Alexander Bathgate [SEP] country of citizenship
Alexander Bathgate
Alexander Bathgate (4 August 1845–9 September 1930) was a New Zealand lawyer, company director, writer and conservationist. He was born in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland on 4 August 1845. He was the son of John Bathgate. When Alexander was 18 years old, and was studying at the University of Edinburgh he migrated to Dunedin with his parents, brother and sisters. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1872. In 1909 he retired.
Balbardie House
Balbardie House was a country house in West Lothian, Scotland, near the town of Bathgate. 
History.
Designed by Robert Adam, it has been described as his best classical house in Scotland, the grand manner in miniature. This great neoclassical mansion was demolished in two stages in 1954 and in 1975.
The seat of the Marjoribanks family, since 1624 when John Marjoribanks bought the estate, the house was constructed at the end of the 18th century by Alexander Marjoribanks and situated within a park of