Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the...
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808690 Drumlanrig (Scottish Gaelic: Druim Lannraig) is a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle. The...
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Duke of Queensberry (redirect from Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar)
the Dukes is at Drumlanrig Castle, built by the 1st Duke of Queensberry. Other titles: Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount...
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Bowhill House, three miles from Selkirk, representing the Scott line; Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, representing the Douglas line; and Boughton...
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Treasure Houses of Britain (section Drumlanrig Castle)
Buccleuch hospitality, made a gift of his portrait by David Wilkie. Drumlanrig Castle is an ancestral home of the Douglases and came to the Buccleuchs through...
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Whitworth Art Gallery, and stately homes such as Blenheim Palace, Drumlanrig Castle, Ramsbury Manor and Waddesdon Manor have suffered losses. Graff jewellery...
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Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres (seven...
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House (Tintagel interior and part of Brightlingsea), and Drumlanrig Castle (part of Tintagel Castle). The Educational Institute of Scotland also served as...
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known than the other properties of the Montagu Douglas Scott family--Drumlanrig Castle, Bowhill House, and Boughton House, all three of which are where the...
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Kingdom, covering some 280,000 acres (1,100 km2). The estate includes Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Bowhill House in Selkirkshire, and Boughton...
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Sceptre with Cross. Houses owned by the Duke include Boughton House, Drumlanrig Castle, Dalkeith Palace, Eildon Hall (Scottish Borders) and Bowhill House...
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17th-century Scotland who re-worked buildings like Thirlestane Castle, Glamis Castle and Drumlanrig Castle to celebrate the lineage of their families. The term...
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Sir James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig, (1498–1578) was a Scottish nobleman active in a turbulent time in Scotland's history. He was the son of Sir William...
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family resided on four estates, Boughton House in Northamptonshire, Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, and Eildon Hall and Bowhill House in the...
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Clan Douglas (section Douglas castles)
Dalkeith Castle, Mid-Lothian. (heavily converted) Douglas Castle, in South Lanarkshire (now only minimal ruins remain). Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and...
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William Douglas of Drumlanrig as his heir. Historic Environment Scotland. "Auchen Castle (SM683)". Retrieved 25 February 2019. "Auchen Castle | Canmore". canmore...
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established the fairytale pink sandstone Drumlanrig Castle ten miles south of Sanquhar near Thornhill. From then on the castle at Sanquhar began to steadily crumble...
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Corstorphine road, and Gill Road (the A702). The village is near Drumlanrig Castle, a 17th-century turreted mansion once the ancient Douglas stronghold...
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cover a belt of country from 20 to 25 mi (32 to 40 km) across from Drumlanrig Castle in the north to Torthorwald in the south. Consisting of massive grits...
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built at Caerlaverlock (1620), Moray House, Edinburgh (1628) and Drumlanrig Castle (1675–89), and was highly influential until the baronial style gave...
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Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west...
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Morton. In 1608 the castle was sold to William Douglas of Coshogle, William Douglas of Drumlanrig then buying it ten years later. The castle may have served...
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Collection. The whole collection is exhibited at three locations: Bowhill, Drumlanrig Castle and Boughton House. The gardens and the house are open to the public...
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Montagu's London house, and later the first home of the British Museum Drumlanrig Castle – also owned by the Duke of Buccleuch Dalkeith Palace – also owned...
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built at Caerlaverlock (1620), Moray House, Edinburgh (1628) and Drumlanrig Castle (1675–89), and was highly influential until the baronial style gave...
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travelling "between splendid houses": Boughton House in Northamptonshire, Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, and Bowhill in the Scottish Borders. Eildon...
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collections of the poets works. In 1803 the poem "On the Destruction of Drumlanrig Woods" was first published in The Scots Magazine and at first attributed...
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at Westminster Abbey. The Duke rode on horseback from Alnwick to Drumlanrig Castle to propose to Lady Elizabeth. The marriage united the Percy and Douglas...
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Robert Burns who became the chamberlain to the Duke of Queensberry at Drumlanrig Castle where the poet was a frequent visitor. His eldest daughter Jean (1777-1839)...
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Midlothian, Scotland, is the former seat of the Duke of Buccleuch. Drumlanrig Castle in situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland...
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