Crauford Tait

Crauford Tait WS (8 April 1766 – 2 May 1832) was a 17th/18th century Scottish lawyer, improver and landowner and also a contemporary and friend of Robert Burns.

He was the son of John Tait, WS of Harviestoun, and his wife Charlotte Murdoch.

[4] His father had offices in an Edinburgh townhouse at 28 Queen Street and Crawford both trained and practiced there.

He retained a substantial townhouse at 2 Park Place in Edinburgh which enabled his children to be educated there.

[8] In 1810, he was responsible for organising the section of the new turnpike road between Dollar and Tillicoultry (linking Stirling to Kinross and now known as the A91).