William Duguid
b. c. 1849 d. 1923
Scottish gardener and estate agent. Son of a nurseryman. Employed at Down House, 1879–80. Left after being suspected of ‘mysterious dealings in cows’. Estate bailiff in Shenton, Leicestershire, from 1891 or earlier until 1901 or later; estate agent, Market Bosworth, circa 1911.
Sources
CD’s Classed accounts (Down House MS)
Census returns of England and Wales 1891 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG/12/2506/55/21), 1901 (RG13/2965/51/11), 1911 (RG14/19031)
Census returns of Scotland 1871 (The National Archives of Scotland: Leith North 20/13)
F. Darwin 1920a, pp. 58–9
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 13 February 2018)
letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [4 November 1879], DAR 219.9: 214
Bibliography
Darwin, Francis. 1920a. Springtime and other essays. London: John Murray.
letter
