 Findlater's estates in Scotland (at the time of his death) amounted to about £40,000 per annum (about £4.6 million in 2009 prices.From about 1794, Lord Findlater visited Bohemian Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), to benefit from drinking the spa waters.He became a significant patron of the city and gave large sums of money to local charities and for laying out and improving the environs of the town including paths.