Winter Snow Huntingtower Castle On History Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short Winter 4K travel video clip of snow falling at Huntingtower Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Perth, Perthshire. This Scottish castle was built in stages from the 15th century by the Clan Ruthven family and was known for several hundred years as the House of Ruthven. In the summer of 1582, the castle was occupied by the 4th Lord Ruthven, who was also the 1st Earl of Gowrie, and his family. Gowrie was involved in a plot to kidnap the young King James VI, son of Mary, Queen of Scots. During 1582 Gowrie and his associates seized the young king and held him prisoner for 10 months. This kidnapping is known as the Raid of Ruthven and the Protestant conspirators behind it hoped to gain power through controlling the king. James eventually escaped and actually forgave Gowrie, but after a second abortive attempt by Gowrie and others to overthrow him, Gowrie was finally executed and his property was forfeited to the crown. The Castle and lands were restored to the Ruthven family in 1586. However in 1600, the brothers John and Alexander Ruthven were implicated in another plot to kill King James VI and were executed. This time, the king was less merciful: as well as seizing the estates, he abolished the name of Ruthven and decreed that any successors would be ineligible to hold titles or lands. Thus the House of Ruthven ceased to exist and by royal proclamation the castle was renamed Huntingtower. The Castle remained in the possession of the crown until 1643 when it was given to the family of Murray of Tullibardine, from whom the Dukes of Atholl and Mansfield are descended. John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl resided in the Castle, where his wife Lady Mary Ross bore a son 7 February 1717. The Castle began to be neglected and after Lady Mary died in 1767. The surname Ruthven was first found in Angus, Gaelic: Aonghas, at Ruthven, a parish in the Tayside region of north eastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire. Spelling variations of this family name include: Ruthven, Ruthen, Ruthin, Wruthven, Wruthen, Rutheven, Rotheven, Rothveyn and many more. Mary Ruthven was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for 7 years, then transported aboard the Asia on 9th March 1847, arriving in Tasmania; George Ruthven, aged 15 months, was a Scottish settler travelling from Glasgow aboard the ship Peter Denny arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd September 1873, but he died on board; Colin Ruthven arrived in Ontario, Canada, in 1818; James Ruthven arrived in America in 1785; Edwin Ruthven settled in Philadelphia, America, in 1861; John Ruthven, aged 17, settled in America from Glasgow, in 1893. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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