CAM 14 - TEST 2 - PASSAGE 1 - ALEXANDER HANDERSON (1831-1913)

PARAGRAPH 1

Alexander Henderson was born in Scotland in 1831 and was the son of a successful merchant.
His grandfather, also called Alexander, had founded the family business, and later became the first chairman of the National Bank of Scotland.
The family had extensive landholdings in Scotland. Besides its residence in Edinburgh, it owned Press Estate, 650 acres of farmland about 35 miles southeast of the city.
The family often stayed at Press Castle, the large mansion on the northern edge of the property, and Alexander spent much of his childhood in the area, playing on the beach near Eyemouth or fishing in the streams nearby.

How did Alexander Henderson spend much of his childhood?