Brig-Gen John Harold Whitworth Becke¹

• Birth*: Brig-Gen John Harold Whitworth Becke was born circa 1890.¹
• Marriage*: He married Annie Peto Adamson, daughter of John Adamson entrepreneur & owner of the Erichtside linen works at Blairgowrie and Susan Miller Shaw, circa 1914.¹
• Death*: Brig-Gen John Harold Whitworth Becke died in 1949.¹

Notes

• (Witness) Note for Web: Brig-Gen John Harold Whitworth Becke and Susan Miller Shaw, William Shaw Adamson, Nora Jane Campbell, John Alexander Shaw Adamson and Annie Peto Adamson was mentioned with John Adamson entrepreneur & owner of the Erichtside linen works at Blairgowrie. Adamson, John (1813-93) of Careston Castle. Son of Capt. William Adamson of Dundee, born 1813. Owner of the Erichtside linen works at Blairgowrie. DL and JP for Angus. He married 9 April 1848 Susan Miller (d. 1851), daughter of Capt. William Shaw of Newhall and had issue:
  (1) William Shaw Adamson (1851-1936) (q.v.)
  In 1871 he purchased the Careston Castle estate. He made additions to the rear of the castle after 1880.
  He died 28 February 1893 and was buried at Careston.¹