unveiled in 1920. Estates Balmaghie, house of 1874-80 by John Burnet and John James Burnet, now reduced in size. Hensol or Duchrae, house of 1820s designed by Robert Lugar. Laurieston Hall, mansion dating from the 17th century with additions in 1893 by architect Sydney Mitchell. Livingston House, mid 18th century lairds house. Netherhall, situated on the river Dee, home of the Ross family. Slogarie, house of 1886 by Peddie and Kinnear, remodelled after a fire by Antony Curtiss Wolffe 1960s. People Archibald the Grim, of Threave Castle Rear Admiral James Murray Gordon (1782-1850) of Balmaghie House, buried in his private chapel-mausoleum on the estate. Samuel Rutherford Crockett, 1859- 1914, novelist of Scottish historical fiction. He was born at Duchrae Farm, Balmaghie, on 24 September 1859, the illegitimate son of dairymaid Annie Crocket. Some of his works are set in the surrounding area. He died in Tarascon in France on 16 April 1914. His remains were buried in the family grave in his home kirkyard at Balmaghie. A memorial to him was erected in Laurieston by public subscription in 1932. John M'Millan (1669-1753) the Cameronian preacher, founder of the Reformed Presbytery. He preached for the first time in Balmaghie Church on 22 December 1700, apparently as ordinary supply, and on 30 April 1701, was elected to the parish. Margaret McNaughton 1856-1915 was a Scottish Canadian author and historian. Her account of her husband's experiences travelling across Canada to the Cariboo gold fields was the second non-fiction book published by a woman in British Columbia. Margaret Peebles was born in 1856 to Thomas Peebles and his wife Jane Mackenzie Murie in Balmaghie, she went to British Columbia in 1888, and married Montreal-born Archibald McNaughton.She died in 1915. Admiral Sir Nigel Henderson (1909-1993) and his wife Catherine Maitland, lived at Hensol House, former home of the Cuninghame family, and the Marchioness of Ailsa. Lt Col John McCrae (1872-1918) wrote "In Flanders Field" died of pneumonia near the end of the Great War. His parents farmed at Laurieston and emigrated to Canada. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross, GCVO, OBE, GCStJ (1943-2019) was a member of the Royal Household. Appointed Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry 2006 and resigned 2018. Lived at Netherhall. Gallery See also List of listed buildings in Balmaghie, Dumfries and Galloway References Citations Sources External links Parish of Balmaghie Home Page BalmaghieKirk.com Villages in Dumfries and Galloway Parishes in Dumfries and