He was born on 13 April 1880 at "The Priory" in Peebles the son of Thomas Henderson Orphoot (1833-1917),orphoot grave Dean Cemetery Sheriff Substitute of Lothian and Peebles, and his wife, Edith Carmichael Smyth Burnett, daughter of James Burnett of Barns. He was privately educated at Rugby School then studied architecture at Edinburgh University.Who's Who 1960 -1970 Oxford University Press
