Road Trip Drive With Music To Church and Graveyard On History Visit To Methven Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Summer travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of a road trip drive West on the A85 road from Huntingtower on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the church in Methven, Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Methven Parish Church has a tower and spire erected by public subscription in 1826. The Graham Mausoleum by Methven Church in the cemetery is the burial vault for General Thomas Graham of Balgowan, Lord Lynedoch, and his wife who was the Honourable Mary Cathcart, daughter of Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart. Deeply affected by the death of his wife, Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, commissioned a Mausoleum to her memory in the kirk yard at Methven, Perthshire. This gave the architect James Playfair, a chance to put to practice his most advanced ideas and the resultant design in the form of a gigantic sarcophagus is truly amazing for its period. After a long life Lord Lynedoch joined his wife in her last resting place in 1848. The Mausoleum is the free standing building in front of the church. The Battle of Methven took place in 1306 between Scottish forces led by King Robert the Bruce and English forces led by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and resulted in a resounding win for the English. This was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence. 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. Clan Ruthven is a Lowland Scottish clan. The Ruthven lands in Perthshire, Scotland take their name from the Scottish Gaelic, Ruadhainn which means Dun uplands.The clan chief's family are of Norse origin. They first settled in East Lothian but by the end of the twelfth century they were in Perthshire. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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