This man was a close personal friend of Robert Burns .
This man unfortunately had to sell the estate to Claud Alexander in 1783 when he lost his fortune during the collapse of the Bank of Douglas Heron & Co in Ayr .
This man was a close personal friend of Robert Burns but unfortunately had to sell the estate to Claud Alexander in 1783 when he lost his fortune during the collapse of the Bank of Douglas Heron & Co in Ayr .