Tour Scotland Video James VI Mural Lodge Scoon and Perth No 3 Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the King James VI Mural in Lodge Scoon and Perth No 3 on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Perth, Pethshire. On a wall of the lodge hall used by Lodge Scoon and Perth No. 3 can be found a mural depicting James VI kneeling at their altar at his initiation. The oldest existing record of the Lodge, called " The Mutual Agreement " of 24 December, 1658, records that James was " entered Freemason and Fellowcraft of the Lodge of Scoon " on 15 April, 1601.

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Tour Scotland Video Coronation Robert The Bruce Window Scoon and Perth No 3 Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Coronation of the King Robert The Bruce stained glass window in Lodge Scoon and Perth No 3 on ancestry visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This window window shows the coronation of King Robert the Bruce in Scone, for the second time, on March 29 1306. The explanation for the two coronations is that, following the murder of Red Comyn in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce came north as quickly as possible and was crowned in Scone by Bishop Lamberton of St Andrews on March 27. Two days later, however, Isabella, the Countess of Buchan, shown in the panel holding the circlet of gold, appeared in Scone, claiming the hereditary right to crown the King of Scots. She was not a woman to be ignored and so, as most of Bruce’s party were still in Scone, the ritual was performed again on March 29. Isabella paid dearly for her devotion. After the defeat of Bruce at Methven a few weeks later, she was captured and imprisoned in a cage in Berwick Castle for four years. The window was by artist David Gauld, born 1863, died 1936, one of the highly regarded Glasgow Boys.

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Old Photograph Waygateshaw House Scotland

Old photograph of Waygateshaw House by Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Estate here was owned by the Lockhart family from 1539 until 1720. This Scottish house was a property of the Murrays of Touchadam, though passed to by marriage to Alexander Lockhart in 1539. Stephen Lockhart was indicted in the murder of Henry Lord Darnley in 1572. The family forfeited the Estate for taking part in the Pentland Rising of 1666, but later regained the Estate. It was then sold to the Weirs in 1720, and then passed to the Steel family.



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Old Photograph Drimsynie House Scotland

Old photograph of Drimsynie House near Lochgoilhead, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish house is located on the North West edge of Loch Goil. Drimsynie was home to the Dempster family in the late 19th and early 20th century. John Dempster built a golf course below the house and used to moor his yacht Vol au Vent below the golf course on the Loch. The Dempsters were still at Drimsynie until around 1905 when they moved to Methven Castle near Perth, Perthshire. John Dempster was the son of Robert Dempster and Elizabeth Bonello. He married Mary Emma Walker. He lived at Methven Castle and before that he lived at Drimsynie House in Argyllshire, and at Keele Hall, Staffordshire, England. He was decorated with the award of the Kaiser Cup, with his yacht Vol au Vent for the Heligoland Yacht Race. The Cup was presented by Kaiser Wilhelm II.




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Old Photograph Fullarton House Scotland

Old photograph of Fullarton House near Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish house was built by William Fullarton of that Ilk in 1745 and altered by his son. The Fullarton name is thought to come from the office of " Fowler to the King ", the purpose of which was to supply wildfowl to the King as required. The dwelling which came with the post was called Fowlertoun and the family may have eventually adopted the name. The Fullarton's of Angus had been required by King Robert I to supply him with wildfowl at his castle of Forfar, Angus. William Fullarton, the builder of the house, inherited the estate from his grandfather in 1710, he having inherited it from his brother in turn. Orangefield and Fairfield near Monkton, Ayrshire had been part of the Fullarton Estate, however they were sold by Colonel William Fullarton around 1803, prior to his taking up an official appointment in Trinidad as one of the government's commissioners. Colonel Fullarton died in 1808. Colonel Stewart Murray Fullarton of Bartonholm, a second cousin, married Rosetta, said to be the daughter of the Colonel Fullarton, and their two sons continued the line, however the estate had been sold in 1805 to the Duke of Portland. Fullarton House was was demolished in 1966.



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