Peter

This name, meaning ‘rock’ in Greek, was particularly common in Angus and Kincardine. John Peter, a vassal of the Earl of Mar, was charged with aiding outlawed Macgregors in 1636. David Peter was commissary depute, a Court official responsible for the registering of wills, in Peebles in 1645. Alexander Peter was a notary public in Melrose in 1648. A tartan has now been registered for the name, and Edward Leslie Peter, Baron of Lee, resides at Lee Castle near Lanark, which was extensively remodelled in the nineteenth century with magnificent interiors by Pugin (most famous for his work on the Houses of Parliament at Westminster).