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KENMORE , a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, 6 m. W. of Aberfeldy. Pop. of parish (19o1), 1271. It is situated at the See also:foot of See also:Loch See also:Tay, near the point where the See also:river Tay leaves the See also:lake. Taymouth See also:Castle, the seat of the See also:Marquess of See also:Breadalbane, stands near the See also:base of See also:Drummond 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 in a princely See also:park through which flows the Tay. It is a stately four-storeyed edifice with corner towers and a central See also:pavilion, and was built in 18o1 (the See also:west wing being added in 1842) on the site of the See also:mansion erected in 158o for 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 Glenorchy. The old See also:house was called Balloch (Gaelic, ballad', " the outlet of a lake "). Two See also:miles S.W. of Kenmore are the Falls of the Acharn, 8o ft. high. When See also:Wordsworth and his See also:sister visited them in 1803 the grotto at the cascade was fitted up to represent a " See also:hermit's mossy See also:cell." At the village of Fortingall, on the See also:north See also:side of Loch Tay, are the See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell of a See also:yew conjectured to be 3000 years old and the remains of a See also:Roman See also:camp. Glenlyon House was the See also:home of Campbell of Glenlyon, See also:chief See also:agent in the See also:massacre of See also:Glencoe. At See also:Garth, 21 M. N.E., are the ruins of an See also:ancient castle, said to have been a stronghold of See also:Alexander See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, the See also:Wolf of See also:Badenoch (1343-1405), in See also:close proximity to the See also:modern mansion built for Sir Donald See also:Currie.
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