Clayre became engaged to William Anstruther-Thomson, Aide de Camp to the Governor of South Australia, on 6th January 1891. They married, in a double wedding ceremony with Clayre's elder sister Rosina Forsyth Tennant, at St Peter's Church, Glenelg, South Australia. The newly-weds sailed to the UK the following day. When William Anstruther-Thomson succeeded to the Carntyne estate in 1904, he adopted the surname Gray. This was (retrospectively) incorporated into Clayre's name and also their three children:
1. Ruth Mary St Clair Anstruther-Gray
2. Jean Helen St Clair Anstruther-Gray
3. William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray
Clayre became a Justice of the Peace and was invested Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1934. She died on 22nd October 1958 in Kilmany Parish District, Fife, Scotland, aged 86.
Clayre became engaged to William Anstruther-Thomson, Aide de Camp to the Governor of South Australia, on 6th January 1891. They married, in a double wedding ceremony with Clayre's elder sister Rosina Forsyth Tennant, at St Peter's Church, Glenelg, South Australia. The newly-weds sailed to the UK the following day. When William Anstruther-Thomson succeeded to the Carntyne estate in 1904, he adopted the surname Gray. This was (retrospectively) incorporated into Clayre's name and also their three children:
1. Ruth Mary St Clair Anstruther-Gray
2. Jean Helen St Clair Anstruther-Gray
3. William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray
Clayre became a Justice of the Peace and was invested Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1934. She died on 22nd October 1958 in Kilmany Parish District, Fife, Scotland, aged 86.
Inscription
South Face Inscription:
WILLIAM ANSTRUTHER GRAY / Of Carntyne And Kilmany, D.L. J.P. / Born 6 Sept 1859, Died 17 April 1938 / Lieut. 13th Hussars 1880 / Served India And Afghanistan 1880 - 1881 / Transferred to Royal Horse Guards 1885 / Served In South Africa 1901 - 1902 / Commandant Of District Of Knysna 1901 / Major 1900 / Commanded 3rd Line Scottish Horse European War / Lieut. Colonel 1916 / M.P. St Andrews Burghs 1906 - 1910; 1910 - 1919 / J.P. Fife, Lanarkshire And Glasgow / Deputy Lieutenant Of Fife / And His Wife / CLAYRE ANSTRUTHER GRAY, C.B.E., J.P. / Born 30 Aug 1872, Died 22 Oct. 1958
Horizontal Plaque Inscription
To The Dear Memory Of Clayre Anstruther Gray 22nd October 1958. He Shall Give His Angels To Watch Over Thee
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