David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ The wonderful advantage taken of the natural amenities of the situation of Floors Castle, standing as it does on the slopes leading gracefully and gently down to the Tweed, must strike any one standing a few yards before the south front of the Castle. ”

“ This city, situated on the river Tarn, was destroyed in the Popish crusade against the primitive Christians, and the D’Albiacs fled to Nismes in the thirteenth century. At the Revocation, the D’Albiacs of Nismes were almost exterminated by the fury of the Roman Catholics; the father, mother, four sons, and three daughters were murdered. Two sons were saved, one of whom abjured Protestantism to retain the family estate. The other sent his two sons to England, concealing them in hampers. ”

“ His eldest son, James, married in 1746 a daughter of Peter de Visme, by Madeleine Beaufils, his wife, and had a son, James (born 1750, died 1824) , who had no son. The next male representatives were therefore the sons of Charles (born 1726, died 1808) , son of James, the refugee in the friendly hamper. His first wife, also a De Visme, presented him with two daughters, Lucy (Mrs. Luard) and Susan. By his second wife, whose maiden name was Le Bas, he had a daughter Harriet (Lady Pitcairn) and two sons, James Charles, and George ”