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James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair. John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair. Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1703 for the lawyer and statesman John Dalrymple, 2nd Viscount of Stair . Dalrymple's father, James Dalrymple, had been a prominent lawyer; having served as Lord President of the Court of Session, he ...
Lochinch. The Castle, built in the Scottish Baronial style in the mid-19th Century, enabled the 10th Earl and Countess of Stair to once again take up residence by the lochs, the family residence Castle Kennedy having burned down in 1716. Today it is still home to the Earl and Countess of Stair and their family.
- The 18th Century Gardens
- The 19th Century Gardens
- The 21st Century Gardens
The 2nd Earl was ambassador to the court in Paris (1714-1720) which seems to have influenced the layout of the garden at the time, as the Castle green was reputedly laid out on similar lines to Versailles. The 2nd Earl, a Field Marshall, also had a significant military career, which is reflected in various parts of the Gardens. The extensive work o...
It was not until the mid-19th Century when the present house, Lochinch Castle, was to be built that the Gardens were restored and further extended. This effort was commissioned from the Scottish botanist and garden designer John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843). At that time, interest in plant collections was at a peak. The British have foraged in all c...
Today, in conjunction with Historic Scotland, we are working on a continuous restoration programme at Castle Kennedy Gardens in an effort to reveal the magnificent design that was part of the ‘restoration’ project by JC Louden in the mid-19th Century. The Gardens now comprise a world famous plant collection, a scheduled ancient monument, several ca...
Thus the Countess of Stair is a first cousin of the Queen. Succeeding to his father's earldom in 1961, Lord Stair took on the duties of Lord Lieutenant of Wigtownshire. In 1964, he was...
Dating back to the 17th century, it is named after Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Stair, who resided here in the early 18th century. The house has a rich history of hosting literary figures and preserving Scotland's literary legacy.
John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair, KT, DSO, DL (1 February 1879 – 4 November 1961), styled Viscount Dalrymple between 1903 and 1914, was a Scottish soldier and Conservative Party, later Unionist Party, politician. Military and political career.
John David James Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair (born 4 September 1961) is a British politician who, since 2008, has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Background [ edit ] Stair is the eldest child of John Dalrymple, 13th Earl of Stair and Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1930 - 1 November 2017), daughter of David Bowes-Lyon , brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother .
