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Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland.It is located within a large estate, around two miles (3 km) west of Cumnock.Noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th-century furniture still present, including specially commissioned Thomas Chippendale pieces, the house and estate is now owned by The King's Foundation, a charity which maintains ...
Bute was the son of John, Lord Mount Stuart, and the former Lady Elizabeth McDouall-Crichton. [2] His parents were both from wealthy, aristocratic backgrounds; his father was due to become the Marquess of Bute, with extensive landholdings in Scotland and in South Wales, and his mother was the sole heir to the Crichton estates, with over 63,980 acres (25,890 ha) of land in Scotland. [2]
Moat Brae is a Georgian townhouse designed by Walter Newall in Dumfries, Scotland. It was built in 1823 in the Greek revival style. J. M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, played in the house and garden as a child from the ages of 13-18 whilst at school at Dumfries Academy. Barrie was later presented with the Freedom of the Burgh of Dumfries in ...
Since King Charles acquired Dumfries House in 2007, it has become a “significant visitor attraction,” and various activities on the estate employ more than 150 people, according to The ...
Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was originally created for William Crichton, 9th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, in 1633, and stayed in the Crichton family until the death of the fourth countess in 1742, at which point the title passed to first the Dalrymple and then the MacDouall families before finally being inherited by the Marquesses of Bute, where it remains today.
Charles takes most of his evening meals in the Pink Dining Room while staying at Dumfries House, the headquarters of The King’s Foundation charity.
He was known as Johnny Dumfries, or, after he succeeded his father as marquess in 1993, John Bute. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He attended Ampleforth College , as had his father and most male members of the Crichton-Stuart family, but did not finish the normal five years of study.
At Dumfries House, where the foundation is headquartered, Charles presided over. King Charles III and Rod Stewart shared a playful moment involving a pair of pruning shears. The king, 76, and the ...