- Inverey
Inverey is a hamlet on
Mar Lodge Estate , inAberdeenshire ,Scotland that straddles theEy Burn close to its confluence with the River Dee.Inverey comprises two 'communities' separated by the Ey Burn - Muckle Inverey on the east bank and Little Inverey on the west. On the western edge of Inverey is a SYHA Hostel that is only open during the summer.
John Farquharson, 3rd of Inverey
During the
Jacobite rising of John Graham ofClaverhouse following the arrival, in November 1688, ofWilliam and Mary in Britain - John Farquharson was commissioned as Colonel by John Graham. Due to his swarthy complexion, John Farquharson is usually referred to as the "Black Colonel". The "Black Colonel" participated in this rising, and after preventing a Government force of 100 men from occupyingBraemar Castle he burnt it preventing its use by Government troops.The final clash of the rising came on 17th July 1689 at the battle of
Killiecrankie - where John Graham was killed. After this battle John Farquharson returned to the Braemar area - frequently staying at his home in Inverey Castle. During at least one visit by the ‘red-coats’ led him to hide-out in "Glen Ey" (pronounced like eye) on the shelf of rock still known as "The Colonel's Bed". The ‘red-coats’ made do with plundering and burning the castle - the "Black Colonel's" loyal retainers ensuring he died of old-age about 1698, and was buried in Inverey.The ruins of the old castle are still visible a short distance to the north of the road through Inverey, and the old burial-ground a short distance to the north-west of it.
In 1798 - Inverey was added to Mar Estate by
James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife .Other notables
John Lamont a highly regarded
astronomer was born atCorriemulzie near Inverey the the son of Robert Lamont (forester to James Duff) and his wife Elizabeth Ewan. [cite journal
journal=Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Journal
title=Centenaries of 2005
url=http://www.astronomyedinburgh.org/publications/journals/49/page3.shtml
issue=49
date=October 2005
accessdate=2007-07-30]In 1934 the Deeside Field Club erected a memorial to John Lamont in Inverey. The gray granite memorial stands on the south side of the road about the middle of Muckle Inverey.
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