Old Photograph Red Cross Ambulances Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Red Cross Ambulances in Glasgow, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Jail Inveraray Argyll Scotland

Old photograph of the Jail in Inveraray, Scotland. The prison was designed by James Gillespie Graham, born 1776, died 1855, in 1813 after original plans by Robert Reid in 1807. The original plans had called for a courthouse and three prisons, one for males, one for females and one for debtors. The ground obtained was sufficient for such an ambitious plan, but the finance was not and the Prison Commissioners had to be content with only one prison. Both the courthouse and prisons opened in 1820. The courtroom, on the first floor, has a semicircle of large windows giving a magnificent view overlooking the prison yard and, beyond, across Loch Fyne.



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Old Photograph Valleyfield Paper Mills Penicuik Scotland

Old photograph of Valleyfield Paper Mills in Penicuik, Scotland. Papermaking is thought to have started in the area around 1709. The best firm evidence of early paper making lies in the parish cemetery, where the grave of Thomas Rutherford, dated 1735, describes him as " papermaker ". There were at least two established paper mills in the town. In the mid 18th century Charles Cowan, originally a grocer in Leith, established the Cowan Valleyfield Mills. In 1796, Cowan brought in his son, Alexander Cowan, to manage the mill. An adjacent corn mill was purchased in 1803, becoming known as Bank Mill after he converted it to produce the paper on which banknotes were printed. The Valleyfield Mills were used as a prisoner of war camp, mainly for French prisoners, from March 1811 until September 1814, often referred to as the Napoleonic War but more correctly at this period being the Peninsula War.



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Old Photograph Harling Drive Troon Scotland

Old photograph of Harling Drive Street in Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lord And Lady Seafield Cullen House Scotland

Old photograph of Lord and Lady Seafield outside Cullen House, Moray, Scotland. The first Earl of Seafield's branch of the Ogilvy family descended from Sir Walter Ogilvy, whose brother Sir John Ogilvy was the ancestor of the Earls of Airlie. In 1616, the aforementioned Sir Walter Ogilvy's descendant and namesake, Sir Walter Ogilvy, was created Lord Ogilvy of Deskford in the Peerage of Scotland. His son, the second Lord, was created Earl of Findlater in the Peerage of Scotland in 1638. Three years later, in 1641, Lord Findlater obtained a new patent with remainder to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Sir Patrick Ogilvy. Upon his death in 1653, the first Earl of Findlater was succeeded by his son-in-law Sir Patrick while Elizabeth was granted the style and title of Countess of Findlater as though she held the title in her own right. In the late 17th century, James Ogilvy, eldest son of the third Earl of Findlater, was a prominent statesman and served as Secretary of State for Scotland, as President of the Scottish Parliament, as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, as Lord Chancellor of Scotland, as Lord Chief Baron of the Court of the Exchequer in Scotland and as a Scottish Representative Peer. In 1698, thirteen years before he succeeded his father, he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland in his own right as Lord Ogilvy of Cullen and Viscount of Seafield, with remainder, failing heirs male of the body, to heirs of entail. In 1701, he was further honoured when he was created Lord Ogilvy of Deskford and Cullen, Viscount of Reidhaven and Earl of Seafield, also in the Peerage of Scotland and with the same remainder. In 1711, he succeeded his father as fourth Earl of Findlater.



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