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Ochtertyre / ˌ ɒ x t ər ˈ t aɪər / is a country house and estate in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located in Strathearn , between Crieff and Loch Turret , north of the A85 . History
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
A Calendar of Cases of Witchcraft in Scotland 1510-1727 dates McNiven's death around 1615, stating that "Her date is uncertain." [6] [7] John L. Wilson also dated the execution to 1615 and noted its similarities to the case of John Brughe. [8] Alexander Porteous rendered her name as Kate Nike Neiving and placed her death in 1563. [9]
His father having died in 1938, Alastair succeeded, on his grandfather's death in 1942, to the titles Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex. [5] However, he died in 1943 at the age of 28 "on active service" in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in unusual circumstances. Newspapers at the time reported that he died of "natural causes." [6]
Crieff Parish Church. Crieff Parish Church (Church of Scotland) in Strathearn Terrace, also known as the East Church, is on the site of a medieval building that was demolished and rebuilt in 1786, when a hoard of gold coins from the reign of Robert the Bruce was found within its walls. The church was again rebuilt in 1827.
After the death of Magnus, Earl of Orkney, he inherited the Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney (including Caithness) in right of his great-great-grandfather Earl Gilbert. Despite the similarity of title, and related etymology, a Norwegian jarl is not the same as a Scottish earl; [ 1 ] the position of jarl of Orkney was the most senior rank in ...
Robert was the fourth son of Gille Brigte of Strathearn and his wife Matilda. [1] He first appears on record in 1199, when he and his brothers were witnesses to their father's charters to the Abbey of Inchaffray. By 1210, all three of his elder brothers had died, and he became heir to the earldom of Strathearn.
Donnchadh de Strathearn was a 14th-century bishop of Dunkeld. He was probably from the family of the Gaelic Earls of Strathearn , perhaps even the son of Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn . He was in the company of, as his brother Maol Íosa V was, Edward Balliol when the latter invaded Scotland and contested the crown of the young king David ...