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Upload another image Coll-Earn Castle Hotel, Hunter Street And High Street 56°17′59″N 3°42′12″W / 56.299773°N 3.703447°W / 56.299773; -3.703447 (Coll-Earn Castle Hotel, Hunter Street And High Street) Category B 21358 Upload Photo Auchterarder House 56°18′43″N 3°41′55″W / 56.311899°N 3.698539°W / 56.311899; -3.698539 (Auchterarder House ...
Alexander 4th High Steward 1214–1283: Edward II King of England 1284–1327: Alexander of Scotland 1264–1284: Margaret of Scotland 1261–1283: Eric II of Norway 1268–1299: Isabel Bruce c. 1272 –1358: Elizabeth de Burgh c. 1284 –1327: Robert I the Bruce 1274–1329 r. 1306–1329: Isabella of Mar c. 1277 –1296: Cecilia Dunbar: James ...
In a personal memoir, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567 –1640), cited a "misty Highland genealogy" in tracing his family origin, in which he claimed descent from Somerled, Lord of the Isles (died 1164), through his descendant John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (Eoin Carrach MacDomhnaill, 7th Lord of the Isles) of Clan MacDonald.
The oldest surviving house (recently restored) dates from the 1730s. The fountain at the centre of the village dates from 1874 and was gifted by Alexander Martin, a former Dunning resident, who made his fortune in New Brunswick as a confectioner. It includes interesting stone carvings in a medieval style, including an otter eating a trout.
John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland was married to Lady Jean Drummond, daughter of James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth, by whom he had four children: [3]. John Gordon, Lord Strathnaver, born on 21 November 1632, and died on 14 October 1637 of Smallpox at Dunrobin Castle.
Kincardine Castle is a 19th-century manor house near Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The building lies 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-west of the town, on the Ruthven Water . The Gothic house was constructed in 1801–1803, and is a category B listed building .
His father was Great Chamberlain to James IV of Scotland from 7 October 1488. Alexander succeeded his father as Lord Home, Chamberlain and Warden of the Eastern and Middle Marches in 1506, and was confirmed in these honours by royal charter in February 1510. [1] In 1507 he bought the lands and burgh of Gordon from the Earl of Huntly.
Old Kincardine Castle was a 13th-century castle near Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle was located on a promontory overlooking the glen. Sir David de Graham of Cardross received the lands of Kincardine from the Earl of Strathearn and started construction of the castle shortly afterwards. It formed a quadrangle, surrounded ...