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Old Photograph Strathblane Scotland
Old photograph of Strathblane, Scotland. This Scottish village lies at the foothills of the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills on the Blane Water, 12 miles North of Glasgow. Historically, Strathblane was the name of a parish in Stirlingshire which comprised three villages: Edenkill, Netherton and Mugdock. Mugdock was the ancient seat of the Earls of Lennox. The principal local family were the Edmonstones of Duntreath who had ancient links to the Kings of Scotland. In 1374 Sir John Edmonstone was an ambassador to France for King Robert II, subsequently his son Sir Archibald Edmonstone settled the family at Duntreath. In 1425, Sir Archibald's son Sir William Edmondstone of Culloden married Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, second daughter of King Robert III, and they had a son whom they named Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath. More recently Edward VII's mistress Alice Keppel, née Alice Frederica Edmonstone, was the eighth daughter of the 4th Baronet, and is the great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay, the second wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay.
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