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RIDDELLS OF CAMIESTON, SCOTLAND.
is a part of the present Linthill property, Midlam Mill estate. Camie-
ston was acquired by the fourth baronet for this son Thomas, and bestowed
upon him when a young man. He died in 1750, and left issue four sons
and three daughters, of whom hereafter.
SECOND GENERATION.
Walter Riddell (1), eldest son of Thomas¹ (1), was born at Camie-
ston, Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1742, and died young.
William Riddell (1), second son of Thomas¹ (1), succeeded his father
at Camieston. He was born in 1746; married Jan. 13, 1776, to Elizabeth
Carre, daughter and heiress of John Carre, of Cavers, in Roxburghshire,
and had issue three sons and three daughters, of whom hereafter. Mr. Rid-
dell was educated in Edinburgh, and passed as Writer to the Signet, and
King's Writer for Scotland. He died Nov. 23, 1829. He acquired the
estate of Union Hall, otherwise Linthill, from the Hunters, but sold it in
1822 to a Mr. Currie.
Thomas Riddell² (2), third son of Thomas¹ (1), was born in 1748, and
died in 1756.
Robert Riddell (1), fourth son of Thomas' (1), was born in 1750.
He was in the East India Company's naval service, and perished on board
the "Duchess of Athole," when that vessel was accidentally burned in
Madras Roads in 1793. This occurred during the absence of the captain,
and feeling his responsibility to be greater, being in temporary com-
mand, and being so devoted to duty (perhaps over-devotion) that he
could not be induced to abandon the vessel, and was the only person who
perished in the flames,-falling a noble sacrifice to duty.
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Margaret Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Thomas¹ (1), was born in
1744, and died in 1771, unmarried.
Elinor Riddell (1), second daughter of Thomas (1), was born in
1745, and died in 1815, unmarried.
THIRD GENERATION.
Thomas Riddell (3), eldest son of William2 (1), was born Aug. 23,
1778; married in January, 1805, to Jane, daughter of William Ferrier,
of Somerford, and his wife, Lillias Wallace, heiress of the Wallaces of
Crown Hill, Ayrshire, and had issue five sons and four daughters, of whom
hereafter. He was entered as a Writer to the Signet, in the offices of his
father, but never followed his profession. He died April 26, 1826; his
widow died Jan. 11, 1833.
John Riddell (1), second son of William2 (1), was born in 1779, and
was a civilian in the East India Company's service, at Madras, and died
on his passage home in 1814; unmarried.
Adm'l Robert Riddell³ (2), third son of William² (1), was born Feb.
27, 1782. He was a rear admiral in the Royal Navy; was a very efficient
and distinguished officer, and saw much service upon the high seas. He
was at Copenhagen, under Nelson, and at Algiers, under Pellew. He took
the additional name, and assumed the arms of Carre (or Kerr) on succeed-
as the son of the younger sister. But that gentleman soon sold it, and the late Mr.
Currie bought and entailed it. This estate is beautifully situated between the old
Riddell House and Cavers Carre, on the river Ale. The mansion-house of Union
Hall stood on the south side of the Ale, the property on the north side, where the
present house of Linthill stands, having been purchased afterwards, being called
Midlam Mill; the united properties were then called Linthill.
