1841-1847
| Mr David McBurnie
| He was the first to give the hotel the White Hart name and he held the licence for 6 years.
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1849-1856
| Mr Joseph Bowman
| He held the licence for 5 years and the 1851 census shows he lived here with his wife and two sons.
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1857-1892
| Lost Records
| All court licence records have been lost and all surviving duplicate licences for these periods have been checked.
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Census 1861
| Catherine Lynn (34)
| The 1861 Census shows that she lived here with her 3 sons and 1 daughter. Her son William (8) worked as a labourer.
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Census 1871
| Mr Richard Kirk
| The 1871 census shows that he lived here at the hotel with his wife and his 2 sons, along with 2 maids.
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Census 1881
| Mr James Laidlaw
| The 1881 census shows that he lived here with his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Also recorded living there was a maid.
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1892-1919
| Mrs Margaret Harris
| The record shows a conviction in 1909 that resulted in a fine and several days in prison. Unfortunately, no court record survived to say what the conviction was for. Harassing a maid, possibly?
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1920-1926
| Mrs Mary Murphy
| Held the licence for 5 years. |
1927-1930
| Mr John Raffel
| He held the licence for a short period before dropping dead at his pumps, and his ghost still occasionally walks here!! |
1931-1943
| Mr Peter Smith
| Managed to keep the hotel running during most of the war years, in spite of the shortening of opening hours and rationing.
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1944-1946
| Mr David Anderson
| All records other than licence records have been lost relating to this owner.
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1947-1954
| Mr Robert Peters
| In 1950 Mr Peters was ordered to carry out repairs to the building or lose his licence.
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1955-1967
| Vaux Breweries Ltd
| Carried out major improvements including a new first floor dining room.
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1967-1968
| Mr Colin James Campbell
| Was only here for less than a year when he saw the ghost and left soon after.
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1968-1974
| Flt Lt Mervyn McCord RAF VR
| In 1973 he was granted a licence for one amusement machine with prizes.
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1974-1975
| Mr James O'hare
| The only information is that he was a sales rep from Ayrshire.
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1975-1979
| Joseph Johnstone
| Retired in 1979 after a short ownership.
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1979-1988
| Gaetlano Campanile
| Lived in the premises.
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1998-1989
| Mr Frank Gilfedder
| Survived the White Hart for less than a year.
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1989-1997
| Mr Robert W. Little
| Retired 1997, and so the White Hart was kept in the family for the first time by selling ownership to their eldest daughter, Susan.
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1997-present
| Mrs Susan McMillan
| The still-present owner of The White Hart Hotel.
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