The 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade
(1 Samodzielna Brygada Spadochronowa)
Overview Of All Owners
& Occupiers Of Largo House
Sir Andrew Woods Tower & Mansion / Castle
These are all the known owners of Andrew Woods Tower & Mansion / Castle:
- 1490 to 1611 - Sir Andrew Wood (Owner)
- 1611 to ???? - Peter Black (Owner)
- ???? to 1662 - Sir Alexander Gibson Of Durie (Owner)
- 1662 to 1663 - Sir Alexander Durham (Owner)
- 1663 to 1667 - Francis Durham (Owner, inherited)
- 1667 to ???? - James Durham Esq Of Largo & Anne Anstruther (Owner, inherits)
Largo House
All known owners, tenants & inheritors of Largo House (All owners underlined):
- ???? to 1808 - James Durham Esq Of Largo & Anne Calderwood (Owner, inherits)
- 1808 to 1840 - General James Durham (Owner, inherits)
- 1840 to 1867 - Thomas Calderwood Durham (Owner, inherited from his uncle General James Durham)
- 1867 to 1867 - Philip Durham (Owner, inherits)
- 1867 to 1868 - William Johnston (Owner, bought it for £130K)
- 1868 to 1900 - George Johnstone (Owner - Inherited from father, William Johnston) However the Fifeshire Advertiser newspaper of 27/11/1880 reports John Jeffrey Esq and Mrs Jeffrey of Largo House arriving in India. (Were they subtenants? Related to Captain Jeffrey who later tenanted the house?)
- 1901 to 1904 - Lieutenant Charles Maitland Makgill Crichton (Owner). The Dundee Evening Post Newspaper of 8/8/1901 reports Mr R.M.C Johnston taking up residence there (Sub-tenant?).
- 1904 to 1924 Mr Benjamin G Cox (Tenant). However The Courier Newspaper of 6/9/1912 reports a fire at the house and the occupier as Mr Robert Blackwood Ritchie.
- 1924 to ???? - Captain Jeffrey & Mrs Jeffrey (Assumed Tenant)
- 1928 to 1930 - House is reported as tenantless by The Courier (13/02/28)
- 1930 to 1939 - Mr John Key Hutchison (Tenant) (Reported In The Courier & Advertiser 4/6/30)
- 1940 - Requisitioned By the MOD
- 1940 to 1941 - MOD: 4th Cadre Rifle Brigade
- 1941 to 1944 - MOD: 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade
- 1944 to ???? - MOD: Geographical Institute
- 1951 - Stripped out & declared derelict
Therefore, the owners of Largo House today in 2020 remain as:
The Maitland Makgill Crichton family
Further Reading
- Some ancestry data available here.