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Watkins-Pitchford married in 1939, and had two children, Robin, who died at the age of seven from Bright's Disease, and Angela.Tragedy entered his life a second time in 1974, when his wife, Cecily, became unwell after working in the garden while a farmer was spraying his fields at the other side of the hedge.
Caithness landscape, looking towards Halkirk from Beinn Freiceadain. It is a land of open, rolling farmland, moorland and scattered settlements. The county is fringed to the north and east by dramatic coastal scenery and is home to large, internationally important colonies of seabirds.
Castle of Old Wick, near Wick, Caithness. During a feud between the Clan Sutherland and Clan Sinclair the castle was starved into submission by John Sinclair, Master of Caithness in 1595. It is now in the care of Historic Scotland. [4] Thurso Castle, near Thurso, Caithness is a ruinous mansion on the site of a castle. It was held by the ...
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Latheron (from Scottish Gaelic Latharn 'muddy place') [1] is a small village and civil parish in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, [2] centred on the junction of the A9 with the A99. [3] The Clan Gunn Heritage Centre and Museum is housed in the old Parish Church (built in 1734).
Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, PC (born 3 November 1948), is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale, 15th Baronet, of Canisbay, Co. Caithness, and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the Clan Sinclair Trust.
It became the Sheriff of Sutherland & Caithness in 1857. [1] In 1870 the office became known as the Sheriff of Caithness, Orkney & Shetland . [ 2 ] It was again reorganised as the Sheriff of Caithness, Sutherland, Orkney & Zetland in 1946, but was abolished in 1975 when the current sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands was created.
The Battle of Altimarlach was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 13 July 1680, near Wick, Caithness, Scotland.It was fought in a dispute between Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy and George Sinclair of Keiss over who had the right to the title and lands of the Earl of Caithness.