Old Photograph Minto House Lochgelly Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Minto Hpuse by Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. This was the property of the Right Honourable the Earl of Minto, anciently belonging to the family of Kininraonth, the heiress of which married Sir Alexander Murray of Melgund during the 17th century. Their descendants for a time held the lands, but the family again ending in an heiress, Agnes Murray Kynynmond, who married Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3d baronet of Minto, he thus acquired Lochgelly and Kininmonth. He was a lord of the admiralty 1756, treasurer of the chamber 1762, keeper of the signet for Scotland 1767, and treasurer of the navy 1770. His eldest son, Sir Gilbert Elliot, was viceroy of Corsica in 1795, and was raised to the peerage in 1797, by the title of Lord Minto. In 1799 he was envoy extraordinary to Vienna; and in 1806 was president of the board of control for Indian affairs. From 1808 to 1812 he was Governor-general of India; and was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Minto, Viscount Melgund, in 1813. The present Earl, who is first lord of the admiralty, succeeded his father in 1814. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photographs Main Street Kilwinning Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses, people, cottages and church on Main Street in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Byres Road Kilwinning Scotland

Old photograph of people, houses, horse and cart and cottages on Byres Road in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Robert William Service, poet and writer known for his ballads depicting the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897 spent his childhood in Kilwinning with his grand father who was in charge of the Post Office


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Old Photograph Church And Abbey Kilwinning Scotland

Old photograph of church in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Parish Church of Kilwinning was built by John Garland and John Wright and completed in 1774. It stands on the site of an earlier sixteenth century church which in turn was located within the ruins of Kilwinning Abbey. The Abbey was founded in 1188.



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Old Photograph Lodge of the Freemasons Kilwinning Scotland

Old photograph of the Lodge of the Freemasons in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Kilwinning is notable for housing the original Lodge of the Freemasons. When the Lodges were renumbered, Kilwinning was kept as Lodge Number '0', the Mother Lodge of Scotland.



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