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Craigievar Castle is a harled castle or fortified country house 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was the seat of Clan Sempill , and the Forbes family resided here for 350 years until 1963, when the property was sold to the National Trust for Scotland by the 19th Lord Sempill .
In 1770 Druminnor Castle was sold, and the Forbes family moved to Castle Forbes. [22] Castle Forbes, a few miles northeast of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was once a tower house, but was replaced with a large castellated mansion of 1815. [22] Craigievar Castle, four and a half miles southwest of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was built by the Forbeses. [22]
Craigievar Castle, home of the Forbes family. William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill (20 May 1836 – 21 July 1905), born William Forbes, was a Scottish peer, the 17th Lord Sempill and 8th Baronet of Craigievar. He was the son of Sir John Forbes, 7th Baronet, and succeeded his father to the baronetcy on his death in February 1846, at the age ...
Craigievar Castle Portrait of Sir John Forbes, 2nd Baronet of Craigievar Sir Arthur Forbes (1784–1823), 6th Bt of Craigievar, painted by Gilbert Stuart. The Forbes baronetcy, of Craigievar in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 April 1630 for William Forbes, son of the merchant William Forbes who built Craigievar Castle. [1]
Craigievar Castle, seat of the Chief of Clan Sempill. The name Sempill has been known in Renfrewshire since the twelfth century but its origins are obscure. [2] The suggestions that it is a corruption of 'St Paul' seems unlikely. [2] It also seems an unlikely suggestion that the first person of the name had a reputation for being simple or ...
The Castle was built between 1566 and 1572 by George, the 4th Earl of Caithness, for his son William Sinclair. According to the Historic Environment Scotland, "[George's] initials and those of his ...
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Men in Kilts, Episode 7, “Clans and Tartans.” In the seventh episode of Men in Kilts, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish explore the history of the ...