SKENE, George of Wester Fintray and 1st of Rubislaw, Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, Sir 1
- Born: 1619, Aberdeen, Scotland 1
- Died: April 1707 1
- Buried: 1707, Saint Nicholas Church, Aberdeen, Scotland 2
User ID: N369.
General Notes:
"His (George Skene's) half brother, David, apprenticed him to George Aedie, an Aberdeen merchant trading in Dantzic, and the introduction thus obtained to the commercial world was the beginning which enabled the Provost in after years to acquire a handsome fortune, with part of which he bought Wester Fintray in 1666, and in 1687 the estate of Rubislaw. The Provost was never married, and in consequence he took the family of his half-brother, David, consisting of two sons and a daughter, Katherine, and educated them with the view of making them his heirs. The two nephews, George and Alexander, disappointed their uncle by their profligate behaviour, and the lands of Rubislaw went ultimately to a grandnephew, Mr. George Skene, one of the Regents in King's College. The daughter Katherine married David Aedie, eldest son of George Aedie, referred to above."
from Aldermen and Provosts
"In 1687 Sir George Skene acquired the lands of Rubislaw, by adjudication, from the Forbeses of Rubislaw."
from Skene of Skene 1 2
Noted events in his life were:
1. Appointed: Provost, 1676, of Aberdeen. 2
2. Demitted office: as Provost, 1685, Aberdeen, Scotland. 2
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