Anabella Drummond:William, third Lord Graham [1st Earl of Montrose 1463/4-1513], sat in the first parliament of King James the Fourth, 1488; and on 3d March, 1504-5, he was created Earl of Montrose, a charter being granted to him of that date, of his hereditary lands of “Auld Montrose”, which were […]
Anna Masterton Buchan – O. Douglas: This author was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 24 March 1877. The daughter of a minister and the sister of John Buchan, Anna Buchan was educated at Hutcheson’s Grammar School in Glasgow. Most of her life was spent in Peebles and her home appears in […]
Michael Bruce of Kinross-shire (Poet of Loch Leven; Poet of Lomond Braes; The Shepherd Poet): Edmund Burke once described Michael Bruce’s Ode to the Cuckoo as “the most beautiful lyric in our language.” Michael Bruce was born in March 1746 at Kinnesswood in the cottage used by his father for weaving. He learnt to read […]
These notes are based on lectures given by Rhoda Fothergill – they were made by a local resident of Perth – Alan Darling – and have been passed to this website. From the Scots Magazine of 1808 “It is impossible to convey an adequate idea of the sorrow and regret universally produced […]
These notes are based on lectures given by Rhoda Fothergill – they were made by a local resident of Perth – Alan Darling – and have been passed to this website. The Ruthven family were of Viking origin and were granted the lands of Ruthven and Tibbermore in the reign […]
These notes are based on lectures given by Rhoda Fothergill – they were made by a local resident of Perth – Alan Darling – and have been passed to this website. W. M. Mackenzie was the son of Alexander Mackenzie, a builder in Scone. William had three brothers and two […]
These notes are based on lectures given by Rhoda Fothergill – they were made by a local resident of Perth – Alan Darling – and have been passed to this website. Schools of Perth 1790 to the Disruption 1843 1794 – Charity School funded by Society for Propagation of Christian […]
Perth Prison was built under the direction of Robert Reid (1774-1856) (“King’s architect and surveyor in Scotland. Reid was responsible for many public works, primarily inEdinburgh, including the Law Courts in Parliament Square. He also worked on the detailed layout of Robert Adam’s Charlotte Square after that architect’s death and built […]
The Watergate (Water Street – sometimes Water Gate) is one of the oldest streets in Perth and was one of its principal streets for several hundred years. It existed as a street within the medieval burgh: “Perth has preserved the main features of the medieval street plan, based on two parallel […]
These notes are based on lectures given by Rhoda Fothergill – they were made by a local resident of Perth – Alan Darling – and have been passed to this website. St. John’s Church – Monasteries – Chapel 1559 – John Knox – Church of Scotland – Presbyterianism […]