837, for which he
received the thanks of the Governor-General of India.
Colonel Hunter died at Cheltenham on September 14, 1865,
and was buried, on September 2I,
in'
Shurdington Churchyard, near Cheltenham.
'He had issue-
(1)
Jane, born at Arcot, East Indies, June 9, 1826, died in
London,
December 21, 1880, and buried in Brompton Cemetery.
(2)
Eleariora
Elizabeth, born at Nagpur, East Indies, June 26, 1827,
died
in London, January 29,
1879,
and buried in Brompton Cemetery.
(3)
Anna Maria Margaret Helen, born at Bangalore, East
Indies,
May 28, 1829,
married
at Taunton, September 30, 1857, to the Rev.
John Warren Napier (afterwards Napier-Clavering, of
Axwell Park, county Durham and has issue.
She died at Axwell Park, February 1900, and was buried at
Stretton, Staffordshire.
9.
Elizabeth, born 1774, married at Doonholm, April 4, 1818,
to John
Carr,
Esq., of St. Anne's, York; died without issue, March 22,
.1864,
and was buried in Ayr Old Churchvard. 10.
Eleonora Garvine, born 1782, died, unmarried, January 26,
1856, and was buried in Ayr Old Churchyard.
Mr.
John Hunter, W.S., died April 23,
1823,
and
was buried in Ayr Old Churchyard, being succeeded by his eldest
son-
II.
Andrew Hunter ,
of
Bonnytoun and Doonholm, born at Edinburgh,
August 7,
1776 In a document in his handwriting he states that in 1791 he went to sea, much against the inclination
of his friends, and sailed from Greenock in the Countess of Haddingion for the West Indies and America, and after an
absence of seventeen months returned to Greenock. In September,
1793, he joined the Royal
William at Spithead as midshipman, and in October he was
drafted to the Resistance (forty-four guns, Captain Pakenham), and sailed in
November for the Cape and East Indies, accompanied by the
Orpheus (frigate, Captain Newcombe), and Centurion
(fifty guns, Captain Osborne), and while cruising off the
Mauritius captured a French fiftygun ship and several small
vessels. In June,
1794, while cruising in the Straits of Malacca, they seized a
French twenty-gun ship, and Mr. Hunter was sent as one of the
officers in charge. After
arriving at Calcutta, he was recommended to the house of Messrs.
Fairlie, Gilmore', and Co., which step I repented all my
life, as I was fond of the navy; but it was at the request of my
father, whose advice formerly I had totally neglected, and was
determined now to follow it. Mr. Hunter, however, does not
appear to have remained long in the business, as in December,
1794, he again went to sea on board the Dolphin (Captain Hunter)
as third officer, and sailed for the Malabar Coast, returning to
Calcutta in May, 1795, when he left the ship, which, after
starting on her next voyage, was never again heard of.
He continued at sea, making voyages to the Straits
Settlements, China, Ceylon, Burma, and other places; but in May,
18O3, his ship was captured by a French privateer, and he was
landed at Analaboo, a Malay settlement, where he lived for six
weeks, and in July was taken off by an American vessel, and went
to Muckee, where he heard of a Captain.Petbury having been
stabbed by the natives at Soosu, and his ship in their
possession. Mr.
Hunter then set off in an open boat to retake the ship, but was
unfortunately blown off the shore and picked up by an American
vessel,
which succeeded in retaking the ship, and brought her to
Sappanooly. During Mr. Hunter's next voyage, in July, 18o6, his
vessel was captured by the French frigate La
Similliante (forty guns, Captain Motard), and in September
he was landed at the Isle of Bourbon, and in November taken to
the Isle of France (now
called Mauritius). On
May 7, 1807, he sailed from the Isle of France in command of the
Danish ship Catharina (formerly an English Indiaman) for Tranquebar, where he
arrived on May 29,
and
gave up the command. After
remaining in India for four months, he sailed for England, where
he arrived in March, 1808.
