Old Photographs Of Strachur Argyll And Bute Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Strachur, Scottish Gaelic: Srath Chura, located on the Cowal peninsula, a small village on the eastern coast of Loch Fyne. in Argyll and Bute. By tradition, Strachur has been held as one of the original strongholds of Clan Campbell, and in 1870 the principal landowners of the parish were Campbell of Strachur and McLachlan of that Ilk. The principle country houses there at that time were Strachur Park, Castle Lachlan, Strachurmore, Glenshellis, Balliemore, and Glenbranter. The parish church of Strachur dates from 1789 and can accommodate 400. General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur, born 1727, died 1806, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeded Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester as Commander in Chief in North America in 1783 following the end of the American War of Independence. Sir Harry Lauder, a Scottish singer and comedian, born 1870, died 1950, was the laird of the Glenbranter estate, between Lock Eck and Strachur, in the first half of the twentieth century All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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