Netherley House is a mansion built by

Alexander Silver Alexander Silver was a wealthy East India Company trader, who lived in Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the late 18th century; he and his son George Silver were noted agricultural innovators of their era. Alexander Silver built the Netherl ...

in the late 18th century in

Netherley, Aberdeenshire Netherley, Scotland is a village in Aberdeenshire, situated approximately five miles northwest of Stonehaven.United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004 Netherley is located in the Mounth area o ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

. It is situated near the northerly flowing drainage of

Crynoch Burn Crynoch Burn is a stream in Aberdeenshire that is tributary to the River Dee. This stream rises somewhat above Netherley and flows near Netherley House; and thence into the Red Moss, a significant natural bog habitat; thence near the historic ...

(Groome, 1885). The home was sold to

Horatio Ross Horatio Ross (5 September 1801 – 6 December 1886) was a celebrated sportsman and a early photography, pioneer amateur photographer. Background and early life Ross was born at Rossie Castle, near Montrose, Angus on 5 September 1801, the son ...

by James Silver, son of

George Silver George Silver (ca. 1550s–1620s) was a gentleman of England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, who is known for his writings on swordplay. He is thought to have been the eldest of four brothers (one of whom, Toby, was also a swordsm ...

in 1853 for 33,000 pounds sterling. (Peter, 1856). It subsequently came into the possession of the descendants of General Nathaniel Forbes of Auchernach, who held it until 1901. George Silver was the son and heir of Alexander Silver. While George Silver inhabited Netherley House, he acquired the further lands of

Muchalls Castle Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of ...

References

Francis Hindes Groome (1885) ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography'', published by T.C. Jack, Scotland
*David MacGregor Peter (1856) ''The baronage of Angus and Mearns'' Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire {{Aberdeenshire-stub