Newhailes
Posted in History, War Memorials at 12:00 on 10 January 2017
Newhailes is a stately home near Musselburgh in East Lothian. It’s now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.
Front view:-
Rear view:-
There was a tree there festooned with a mushroom-type growth, in several places:-
Walking the grounds we came upon this memorial to the Battle of Dettingen. There is a Latin inscription in memory of John, 2nd Earl of Stair, who fought as 2nd in command to George II at the Battle of Dettingen:-
The battle took place in the War of the Austrian Succession and was the last one in which a British Monarch led his troops.
Reverse view:-
English inscription after a renewal in 1907:-
Tags: Dettingen, East Lothian, George II, John 2nd Earl of Stair, Musselburgh, National Trust for Scotland, Newhailes, War Memorials, War of the Austrian Succession
