Lauriston Castle, a mansion in Cramond parish, Edinburghshire, on an eminence, ½ mile NNW of Davidson's Mains and 3¾ miles WNW of Edinburgh. Built in the latter part of the 16th century by Archibald Napier, a younger brother of the inventor of logarithms, it was enlarged in 1845, and has very beautiful pleasure-grounds. It was the residence of the famous financier, John Law (1671-1729), and of the Right Hon. Andrew Lord Rutherford (1791-1854); and it now is the seat of Thomas Macknight Crawfurd, Esq. of Cartsburn (b. 1820), who holds 32 acres in Edinburghshire, valued at £236 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 32, 1857. See J. P. Woods History of Cramond (Edinb. 1794), and John Smalls Castles and Mansions of the Lothians (Edinb. 1883).

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)