In July, 1808, he joined the Ayrshire Regiment as a
Captain at Gosport, and marched to Horsham, in Sussex, in
October following. After
some time spent in Scotland, he again joined the regiment in
February, 1809, at Silver Hill Barracks, Sussex.
In August he was in Scotland, and rejoined the regiment
in October at Musselburgh, finally resigning in January, 1810.
Mr. Hunter was a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Ayr,
and was gazetted Captain of the 2nd (or Cunningham and Cumnock)
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry on June 28, 1821.
The following is an inscription on a silver snuff-box
given to him: “Presented to Captain Hunter by the Cumnock
Troop of Yeomanry Cavalr as a mark of esteem, February 8,
1828.”
Mr.
Hunter, in 1830, added Greenfield (now called Cambusdoon), which
was purchased from Lord Alloway, to the Doonholm property.
He married, on April
21,
18I4,
Helen, eldest daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of Ormidale,
Argyllshire, by whom, who was born December 13, 1788, died in
London, February 24, 1876, and buried at Brompton Cemetery, he had-
1.
John, born at Frankville, near Ayr, September 19, 18I5.
Was secretary
to
Lord Napier in China. Died
at Geelong, Australia, December 30, 1846.
2.
Campbell, born 1818.
Appointed Ensign 30th Foot, April 26, 1839, and
resigned
same year. Died in
Victoria, Australia, in 1846.
3
William Francis, of whom presently.
4.
Andrew, Major-General, Bengal Staff Corps.
Born at Hollybush, near
Ayr,
August
20, 1821.
Educated at the Military College, Addiscombe.
Entering the Honourable East India Company's service in
1839, he, on the amalgamation of the two services (the Company's
with the Queen's) after the Indian Mutiny, joined the Bengal
Staff Corps. . His commissions bear date as follows: Ensign
Bengal Infantry, June 11, 1839; appointed to
25th
Bengal Native Infantry, January 23, 1840; Lieutenant, November
8, 1841 ; Brevet Captain, June 11, 1854; Captain, March 5, 1856;
Major, Bengal Staff Corps, February 18, 1861; Lieut.-Colonel,
June 11, 1865; Colonel, June 11, 1870; Major-General (retired),
June 10 1871. He
served with the Ramghur Light Infantry Battalion from 1843-1847,
was Adjutant of the 6th Infantry Regiment, Gwalior Contingent,
1853-1855; Second-in-Command of the 4th Infantry Regiment,
Gwalior Contingent, 1855-1856.
Took. part in the suppression of the Indin
1857-1858.' Was Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General at
Benares,- 1857-1858; Deputy Paymaster at Benares, 1860-1862 ;
Deputy
Commissioner at Chota Nagpore, 1862; and Divisional Paymaster at
Allahabad, 1862-1870 Major-General Hunter was married at
Dholepore, India, on October 31, 1854, to Caroline Cherry,
youngest daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Nuttall Greene, of
Kilmanahan Castle, Co. Waterford, who was born on February 20,
1830, died at Clifton, Bristol, on November 9, 1867, and was
buried November 14 at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol.
General Hunter died in London, September 20,
1898,
and was also buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery, the issue being-
ian Mutiny
(1)
Andrew Alexander, born at Gwalior, East Indies, August 7,
1855,
baptized at Christ's Church, Gwalior, October 8, ,1855, educated
at Cheltenham College, of which he became Bursar in 1889.
(2)
John
Francis Parsons, born at Gwalior, December 11, 1856,
baptized
at Gwalior, December 28, 1856, died at Sultanpore, East Indies,
August 25, 1859.
(3)
William Nuttall, born at Benares, East Indies, April 3,
1859,
baptized
at St. Mary's Church, Benares, June 12,
1859,
died at Bareilly, East Indies, April 16, 1861.
(4) Charles Robert, born at
Benares, July 10,
1860, baptized
at St.
Mary's Church, Benares, August
28,
1860, died at Sultanpore, March 1, 1861.
