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Old Photograph Dining Room Cawdor Castle Scotland
Old photograph of a dining room in Cawdor Castle located ten miles East of Inverness, Scotland. A stone fireplace was installed in the dining room on the 13th of April 1671. The mantelpiece commemorates the marriage between Sir John Campbell of Argyll and Muriel Calder of Cawdor in 1510. Sir John Campbell died in the spring of 1546. Muriel, survived him by almost 30 years. Her eldest son was dead. So upon her death in 1575, the Thanedom passed to her grandson, John Campbell. He later sold part of his estate to Lord Lovat to purchase Islay, an island off the west coast of Scotland just below the Firth of Lorn. On February 4, 1591, he was murdered by a neighbour. During 1660 through 1670 the castle was owned by Sir Hugh Campbell. The land remained in possession of his descendants until 1726, when it was purchased by Duncan Campbell of Shawfield.
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