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    Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The ancient seat of the Earls of Eglinton, it is located...
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  • is not certain. The Earl of Eglinton is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Montgomery. The ancestral seat was Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire...
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    Eglinton Park Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference...
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    Culzean Castle in appearance and grandeur. The foundation stone of the new Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning was laid in 1797, the 12th Earl of Eglinton, was...
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    Montgomery's Eglinton Castle was burned down by the Cunninghams in the same year. In April 1586, Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Eglinton, aged twenty-four...
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    August. It was funded and organized by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, and took place at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire. The Queen of Beauty was Georgiana, Duchess...
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    district of Cunninghame. Eglinton Castle, was once home to the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery. Eglinton Country Park now occupies...
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    Illustrations of the castle are scarce, however John Ainslie's 1799 survey of the Eglinton Estates includes a vignette of the Polnoon Castle ruins. Timothy...
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    aged 90. She signed herself as S. Eglintoune. Born at Culzean Castle in 1690, Lady Eglinton was the daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy, 1st Baronet of Culzean...
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    for the proprietor of Eglinton Castle, the Earl of Eglinton. On the page facing the title page is a picture of Eglinton Castle with a game of "croquet"...
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    : p. 15–16  The Cunninghames, led by the Earl of Glencairn burned Eglinton Castle to the ground in revenge in 1528. Kerelaw was rebuilt sometime after...
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    Renfrew. Another view is that Skelmorlie Castle was built by a brother of Hugh, the first Earl of Eglinton. This Hugh was the son of the second Lord...
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    In 1839, Lord Eglinton's name became more widely known in connection with the Eglinton Tournament. This took place at Eglinton castle and is said to...
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    to commemorate the medieval re-enactment known as the Eglinton Tournament held at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire in 1839. At 4 foot 8 inch...
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    distance northwest of Eglinton Castle (grid reference NS 3206 4224) and was named after the Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The castle and surrounding grounds...
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  • Ayrshire, Scotland Eglinton Castle Eglinton Loch HMS Eglinton, the name of two Royal Navy ships Eglinton coupling, a chemical reaction Eglinton reaction, a chemical...
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    schoolboys 'hitting up' outside the Harrow School 'Old School' buildings. Eglinton Castle in Scotland, now largely demolished, had a "Racket Hall" which is first...
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    said to run from Stanecastle near Irvine to Eglinton Castle and another from Stanecastle to Seagate Castle in Irvine, complete with a mythical piper. Monkredding...
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    sources for the naming of Eglinton Avenue. Henry Scadding in an early history of the city wrote that it originated from Eglinton Castle in Scotland, itself...
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  • Anne Livingstone, Countess of Eglinton (died 1632) was a Scottish courtier and aristocrat, and lady-in-waiting to Princess Elizabeth and Anne of Denmark...
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    Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton (18 May 1726 – 30 October 1796) was a Scottish General and member of parliament (MP) in the British Parliament...
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    (1542–1587), is known to have slept at Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning and legend says she stopped at Seagate Castle on her journey the next day. A stone...
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    Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838. The Eglinton Tournament of 1839 held by the 13th Earl of Eglinton at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire was inspired by and modelled...
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    are located at the Irvine Burns Club. Scotland portal Eglinton Castle Earl of Eglinton Eglinton Country Park Notes; Dougall, page 232. Douglas, page 24...
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    Newark Castle, Port Glasgow Lectern-style doocot at the site of the old Eglinton Mains farm in Ayrshire, Scotland Doocot at the Eglinton castle stables...
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    exploited the resources. Drift mining Open-pit mining Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate Glossary of coal mining terminology "Streetgate Bell Pit". Sunniside...
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  • re-formed the regiment as a bodyguard which he took to the Eglinton Tournament at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. Three years later, in 1842, the regiment escorted...
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    Grand Lodge of Scotland was as Grand Architect in 1948–1949. Eglinton Castle "Eglinton, Earl of (S, 1507/8)". Grand Lodge of Scotland Year Book 1960...
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    Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton (10 February 1723 – 25 October 1769), was a wealthy Scottish peer and landowner. Lord Eglinton was mortally wounded on...
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  • Assistant Grand Master from 1989 until 1995. Eglinton Castle Eglinton and Winton Obituary - The Earl of Eglinton and Winton, financier and countryman, The...
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