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Craigievar Castle is a harled castle or fortified country house 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It was the seat of Clan Sempill, and the Forbes family resided here for 350 years until 1963, when the property was sold to the National Trust for Scotland by the 19th Lord Sempill.
Craigievar Castle, seat of the Chief of Clan Sempill. The name Sempill has been known in Renfrewshire since the twelfth century but its origins are obscure. [2] The suggestions that it is a corruption of 'St Paul' seems unlikely. [2] It also seems an unlikely suggestion that the first person of the name had a reputation for being simple or ...
The Forbes baronetcy, of Craigievar in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 April 1630 for William Forbes, son of the merchant William Forbes who built Craigievar Castle. [1] He was also a descendant of Hon. Patrick Forbes, third son of the 2nd Lord Forbes, and the nephew of the 1st Baronet of the 1628 ...
In 1770 Druminnor Castle was sold, and the Forbes family moved to Castle Forbes. [22] Castle Forbes, a few miles northeast of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was once a tower house, but was replaced with a large castellated mansion of 1815. [22] Craigievar Castle, four and a half miles southwest of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was built by the Forbeses. [22]
William of Craigievar: Arthur Forbes d. 1632 1st Baronet of Castle Forbes: Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, 1633: Forbes baronets, of Craigievar Castle, in the County of Aberdeen, 1630: Viscount Granard and Baron Clanehugh, 1675 Earl of Granard, 1684: Alexander Forbes (1600–1672) 10th Lord Forbes after 1634–1672: Anne: Alexander Forbes (d. 1636)
Craigievar Castle, home of the Forbes family. William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill (20 May 1836 – 21 July 1905), born William Forbes, was a Scottish peer, the 17th Lord Sempill and 8th Baronet of Craigievar. He was the son of Sir John Forbes, 7th Baronet, and succeeded his father to the baronetcy on his death in February 1846, at the age ...
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Sir Arthur Forbes, 4th Baronet (1709–1773), of Craigievar, Aberdeen, was a Scottish Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1732 to 1747. Forbes was the sixth, but eldest surviving son of Sir William Forbes, 3rd Baronet of Craigievar, and his wife Margaret Rose, daughter of Hugh Rose of Kilravock, Nairn.