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Old Photograph Fisherman's Cottage Buchanhaven Peterhead Scotland
Old photograph of a fisherman's Cottage in Buchanhaven, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This old fishing village was established in 1760 by the then landowner Ferguson of Pitfour. James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, born 1700, died 25 June 1777, was a Scottish advocate and second Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in Buchan. His flourishing law practice was sited opposite Parliament House in Edinburgh. He became Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 1722 and was elevated to the bench, becoming Lord Pitfour, in 1764. Pitfour was described as one of the greatest lawyers in the country. However, by the time he became a judge he was past his prime intellectually and thus did not make as much of an impact in that role. A Jacobite sympathiser, he is best known for his defence of rebels standing trial at Carlisle after the Jacobite risings.
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