Blyth Scholarship
The Blyth Scholarship was created in 1878 by the will of Agnes Blyth (1825-1880). In her will, Agnes Blyth directed her brother David Carmichael to ‘sell either by public roup or private bargain, as he may think proper, the villa and grounds at Crail, known by the name of Castle Garden’ in order to establish ‘one or more bursaries in either one of the Colleges of St Andrews’. David Carmichael and William Scott, a Dundee solicitor, as well as their survivors, were named as trustees of the fund and the fund was to be maintained by heritable security as the trustees thought proper.
Agnes Blyth’s statement of priorities for those who should benefit from the bursary gave preference to:
in the first place, such as are of the kindred of my said late husband, and failing such, such as are of my own kindred; secondly, such are of the name of Blyth; thirdly, such as are of the name of Carmichael, and failing students of the above kindred or name, then such as shall be found best qualified and most deserving of the same.
The Blyth Bursary funds are still active, but are part of the merged Lapsed Bursaries fund.
Source: 1891 List of the Deeds of Bursaries, p.78