Transcribed from:Angus or Forfarshire
The Land and People, Descriptive and Historical
By Alex. J. Warden, F.S.A. Scot.,
Volume III - 1882
Page 184
The lands now called Langley Park, with those of Broomley, anciently included in the barony of Dun, were given to the See of Brechin by Sir John Erskine of Dun in 1409. At that time they were known as Eaglesjohn. Broomley has again become the property of the Erskines of Dun, but Langley Park has become a distinct estate. In the eighteenth century it belonged to a family of the Ogilvys. On 4th July, 1750, the Laird (Ogilvy) married Barbara, fourth daughter of William, third Lord Forbes.
Towards the end of the century the estate was acquired by the family of CRUICKSHANK, members of which also purchased Stracathro, Keithock, Glenskenno, &c. The family continue to possess Langley Park, and the following is a short genealogical account of this branch of the family :—
Andrew CRUICKSHANK married a daughter of Bailie of Dunean, by whom he had two sons, Donald and Thomas.
Donald CRUICKSHANK of Gorton married Catherine, daughter of John Grant of Auchterblair. and left issue:
1. James of Langley Park (I.)
2. Patrick of Stracathro
3. Charles, Capt. E.I.C.S., slain in 1793
4. Daniel
5. John of Langley Park ; St Vincent
6. Alexander of Stracathro
and daughters,
7. Clementina, married to Rev. Mr Grant
8. Jane, married to James Houston, and two sons and one daughter, who died young.
The eldest son,
I. James CRUICKSHANK, first of Langley Park, succeeded his father. He in 1792 married Margaret-Helen, granddaughter of Rev. Alexander Gerard D.D. of King's College, Aberdeen, by whom he had issue,
- James, his heir (II.)
- Patrick of Glenskenno
- Richmond in the West Indies, born 17th March, 1800, married 1832, Charlotte, daughter of Vincent Purrier, and has issue;
• Clementina, died unmarried, September, 1840
• Elizabeth, twin with her brother James
• Margaret-Helen
• Mary, married to her cousin, Alexander CRUICKSHANK of Keithock.
• James died in January, 1830, and was succeeded by his son James.
II. James CRUICKSHANK, second of Langley Park, born 5th July, 1798, J. P. and D.L. He entered the Army, and served abroad with the 18th Hussars. In January, 1821, he married Lady Anne Letitia Carnegie, second daughter of William, seventh Earl of Northesk, and had issue,
- James Alexander, his heir (III.)
- William
- Patrick, bom 22nd June, 1826, a midshipman, died in January, 1846
- Edward-George Gerard, born 10th May, 1829, in the 50th Bengal N.I., and died in 1849
- Alexander, born 15th December, 1830, Lieutenant R.N., and died in 1851
- John Swynfen, born 5th May, 1830, died young
- Augustus Walter
and three daughters
- Mary, married in October, 1859, to Burnett Coates of the Civil Service
- Margaret-Helen Georgina, married 2d July, 1857, to Charles John Worthington
- Elizabeth-Anne.
James died in May, 1842, and was succeeded by his son,
III. James Alexander CRUICKSHANK, third of Langley Park, born 22d March, 1823, late in 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. On 31st December, 1844, he married Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Major-General Alexander McGregor, and Lady Charlotte McGregor, but dying in 1849, without issue, was succeeded by his brother,
IV. William CRUICKSHANK, fourth of Langley Park, born 19th February, 1825, was a Lieutenant Forfar and Kincardine Militia Artillery. In January 1856, he married Miss Fanny Coker, and, dying in December same year, without issue, was succeeded by his brother,
V. Augustus Walter, fifth of Langley Park, born 25th August, 1837. On 14th July, 1863, he married Alethea Harriet, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. S. Jenkinson, vicar of Battersea, by whom he has issue.
ARMS OF CRUICKSHANK OF LANGLEY PARK.
Arms. — Or, three boars' heads, couped, sa, arms of the field, gu, within a borclure of the last.
Crest. — An armed hand, holding a dagger, in pale, ppr.
Motto. — Cavendo Tutus.
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