I was very interested in Gavin's information about the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as they were, to my surprise, named in the will of my husband's g g grandfather, William Simpson, as being his landlord for his farm in Auchtylair in the parish of Old Deer. I had assumed that he had owned the farm which had 80 plus acre of arable and not leased it, and did not know that the Infirmary held land so far away from Aberdeen. William died in February 1879 shortly after writing his will. He left the farm to his fifth and youngest son, John, who was farming there in the 1891 census but by 1901 had quit and was living in Peterhead as a mason, worker. They were names in the will as " President and Managers of the Infirmary of Aberdeen. It was interesting - although I am sure coincidental - that the architect was another Simpson! Mary Simpson