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DUNOON , a See also:police and municipal See also:burgh of See also:Argyllshire, See also:Scot-See also:land, on the western See also:shore of the See also:Firth of See also:Clyde, opposite to See also:Gourock. Pop. (1901) 6779. Including Kirn and See also:Hunter's See also:Quay, it presents a practically continuous front of seaside villas. The mildness of its See also:climate and the beauty of its situation have made it one of the most prosperous watering-places on the See also:west See also:coast. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, well-placed on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overlooking the See also:pier, convalescent homes, Cottage and See also:Victoria See also:fever hospitals, and the See also:town See also:house. On a conical hill above the pier stand the remains of Dunoon See also:Castle, the hereditary keepership of which was conferred by See also:Robert See also:Bruce on the See also:family of See also:Sir See also:Colin See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell of See also:Loch See also:Awe, an ancestor of the See also:duke of See also:Argyll. It was visited by See also:Queen See also:Mary in 1563, and in 1643 was the See also:scene of the See also:massacre of the Lamonts by the Campbells. The grounds have been laid out as a recreation See also:garden. Near the hill stands the See also:modern castle. Facing the pier a statue was erected in 1898 of Mary Campbell, See also:Burns's " Highland Mary," who was a native of Dunoon. The town itself is of modern growth, having been a See also:mere fishing See also:village at the beginning of the 19th See also:century. There is frequent communication daily by steamer with the railway piers at Craigendoran and Gourock, and See also:Glasgow merchants are thus enabled to reside here all the See also:year See also:round. Hunter's Quay is the See also:yachting headquarters, the Royal Clyde Yacht See also:Club's house adjoining the pier. Kilmun, on the See also:northern shore of See also:Holy Loch, a portion of the parish of Dunoon and Kilmun, contains the ruins of a Collegiate See also:chapel founded in 1442 by Sir See also:Duncan Campbell of Loch Awe and used as the See also:burial-ground of the Argyll family.
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