Autumn Binnhill Tower On History Visit To Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K late Autumn travel video of Binnhill Tower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perthshire. Four storey Binnhill Tower was built in 1815 by Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray, of Kinfauns Castle, to serve as both an observatory and talking point in the lavish landscaped policies of his estate. These days the folly is flanked by Forestry Commission woodland. An ancient right of way here is believed to have linked Falkland Palace, in Fife, with Scone Palace, where kings were crowned on the Stone of Destiny. Sadly, the tower now lies derelict. Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray was born in Edinburgh on 1 September 1765 the youngest of twelve children to John Gray, 11th Lord Gray and his wife Margaret Blair of Kinfauns, born 1720, died 1790. The family had a house at Adams Square in Edinburgh and a family seat in the north of Scotland at Fowlis Castle. He served in the Breadalbane Fencibles, a local militia, gaining the rank of Major by 1793. In 1807, following the death of his older brother, William John Gray, 13th Lord Gray he succeeded to the peerage. From 1807 to 1810 he served as Deputy Postmaster General in Scotland. He sat in the House of Lords in London, England, from 1812 to 1841. In 1812 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Ninian Imrie, John Playfair and Sir John Leslie. He served as the Society's Vice President from 1815 to 1823. In 1816 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. From 1819 to 1823 he served as President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He died on 20 August 1842 and is buried in the family vault at Fowlis. . Autumn leaf color or colour is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the Autumn season, various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, orange, pink, magenta, blue and brown. The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours or autumn foliage in British English and fall colors, fall foliage or simply foliage in American English All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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