(5)
A daughter, born at Almorah, East Indies, July 31, 1862, who
died the following day.
6) A daughter, born at
Allahabad, East Indies, October 1,
1865,
who died the same day
5.
Helen, born January 27, 1816, died in London, July 6,
1888, buried at
Brompton
Cemetery, London.
Mr.
Andrew Hunter died at Helensburgh, N.B., on December 30, 1856,
and was buried in Ayr Old Churchyard, and was succeeded by his
eldest surviving son-
III
Lieut.-Colonel
William Francis Hunter, 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, by whom the
properties of Bonnytoun and Doonholm were sold.
He was born at Hollybush, near Ayr, on June 20,
1820,
and entered the Honourable East India Company's service by
direct commission. His
commissions bear date as follows: Cornet, Bombay Cavalry, April
16, 1837; appointed to
2nd
Bombay Light Cavalry, April 22,
1838;
Lieutenant, December 12,
1840;
Captain, May 8, 1849; Major, February 6, 1861 Lieut.-Colonel
(retired), December 31, 1861.
War
Services
He was present at the capture of Bushire on December 10,
1856, during
the war with Persia; appointed Aide-de-Camp to
Major-General
Stalker, commanding the First Expeditionary Force to Persia,
January, 1857, and was recommended
for step in rank by Sir James Outram (despatch, June 17, 1857).
Colonel Hunter was married at St. Thomas's, Edinburgh, on
November 24, 1859,,to Eliza, eldest daughter of William
Frederick Burnley, Esq., of Edinburgh, by her (who married for
her second husband, at St. Mary's, Bryanston Square, London, on
November 2,
1865,
John Garnett Rathborne, Esq., J.P., of Dunsinea, co.
Dublin, she died May 12,
1867,
and was buried at Castleknock Churchyard, co.
Dublin), he had-
i.
William Francis, born at Neemuch, East Indies, November
6, 1860.
Educated
at Harrow School. Married,
on March 7, 1888, to Mary Anna Emily, second daughter of
Alexander Kirkpatrick, Esq., of Coolmine House, Clonsilla, co.
Dublin (who was born October 26, 1858, and baptized at
Clonsilla Church in December, 1858).
He died at Doonholm, Clonsilla, May 23, 1903, and was
buried in Clonsilla Churchyard on May 26.
He left issue
(1) William Francis Ernest, born at Doonholm, Clonsilla, on
May
20, 1892
baptized
at Clonsilla Church on June 19,1892.
(2) Donald
Alexander Reginald, born at Doonholm, Clonsilla,
July
18, 1894; baptized at Clonsilla Church, August 19, 1894
(3) Gordon Walter Leslie, born at Doonholm,Clonsilla,August8,
899
; baptized at Clonsilla Church, September 12,
1899.
(4) Frances Mysie Dorris Rosina, born at Coolmine House on
May
9, 1889; baptized at St. Ann's Church, Dublin, in June, 1889.
(5) Emily Beatrice Cecil, born at Doonholm, Clonsilla, on
October
20, 1890;
baptized at Clonsilla Church in November , 1890.
2. Ernest
Honner, born at Nusseerabad, East Indies, November 13, 1861. Educated
at King's College, London.
Is a merchant at Trinidad, West Indies.
Married at Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain, Trinidad, on
February 20,
1884,
to Louisa Ida, only daughter of Fritz Zurcher, Esq., of
Trinidad, and had issue-
(1)
Helen Elise Burnley, born May 7, 1885, baptized at
Trinity
Cathedral,
Port of Spain, June 20,
1885,
and died at Port of Spain on February 6, 1888; buried at
Laperouse, Trinidad.
(2)
Ida
Violet Sophia Zurcher, born at Port of Spain, October 10,
887,
and baptized at Trinity Cathedral on November 24, 1887
3.
Rosina, died in infancy.
Colonel
W. F. Hunter died at Bombay on February 25, 1862.
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