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Old Photograph Glen Tanar House Scotland
Old photograph of Glen Tanar House near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, an English barrister, banker and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1869 and 1892, had major influence on the estate of Glen Tanar, near Aboyne in Aberdeenshire. At first he leased the estate from Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly, who married his elder daughter. He then bought the estate in 1890. Brooks lavished money on Glen Tanar, building a large house, cottages for estate workers, a school, stables and kennels. He also installed numerous carved stones and memorials in the surrounding countryside, many of which make playful references to his name or celebrate the virtues of drinking water rather than alcohol. Brooks died at Glen Tana, as he preferred to spell the name, at the age of 80.
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