# Monteviot House

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{{Short description|House in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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| owner               = 13th Marquess of Lothian
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| designation1 = Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
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'''Monteviot House''' is the early 18th century home of the [Marquess of Lothian](/source/Marquess_of_Lothian), the politician better known as [Michael Ancram](/source/Michael_Ancram). It is located on the [River Teviot](/source/River_Teviot) near [Jedburgh](/source/Jedburgh) in the [Scottish Borders](/source/Scottish_Borders) area of Scotland.<ref name=cast>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk/the-best-castles/feature-articles/monteviot-house/|title=Monteviot House and Gardens {{!}} The Castles of Scotland, Coventry {{!}} Goblinshead|website=www.thecastlesofscotland.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

==History==

The house which sits within {{convert|30|acre}} of land and it was built in about 1740. The lyricist [Jean Elliot](/source/Jean_Elliot) who wrote words to the lament [Flowers of the Forest](/source/Flowers_of_the_Forest), died at Monteviot, her brother's house, on 29 March 1805.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8665|title=Elliot, Jean [Jane] (1727–1805), poet|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8665|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref> Her brother Admiral [John Eliot](/source/John_Elliot_(Royal_Navy_officer)) died here in 1808 after a distinguished career as Governor of [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland) and rose to be an [Admiral of the White](/source/Admiral_of_the_White). He left his estates to [Gilbert Elliot, first earl of Minto](/source/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound%2C_1st_Earl_of_Minto).<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8667|title=Elliot, John (1732–1808), naval officer|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8667|access-date=2020-03-25|last1=Laughton|first1=J. K.|editor1-first=A. W. H|editor1-last=Pearsall}}</ref>
[[file:River Teviot from Monteviot House Garden - geograph.org.uk - 201458.jpg|thumb|left|[River Teviot](/source/River_Teviot) from Monteviot House garden]]
Further building work took place in 1830<ref name=cast/> just before [John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian](/source/John_Kerr%2C_7th_Marquess_of_Lothian) married [Lady Cecil Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot](/source/Cecil_Kerr_(noblewoman)). The couple were based at [Newbattle Abbey](/source/Newbattle_Abbey) but Cecil Kerr preferred Monteviot.<ref name=nnn/> She had moved to Monteviot in 1840 in order to attend the [Episcopalian](/source/Episcopalian) church in Kelso.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0opxBAAAQBAJ&dq=st+johns+jedburgh&pg=PA45|title=The Oxford Movement in Scotland|last=Perry|first=W.|page=42|date=2014-10-23|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-43788-3|language=en}}</ref> When she commissioned her first church, [St John's](/source/St_John's_Church%2C_Jedburgh), it was in nearby [Jedburgh](/source/Jedburgh).<ref name=nnn>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-40737|title=Kerr, Cecil Chetwynd [née Lady Cecil Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot], marchioness of Lothian (1808–1877), Roman Catholic convert {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40737|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

In 1950 the [12th Marquess](/source/Peter_Kerr%2C_12th_Marquess_of_Lothian) and his wife [Tony](/source/Antonella_Kerr%2C_Marchioness_of_Lothian) moved from [Melbourne Hall](/source/Melbourne_Hall) to the Scottish Borders in 1950 where they oversaw the restoration of Monteviot House. They did not move into the house until 1962.<ref name=marq>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-98549|title=Kerr [née Newland], Antonella Reuss [Tony], marchioness of Lothian (1922–2007), journalist and charity founder|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/98549|access-date=2020-03-25}}</ref>

In the late 20th century the 12th Marquess repurchased and restored the old family seat of [Ferniehirst Castle](/source/Ferniehirst_Castle). They moved into the castle in 1986.<ref name=marq/> The Lothians also used to own two grander country houses, [Blickling Hall](/source/Blickling_Hall), which now belongs to the [National Trust](/source/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty), and [Newbattle Abbey](/source/Newbattle_Abbey), which is now the site of an adult education college.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhi.ac.uk/cistercians/abbeys/newbattle.php|title=Home page of the Cistercians in Yorkshire Project|last=Julie Kerr|first=Sarah Foot|website=www.dhi.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Clan Kerr](/source/Clan_Kerr)
*[Michael Ancram](/source/Michael_Ancram)
*[List of places in the Scottish Borders](/source/List_of_places_in_the_Scottish_Borders)
*[List of places in Scotland](/source/List_of_places_in_Scotland)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commonscat|Monteviot}}
*[http://www.monteviot.com Monteviot - Official '''Monteviot House''' website]
*{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=57135 |num2=NT62SW 54 |desc=Monteviot House}}
*{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=GDL |num=GDL00288 |desc=Monteviot|fewer-links=yes}}
*[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=57085 RCAHMS record of Monteviot House, Dovecote]
*[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-053-227 SCRAN image: Attractive garden beside the River Teviot at Monteviot]
*[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-112-698-C SCRAN image: Wellington's Column on top of Peniel Heugh on the Monteviot estate]
*[http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1065.html Gazetteer for Scotland, Michael Ancram, 13th Marquess of Lothian]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120302225914/http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsgardenfinder/documents/RecGardens.pdf Royal Horticultural Society leaflet: Recommended Gardens for 2010]
*[http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202837 Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Walter Schomberg Hepburn Scott]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=h7vkv6FY4MsC&dq=Monteviot&pg=RA1-PA171 GOOGLEbook "Sculpture and the garden" by Patrick Eyres, Fiona Russell]

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Category:Gardens in the Scottish Borders
Category:Historic house museums in the Scottish Borders
Category:Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in the Scottish Borders
Category:Scottish gardens in the English Landscape Garden style

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