Old Photograph Douneside House Scotland

Old photograph of Douneside House by Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was bought by Alexander MacRobert in 1888. Sir Alexander was knighted in 1910, becoming the first Baronet of Cawnpore and Cromar. The MacRobert Baronetcy, of Douneside was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 April 1922 for Alexander MacRobert, a self made millionaire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Alasdair in June of that year. Tragedy struck the family again when Alasdair was killed in a flying accident in 1938, and the title passed to his younger brother Roderic. In May 1941 Roderic was killed in action whilst flying a Hawker Hurricane fighter in the Middle East, and just over a month later on 30 June 1941, the title became extinct when the youngest brother Iain, was also killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Air Force. Their mother, Rachel, Lady MacRobert, born 1880, died 195), gave money to purchase a Short Stirling bomber, the aircraft was named MacRobert's Reply in memory of her three sons. Lady MacRobert believed that her sons had lived up to the family motto Virtutis Gloria Merces, translated as Honour is the Reward of Bravery. The MacRobert Award, which has been presented every year since 1969 by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is named in honour of Lady MacRobert. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph George Square Greenock Scotland

Old photograph of people and church in George Square in Greenock by Glasgow, Scotland. The Tudor Gothic church with well detailed façade from 1839, was designed by John Baird. The fishing village of Greenock developed along this bay, and around 1635 Sir John Schaw had a jetty built into the bay which became known as Sir John's Bay. In that year he obtained a Charter raising Greenock to a Burgh of Barony with rights to a weekly market. In 1714 Greenock became a custom house port as a branch of Port Glasgow, and for a period this operated from rooms leased in Greenock. Receipts rose rapidly from the 1770s, and in 1778 the custom house moved to new built premises at the West Quay of the harbour. Greenock suffered badly during the Second World War and its anchorage at the Tail of the Bank became the base for the Home Fleet as well as the main assembly point for Atlantic convoys. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Bridge Alyth Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish village is located on a burn which bears its name and owes its position to a confluence of cattle drovers roads used by hill farmers to bring their sheep down to market. The 17th century pack horse bridge is among a number of stone bridges crossing the burn in the village. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Church Pettinain Scotland

Old photograph of the church in Pettinain, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The site here has been a place of worship since the early 12th century when David I established the Chapel of Pedynane. The present church dates principally from the 18th century with an earlier belfry of 1692. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Inverasdale Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Inverasdale, Gaelic: Inbhir Àsdail, on the West shore of Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland. Local lore connects the village to the 1950 theft of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey. One of the students involved was from Inverasdale, and it is rumored the stone was briefly hidden in a tractor shed at nearby Firemore.


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