William Muir
1831–85
Scottish gardener. Head gardener at Oulton Park, the home of Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton, 1865–82. Gardener at Hopetoun House, the home of the earl of Hopetoun, from 1882.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/3699/15/4), 1881 (RG11/3528/72/4)
Gardeners’ Chronicle, 8 April 1882, p. 471
Scotland old parish registers births and baptisms 649/00 0040 0216 Lesmahagow (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 9 March 2016)
Scotland statutory deaths 661/00 0011 (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 9 March 2016)
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