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INVERARAY , a royal and municipal See also:burgh, the See also:county See also:town of See also:Argyllshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (19o1) 1369. It lies on the See also:southern See also:shore of a See also:bay, where the See also:river Aray enters See also:Loch See also:Fyne, 40 M. directly N.W. of See also:Glasgow, and 85 M. by See also:water. The town consists of one See also:street See also:running See also:east and See also:west, and a See also:row of houses facing the bay. Near the 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 stands an See also:obelisk in memory of the Campbells who were hanged, untried, for their See also:share in the See also:Argyll expedition of 1685 in connexion with the See also:duke of Mon-mouth's See also:rebellion. The See also:ancient See also:market-See also:cross, 8 ft. high, sup-posed to have been brought from See also:Iona in 1472, is a beautiful specimen of the Scottish sculptured stones. The See also:chief See also:industry is the See also:herring See also:fishery, the herring of Loch Fyne being celebrated. The town originally stood on the See also:north See also:side of the bay, clustering See also:round the ancient baronial hold, attributed to 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 Lochow. " the Singular," who flourished at the end of the 14th See also:century, but it was removed to its See also:present site in the See also:middle of the 18th century. Inveraray was erected into a burgh of See also:barony in 1472; and See also:Charles I., while a prisoner in See also:Carisbrooke See also:Castle, raised it to a royal burgh in 1648. Much has been done for it by the ducal See also:house of Argyll, whose seat, Inveraray Castle, is about 1 m. from the town. This handsome square structure, built between 1744 and 1761 from designs by See also:Robert See also:Adam, consists of two storeys, with a round overtopping See also:tower at each corner. Some See also:fine See also:tapestry and valuable See also:relics were destroyed by See also:fire in 1877, but the damage to the castle was repaired in 1880. The earls and See also:dukes of Argyll were See also:great planters of trees—mainly See also:larch, spruce, See also:silver See also:fir and New See also:England pines----and their estates around Inveraray are consequently amongthe most luxuriantly wooded in the See also:Highlands. Duniquoich. a finely timbered conical 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 about 900 ft. high, adjoins the castle on the north and is a picturesque landmark.
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