Old Photograph Orton House Scotland

Old photograph of Orton House by Fochabers located ten miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The Wharton-Duff family who lived in this Scottish mansion house have a family tree that can be traced back to William Duff of Dipple and the First Earl of Fife, Lord Braco. William Duff, 1st Earl Fife, born 1696, died 30 September 1763. He was a Scottish nobleman. The son of William Duff of Dipple, in 1719 he married Lady Janet Forbes, second daughter of James Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater and widow of Hugh Forbes, Younger of Craigievar. She died in 1720 and in 1723 he married Jean Grant, second daughter of Sir James Grant of Pluscardine, Bt. He inherited substantial estates from his father on his death in 1722. He was Member of Parliament for Banffshire from 1727–34, and was created Lord Braco of Kilbryde in the Peerage of Ireland on 28 July 1735, and Earl Fife and Viscount Macduff, also in the peerage of Ireland, by letters patent dated 26 April 1759, after proving his descent from the MacDuffs, Earls of Fife.



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Old Photograph Freeland House Scotland

Old photograph of Freeland House by Forgandenny in Perthshire, Scotland. The Freeland Estate was owned by Mr Collingwood Lindsay Wood and is now Strathallan School. He originally purchased the Ruthven estate in 1873, and added considerably to its wealth and size. If his only son, born in 1877, had lived, he would have inherited it all on his father’s death in 1906. However, Lindsay Wood’s wife, Francis, and their daughters stayed in residence for some years after his death, but the eventual decay of the estate and increasing debts forced the trustees to consider a somewhat forced sale. In 1917, the sale of the whole estate was made to Mr. Edwin Martin Stewart for £80,000. He was chairman of the Carntyne Iron and Steel Company Limited in Glasgow, and lived in Stirling with his family. Still a relatively young man, he unfortunately died at home in 1921, aged 51.



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Old Photograph College of Domestic Science Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the College of Domestic Science in Glasgow, Scotland. In June 1912 a site was looked at on the corner of Park Drive and Park Avenue and the draft plans to build on this site were submitted to the College Governors on 6 December 1912. Final approval for the building was announced on 4 June 1913. Before work was completed on the new building it was taken over by the Red Cross and used as a hospital for the duration of the First World War. The first class was held in the building on 29 April 1919.



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Old Photographs Main Street West Kilbride Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people on the Main Street in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland. West Kilbride, Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde an Iar, a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast by the Firth of Clyde, looking across to Goat Fell and the Isle of Arran. West Kilbride is generally believed to be named after the ancient Celtic Saint Brigid of Kildare, often known as St Bride. There has been a hamlet in the area since 82 AD when the Roman general Agricola stationed 30,000 troops in the area of the village now known as Gateside. Roman roads can still be explored around the village to this day. Several buildings in the area date back to medieval times. Law Castle, situated at the foot of Law Hill, was built in the 15th century for King James III's sister Mary. Portencross Castle, thought to date from the 14th century, is situated right next to the sea at Portencross harbour, The town became known as a weaving and agricultural town, one of many Ayrshire towns specialising in potatoes. Since the town became linked by rail to Glasgow in 1878, it began to attract more visitors. Blog post 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 Greensands Street Dumfries Scotland

Old photograph of people and houses on Greensands Street in Dumfries, Scotland.



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