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Margaret was the daughter of Sir James Steuart of Coltness who was a Steuart baronet.
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Margaret Calderwood
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She wrote of her journey"s through England to Brussels, but these were not published until the 19th century. Her brother was living in the southern Netherlands because he was on a list of traitors. At the end of 1756 she realised the value of her journals and letters and she was the first to edit them into what she called volumes.
Calderwood describes contemporary transport, food and water, fuel, money, agriculture, religion and education.
In a memorable description of her journey through England she admires the cows as the people lacks what she calls "smartness" more than any other "folks."
In 1771 Calderwood"s brother was forgiven for his traitoress past and he returned to Britain in 1773. In 1774 a monument to Calderwood was commissioned from Robert and James Adam.
The monument was not built for Calderwood but the design was used in 1992 to create a monument to Robert Adam in Edinburgh. Calderwood"df diaries were published more widely in 1884 as previously they had only been circulated via the Maitland Club in 1842.
