Post by Geoff on Oct 11, 2009 19:23:09 GMT
I recently began to research one of the brawest of our local derelict buildings:
The Arthur Memorial UF Church, Castle Hill, Castle, New Cumnock, Ayrshire.
I knew that the church was built on the site of Lord Patrick Dunbar's Cumnock Castle of 1296, but who was "Arthur"?
I now know of three brothers: John, William and Alexander Arthur:
John Findlay Arthur, born in New Cumnock in 1807,
William Arthur, born in New Cumnock in 1810 and
Alexander Arthur, born New Cumnock in 1817.
The church was designed by Welsh Architect William Bedoes-Rees in 1912 with money left by William Arthur. It closed in 1982.
Quote:
John Findlay Arthur was born on 17 January 1807 and gained the M.D. in 1831 and C.M. (Glasgow) in 1836. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 14 February 1836, he was promoted to Surgeon on 29 October 1852. In the Indian Mutiny he was Surgeon to the 1st Madras Fusiliers who entered Lucknow as part of the 1st Relief Force under Sir Henry Havelock. He later served in the siege and capture of Lucknow. Arthur retired from the service with the rank of Surgeon-General in February 1860 and was awarded the C.S.I. in June 1869. Latterly a J.P. for Ayrshire, he died at New Cumnock, Ayrshire on 26 July 1886 (two years before the town hall was built).
www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctiona...o?itemid=54099
I can't imagine what it was like for a surgeon in Lucknow at the time:
Quote:
The hospital is so densely crowded that many have to lie outside in the open air, without bed or shelter. J. says he never saw such a heart-sickening scene. It is far worse than after Chinhut — amputated arms and legs lying about in heaps all over the hospital, and the crowd and confusion such that little can be done to alleviate the intense discomfort and pain of the poor sufferers.
www.archive.org/stream/ladysd...rrich_djvu.txt
The first Arthur Memorial was a monument erected 50 yards away, in the Auld Kirk, New Cumnock by J F Arthur Esq. M.D. C.S.I. who died at *Lochside House 26th July 1886 aged 79.
In his will, duty was paid on £28,888.
*Lochside House, the ex-shooting Lodge of the Marquis of Bute, is now, Lochside House Hotel.
"The memory of Arthur will ever be held in grateful remembrance in New Cumnock."
The Arthur Memorial UF Church, Castle Hill, Castle, New Cumnock, Ayrshire.
I knew that the church was built on the site of Lord Patrick Dunbar's Cumnock Castle of 1296, but who was "Arthur"?
I now know of three brothers: John, William and Alexander Arthur:
John Findlay Arthur, born in New Cumnock in 1807,
William Arthur, born in New Cumnock in 1810 and
Alexander Arthur, born New Cumnock in 1817.
The church was designed by Welsh Architect William Bedoes-Rees in 1912 with money left by William Arthur. It closed in 1982.
Quote:
John Findlay Arthur was born on 17 January 1807 and gained the M.D. in 1831 and C.M. (Glasgow) in 1836. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 14 February 1836, he was promoted to Surgeon on 29 October 1852. In the Indian Mutiny he was Surgeon to the 1st Madras Fusiliers who entered Lucknow as part of the 1st Relief Force under Sir Henry Havelock. He later served in the siege and capture of Lucknow. Arthur retired from the service with the rank of Surgeon-General in February 1860 and was awarded the C.S.I. in June 1869. Latterly a J.P. for Ayrshire, he died at New Cumnock, Ayrshire on 26 July 1886 (two years before the town hall was built).
www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctiona...o?itemid=54099
I can't imagine what it was like for a surgeon in Lucknow at the time:
Quote:
The hospital is so densely crowded that many have to lie outside in the open air, without bed or shelter. J. says he never saw such a heart-sickening scene. It is far worse than after Chinhut — amputated arms and legs lying about in heaps all over the hospital, and the crowd and confusion such that little can be done to alleviate the intense discomfort and pain of the poor sufferers.
www.archive.org/stream/ladysd...rrich_djvu.txt
The first Arthur Memorial was a monument erected 50 yards away, in the Auld Kirk, New Cumnock by J F Arthur Esq. M.D. C.S.I. who died at *Lochside House 26th July 1886 aged 79.
In his will, duty was paid on £28,888.
*Lochside House, the ex-shooting Lodge of the Marquis of Bute, is now, Lochside House Hotel.
"The memory of Arthur will ever be held in grateful remembrance in New Cumnock."