A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Kilgraston, an estate, with a mansion, in Dunbarny parish, Perthshire, 1 mile SW Bridge of Earn. Surrounded by a spacious wooded park, Kilgraston House, a Grecian edifice, with a fine collection of paintings, was destroyed by fire in April 1872; and, though insured for £14,000, involved a loss which that sum could not cover. The estate was purchased, shortly before his death in 1793, by John Grant, ex-chief-justice of Jamaica, whose grand-nephew, Charles Thomas Constantine Grant, Esq. (b. 1831; suc. 1873), holds 2346 acres in the shire, valued at £3546 per annum. Two of the latter's uncles were Sir Francis Grant (1803-78), president of the Royal Academy, and General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C. B. (1808-75), of Indian and Chinese celebrity.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Dunbarney ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
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