Kirkwall St Ola, Orkney, he later lived at Lindertis House near Forfar, in Fife, Scotland and was married to Mary Whitelaw Wemyss (1792-1858). His interest in architecture was inspired by the outward appearance of buildings and the placing of buildings and the types of space with which they are surrounded.[6] When Gilbert Laing Mason Mechen was born on 13 June 1886, his father, Patrick Mechen, was 46 and his mother, Margaret McNeilly, was 40. He married Lily Warren Nicholls on 18 December 1917, in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 11 July 1970, at the age of 84.[6] References Brief biography of Gilbert Laing Meason Origin of the term Landscape Architecture 6. Gilbert Laing Mason Mechen https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KVLL-PKG/gilbert-laing-mason-mechen-1886-1970 7.On the Landscape Architecture of the Great Painters of Italy https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/353487 8.Books, Maps & Documents, Spanish Books & Manuscripts, The David Wilson Library of Natural History https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/540-meason-gilbert-laing-on-the-landscape-architecture-of-the-great-painters-of-italy-1828/?lot=361217&sd=1 1769 births 1832 deaths Landscape architecture People from Forfar Scottish art historians Scottish art critics 19th-century Scottish writers