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Personal profiles of Trust personnel follow,

Lumsden of Cushnie, MA (Cantab), FSA (Scot.)
David Lumsden was always interested in castles – ‘L’ and ‘Z’ plan towers and keeps which are the domestic fortified architecture of Scotland. On retiring from his multinational which gave him work in Africa, India, Eastern Europe (then behind the Iron Curtain) and the Far East, as far as Japan, in the mid 1980s, he set up the Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust in conjunction with the late Lord Borthwick (senior), Nigel Tranter and Hugh Ross. Shortage of Government funding for historic building projects was chronic and still is when compared with other European countries.
On returning from Africa in 1970, David restored two family properties – Cushnie House (built 1688 by Alexander Lumsden) and Tillycairn Castle (built 1540 by Mathew Lumsden). These were so successful that he went on to restore Leithen Lodge, Innerleithen, a fine shooting lodge (built 1886/7), in the Arts and Crafts tradition thereafter Liberton Tower in 1994, the first project of the Trust.
David is also a herald – Garioch Pursuivant of Arms and sits on the convention of the Baronage of Scotland.

Kenneth G. Ferguson OBE, FRICS, ICIOB
Kenneth is a Chartered Surveyor with a particular interest and experience in conservation work, providing cost and contract advice and project management. He was invited to join the board of the Trust in 1993 and is responsible for progressing new developments and responding to requests for technical advice.

As a former Chairman of the Planning Committee of the City of Edinburgh, he was responsible for the promotion of conservation in Edinburgh, the Capital City of Scotland, and the establishment of a conservation committee for the Old Town.

He has carried out projects both in Scotland and England, including Lauderdale House, Dunbar, Liberton Tower, Edinburgh, Westerkirk Church near Langholm, Finnart St. Paul’s Church, Greenock; Dunglass Castle, Dumbarton; Brackenhill Tower, Longtown, Cumbria; Warwick Bridge Mill, Warwick Bridge, Cumbria; Dunimarle Castle, Culross; and many others and has given advice to both Historic Scotland and English Heritage.

Mrs. Jessie S. F. Pettigrew, FSA (Scot.)
Jessie has always had a keen interest in Scottish history and was introduced to Scottish architecture when Dalzell House, Motherwell (the only Grade "A" listed building in the area) was threatened with demolition. This threat caused Jessie to set up Dalzell House Preservation Society, now known as Dalzell Heritage Trust, and the demolition was averted, the house being turned into flats. It was during the struggle to save Dalzell that she met the late Hugh Ross, architectural historian, and, together with David Lumsden of Cushnie, they set up Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust. Due to her interest in local history, she has produced pamphlets and given talks on the history of her local area and is presently engaged in the production of a C. D. Rom on the life and poems of Janet Thomson Hamilton, born in 1795.

Jessie is also an ardent Burnsian and has taken part in many Burns' Suppers. She and her late husband, Andy, went to Moscow (in the then U.S.S.R.) in 1974 and attended the first all-Scottish Burns' Supper to be held in that country. Her "day job" is at the local heritage centre where she helps to research, organise and present school workshops on such subjects as the Romans, Victorians, Homefront, Grannie's Groceries and Knights and Castles.

Chuck Pettigrew, BSc
Working within the IT industry has given Chuck the unique advantage of integrating the new with the old. Being involved in promoting Castles of Scotland for many years, Chuck was offered a directorship with the Trust due to his continual input into the Trust's web site. As well as being involved from a technical point of view, Chuck has also been involved in the history and restoration of historic buildings for many years. Previously a member of the Dalzell Heritage Trust and also a keen volunteer in the restoration of Liberton Tower.



Lumsden of Cushnie, MA (Cantab), FSA (Scot.)		David Lumsden was always interested in castles – ‘L’ and ‘Z’ plan towers and keeps which are the domestic fortified architecture of Scotland. On retiring from his multinational which gave him work in Africa, India, Eastern Europe (then behind the Iron Curtain) and the Far East, as far as Japan, in the mid 1980s, he set up the Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust in conjunction with the late Lord Borthwick (senior), Nigel Tranter and Hugh Ross. Shortage of Government funding for historic building projects was chronic and still is when compared with other European countries. On returning from Africa in 1970, David restored two family properties – Cushnie House (built 1688 by Alexander Lumsden) and Tillycairn Castle (built 1540 by Mathew Lumsden). These were so successful that he went on to restore Leithen Lodge, Innerleithen, a fine shooting lodge (built 1886/7), in the Arts and Crafts tradition thereafter Liberton Tower in 1994, the first project of the Trust. David is also a herald – Garioch Pursuivant of Arms and sits on the convention of the Baronage of Scotland.

Kenneth G. Ferguson OBE, FRICS, ICIOB		Kenneth is a Chartered Surveyor with a particular interest and experience in conservation work, providing cost and contract advice and project management. He was invited to join the board of the Trust in 1993 and is responsible for progressing new developments and responding to requests for technical advice. As a former Chairman of the Planning Committee of the City of Edinburgh, he was responsible for the promotion of conservation in Edinburgh, the Capital City of Scotland, and the establishment of a conservation committee for the Old Town. He has carried out projects both in Scotland and England, including Lauderdale House, Dunbar, Liberton Tower, Edinburgh, Westerkirk Church near Langholm, Finnart St. Paul’s Church, Greenock; Dunglass Castle, Dumbarton; Brackenhill Tower, Longtown, Cumbria; Warwick Bridge Mill, Warwick Bridge, Cumbria; Dunimarle Castle, Culross; and many others and has given advice to both Historic Scotland and English Heritage.


Mrs. Jessie S. F. Pettigrew, FSA (Scot.)		Jessie has always had a keen interest in Scottish history and was introduced to Scottish architecture when Dalzell House, Motherwell (the only Grade "A" listed building in the area) was threatened with demolition. This threat caused Jessie to set up Dalzell House Preservation Society, now known as Dalzell Heritage Trust, and the demolition was averted, the house being turned into flats. It was during the struggle to save Dalzell that she met the late Hugh Ross, architectural historian, and, together with David Lumsden of Cushnie, they set up Castles of Scotland Preservation Trust. Due to her interest in local history, she has produced pamphlets and given talks on the history of her local area and is presently engaged in the production of a C. D. Rom on the life and poems of Janet Thomson Hamilton, born in 1795. Jessie is also an ardent Burnsian and has taken part in many Burns' Suppers. She and her late husband, Andy, went to Moscow (in the then U.S.S.R.) in 1974 and attended the first all-Scottish Burns' Supper to be held in that country. Her "day job" is at the local heritage centre where she helps to research, organise and present school workshops on such subjects as the Romans, Victorians, Homefront, Grannie's Groceries and Knights and Castles.


Chuck Pettigrew, BSc		Working within the IT industry has given Chuck the unique advantage of integrating the new with the old. Being involved in promoting Castles of Scotland for many years, Chuck was offered a directorship with the Trust due to his continual input into the Trust's web site. As well as being involved from a technical point of view, Chuck has also been involved in the history and restoration of historic buildings for many years. Previously a member of the Dalzell Heritage Trust and also a keen volunteer in the restoration of Liberton Tower.