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| | Historical perspective for Prestonpans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | To the E of the cross, and within the enclosure surrounding what was, till lately, Dr Schaw's (now Miss Murray's) Hospital, are the remains of the ancient manorial residence of Lord Grange, whose wife, by his connivance, was carried off and clandestinely confined for years in the island of St Kilda. |
 | | What remained of the estate of Preston after the Revolution was, owing to the representative of the Hamilton family declining to take the oaths to the Revolution sovereigns, transferred to a nephew of Hamilton, under a private arrangement for redemption should a covenanted sovereign come to the throne. |
 | | After Lord Grange's time it had a succession of owners, till acquired by Dr James Schaw before 1780, and occupied by him till his death, when by his will it was destined for the accommodation, maintenance, and education of poor boys. |
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