Bemersyde House is a
historic house
A historic house generally meets several criteria before being listed by an official body as "historic." Generally the building is at least a certain age, depending on the rules for the individual list. A second factor is that the building be in ...
in
Roxburghshire, Scotland.
The nearest towns are
Newtown St. Boswells
Newtown St Boswells ( sco, Newtoon; gd, Baile Ùr Bhoisil ) is a village in the historic county of Roxburghshire which houses the administrative centre of the Scottish Borders council area. The village lies south of the Eildon Hills on the S ...
,
Melrose, and
Dryburgh. The
William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde
The William Wallace Statue near the grounds of the Bemersyde estate, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders is a statue commemorating William Wallace. It was commissioned by David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, and it protected as a category ...
is on the Bemersyde Estate.
History
Dating back to the 16th century as a
peel tower,
Bemersyde was bought by the
British Government in 1921 and presented to
Field-Marshal The 1st Earl Haig, the British Commander in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. The House is the seat of the chief of
Clan Haig
Clan Haig is a Lowlands Scottish clan.
History Origins
The 13th century poet, Thomas the Rhymer, made the prophecy ''Tyde what may, what'er betyde, Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Fa ...
, currently the Rt Hon. Alexander Douglas Derrick Haig, 3rd Earl Haig. The family motto of the
Earls Haig is "''Tyde what may''", which refers to a 13th-century poem by
Thomas the Rhymer
Sir Thomas de Ercildoun, better remembered as Thomas the Rhymer (fl. c. 1220 – 1298), also known as Thomas Learmont or True Thomas, was a Scottish laird and reputed prophet from Earlston (then called "Erceldoune") in the Borders. Thomas ...
which predicted that there would always be a Haig in Bemersyde:
See also
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Bemersyde
Bemersyde is a hamlet in the Mertoun parish of Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. It sits on the left bank of the River Tweed, about three miles east of Melrose. Bemersyde House, the ancestral home of the Haig family, is the most notable feat ...
,
Bemersyde Moss
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List of places in the Scottish Borders
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List of places in Scotland
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References
External links
RCAHMS/Canmore record for Bemersyde House, OutbuildingsRCAHMS record for Bemersyde House, GardensSCRAN image: Bemersyde, cast-iron fingerpostPicture and some details
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Houses in the Scottish Borders
Category A listed buildings in the Scottish Borders
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Tower houses in Scotland
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