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Dumfries House

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Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. [1]

47 relations: Alex Salmond, Ayr Racecourse, Ayrshire, Charles, Prince of Wales, Christie's, Clarence House, Cumnock, Dowager, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Dumfries, Earl of Stair, English country house, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, Grand Tour, Heir apparent, Historic Scotland, Holyrood Palace, Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, Isle of Bute, John Adam (architect), John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Knockroon, Loudoun Castle, Morrisons, Mount Stuart House, National Trust for Scotland, Palladian architecture, Poundbury, Prince of Scotland, Robert Adam, Robert Weir Schultz, Rosewood, SAVE Britain's Heritage, Savills, Scottish Government, Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire, The Daily Telegraph, The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation, The Scotsman, The Times, Thomas Chippendale, William Adam (architect), William Crichton, 2nd Earl of Dumfries, William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair.

Alex Salmond

Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician who served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014.

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Ayr Racecourse

Ayr Racecourse at Whitletts Road, Ayr, Scotland,British Racing and Racecourses by Marion Rose Halpenny – Page 71 was opened in 1907.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is an historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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Charles, Prince of Wales

Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Christie's

Christie's is a British auction house.

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Clarence House

Clarence House is a royal residence in London, situated on The Mall, in the City of Westminster.

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Cumnock

Cumnock (Cumnag in Gaelic) is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Dowager

A dowager is a widow who holds a title or property—a "dower"—derived from her deceased husband.

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Duke of Rothesay

Duke of Rothesay (Diùc Baile Bhòid, Duik o Rothesay) is a dynastic title of the heir apparent to the British throne, currently Prince Charles.

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Earl of Dumfries

Earl of Dumfries is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Earl of Stair

Earl of Stair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Grand Tour

The term "Grand Tour" refers to the 17th- and 18th-century custom of a traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a chaperon, such as a family member) when they had come of age (about 21 years old).

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Heir apparent

An heir apparent is a person who is first in a line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person.

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Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

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Holyrood Palace

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland, Queen Elizabeth II.

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Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland

The Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland is a listing of gardens and designed landscapes of national artistic and/or historical significance, in Scotland.

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Isle of Bute

The Isle of Bute (Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bhòdach), properly simply Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.

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John Adam (architect)

John Adam (5 March 1721 – 25 June 1792) was a Scottish architect.

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John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute

John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, KT, FRS (10 August 1793 – 18 March 1848), styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1794 and 1814, was a wealthy aristocrat and industrialist in Georgian and early Victorian Britain.

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John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute

John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (12 September 1847 – 9 October 1900) was a landed aristocrat, industrial magnate, antiquarian, scholar, philanthropist, and architectural patron.

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John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute

John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute, KBE (27 February 1933 – 21 July 1993) was a Scottish peer, benefactor and patron of the arts.

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John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute

John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (born 26 April 1958), styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993, is a British peer and a former racing driver, most notably winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Knockroon

Knockroon is a planned development to be located between the towns of Cumnock and Auchinleck in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Loudoun Castle

Loudoun Castle is a ruined 19th-century country house near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, trading as Morrisons, is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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Mount Stuart House

Mount Stuart House on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland, is a Gothic Revival country house and the ancestral home of the Marquesses of Bute.

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National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland (Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish conservation organisation.

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Palladian architecture

Palladian architecture is a European style of architecture derived from and inspired by the designs of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580).

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Poundbury

Poundbury is an experimental new town or urban extension on the outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England.

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Prince of Scotland

Prince and Great Steward of Scotland are two of the titles of the heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom.

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Robert Adam

Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer.

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Robert Weir Schultz

Robert Weir Schultz (26 July 1860 – 29 April 1951) was a Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer.

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Rosewood

Rosewood refers to any of a number of richly hued timbers, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many different hues.

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SAVE Britain's Heritage

SAVE Britain's Heritage was created in 1975, European Architectural Heritage Year, by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings.

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Savills

Savills plc is a global real estate services provider listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire

Terringzean Castle, also Taringzean, pronounced 'Tringan', is a Category B listed castle ruin lying above the River Lugar and the Terringzean Holm in the policies of Dumfries House, Parish of Cumnock, Scotland.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation

The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation is one of the largest independent foundations in the UK.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Thomas Chippendale

Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was born in Otley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England in June 1718.

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William Adam (architect)

William Adam (1689 – 24 June 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur.

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William Crichton, 2nd Earl of Dumfries

William Crichton (1598–1691) was the 2nd Earl of Dumfries.

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William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, 4th Earl of Stair

William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries KT (1699 – 27 July 1768) was a Scottish peer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_House

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