Hi Archie This is an extract from a Wikipedia entry: "1789: Colonel William Dalrymple (the second son of Sir William Dalrymple, third baronet of Cousland, and the nephew of Captain Hew Dalrymple), distinguishes himself by helping to capture both the Fort of San Fernando de Omoa and the port town of Omoa, in Honduras, South America (see William Dalrymple (British Army officer) and Battle of San Fernando de Omoa). 1797-1866: Omoa Iron Works is erected on Cleland estate by Colonel William Dalrymple on returning to civilian life. Colonel Dalrymple's uncle, Hew, left him the Fordal estate in Mid-Lothian, and Cleland estate in Bothwell and Shotts parishes." Now, I would like to know why people married, gave birth and died at the Omoa Ironworks! Rhoda