Charles Granville Stuart Menteath
Sir Charles Granville Stuart Menteath, 1st Baronet of Closeburn and Mansfield, FRSE FSA (1769–1847) was a Scottish advocate and landowner. Life He was born at Closeburn Castle on 15 May 1769, the son of Rev James Stuart Menteath and Catherine Maria Wheler, daughter of Rev Granville Wheler. He trained as a lawyer and qualified as an advocate in 1794. In 1815 Menteath was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Leslie, John Playfair, and Robert Jameson. He was created a baronet on 11 August 1838. In later years he spent much time at his townhouse at 27 Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town. Death Menteath died on 3 December 1847. Family In 1791, he married Ludivina Loughnan (d. 1859). Their six children included Sir James Stuart Menteath FRSE. His daughter, Philadelphia Stuart Menteath, married John Francis Miller-Erskine, the Earl of Mar and Kellie, maternal grandson of Patrick Miller of Dalswinton. References 1769 births 1847 deaths People from Dumfries and Galloway Scottish lawyers Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Scottish landowners Members of the Faculty of Advocates