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Jacob was born Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine, at the House of Dun, [1] the daughter of William Henry Kennedy-Erskine (1 July 1828 – 15 September 1870) of Dun, Forfarshire, a captain in the 17th Lancers and Catherine Jones (died 13 February 1914), the only daughter of William Jones of Henllys, Carmarthenshire.
When they married they moved to the property and Augusta set about making several alterations, modernizing the property. The writer and poet Violet Jacob (1863–1946), author of Flemington and Tales of Angus, was a member of the Kennedy-Erskine family and was born in the house. The last Laird of Dun was Millicent Lovett.
Dun is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland. [1] [2] It contains the House of Dun, home of the Erskine family and is a stop on the Caledonian Railway. It is located on the river South Esk, west of Montrose and east of Brechin. In 1785-7, a bridge was built there across the South Esk. The writer Violet Jacob was born at the House of Dun.
SNP MSP Fergus Ewing will read from The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob. Conservative MP Sir David Davis, who shared a long friendship with Salmond despite a political divide, will read from John: 14.
An election to all 40 seats on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. [1] Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown is divided into 6 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Ossian Smyth: Martha Fanning Hugo Mills Richard Boyd Barrett: Mairéad Tóibín Michael O'Doherty Cathy Lynch ()Galway East [26] (4 seats) Albert Dolan Anne Rabbitte
Dún Laoghaire [1] (/ d ʌ n ˈ l ɪər i / dun LEER-ee, Irish: [ˌd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə,-ˈl̪ˠiːɾʲə]) is a suburban coastal town in County Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built up alongside a small existing settlement following 1816 legislation that ...
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin [3]) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished in 1994. It is named after the former borough of Dún Laoghaire and the barony of Rathdown.