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Polton
Polton
is a
village
located in
Lasswade
parish
,
Midlothian, Scotland
, anciently a
superiority
of the
Ramsay family
,
cadets
of
Dalhousie
. In
1618
David Ramsay
of Polton was in
possession
..
Notable
residents
Thomas de Quincey
the
English writer
, lived here in the latter part of his
life
, until his
death
in
1859
.
Charles Thomas Clough
an eminent
geologist
, lived at
St Ann's
Mount, Polton with his family