Bemersyde House is a historic house in Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Bemersyde House

The nearest towns are Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose, and Dryburgh. The William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde is on the Bemersyde Estate.

History

The castle before 1887

Dating back to the 16th century as a peel tower,^[1] 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. The House is the seat of the chief of Clan Haig, currently 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 which predicted that there would always be a Haig in Bemersyde:

'Tyde what may betyde
Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde'.

See also

• Bemersyde, Bemersyde Moss
• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland

References

External links

• RCAHMS/Canmore record for Bemersyde House, Outbuildings
• RCAHMS record for Bemersyde House, Gardens
• SCRAN image: Bemersyde, cast-iron fingerpost
• Entry in the Gazetteer of Scotland
• Picture and some details
• Map sources for Bemersyde House

55°35′30″N 2°38′56″W / 55.59161°N 2.64892°W / 55.59161; -2.64892