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 Baron Strathspey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baron Strathspey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1858 for John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, who was the Earl of Seafield in the Peerage of Scotland.
James Patrick Trevor Grant, 6th Baron Strathspey (b.
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It is said the Crucifix was carried, for the last time in Strathspey, at her funeral at Duthil, 30th December, 1662.
After holding appointments in the 97th or Strathspey Regiment, and the Fraser Fencibles, he was in 1799 made Lieut.-Colonel in the Colonsay Fencibles, or Colonel McNeill’s Regiment, with permanent rank in the Army.
A banquet, followed by a ball, was given to the Strathspey tenantry and friends in a magnificent pavilion erected in front of the Castle, and a portrait, with an address with about a thousand signatures, were presented to the young Chief.
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 Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter VI - Earldom and Earls of Findlater, and Seafield - Section VIII
On the 14th of August, 1858, he was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the title of Baron Strathspey of Strathspey.
On his death, the peerage of the United Kingdom Baron Strathspey of Strathspey became dormant; but the other Scottish titles (without the estates) devolved on James Ogilvie Grant, Ninth Earl of Seafield —the uncle and heir of the preceding Earl.
Shortly after his succession to the title of Earl of Seafield he was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Baron Strathspey of Strathspey, in the counties of Inverness and Moray, on the 17th of June, 1884.
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 Arthur GRANT-[1]
That son fought for Wallace and Moray, and acquired land in Strathspey.
On the death of the 11th Earl in WW1 His Daughter Nina Became countess and owner of Grant Castle, called the Cullen House in Baffles.
The Chief of the Clan in 1962 is Sir Donald Patrick Trevor Grant, Baron of Strathspey.
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Baron Strathspey - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Baron Strathspey.
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The Strathspey tradition is that a daughter of Lochiel married a Stewart Laird of Kincardine at the end of the 15th century.
Lochiel sent with her a bodyguard of twelve of his clansmen to protect her on her journey and that these men settled in that country, being known as the 'Blue Bonnetless Lads' because they did not wear the head-dress common in that country, but a flat steel cap.
They were known locally as 'The Baron's Lady's Flower.' The Dwarf Elder flourished there until recently when it was destroyed by some chemical spray.
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Lord Strathspey, Sir James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, Bart.
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As one of the half-dozen most powerful and known for being one of the most close knit of all the Scottish Clans, the Grants have held land in the largest valley in the Highlands since 1316.
The Farquharson children were taken to Strathspey and raised among the Grants.
The 7th and 8th Earls of Seafield undertook extensive re-afforestation of Strathspey, restoring its character and altering the local micro-climate.
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 Pratt Family History
The result was that the Bonnie Earl of Moray was slaughtered on a beach, and Huntly sent a force against the Grants in Strathspey, where they killed eighteen Grants and destroyed the lands of Ballindalloch.
The seventh and eight earls undertook extensive reforestation of Strathspey, restoring its original character and literally altering the climate of the region.
It is not by chance that Lord Strathspey also bears the title of Baron of Nova Scotia, where there are strong links Interest in the Clan has developed since the mid 50's and enabled the establishment of a Clan Centre at the Kirk in Duthil which was given to the Clan for such use.
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 MyClan.com : Clan Grant : Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The victory of Robert the Bruce confirmed the Grants in their holdings in Strathspey, and whatever their southern origins they were now firmly established as Highland chiefs.
The consequence of this was that when the Seafield earldom, which can descend in the female line, parted company with the chiefs of Clan Grant, the lands were lost.
The Grants of Rothiemurchus, one of the principal branch families, still hold their lands around Aviemore, and other branches of the family also hold land in Strathspey.
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In the district of Strathspey is a wide moor known as the “griantach,” or Plain of the Sun, the number of pagan remains scattered over its surface showing it to have been in early times a chief centre of the Beltane or Sun Worship.
His lordship's home-coming to Castle Grant was the occasion of an immense outburst of enthusiasm on the part of the clan, and afterwards, residing among his people, he and his countess did every thing to endear themselves to the holders of their ancient and honourable name.
Next morning there were 900 Strathspey men, headed by the factor of Seafield, at the entrance to the town, and it was only by the greatest tact on the part of the authorities that a collision was prevented.
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The tartan shown here is that of The Baron of Lee.
Seen here on the March, Strathspey and Reel platform.
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Tutor, Part 2 (1876-1901) in a two-part reel and a three-part strathspey setting (which is perhaps the original).
The fiddle version adapts the reel setting plus the third part of the strathspey setting, according to Dunlay and Greenberg.
Scottish collections print the tune as a strathspey, with the third part in the lower octave; Cpae Breton versions have the third part in the higher octave, and are sometimes played without the middle turn (Dunlay and Greenberg).
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7th Earl of Seafield and 1st Baron Strathspey - Clan Chief from 1853-1881.
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dance: Willcox MS, 1793; tune: Carroll MS; Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus Baron von Steube volunteered for the American cause in the War of Independence and he was made the generai is charge of training/drilling the troops, a great help in winning the war.
1-8 Partners strathspey set, change places, strathspey set and change back (take small steps and loop around so as to fill the time available for the changing of places).
1-8 All turning single to the right dance 1/8 of the way around counterclockwise to form a diamond; strathspey set; in the next turn single, move 1/4 of the way around to the next point of the diamond; strathspey set.
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As a result, vast quantities of new fiddle music were being written all through Burns’ life -- reels, strathspeys, Scots measures, hornpipes, slow airs, variations -- and specialist fiddle-composers were emerging into national prominence -- Marshall, Gow and his four sons, McGlashan, Mackintosh.
It was inevitable that Burns, in his quest for good tunes to write words to, should have kept a keen eye on who was composing what, and had a go at playing the fiddle himself.
The strathspey has to be slightly adjusted for singing -- the birls replaced by Scotch snaps, the repeats omitted, the whole a little slowed down -- but once this is done the two bond completely.
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John the Baird, the grandson of Sir Duncan Grant and his Son Sheumas Nam Creach, followers of James the 5th adviser to Mary Queen of Scots.
Their Eldest son John Grant was the 5th Baron.
The castle is located near Aviemore 30 mile from Spey on Lockness.
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The "Demo from Hell" at the Civic Center in 1983 --The piper led us in the wrong direction as we circled on to the big stage, and we all ended up with unexpected partners.
Then he began to play a jig instead of the strathspey we were counting on, so we took a collective deep breath and began dancing skip-change-of-step, only to have the piper stop after a few bars and start over with a strathspey.
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 NEFA Tape 1993.010 index and summaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
T: Oh Gin I Were a Baron's Heir (Lassie Wad Ye Lo'e Me)
FL: Oh gin I were a baron's heir
S: Preceded by vote of thanks, followed by fiddles, pianos playing strathspey and reel.
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James Patrick Trevor Grant of Grant, 6th (Click link for more info and facts about Baron Strathspey) Baron Strathspey
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David Henry Arthur Nicolson of that Ilk, 4th (Click link for more info and facts about Baron Carnock) Baron Carnock
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