Old Photograph Philorth Scotland

Old photograph of Philorth Station, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish railway station was near Philorth House, south of Fraserburgh. Passenger trains through Philorth were withdrawn in 1965 and the track lifted following the withdrawal of freight trains in 1979. Philorth House was built by Lord Saltoun in 1666 and it remained the seat of the Lords Saltoun till it was burned down on the 25th March 1915. The Frasers of Philorth are a Scottish lowland family, originally from the Anjou region of France. Their family seat is in Sauchen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since the time of Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, the heads of the Philorth family are the Lords Saltoun. The current head of the Frasers of Philorth is Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun. The Chiefship was in dispute between the Frasers of Philorth and another branch, which also came from Tweeddale, the Frasers of Muchalls.In the reign of Charles I. The peerage expired with the fourth Lord Fraser, who died in 1716 while on the run as a result of his participation in The Fifteen. The first two sons of Andrew, the 2nd Lord Fraser were thought to have died in the Battle of Dunbar in 1650, however in reality they were taken prisoner and sent to America, where they were placed into servitude. James and William Fraser changed their name to Frissell to protect themselves from Oliver Cromwell. James Frissell was placed in Roxbury and William in the Carolinas. Together, the two of them are responsible for almost all of the Frissells in America.



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