Monteviot House is the early 18th century home of the Marquess of Lothian, the politician better known as Michael Ancram.

The lyricist Jean Elliot who wrote words to the lament Flowers of the Forest, died at Monteviot, her brother's house, on 29 March 1805.

[3] Further building work took place in 1830[1] just before John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian married Lady Cecil Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot.

[4] In 1950 the 12th Marquess and his wife Tony moved from Melbourne Hall to the Scottish Borders in 1950 where they oversaw the restoration of Monteviot House.

[6] The Lothians also used to own two grander country houses, Blickling Hall, which now belongs to the National Trust, and Newbattle Abbey, which is now the site of an adult education college.