In front of No. 6, a blue slab in memory of Alexander Forrester of Milnhill.
Inscription in Italian current hand. date 1715
Marble stone on six pillars, latin inscription.
1852 Oct 7, revisal dues paid by James Strachan Esq for
permission to him to repair Nos 80 & 81, but without prejudice to the claims of
any other persons who may have right to said stone.
Hic requiescit quod mortale fuit M. Alex. Forrester de
Milnhill
qualis fuerit qui scire velit haec pro verissimis accipiat pietate
in Deum caritate in patriam comitate in amicos et benevolentia
in omnes eximiam fuisse virtutes que has eruditione multifaria
cumulavisse quo minus autem haec satis ducerent in causa fuisse
modestiam longe nimiam Mortem obiit mense Oct. 1715, aetatis
49. Jussu et impensis Marthae et Magdalenae Forrester
sororum ejus hic memoram extructum est hoc monumentum.
Source:The Book of Record, Earl of Strathmore.
Here rests what was mortal of Mr Alexander Forrester of Milnhill.
He who wishes to
know what sort of man he was, let him receive this as most
true:—For piety towards God, love to
his country, gentleness to his friends, and benevolence to all,
he was illustrious. These virtues
were accompanied with varied learning, but they were the less
appreciated on account of his
modesty. He died in the month of October, 1615, aged 49. At the
order and expense of Martha
and Magdalene Forrester, his sisters, this monument was erected
to his memory.
Under this stone, also, are buried the ashes of an excellent
man, John Forrester of Milnhill, who
succeeded to the paternal estate of his brother, the foresaid
Alexander, who died unmarried. He
took to wife Isabella, daughter of Henry Crawford of Monorgan,
by whom
he had a daughter, Isabella, who was married to Thomas Crichton
of Ruthven, and along with him
possessed the estate of Milnhill by hereditary right. His first
wife being dead, he married Margery,
daughter of John Grahame, merchant, and formerly Bailie of this
Burgh............surviving. He died
the first day of the ides of February......., aged 70.
Source: Thomson.
