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Jean Balfour painted under her maiden name of Jean Drew through most of her life. Her primary medium was watercolour. Art was further expression to Balfour's long-term love and interest in the countryside and remote areas, especially in Scotland, Iceland and the Arctic, where she studied plants and the landscape.
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Probate for Walter Douglas who died in 1901 valued his effects at £3,709 and real estate at £56,860, [10] which is equivalent to about £2,224,000 and £34 million in 2016. However, he had a loan secured against the property for £32,013, so his total estate (in modern terms, in those days only rents from real estate counted towards probate ...
Fyfe was born in Kirkcaldy on 25 September 1930, the son of Douglas Fyfe, a watchmaker, and Mary Fyfe née Irvine. He attended Kirkcaldy High School, [3] before studying English literature at the University of Edinburgh.
The newspaper was first published in 1871. It was called the Fife Free Press, & Kirkcaldy Guardian until 1892 when the name was changed to the Fife Free Press. [4] In November 2010, the format of the paper was changed from broadsheet, which had been the format since its first publication, to tabloid. [3] In 2013 it had an average circulation of ...
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, spent much of his early life in Culross, where his family had an estate. [27] A bust in his honour, the work of Scott Sutherland, can be seen outside the Town House. [28] He was the first Vice Admiral of Chile. [29] The war memorial was erected in 1921 to a design by Sir Robert Lorimer. [30]
Wemyss Castle (pronounced [weems]) is situated in Wemyss on the sea cliffs between the villages of East Wemyss and West Wemyss in Fife, Scotland. Wemyss Castle is considered to be a multi-period building, and today's castle includes many elements from former periods such as the 15th-century tower and the 19th-century stables and gatepiers.
The Hereditary Sheriffdom of Fife is an office in the Baronage of Scotland that is still exists. The current Hereditary Sheriff of Fife is Ambassador Dario Item, Earl of Rothes. [2] The administrative Sheriffs of Fife had the duty of upholding law and order in Fife, and ensuring that criminals were brought to justice. Until 1748, these ...