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| burial_place      = Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride
 
| burial_place      = Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride
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| spouse            = {{marriage |Christian Macknight Craufurd|24 November 1836 |14 Mar 1880}}
 
| spouse            = {{marriage |Christian Macknight Craufurd|24 November 1836 |14 Mar 1880}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:30, 28 December 2020

Robert Caldwell Hunter
25th Laird of Hunterston.jpg
Birth Date
(1799-08-29)29 August 1799
Birth Place
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride
Death Date
14 March 1880(1880-03-14) (aged 80)
Burial Place
Barony Cemetery Main Street, West Kilbride
Title
25th Laird of Hunterston
Term
1852 - 1880
Death Place
West Kilbride
Predecessor
Eleanora Hunter
Successor
Jane Hunter
Spouse
Christian Macknight Craufurd
(m. 1836⁠–⁠1880)
Children
2
Mother
Eleanora Hunter
Father
Robert Hunter Caldwell

Robert Caldwell Hunter (b. 1799) was a chief of Clan Hunter. Robert was the eldest son to Robert Hunter Caldwell, and he continued with the good work started by his father. He enlarged the new mansion house, which had been built in the Georgian style in 1799, and drained large areas of marshland on the estate to create some of the finest arable farming land in the west of Britain

He married Christian Macknight Crawford in 1836, and was an Advocate and Justice of the Peace and an important local figure. Robert died in 1880, leaving two daughters, Jane and Eleonora, but no sons.

Childs Name Birth Death Spouse
Jane Hunter 27 December 1837 20 October 1911 Lt. Col Gould Read Weston
Eleanora Hunter 25 July 1841 29 March 1884 Robert William Cochran Patrick of Woodside and Ladyland


After his mothers death (Eleonora Hunter) in 24 December 1851 he took over as laird of Hunterston and became the new Clan Hunter 25th Chief in 1852.