Collection MS 160 - Scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings

William Neish of Tannadyce [later Tannadice] and Clepington was born in Dundee in around 1815 and became a well-known barrister in the city. Neish married Margaret Ann Watson and the couple seem to have had nine children. These included George Watson Neish (1849-1931), who founded the firm of Neish, Howell and Haldane in London and Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Neish KBE CB (1857-1934) who was Registrar of the Privy Council from 1909 until 1934 and Edward William Neish (c 1865-1938) a Sherriff Substitute from 1905 to 1932. Two sons had notable careers in the army. Major Colin Graham Neish OBE (1860-1931) and Lt. Col Francis Hugh Neish (1863-1946). The latter served in Sudan, the Second Boer War and at Mons at the start of the Great War. George Watson Neish married a daughter of James Pattullo of Broughty Ferry. The couple had four children including Janie Neish, who seems to have compiled MS 160/1-3, and Major William Neish (c 1882-1931), who served with F. H. Neish in South Africia and in the Great War. Both were captured as prisoners of war at the Battle of Mons while serving with the Gordon Highlanders. George Watson Neish served as Convener of City of Dundee and Forfarshire Prisoner of War Help Committee throughout the Great War. The Neish family's name is commemorated in the Jock Neish Scout Centre cited on the family's land at Tannadice. This is named for Colin Francis Ian 'Jock' Neish (1897-1977), a former officer in the Black Watch and the son of Major Colin Neish, who devoted much of his life to the Scouting movement. A less obvious legacy of the family is the name of Dundee United's stadium Tannadice Park. Built on what was the Clepington part of the Neishes' lands, it owes its name to the Neish estate at Tannadice. The nearby Neish Street is also named for the family.