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THE LATE EARL OF WHARNCLIFFE.
STRATHMORE AND THE STUART WORTLEY FAMILY.
The tablet of which the above is a reproduction was recently erected in
the Parish Church of Newtyle in memory of the late Earl of Wharn-
cliffe, who died at the family house in Curzon Street, London, on the
13th May 1899. It was designed by Sir R. Rowand Anderson, of
Edinburgh, the cost being borne by the tenantry on the Mackenzie-
Wharncliffe estates in the counties of Forfar and Perth and other local
friends. The necessary arrangements were most satisfactorily com-
pleted by Mr. Alexander Simpson, Hatton of Newtyle, and Mr. George
Kidd, Mains of Drumkilbo. Both the design and workmanship are
greatly admired.
Since the late Earl's death the beautiful estates in Strathmore, the
greater part of which belonged to his predecessors and himself for
upwards of 200 years, have been sold ; and the connection of the family
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