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Old Photograph Govan Cross Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Govan Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. Govan originated as part of the ancient Kingdom of Strathclyde where the local language was a form of Cymro-Celtic, related to modern-day Welsh. The terms Gov, Govan, Govant were all used to designate an artist or a smith who prepared metal from raw ore. It has been suggested that the workshops of the early Christian artisans may have given its name to both the village and the parish. The parish of Govan was separated from the Barony parish of Glasgow by the River Kelvin on the west. It lay on both sides of the Clyde and extended as far as Gorbals on the south side of the river.

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May 30th Photograph Highland Cow Scotland

May 30th photograph of a Highland Cow at Cloan, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

May 30th photograph of a Highland Cow at Cloan, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

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May 30th Photograph Cloan House Garden Auchterarder Scotland

May 30th photograph of Cloan House Gardens, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Gardens and policies extending to roughly 7 acres, originally laid out in the 1850s. Mature trees, rhododendrons and azaleas. Walled, water and wild gardens and delightful woodland walks. This is a garden I will be returning to on a day with better weather.

May 30th photograph of Cloan House Gardens, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

May 30th photograph of Cloan House Gardens, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

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May 30th Photograph Pet Cemetery Scotland

May 30th photograph of a pet cemetery in Cloan House Gardens, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

May 30th photograph of a pet cemetery in Cloan House Gardens, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Cloan House Auchterarder Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Cloan House, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. Victorian Gothic turrets of Cloan, home of Viscount Haldane philosopher and statesman, visited by every great man of the period from Albert Einstein, Lloyd George to Baden Pawell. Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane of Cloan, Viscount, born 1856, died 1928, British statesman. He entered the House of Commons as a Liberal. As war secretary from, 1905 to 1912, he effected drastic army reforms, creating a British expeditionary force, an imperial general staff, an officers training corps, and the territorial army. He was created a peer in 1911. On a diplomatic mission to Germany in 1912) he rejected a proposal of British neutrality in any war into which Germany might be drawn. In Ramsay MacDonald's first short Labour ministry in 1924 he was again lord chancellor. He was first chancellor of the University of Bristol and was elected lord rector of Edinburgh. Haldane was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh in 1912. He died at Cloan House and is buried at Gleneagles. The current chief of Clan Haldane is Martin Haldane of Gleneagles.

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