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METHVEN , a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, 7! M. W. by N. of See also:Perth by the Caledonian Railway. Pop. of parish (1901), 1699. Only an See also:aisle remains of the collegiate 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 founded in 1433 by See also:Walter 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, See also:earl of See also:Atholl (d. 1437). One mile See also:east of the village, Methven See also:Castle, dating partly from 168o, occupies a See also:fine situation in a See also:park in which stands the Pepperwell See also:oak, 18 ft. in circumference. At Dronach Haugh near the See also:banks of the See also:Almond, which See also:bounds the parish on the N., the earl of See also:Pembroke defeated See also:Robert See also:Bruce in 1306. At See also:Lynedoch, his See also:estate on the Almond, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Graham (1748–1843), the See also:Peninsular See also:general, afterwards See also:Lord Lynedoch, carried on many experiments in farming and stock-breeding. He formerly owned Balgowan See also:House, about 3 M. See also:south-See also:west of Methven, where many years after his See also:death the proprietor discovered, during certain alterations, the portrait of Lord Lynedoch's wife, the Hon. Mrs Graham (a daughter of the 9th Lord See also:Cathcart), one of See also:Gainsborough's masterpieces, now in the See also:National See also:Gallery in See also:Edinburgh; 41 M. See also:north-west of Methven, occupying a beautiful position in See also:Glenalmond, is Trinity See also:College, a public school on the See also:English See also:model, the first of its See also:kind in Scotland, founded in 1841 through the efforts of W. E. See also:Gladstone, J. R. See also:Hope-See also:Scott, See also:Dean See also:Ramsay and others, and opened in 1847. In 1851 See also:Charles See also:Wordsworth, the first See also:warden, afterwards See also:bishop of St See also:Andrews, added the See also:chapel. At Tibbermore, or Tippermuir, about 3 M. south-east of Methven, See also:Montrose won the first of a See also:series of battles over the See also:Covenanters on the 1st of See also:September 1644.
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