Winter Road Trip Drive In Strathearn South Central Perthshire On Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video of a sunny Winter road trip drive, with Scottish music, through Strathearn on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to South Central Perthshire. Mostly on narrow roads then on the A85 road then East through Methven to and into the city of Perth. Dr Daniel Stewart MacLagan, was born on 3 June 1904 at Williamstone Farm in Strathearn. He was popularly known as Dan MacLagan. He studied Agricultural Zoology at university and graduated in 1928. He spent a year doing research at Harvard University in America. On his return to Scotland he received a prestigious Carnegie Research Fellowship at Edinburgh University and gained his first doctorate. In 1934 he began lecturing at Aberdeen University and in 1936 received his second doctorate. In 1937 he moved to Durham University in England. In 1944 he returned to Scotland as Head of the Zoology Department at the West of Scotland Agricultural College in Glasgow. In 1946 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He retired from academia in 1969 and returned to Madderty to run the family farm. He died on 3 February 1991 at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Edinburgh. On his death he bequeathed monies to run entomological lectures in Glasgow and money to the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen to provide scholarships to young scientists. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. The surname MacLagan was first found in Atholl. King Duncan's younger son, Maelmore, sired Madadh, Earl of Atholl, and his grandson, Earl Henry, was father to Conan who held vast territories in this area. Conan of Glenerochie was the first Chief of the Robertsons and gave his name to the Clan Connchaidh or Duncan. His successor, Duncan, the 5th Chief, led the Clan in the army of King Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 against the English. For this service, and his subsequent staunch support of the Scottish Crown, his grandson Robert of Struan was granted the lands and barony in 1451. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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