James Rait
1824–81
Land steward. At Castle Forbes, Keig, Aberdeenshire, 1861; Keig, 1871, 1881.
Sources
J. Brown 1861, p. 630
Census returns of Scotland 1861 (The National Archives of Scotland: Keig 1/16), 1871 (Keig 1/23), 1881 (Keig 1/1)
Scotland, select births and baptisms, 1564–1950 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 January 2020)
Scotland statutory deaths 205/8 Keig (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 16 January 2020)
Bibliography
Brown, James. 1861. The forester: a practical treatise on the planting, rearing and general management of forest trees. 3d edition. Edinburgh: Blackwood.
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