Tour Scotland Travel Video Piper Ben Duncan Solo Piping Competition Highland Gathering Blair Atholl Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Piper Sergeant Ben Duncan playing the bagpipes at the Solo Piping Competition at the Highland Gathering on ancestry visit by Blair Castle in Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. The Atholl Gathering takes place on the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May every year. This unrivalled spectacle gives locals and visitors alike the chance to participate in a unique Highland tradition that has persisted for generations.

The personal name Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad, Donchadh, Donachie, Donnchadh and other spelling variants. originally a forename it is one of the earliest names in Scotland, and originates from the Dalriadan Celtic Celtic Scotii, Scots, from Ireland who colonised the south west of Scotland from about the 4th century AD. The predominant Duncans of the East of Scotland were the Duncans of Lundie in Forfarshire. Their extensive property included not only the Barony of Lundie but also the estate of Gourdie. In 1764, King George III’s physician, Sir William Duncan was created a Baronet. The 1st and last Baronet. By 1795, Adam Duncan of Lundie had become Commander of the Fleet in the North Sea and Admiral of the Blue. With a glorious career of victories he was created 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown in 1797 and his son was made the 2nd Earl of Camperdown in 1831. The title became extinct in 1933 with the death of George Alexander Philips Haldane Haldane Duncan, 4th Earl of Camperdown, born 1845, died 1933) in Boston, Massachusetts, America. The Duncan name in Scotland is most prominent in Aberdeenshire, Dundee & Angus, and Fife.

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