Stenhard Landale

Stenhard Ernest Andrew Landale OBE JP MIEE (1905–1977) was a British businessman, with a background in electrical engineering and agriculture.

He trained as an electrical engineer at Faraday House in London and after some training at Bruce Peebles & Co. Ltd.[1] he worked at the Wireless Research facility at Cambridge from 1930 to 1932 on the design staff of Marconi’s International Marine Company.

In 1931 he inherited the impressive property of Cranshaws Castle in Berwickshire together with the estate of Whitchester nearby.

[3] In the Second World War he served as Superintendent Scientist overseeing Radar for the Admiralty.

[4] He died at his home at Whitchester in rural Berwickshire and is buried in the churchyard at Duns.