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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Clan Gordon (section Castles)
Aberdeenshire, was held by the Gordon Earls of Aberdeen from 1733 to 1889. Kenmure Castle, a mile south of New Galloway was originally held by the Balliols but...
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John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure (1599–1634) was a Scottish nobleman, renowned Presbyterian, and founder of the town of New Galloway. Sir John Gordon...
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(when the nearby Kenmure Castle was first built), but the village was formally founded in the 17th century by the Viscount of Kenmure and granted Royal...
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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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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of...
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Gordon was the only son of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure of Kenmure Castle and succeeded his father on his death in 1698, but was not able...
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Syme stayed with Gordon and his wife at Kenmure Castle in July 1793 while on their tour of Galloway. Lord Kenmure died childless in September 1840, in his...
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was killed at the battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547. His home was Kenmure Castle. In 1560, after the Scottish Reformation, he took possession of Glenluce...
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Viscount of Kenmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by Charles I in 1633 for the prominent Presbyterian Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet...
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