| Description | Draft Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement (heavily annotated). Mrs Barbara Niven or Leslie records details of her trustees - William Leslie of Warthill, MP for the county of Aberdeen, the Reverent Alexander Leslie of Meiklefolla, Robert Niven, farmer of Bruckhills, Auchterless, her brother and Sir Alexander Anderson of Blelack, advocate in Aberdeen. Stated legacies include the lands of Meadaple to her brother Robert Niven, bequests to relatives and servants and the portraits of George, Robert and Jonathan Leslie should go to the house at Rothie with her own portrait for Colonel Forbes Leslie. |