| Administrative History | Will and Deed of John Milne (d. July 1841 at Bombay) late of Bombay, East Indies, and late President of the Medical Board of the Bombay Establishment: left residuary of his estate after legacies to establish a fund to beneft teachers and poor children in the following schools:
Nether Banchory Parochial School
Portlethen School
Skene Parochial School
Greyfriars, Trinity, Bon accord, East and North Parish Schools Aberdeen
Disblair School, Fintray
Cove and Charleston Schools, Nigg
1844 estate of Muchalls in Fettersso disposed to the Trustees by James Silver Esq. of Netherley
From "Scottish Education" by John Kerr:
Dr Milne of Bombay bequeathed to the parish schoolmasters of Aberdeenshire a sum of about £50,000. Thre trust was established in 1846, and had for its object the benefit of the teachers and the education of poor children. [...] The original Trust Deed of Dr Milne was superseded in 1888 by a scheme of administration prepared by Commissioners appointed under the provisions of the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act of 1882.
From "Aberdeen Doctors at Home and Abroad":
"Dr Milne was chiefly remarkable for his gift to Aberdeenshire parish schools. In memory of his own struggling youth, he endowed them with money to pay the education of "poor scholars." £20 a- year were first to be granted to Monymusk, in memory of his mother, and to Nether Banchory, but to his distress the former was impracticable, and a first experiment was therefore made with the parish of Skene, the home of Dr Milne's father and grandfather, which was followed by Nether Banchory, Portlethen, and Nigg. A provision was also made for poor schoolmasters, and Dr Milne's gift covered school expenses, such as books and pens, which he did not approve of the schoolmaster granting. Of the parents he says : " Knowing we that these poor people have but little to give, I should be sorry to deprive them of any portion of what they require to promote the comfort of their homes." He made allowance for school fuel."
In 1893 the Trust's estate at Muchalls were sold to the Aberdeen Educational Trust. |