county of Aberdeen. His most interesting and useful book, entitled The Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire, appeared in 1849. The work consists of lithographs of the principal baronial residences in the county, all from sketches by himself; the letterpress, which contains a great amount of information, being also from his pen. He died at Leith Hall near Aberdeen on 13 October 1862. Publications Narrative of the Peninsular War (1831) Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire (1849) Family His wife, whom he married in 1816, was Mary Margaret Clark, daughter of William Clark of Buckland House, Devonshire. She died on 28 May 1859. His eldest son, Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith-Hay (1819–1897), C.B., was well known by his service in the Crimea and India. His younger brother Rear-Admiral John James Leith married Margaret Forbes, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Blackford. References Attribution External links General Alexander Leith-Hay of Rannes and Leith Hall at the Leith-Hay family site 1785 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Scottish people 19th-century Scottish writers People from Aberdeen Writers from Aberdeen 72nd Highlanders officers British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Politics of Moray Queen's Royal Regiment officers British architecture writers Scottish knights Scottish Liberal Party MPs British military writers Scottish non-fiction writers UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847