without looking after the wound. Her husband was so shocked in the morning that he vowed to only take a drink in future if it was with his wife's approval. They lived at Castle Kennedy in Wigtownshire and at Newliston in Linlithgowshire. John died in 1747 and she lived on to 1759. Lady Stair's Close in Edinburgh is said to be named for her, but another source says that the close is named for Lady Stair's House which in turn was owned by the Dowager of the first Earl of Stair (her mother-in-law). References 1759 deaths Stair Primrose