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Tour Scotland Photograph Sir William Bruce Mausoleum Kinross
Tour Scotland travel photography of the Sir William Bruce Mausoleum in Kirkgate Graveyard on ancestrry, history visit and trip to Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Sir William Bruce of Kinross, 1st Baronet, born 1630, died January 1st, 1710 was a Scottish gentleman, architect, known as " the effective founder of classical architecture in Scotland. " Bruce advised the Duke of Queensberry regarding his plans for Drumlanrig Castle. In 1670 the Duke of Lauderdale commissioned Bruce to remodel Thirlestane Castle. During the 1690s he completed Hill of Tarvit in 1696, Craighall from 1697 to 1699, in Fife, and Craigiehall in 1699 near Edinburgh. From 1698 he was working on a new house for the young Charles Hope, later first Earl of Hopetoun. Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, was completed in 1702.
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