NS8286 : The ruins of Plean House
Interested in reference to FRANCIS Simpson as builder of house - I have previously seen WILLIAM Simpson, 'a wealthy East Indian trader'. A reference for the name would be helpful, so I can change my notes. Thanks.
I may have answered my own question - I've just found two references to the marriage of Frances Simpson, daughter of Francis Simpson of Plean House, to one Captain Peter Heywood, formerly midshipman on the Bounty, no less. Maybe William was Francis' father?