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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 758 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROTHESAY , a royal, municipal and See also:

police See also:burgh, and the See also:chief See also:town of the See also:county and See also:island of See also:Bute, See also:Scotland. Pop. (19o1) 9378. It is situated on a beautiful See also:bay, 4o m. S.W. of See also:Glasgow, with which there is See also:regular communication by railway steamers from See also:Wemyss Bay, See also:Gourock, See also:Greenock (See also:Prince's See also:Pier) and Craigendoran, as well as by many other steamers from Glasgow and the See also:Clyde ports. It is a popular watering-See also:place, and as the bay is sheltered by See also:low wooded hills and affords excellent anchorage, it is well patronized by yachts. See also:Loch Striven, on the opposite See also:shore of See also:Argyllshire, is known as the " Rothesay See also:weather-See also:glass," its See also:appearance furnishing a certain See also:clue to meteorological conditions. The town is under the See also:jurisdiction of a See also:provost and See also:council. See also:Rothe-say has ceased to be a manufacturing centre, fishing being now its chief See also:industry. Owing to its mild and equable See also:climate it is a resort of invalids. There is a See also:tramway to See also:Port See also:Bannatyne, pleasantly situated on the See also:east See also:horn of See also:Kames Bay, and Craigmore, about r m. See also:west of Rothesay, is a fashionable suburb. Ardbeg Point, Loch Fad, Loch Ascog and Barone See also:Hill (530 ft.) are all within a mile and a See also:half of the town, and there are numerous excursions by road to other points of See also:interest.

The Kyles of Bute are within a See also:

short See also:sail of Rothesay. In the centre of the town are the ruins of a See also:castle erected in 1098 either by See also:Magnus Barefoot, See also:king of See also:Norway, or by the Scots as a See also:defence against the Norwegians, with whom during the 13th See also:century, and earlier, there was See also:constant strife. The See also:village which See also:grew up See also:round the castle' was made a royal burgh by See also:Robert III., who, in 1398, created his eldest son See also:David See also:duke of Rothesay, a See also:title which became the highest Scottish title of the See also:heir-apparent to the See also:crown of the See also:United See also:Kingdom. During the See also:Commonwealth the castle was garrisoned by See also:Cromwell's troops. It was burned by the followers of See also:Argyll in 1685, and remained neglected till the rubbish was cleared away by the second See also:marquess of Bute in 1816. It was repaired by the third marquess.

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