Sweetheart Abbey On Visit To Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of Sweetheart Abbey , with Scottish music, on visit to Kirkcudbrightshire. The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, eight miles South of Dumfries. The abbey, located on the banks of the Pow Burn, was founded by Dervorguilla of Galloway, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway, in memory of her husband, John de Balliol. After his death, she kept his embalmed heart, contained in a casket of ivory and silver, with her for the rest of her life, and it was buried alongside her when she died. In line with this devotion to her late husband, she named the abbey Dulce Cor, Latin for Sweet Heart. Their son, also John, became King of Scotland, but his reign was tragic and short.

James Carruthers, born 1759, died 1832, was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and historian who is buried in the graveyard of Sweetheart Abbey. James Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, born 17 August 1876, died 15 December 1951, was a British politician and diplomat who was first secretary general of the League of Nations. He later became British ambassador to Rome and then the chief adviser on foreign publicity in the Ministry of Information. In 1946, he became deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords. He died of cancer at his home in Sussex and is buried in the graveyard of Sweetheart Abbey. Sir William Paterson, born April 1658, died 22 January 1719, was a Scottish trader and banker. He was one of the founders of the Bank of England and was one of the main proponents of the catastrophic Darien scheme. He spent the last years of his life in Westminster, London, and died in January 1719. A mystery still surrounds the burial site of Paterson. Many, including officials at the Bank of England, believe he is buried in Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway.

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