Solitude (house)

[Red Man]

Found this in the Belfast Newsletter which appears to show an illustration of the house.

[jimchelsea]

Hi
the following is an extract from Historical Belfast magazine

"The house called Solitude stood where the upper pond of the Waterworks is now,and on its demolition the Pinkerton family,the last of whom was William Pinkerton,the historian and son of Andrew Pinkerton,and native of Paisley who moved to Queen Street.Solitude is believed to have been built by the wealthy John Brown,of Peters Hill,High Sheriff and Sovereign of Belfast.His wifewas the sister of Thomas Lyons,of Oldpark."

hope this is of some help

regards
jim


i also have a map of the area from 1860 from the same magazine, if i post it on here Aghadowey will only delete it(due to copyrite). if you want a copy of it you could PM me your email and i will sent you it.

[Red Man]

Fantastic. Thank you very much Jim.

[shebalee]

thank you so very much i have learnt a bit more about my family .does anyone know where aln gardner brown and family would have gone to school or worked as young lads maybe as errand boys

[silveryfox]

thank you so very much i have learnt a bit more about my family .does anyone know where aln gardner brown and family would have gone to school or worked as young lads maybe as errand boys

Unrelated to your family however James Stuart of Armagh (1764-26 Sep 1840) lived at the Solitude house - he was Editor of the Belfast Newsletter in 1821, then partnered with Fortescue Greg to publish The Guardian and Constitutional Advocate paper in 1827. He came to Belfast via Armagh (his birthplace) and Newry, where he was the first Editor of The Newry Commercial Telegraph (12 Nov 1812-1821) and also published Historical Memoirs of Armagh (1819). His parents were Benjamin Bassenet Stuart and Jane Ogle of Armagh (Jane may explain the reference earlier in this thread to Henry Ogle living at Solitude in 1824 - haven't tied him in to the rest of the family yet).
Hope this helps
Jim
Update If you check the Lennon Wylie website for their Lost Church leaflets (see http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/LostChurchLeaflets.htm you will find that the Brown Family donated a Holy Table - accompanying notes are: "John Gardner Brown, M.A., and his family, in memory of his grandfather, John Brown, Esq., of Peter's Hill and Solitude, and of his father, John Brown, M.A., sometime Curate of St. Anne's"
Jim