Captain George Robertson Aikman

Description

This mausoleum was built following the death of Captain George Robertson Aikman (1760-1844) of

Ross and Broomelton, Lanarkshire. Also buried here are George's two sons, William (1822-1903)

and Frederick (1828-1888) who continued the family tradition by serving in the army. William was a

religious writer and poet whose works include a collection of essays published under the pseudonym

'A Soldier of the Cross', while Frederick won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny. In 1924, at

the age of sixty four, Colonel Thomas S T H R Aikman (1860-1948), the grandson of George,

captained the winning British Curling team at the Olympic Games in Chamonix. There are fifteen

interments in the mausoleum, the last in 1949.