Fascinated to see article re Lochrosque while trawling the internet.
My mother's family name is MacIntosh and her grandfather is the Donald MacIntosh you refer to in the article re the stag - a story my mother told.
Donald MacIntosh, in the 1891 census identified as a gamekeeper living with his wife and large family in the Cottage (possibly the head keeper's house, having 9 windows).
The MacIntoshes were very much part of the Lochrosque scene - one as piper to Sir Arthur, and others working variously on the estate and at the Post Office. This situation continued when Mrs Hanbury took on the estate, bringing fleets of Rolls Royces and the like to Lochrosque for the shooting in August.
My mother knew about the searchlight and also spoke of Queen Victoria's visit and rebuff by the Free Presbyterian MacIver family.
As a child my mother played in the Castle while the owners were away, her father being responsible for maintenance of the building - she spoke of his problems with water leaking in and of his risky efforts on the roof to effect repairs, also his struggles with the Westinghouse equipment which was situated alongside the road beneath the estate and visible for many years.
Various members of the family lived in the properties on the estate and also in the cottages across the road from the Post Office. They were an interesting and clever family and I am at present trying to put their history together, sadly after my mother is no longer with us to fill in the gaps!
Mary M MacDougall by email - received 12 February 2009.
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