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Barnton House c.1870. He was born in Barnton House west of Edinburgh, on 29 May 1809, the eldest son of George Ramsay and his wife Jean Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton Baron Belhaven. Barnton House (previously known as Cramond Regis) was commissioned by his father in 1784 to replace an earlier house, and was designed by Robert Adam.
Barnton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Sabhail) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as " Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north.
Meyer Oppenheim (December 28, 1905 – May 24, 1982) [1] was a financier and philanthropist in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was chairman of James Grant & Co and Argyle Securities. The family lived in The White House in Barnton which was later owned by David Murray and then the writer J.K. Rowling. [2] Oppenheim bought the Royal Lyceum Theatre in ...
This is a list of kingdoms and royal dynasties, organized by geographic region. Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification.
Robert Barton was the son of John Barton the sailor. He took Perkin Warbeck away from Scotland in the Cuckoo in July 1497. [1] His usual business was exporting goods to Flanders and importing into Scotland, items bought by the King James IV included blue damask cloth, and timber for the ceiling of the chapel at Holyroodhouse in 1504. [2]
Davidson's Mains is a former village and now a district in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes, Blackhall and Corbiehill/House O'Hill. It was absorbed into Edinburgh as part of the boundary changes in 1920 and is part of the EH4 postcode area.
Old Mansion House, Dalmahoy near Edinburgh: Aberdour Castle, Dalkeith House, Dalmahoy, Loch Leven Castle and Morton Castle: Earl of Rothes: Dorset: Ballinbreich Castle: Earl of Buchan: Newnham House, Hampshire: Almondell House, Midlothian and Lochindorb Castle Earl of Eglinton: Moffat: Eglinton Castle, Ardrossan Castle and Skelmorlie Castle ...
Several diplomas in fish culture A gold medal in 1883 and 1885 from the International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh Sir James Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, 4th Baronet (29 March 1848 – 9 November 1897) was a Scottish aquaculturist who dedicated his life to experimenting on the practices of husbandry in fish.