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Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl, though the current chief, the 12th Duke of Atholl, lives in South Africa, where he was born and raised.
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.
Blairlogie situated within the Ochill Hills. The castle is perched above the village of Blairlogie with a small burn running to the east. The Castle is at its core a 16th century tower house and consists of four parts: the old tower, composed of three storeys and at least two corner turrets; a rectangular block to the rear; two extensions on the eastern side.
Blair Castle The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl ( Ath Fodhla ), now in northern Perthshire . Atholl is a special Mormaerdom , because a King of Atholl is reported from the Pictish period.
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One of the world’s oldest whiskies will be auctioned off after being discovered in a Scottish castle. The whisky was found behind a cellar door at 750-year-old Blair Castle, Perthshire, the ...
The Duke of Atholl remained a widower until his death at Blair Castle in January 1917, aged 76. Despite having six surviving children, the 7th Duke has no known grandchildren. [ 3 ] The dukedom passed to his second but eldest surviving son, John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl , and later to his fourth son, Major James Stewart-Murray, 9th ...
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