Eleanora Hunter (24th Laird)
Clan Chief Eleanora Hunter | |
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| Born | 1764 |
| Died | 24 December 1851 (aged 86–87) |
| Burial place | Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride 55°41′44″N 4°51′19″W / 55.6954555°N 4.855319°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Hunter Caldwell
(m. 1796–1826) |
| Children | 8 |
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Eleanora Hunter (b. 1764)<ref name=":0">"FamilySearch".</ref> was a chief of Clan Hunter.<ref>Shaw, M.S (1925). Some Family Papers of the Hunters of Hunterston. Scottish Records Office. p. 74.</ref> Born in 1764, she inherited the position of the 24th Chief in 1796 after her father Robert Hunter died<ref name=":0" /> at the age of 86. She was more commonly known as Helen rather than Eleanora.
In March 1796 at Hunterston she married<ref name=":0" /> her cousin Robert Caldwell. In the same year, Robert returned from Maine where he had been a mariner, and devoted the rest of his life to managing the family estate and built Hunterston House in 1799.<ref>Close, Riches, Rob, Anne (2012). Ayrshire and Arran. The Buildings Of Scotland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14170-2.</ref> (This was completed in 1810). They had eight children:
- Robert Hunter (b. 29 Aug 1799) (d. 14 Mar 1880)<ref name=":0" />
- Margaret Caldwell (b. 1800) (d.1884)<ref name=":0" />
- Eleanora Hunter Caldwell (b. Nov 1800) (d. 1833)<ref name=":0" />
- Marion Crawfurd Caldwell (b. 5 Dec 1801) (d. ?)<ref name=":0" />
- Eleanora Caldwell (b. 1804) (d. 1823)<ref name=":0" />
- Patrick Caldwell (b. 15 Jun 1804) (d. 1826)<ref name=":0" />
- Janet Caldwell (b. 27 Jun 1807)<ref name=":0" />
- Norman Caldwell (b. 27 Feb 1809) (d.1836)<ref name=":0" />
Her husband Robert died on 22 August 1826.<ref name=":0" />
Having greatly improved the estate, Eleanora died<ref name=":0" /> on 24 December 1851.
In 1852 her son Robert Caldwell Hunter took over as laird and became the 25th Chief of Clan Hunter.<ref>Scottish Clan Family Encyclopedia. Collins. pp. 172–173.</ref>
