James Smith of Mauchline was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and confidants. He was born in 1765, son of a Mauchline merchant, Ayrshire, Scotland. In 1775, when he was only ten years, old his father, Robert Smith, a prosperous local merchant, was killed in a riding accident, falling from his horse whilst returning from Ayr. His mother, Jean Smith, remarried James Lamie who owned the adjoining house.
Poosie Nansies in 1900.
The Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
William Auld's memorial and James Lamie's grave to the left
Rev William 'Daddy' Auld's grave in Mauchline.
Gavin Hamilton was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and a patron. The first 'Kilmarnock Edition' of his poems were dedicated to Gavin Hamilton.
Gavin Hamilton's memorial stone
The Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Statue of Jean Armour at Mauchline.
Mossgiel Farm, Mauchline