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Cawdor Castle Gardens. The castle is known for its gardens, which include the Walled Garden (originally planted in the 17th century), the Flower Garden (18th century), [2] and the Wild Garden (added in the 1960s). In addition, the castle grounds include a wood featuring numerous species of trees (as well as over 100 species of lichen ...
Cawdor Castle, historic seat of the chiefs of Clan Calder. Cawdor Castle, five miles south-west of Nairn. [2] Much of the present castle was built by the Calders, with a large keep of four storeys that dates from the fourteenth century, and a courtyard enclosing ranges of buildings. [2] The castle is reached by a drawbridge across a ditch. [2]
Colin Robert Vaughan Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor, DL (born 30 June 1962), styled Viscount Emlyn from 1970–93, is a Scottish peer, landowner, and architect. A member of the House of Lords from 1993–99, he is Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire .
The name "Cawdor" is the English pronunciation and spelling of the ancient and original Highland name of CALDER. In the early 19th century, Lord John Campbell of Caddell was residing in England and changed the name of the castle, town and clan overnight so that it would match the Shakespearean designation (reference: Cawdor Historical Society).
Earl Cawdor, of Castlemartin in the County of Pembroke, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1827 for the politician John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor .
Castle, regarded with disdain by teams from central and northern Indiana, slayed Carmel in the semistate, and then Hobart, in the 1982 Class 3A (then the largest class) state championship game.
The village is the location of Cawdor Castle, the seat of the Earl Cawdor. A massive keep with small turrets is the original portion of the castle, and to it were added, in the 17th century, later buildings forming two sides of a square. [2] Macbeth, in Shakespeare's play of the same name, becomes Thane of Cawdor early in the narrative. [1]
Hugh John Vaughan Campbell, 6th Earl Cawdor (6 September 1932 – 20 June 1993), was a Scottish peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords from 1970 until his death. Biography [ edit ]