Huntingtower

Huntingtower

Huntingtower may refer to:

*Huntingtower Castle
*Huntingtower (novel), a 1923 novel by John Buchan
*Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia
*Huntingtower (film), British film released in 1928.


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  • Huntingtower Castle — once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place [Palace] of Ruthven is located beside the A85 and near the A9, about 5km NW of the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland, on the main road to Crieff. History Huntingtower Castle was… …   Wikipedia

  • Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield — Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, a village of Perthshire, Scotland, on the Almond, 3 miles northwest of Perth, and within 1 mile of Almondbank station on the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 459.Bleaching, the chief industry, dates from 1774, when… …   Wikipedia

  • Huntingtower (novel) — Huntingtower is a novel by John Buchan. It is the first of his three Dickson McCunn books and is set near Carrick in south west Scotland around 1920. Although it might be viewed as historical from a 21st Century perspective it was a contemporary… …   Wikipedia

  • Huntingtower School — Infobox Aust school private name = Huntingtower School motto = Nosce Te Ipsum (Latin: Know thy true self ) established = 1927 type = Independent, Co educational, Day and Boarding denomination = slogan = key people = Mr. S Bowen (Principal) fees …   Wikipedia

  • William Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower — William Lionel Felix Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower (4 July 1820 – 21 December 1872), styled Hon. William Lionel Felix Tollemache until 1840, was a controversial British nobleman, known for his financial entanglements and extramarital… …   Wikipedia

  • John Grant, Lord Huntingtower — John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, Lord Huntingtower, DL, FRSGS (born 22 October 1946) is the heir apparent to his mother, Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart. He is a descendent of the old Lairds of Grant who were the masters of Muckrach… …   Wikipedia

  • Earl of Dysart — Earldom of Dysart Creation date 3 August 1643 Created by Charles I of Scotland Peerage Peerage of Scotland First holder William Murray Present holder John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, 13th Earl Heir apparent James Patrick Gr …   Wikipedia

  • Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart — Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus, 12th Countess of Dysart (born 1 June 1918) is a Scottish peeress. Titles and style She styled herself as Lady Katherine Grant of Rothiemurchus before coming to the Earldom in 2003 [http://www.stjohns… …   Wikipedia

  • Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart — (30 January 1649 – 23 February 1727 n.s.), styled Lord Huntingtower from 1651 to 1698, was a British Tory Member of Parliament and nobleman.Dysart was the son of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet, and Elizabeth, 2nd Countess of Dysart. Educated… …   Wikipedia

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