Spring Road Trip Drive To Chapel of St Cathan of Aberuthven Perthshire

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, from Auchterarder to visit the Chapel of St Cathan in Aberuthven, Perthshire. The old church in Aberuthven known as St Kattans or St Cathans Chapel is said to be one of the earliest Ecclesiastical foundations in Scotland and was connected to Inchaffrey Abbey. Still in use until the late 1600s the chapel was later altered to house burial vaults including the square mausoleum of the Dukes of Montrose. James Graham, 1st Duke and 4th Marquess of Montrose, born April 1682, died 7 January 1742, was a Scottish aristocratic statesman in the early eighteenth century. He was the only son of James Graham, 3rd Marquess of Montrose and Lady Christian Leslie. On 31 March 1702 he married Christian Carnegie, daughter of David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk. Together they had several sons, including William Graham and Lord George Graham. Originally the fourth Marquess of Montrose, James was elevated to a dukedom in 1707, as a reward for his important support of the Act of Union, whilst being Lord President of the Scottish Privy Council. He was Lord High Admiral of Scotland from 1705 to 1706. He was Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland from 1709 to 1713 and served as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1716 to 1733. He was also a Lord of the Regency for Great Britain in 1714, upon the death of Queen Anne. He served as a Governor of London's Foundling Hospital at the time of its foundation in 1739. For much of his adult life he was Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Apart from his political career, the Duke is frequently associated with Robert Roy MacGregor, who is popularly remembered by the name of Rob Roy. Graham was a primary creditor of MacGregor whom the latter blamed for his financial ruin; MacGregor then carried out a feud with Graham for some years. On his death Graham was buried at Aberuthven.

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