Dawsholm Park

A historical perspective, drawn from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome and originally published in parts by Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh between 1882 and 1885.

This edition is copyright © The Editors of the Gazetteer for Scotland, 2002-2022.

It has taken much time and money to make the six-volumes of Groome's text freely accessible. Please help us continue and develop by making a donation. If only one out of every ten people who view this page gave £5 or $10, the project would be self-sustaining. Sadly less than one in thirty-thousand contribute, so please give what you can.

Use the tabs on the right of this page to see other parts of this entry Arrow

Garscube, an estate, with a mansion, in New Kilpatrick parish, Dumbartonshire. The mansion, standing on the right bank of the river Kelvin, 1 mile NW of Maryhill station and 5 miles NW of Glasgow, was erected in 1827, after designs by W. Burn, in the Elizabethan style, and has very beautiful grounds. Acquired by the Colquhouns in 1558, the estate of Garscube passed about the middle of the 17th century to John Campbell of Succoth, whose descendant, Islay Campbell, was created Lord Advocate in 1784, President of the Court of Session under the title of Lord Succoth in 1789, and a baronet in 1808. His son, Sir Archibald, became a Lord of Session in 1809, also under the title of Lord Succoth; and his grandson, Sir George (1829-74), held 2395 acres in Dumbartonshire, 926 in Stirlingshire, and 253 in Lanarkshire, valued respectively at £6257, £1567, and £571 per annum. He was succeeded as fifth Bart., by his cousin, Archibald Spencer Lindsay Campbell (b. 1852).—Ord. Sur., sh. 30, 1866.

An accompanying 19th C. Ordnance Survey map is available, or use the map tab to the right of this page.

Note: This text has been made available using a process of scanning and optical character recognition. Despite manual checking, some typographical errors may remain. Please remember this description dates from the 1880s; names may have changed, administrative divisions will certainly be different and there are known to be occasional errors of fact in the original text, which we have not corrected because we wish to maintain its integrity. This information is provided subject to our standard disclaimer

If you have found this information useful please consider making
a donation to help maintain and improve this resource. More info...

By using our site you agree to accept cookies, which help us serve you better