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pam steehler 10/25/04
"BRUNSTON, a surname evidently derived from the lands of Brunstane on Brunstane Burn, a small stream in Midlothian, which separates the parish of Duddingston from Iveresk and Liberton on the south, and flows into the Firth of Forth near Fisherrow. The ruins of Brunstane Castle on the Esk, built about 1580 are of considerable extent. Chrichton of Brunston, the secret agent of Henry VIII in the conspiracy against Cardinal Bethune [Beaton], generally signed himself 'Brounston' in his letters."
William Anderson
"The Scottish Nation; or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of The People of Scotland,"
A. Fullarton & Co London; 1871
volume I - page 445
Brunstane House - Located 1 mile (1 ½ km) south of Portobello and 2 miles (3 km) east of Duddingston in E Edinburgh the present Brunstane House was built in 1639 for John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1616-82). Brunstane incorporates an earlier L-plan house built around 1565, itself erected on the site of an even earlier tower which had been owned by the Crichton family. With the help of the noted architect Sir William Bruce (1630 - 1710), Maitland undertook further significant extensions in 1672 at the same time as the pair were working together on the building of Thirlestane Castle. Lord Milton purchased Brunstane in 1733 and employed the architect William Adam (1689 - 1748) to extend and rebuild parts of the house. Adam was also responsible for fine interiors; incorporating panelling, plasterwork, chimney-pieces and overmantels of some quality. The stucco-work is likely to have been by Thomas Clayton. Between 1747 and 1766 Brunstane was home to Andrew Fletcher, Lord Justice Clerk.
Brunstane - a mansion in the E of Liberton parish, Edinburghshire, 1 ¼ mile SE of Portobello. It was built in 1639 by Lord Lauderdale. Burdiehouse Burn is sometimes called Brunstane Burn.
"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.
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