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The Castle and the Atholl Estates were used in the 2008 reality television series Conquer the Castle. Most Dukes of Atholl are buried in the family burial ground next to the ruins of St Bride's Kirk in the grounds of Blair Castle. St Bride's was the village church of Old Blair but fell into disuse after 1823 when the estate village was ...
Blairlogie was a possession of the Spittal family from the late 15th century until 1767, when the last to bear the name, Elizabeth Spitall, married Robert Dundas of Blair, near Culross. The estate hence passed into the hands of the Dundases of Blair. [3] In 1845 a later Robert Dundas sold the estate, after which passed through different hands ...
At the foot of Castle Law (and giving its name to the hill) stands Blairlogie Castle (also known as "The Blair"), built in 1543 by Alexander Spittal. The castle and surrounding estate was purchased by Lt Col Hare of Calder Hall in 1891 who modernised it. [2] An abandoned copper mine lies to the east of the village. [3]
Blairquhan is approached from the north via a three-mile (five-kilometre) drive along the River Girvan.The late James Hunter Blair (1926–2004), younger brother and heir presumptive of Sir Edward Hunter-Blair, 8th Baronet (1920–2006), was a noted horticulturalist and forester who spent most of his life restoring the castle and preserving the estate grounds, which include veteran trees and a ...
Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray was born at Blair Castle in Perthshire, Scotland on 17 March 1868, the youngest daughter of John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, and his wife, Louisa Moncreiffe, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Baronet. [2] [1] [3] Murray received a typical Victorian aristocratic education being tutored by governesses at home.
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