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DAVID FOULIS (1710-1773)
David Foulis was born into a distinguished family. He became a physician, commencing
his studies in 1729 in Edinburgh (where Armstrong was a fellow student) at what was the
first Faculty of Medicine in the British Isles, and continuing at Leyden and Rheims. He
returned to Edinburgh, passed his examinations to become a fellow of the Royal College
of Physicians in 1737, and in 1741 was appointed Physician to George Heriot's Hospital, a
charity school. He appears to have lost favour with his family after his marriage, ending his
life in impecunious circumstances, depending upon the charity of his fellow professionals
and failing to inherit anything of the family's substantial property.
Foulis' six sonatas seem to have been written over a long period and in a different order
from that published. They appeared anonymously as Six Solos for the Violin 'Composed
by a Gentleman', but more than one copy of the very scarce publication has a
contemporary ascription of them to him. The date of publication is thought to be around
1770 and the sonatas are dedicated to Francis Charteris of Amisfield, probably an old
family friend, and certainly a fellow member of the Edinburgh Musical Society from 1741
onwards. Although the cover of the publication describes the works as 'Solos', they are
individually titled 'Sonata', the Italian rather than English term.
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Amisfield Park
Stable Block at Amisfield Park (1785) >
Located ½ mile (1 km) north east of Haddington, Amisfield Park is today home to
the Haddington Golf Club. It was once the estate of the infamous gambler and
rake Colonel Francis Charteris, whose daughter married James, 5th Earl of
Wemyss (1699-1756). This was once the site of Amisfield House, regarded as the
finest example of Orthodox Palladianism in Scotland, which was built c.1755 by
Isaac Ware for Francis Charteris of Wemyss, who inherited the estate, but not
the title, from his father. It was extended in 1785, but was demolished in 1928.
Some of the sandstone from this house was reused to build a school at
Prestonpans, the Vert Hospital (in Haddington) and Longniddry Golf Clubhouse.
The land was sold to Haddington Town Council in 1960 for £49,000 and houses
were built at Amisfield Mains and, on the edge of the park, a small estate also
called Amisfield Park.
Originally part of the lands of a 12th Century Cistercian Nunnery, the estate had been used for the Tyneside Games held annually
for 20 years from 1833. Haddington Golf Club was established here in 1865. The park was occupied by the military during the
Jacobite Rebellion (1745) and the Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1815). The house was used as officer's quarters during the First World
War and the estate once again as a camp during the Second World War.
A modern clubhouse for the Haddington Golf Club now occupies the site of the house, but the stable-block by John Henderson
(1785) remains, although is in poor condition (2001), along with an ice house, temple, walled garden and grand gate piers situated
at the west entrance from Haddington.
Amsfield, a seat of the Earl of Wemyss, in the parish and county of Haddington, on the right bank of the Tyne, ¾ mile ENE of
Haddington. It is a handsome Grecian edifice of red sandstone, faces the river, contains some fine paintings, and stands in the
midst of an extensive park. It was built by the fifth Earl of Wemyss (1787-1808), heir of his maternal grandfather,the infamous
Colonel Charteris (1675-1732), who had purchased the lands of Newmills, and changed their name to Amisfield from the ancient
seat of his forefathers in Nithsdale. In Lander's Scottish Rivers (ed. 1874), p. 309, is a lively account of the Tyneside games,
instituted by Lord Elcho in Amisfield Park.
37. Francis, 8th Lord Napier 1788-90
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Francis Scott Napier, 8th Lord Napier (23 February 1758–1 August 1823) was the son of William
Napier, 7th Lord Napier.
On 13 April 1784, he married Maria Margaret Clavering and they had one child:
• William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834)
< Major Clarkson; Francis, 8th Lord Napier of Merchistoun [Lieutenant-Colonel]; Major Pilmer
by John Kay; etching, 1795
Francis Scott, 8th Lord Napier (23 February 1758–1 August 1823) was the son of William Napier,
7th Lord Napier.
During the American Revolutionary War, he served in the Convention Army as Aide-de-Camp to
General Burgoyne, at the time of their defeat at the Battle of Saratoga, in 1777.
On 13 April 1784, he married Maria Margaret Clavering and they had one child:
William John Napier, 9th Lord Napier (1786–1834)
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