My paternal grandmother was called Ivy and her eldest sister was called Romer.
Romer married John 'Jock' Sprott who lived at a lovely house outside Dunbar in Scotland called Spott House. The Sprotts from Spott!
Spott is very old and reeks of Scottish history and is quite close to Gifford where the Galbraith cousins live. Jock and Romer had two children, Kenneth and Sheila and Kenneth sold Spott to go and live in South Africa. By chance he sold it to cousins of the Galbraiths. Sometime after Sue and Norman were married Sue's mother, my aunt Queenie (Mary Kent) went to stay with them, and, for something to do, Sue suggested going over to Spott to see the old cousins. Whilst looking around Q saw a stained glass window in the house with a coat of arms on it and exclaimed 'Good Lord, that's our family coat of arms'. She was quite right and it turned out that the house had for hundreds of years been in the Hay family. Queenie's grandmother was a Hay and was brought up there.
Spott is very old and reeks of Scottish history and is quite close to Gifford where the Galbraith cousins live. Jock and Romer had two children, Kenneth and Sheila and Kenneth sold Spott to go and live in South Africa. By chance he sold it to cousins of the Galbraiths. Sometime after Sue and Norman were married Sue's mother, my aunt Queenie (Mary Kent) went to stay with them, and, for something to do, Sue suggested going over to Spott to see the old cousins. Whilst looking around Q saw a stained glass window in the house with a coat of arms on it and exclaimed 'Good Lord, that's our family coat of arms'. She was quite right and it turned out that the house had for hundreds of years been in the Hay family. Queenie's grandmother was a Hay and was brought up there.
So Spott went from the Hays (maternal) to the Sprotts (paternal) to the Galbraiths (maternal link).
In 2011 the house was for sale for £4.75m
If you go to www.lunga.com there is an (unfinished) history of Spott House.
Kenneth's daughter Fiona was a dancer in the first stage production of My Fair Lady and married Michael Spring-Rice. Sheila, Kenneth's brother is still alive (2014) and living in Edinburgh.
In 2011 the house was for sale for £4.75m
If you go to www.lunga.com there is an (unfinished) history of Spott House.
Kenneth's daughter Fiona was a dancer in the first stage production of My Fair Lady and married Michael Spring-Rice. Sheila, Kenneth's brother is still alive (2014) and living in Edinburgh.
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