Eldest daughter of James Ferrier, she was a skilled artist and a great beauty of her day. The poet, Robert Burns, who was friendly with the Ferrier family, sent Jane some of his verse.
At the age of twenty, she was betrothed to one of the Campbells of Ardkinlass, but he was killed in battle. Years later, she met Samuel Graham, then a Colonel, but her father refused to consent to their marriage until Graham became a General.
In 1804 Jane married Lt. General Samuel Graham, the Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. They had four chiilden, the eldest being Helen, (08 Jun 1806-14 Jun 1896), who kept a diary while at Stirling Castle which was published in 1957. She m. Col. Hamilton Tovey-Tennent.
Another child was Col. James John Graham who was an author of military history and editor of his father's papers, entitled 'Memoir of General Graham.'
Jane's great legacy to Scotland was that she, along with architect Edward Blore, made drawings of the remaining 'Stirling Heads,' (portrait carvings from the time of James V, they once adorned the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall withing Stirling Castle which was taken down in 1777). Their illustrations of the Heads were engraved and published in 1817 as 'Lacunar Strevilinense.'
In 1940, two of the most important Heads (those of Mary of Guise and Henry VIII) were destroyed by fire, but were able to be re-created based on the illustrations within Jane and Edward Blore's work. You can see them here.
At the age of twenty, she was betrothed to one of the Campbells of Ardkinlass, but he was killed in battle. Years later, she met Samuel Graham, then a Colonel, but her father refused to consent to their marriage until Graham became a General.
In 1804 Jane married Lt. General Samuel Graham, the Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. They had four chiilden, the eldest being Helen, (08 Jun 1806-14 Jun 1896), who kept a diary while at Stirling Castle which was published in 1957. She m. Col. Hamilton Tovey-Tennent.
Another child was Col. James John Graham who was an author of military history and editor of his father's papers, entitled 'Memoir of General Graham.'
Jane's great legacy to Scotland was that she, along with architect Edward Blore, made drawings of the remaining 'Stirling Heads,' (portrait carvings from the time of James V, they once adorned the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall withing Stirling Castle which was taken down in 1777). Their illustrations of the Heads were engraved and published in 1817 as 'Lacunar Strevilinense.'
In 1940, two of the most important Heads (those of Mary of Guise and Henry VIII) were destroyed by fire, but were able to be re-created based on the illustrations within Jane and Edward Blore's work. You can see them here.
Eldest daughter of James Ferrier, she was a skilled artist and a great beauty of her day. The poet, Robert Burns, who was friendly with the Ferrier family, sent Jane some of his verse.
At the age of twenty, she was betrothed to one of the Campbells of Ardkinlass, but he was killed in battle. Years later, she met Samuel Graham, then a Colonel, but her father refused to consent to their marriage until Graham became a General.
In 1804 Jane married Lt. General Samuel Graham, the Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. They had four chiilden, the eldest being Helen, (08 Jun 1806-14 Jun 1896), who kept a diary while at Stirling Castle which was published in 1957. She m. Col. Hamilton Tovey-Tennent.
Another child was Col. James John Graham who was an author of military history and editor of his father's papers, entitled 'Memoir of General Graham.'
Jane's great legacy to Scotland was that she, along with architect Edward Blore, made drawings of the remaining 'Stirling Heads,' (portrait carvings from the time of James V, they once adorned the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall withing Stirling Castle which was taken down in 1777). Their illustrations of the Heads were engraved and published in 1817 as 'Lacunar Strevilinense.'
In 1940, two of the most important Heads (those of Mary of Guise and Henry VIII) were destroyed by fire, but were able to be re-created based on the illustrations within Jane and Edward Blore's work. You can see them here.
At the age of twenty, she was betrothed to one of the Campbells of Ardkinlass, but he was killed in battle. Years later, she met Samuel Graham, then a Colonel, but her father refused to consent to their marriage until Graham became a General.
In 1804 Jane married Lt. General Samuel Graham, the Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. They had four chiilden, the eldest being Helen, (08 Jun 1806-14 Jun 1896), who kept a diary while at Stirling Castle which was published in 1957. She m. Col. Hamilton Tovey-Tennent.
Another child was Col. James John Graham who was an author of military history and editor of his father's papers, entitled 'Memoir of General Graham.'
Jane's great legacy to Scotland was that she, along with architect Edward Blore, made drawings of the remaining 'Stirling Heads,' (portrait carvings from the time of James V, they once adorned the ceiling of the King's Inner Hall withing Stirling Castle which was taken down in 1777). Their illustrations of the Heads were engraved and published in 1817 as 'Lacunar Strevilinense.'
In 1940, two of the most important Heads (those of Mary of Guise and Henry VIII) were destroyed by fire, but were able to be re-created based on the illustrations within Jane and Edward Blore's work. You can see them here.
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...Mrs. Jane Ferrier, widow of Lieut. General Samuel Graham, their eldest daughter, died 17th September 1846, aged 78 years...
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