Torosay Castle And Gardens With Music On Visit To Isle Of Mull Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Torosay Castle and gardens south of Craignure on ancestry visit to the Isle Of Mull, Inner Hebrides. John Campbell of Possil sold the castle and the estate to Arburthnot Charles Guthrie, a wealthy London businessman, in 1865. Following the sale of Guthrie Castle out of the Guthrie family, Torosay was generally acknowledged as the seat for Clan Guthrie. The novelist Angela du Maurier, older sister of Dame Daphne du Maurier, is said to have spent some time residing at Torosay with her close companion Olive Guthrie, great grandmother of the present owner. Other visitors during the 1930s included Winston Churchill, Olive Guthrie was his aunt by marriage, and King George of Greece. The Guthrie surname derives from the Scottish place-name of Guthrie, a barony known as the lands of Guthrie in Angus in NE Scotland. The root of the name is a Gaelic word meaning " windy place" or " arrows in the wind " The Guthrie place name gave rise to the Guthrie clan. The Guthries of Guthrie received their estates by a charter from King David II sometime in the mid-14th century. The clan came to prominence in 1461 when Sir David Guthrie of Guthrie, Armor Bearer to the King, was appointed Lord Treasurer of Scotland. He obtained a warrant to build Guthrie castle near Forfar in Angus, which remains standing to this day. Enterprising Scots and Scots Irish, including Guthries, discovered America in the 18th century, arriving there from Philadelphia in the north to Charleston in the south. James Guthrie came to America with his wife in 1730 and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania. His father was a Covenanter who had escaped persecution by fleeing to Ireland. Another James Guthrie came and his wife Elizabeth in the 1760s and they later settled in North Carolina. He too was descended from a Covenanter. Family legend has it that two of their sons were married to two sisters and they travelled on horseback over the mountains to settle in Tennessee. Robert and Bridget Guthrie arrived sometime in the 1740s. After a brief period in Philadelphia, this couple lived in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Robert was a carpenter and cabinetmaker, the organizer of the Carpenters' Guild of Carlisle, trades that were followed by his descendants. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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