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Glamis / ˈ ɡ l ɑː m z / is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle , the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother .
Virginia Gabriel was born in Banstead, Surrey, England, the daughter of Major-general "Archangel" Gabriel. [1] She studied piano with Johann Peter Pixis, Theodor Dohler, Sigismond Thalberg and Bernhard Molique and composition with opera composer Saverio Mercadante.
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis (/ ˈ ɡ l ɑː m z /, glahmz) in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne , and is open to the public. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century.
Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis (c. 1498 – 17 July 1537) was a Scottish noblewoman accused of attempted murder, who was executed by burning during the reign of James V of Scotland. Janet was accused of trying to poison James V, implicated by a spurned suitor.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL (22 September 1884 – 25 May 1949), styled as Master of Glamis until 1904 and Lord Glamis until 1944, was a British landowner, peer and British Army officer. He was the eldest brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, thus a maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
The concept for the series originated in 1975 with Cedric Messina, a BBC producer who specialised in television productions of theatrical classics, while he was on location at Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland, shooting an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's The Little Minister for the BBC's Play of the Month series. [2]
James VI sent Glamis with the Duke of Lennox, the Earl of Mar, and the Master of Glamis to Penicuik in February 1593 to search for the rebel Earl of Bothwell. Glamis fell from his horse and broke three ribs. [4] In September 1594, James VI raised a force against the northern earls and met them at the battle of Glenlivet.
2nd Lord Glamis: John Lyon 1431– 1497 3rd Lord Glamis: John Lyon d. 1500 4th Lord Glamis: George Lyon d. 1505 5th Lord Glamis: John Lyon d. 1528 6th Lord Glamis: John Lyon c. 1521 –1558 7th Lord Glamis: Thomas Lyon d. 1608 styled Master of Glamis: Lord Glamis forfeit 1537, restored 1543: John Lyon d. 1578 8th Lord Glamis: Earl of Kinghorne ...