Scotland in November 1876. He went south to Woolston, Hampshire in 1880 and eventually left to go to Montrose where his tenth and last child, a daughter was born in December 1884. Linton's wife Marjory died in January 1885 which affected him deeply. In 1895 he was living in Inverbervie and in November of that year was elected to the Town Council. Hercules Linton was aged 64 when he died on 15 May 1900 due to heart trouble. His grave in Inverbervie parish churchyard is extremely modest. References Sources The Cutty Sark, Her Designer and Builder, HERCULES LINTON, 1836-1900. Author Robert E. Brettle. Published in 1969 by W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, England. Boat and ship designers Scottish designers Scottish surveyors Scottish shipbuilders Scottish antiquarians Councillors in Aberdeenshire People from Kincardine and Mearns 1837 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Scottish businesspeople