III and decided to join the revolution and died in 1780. Carlyle House Between 1751 and 1752 John Carlyle completed the construction of his house, the Carlyle House. They moved to the house on August 7, 1753. It is situated in the city's Old Town at 121 North Fairfax Street between Cameron and King Streets. Heir John Carlyle's only son to survive beyond childhood was George William Carlyle, born in 1766. He served in the cavalry (3rd Continental Light Dragoons under Lt. Col. William Washington, a cousin of George Washington) and was killed in South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War Battle of Eutaw Springs on 8 September 1781 at age 15, less than one year after the death of his father. Had George William Carlyle lived, he would have been entitled to the dormant barony as Lord Carlyle, after the death of his first cousin Joseph Dacre Carlyle who died without a son in 1804. Slavery The British colonists continued the tradition of Slavery in Britain and they expanded it with the Atlantic slave trade. Carlyle owned slaves and used them in his household and his multiple business ventures. As many other slave owners at this time he had a paternalistic approach towards slaves, and considered them primarily as parts of his assets. He was also “active in importing, buying, selling and owning slave”, which was a common activity at that time. In the media Paper & Stone: The hidden history of John Carlyle, is a 30 minutes documentary about the life, history and recent discoveries of John Carlyle family. It was produced in 2005 by Robert Cole films & The Carlyle House Historic Park. See also Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald Torthorwald Castle Carlyle House Torthorwald References Notes Bibliography "About John Carlyle" at Carlyle House Historic Park website https://www.novaparks.com/parks/carlyle-house-historic-park/history Richard Henry Spencer. "The Carlyle Family." William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol.18, No.3. (January 1910). pp. 201–212. Richard Henry Spencer. The Carlyle House and its Associations--Braddock's Headquarters--Here the Colonial Governors met in Council, April, 1755." William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol.18, No.1. (July 1909). pp. 1–17. Virginia colonial people 1720 births 1780 deaths Businesspeople from Alexandria, Virginia Scottish landowners History of Alexandria, Virginia Trustees of populated places in Virginia Fairfax family Scottish emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies