Herbert Anderton

Herbert came to Shetland around 1892, where he bought the estates of Melby and Vaila. He used Vaila House as a summer home for many years, but in his latter years he had made it his permanent residence.

Vaila Hall was originally built in 1696 by Scalloway merchant James Mitchell, and in 1893 Herbert had it enlarged. By 1901, Vaila had over 30 inhabitants, most of them staff of the Andertons.

Herbert built a replica Buddhist temple on the isle, which by 1988 was in ruins.