John Lamont, Scottish Conservative MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, said proposals to close Duns and Peebles Sheriff Courts were "a massive blow to the justice system" in the Borders.
The Valuation Rolls show that The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour of Whittinghame owned 235 properties in Scotland, in East Lothian and Berwickshire, while Keir Hardie owned just one property at Holmhead, in the parish of Old Cumnock.