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The twentieth century was a tumultuous period for the castle. Thomas Hutchison passed away in 1900 after contracting a chill that rapidly developed into pneumonia. He was soon followed by his two sons, one to World War One and the other to a mountaineering accident. The tragedies left scars on the
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Unlike Robert Hutchison, his younger brother Thomas Hutchison (Isobel Wylie Hutchison's father) devoted himself to the wine trade in the family tradition. Having spent time in India where he set about expanding the business and amassed considerable wealth, he returned and married at the age of 40.
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The castle was requisitioned in World War Two and used as a military base. By this point, Isobel was earning an independent income from the books and lectures she presented based on her adventures, and for the botanical specimens that she provided to collectors, museums and botanic gardens.
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the noted Edinburgh architect. Rhind is best known for his commercial and civic building designs and took on very few domestic projects during his lifetime. Carlowrie House is therefore rare, as an example of Rhind's more domestic work in the Scots baronial style.
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For the first few years of his marriage, he lived with his wife at his family's former home of Glendevon House where their eldest two children Nita and Walter were born.
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Expeditions aside, Isobel lived at Carlowrie Castle and tended to the grounds throughout her life. She remained at the castle until her death in 1982 at the age of 93.
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and the Provost of Leith. He intended it to be his new family home. Thomas was never to see the castle completed as he died in 1852, leaving his son
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to complete the project. The castle cost £33,000 to build, a considerable fortune at the time. The house ultimately passed to Robert's eldest son
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and an expert in arboriculture, leaving the wine trade behind. Two of his sons were knighted for their contributions to the realm:
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The building has no defensive structures and does not appear in gazeteers of Scottish castles. It was built to the designs of
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Philpot, Glyn Warren; Sir Thomas Hutchison, Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1921–1923); City of Edinburgh Council
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family that were never to heal fully, but in their own way contributed to the burgeoning career of
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In 1873 Rhind was invited back to Carlowrie to design outhouses and a gate lodge for the castle.
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The Hutchisons had long-standing and successful trade connections in the port town of
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Carlowrie House was commissioned by Thomas Hutchison, a prosperous wine merchant in
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and had risen to prominence as a result of their success.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 19th century
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Isobel Wylie Hutchison in an eskimo coat on expedition
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to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.
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Scottish Baronial
Kirkliston
David Rhind

Leith
Robert
Thomas Hutchison
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Leith
Robert Hutchison
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sir Robert Hutchison
Royal College of Physicians
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Isobel Wylie Hutchison

Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Mungo Park Medal
Royal Scottish Geographical Society


"David Rhind"
the original




ISBN
0-8032-2403-6

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