Arbigland

Arbigland

Arbigland is an estate in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. Arbigland lies on the Solway Firth coast to the south east of Kirkbean. The classically-styled Arbigland House was built in 1755 by improving laird and gentleman architect William Craik (1703–1798) and a small dower house called The House on the Shore was built in 1936 by Kathleen Blackett-Swiny. Founder of the United States Navy John Paul Jones, whose father was a gardener at Arbigland, was born in a cottage in the grounds on 6th July 1747. The gardens at Arbigland are open to the public at selected times during the summer months.

James Craik, the Physician General of the United States Army and personal physician of George Washington, was born here.cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location=Chicago | date = 1963]

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