page_title: Argaty
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Argaty / History
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a scan of a copy of a painting of Dr George Hume Steuart (1747-1788), Maryland physician and landowner. Son of George H. Steuart (politician) (1700-1784). The younger Steuart changed his name to George Steuart Hume (also known as George Home) for inheritance purposes and emigrated to Scotland in 1758.
context_page_description: Argaty is a farm estate located just over a mile northeast of Doune, Stirling, Scotland. The present Argaty House dates from the 19th century with baronial additions in the 1860s and 1920s, but was largely destroyed by fire in April 2011.
  Argaty farm is host to central Scotland's only red kite feeding station where visitors can come and watch the birds, recently reintroduced to their former natural habitat through a program managed by the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage.
  In 1982 ownership of Argaty House and the farm estate were separated.
caption: George Steuart Hume inherited Argaty in the late 1700s
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