Arbigland, a coast estate, with a handsome mansion and finely planted grounds, in Kirkbean parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1½ mile SE of Kirkbean village. Its owner, Col. Blackett, holds 1453 acres in the shire, valued at £3291 per annum. In a cottage here the naval adventurer Paul Jones was born 6 July 1747, his reputed father being gardener, and his mother cook, to Mr William Craik, whose grandfather had bought the estate from the Earl of Southesk in 1722.
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