Margaret ‘Maggie’ Allanach
Margaret ‘Maggie’ Allanach
Summary
Parents
- Father – Alexander Allanach
- Mother – Ann Mckenzie
Birth
Margaret Allanach was born in 1876 in Glenbuchat formerly Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire, to Ann McKenzie, age 41, and Alexander Allanach, age 46.
Siblings
Margaret had two brothers and two sisters
- Alexander Allanach (possibly half brother only)
- William Allanach
- Mary Allanach
- Helen Ann Allanach
Marriage
Margaret never married
Children
Margaret never had children
Death
Margaret Allanach died on 23 November 1921 in Park House, Strathdon, when she was 45 years old.
Life Story
1876
Margaret was born in Glenbucket in Upperton. There is extensive information and histories on the fermtoun of Upperton here and here.
1901
Maggie is 25 and working as a Kitchenmaid at Curraghmore House in Ireland. It is unclear how she came to Ireland or how she got a job working for one of its then most prestiguous aristocratic families (The Marquess of Waterford (de la Poer Beresford ). According to this source, “The guide told us a bit about the lives of the servants. In the 1901 census, she told us, not one servant was Irish. This would be because the maidservants were brought by their mistresses, who mostly came from England. The house still doesn’t have central heating, and tradition has it that the fireplace in the front hall can only be lit by the Marquis, and until it is lit, no other fires can be lit. The maids had to work in the cold if he decided to have a lie-in!”
This famous photo from 1905 shows the Domestic staff of Curraghmore. Does this photo include Maggie?
Below, Curraghmore House, the servants’ quarters either side of courtyard.
Below, Lady Blanche Waterford, daughter of the 8th Duke of Beaufort, wife of the 5th Marquess, John Henry, in her specially designed invalid carriage 1896, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland.
The Waterfords frequently entertained, including this Otter Hunt from May 14th 1901, shown below.
1911
Margaret was living in London at 10 Gloucester Square, Portman Place, London. She is working as cook and again for a well-known aristocratic family. George Bingham
Colonel George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan, 1st Baron Bingham, GCVO, KBE, CB, TD, PC, DL (13 December 1860 – 20 April 1949), known by the courtesy title of Lord Bingham from 1888 to 1914, was a British soldier and Conservative politician. His grandson would go on to earn noterierty as ‘Lord Lucan’, famous for his disappearance!
1922
Probate shows Maggie leaving an estate of £1409,99:11 (roughly £82,000 today). Also to note is the previous residence of Sibbertoft Manor, Market Harborough.
