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Title: More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Malan, Alfred Henry, comp
Subjects: Historic buildings Country homes Dwellings
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e things : a colossal Cairngorm brooch given by thecounty to Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, and by him left to theDuke ; a wooden drinking-cup of the Marquis of Argyll, very sim-ilar to one at Cotehele ; two Celtic gold cloak-fasteners, and anarmlet; and a strip, with flowers outlined on it in what would nowbe called crewel-stitch, from the blanket used by the ninth Earl inGlasgow prison, before he was removed to Edinburgh. That un-fortunate Earl fought for the King at Worcester and Dunbar ;then submitted himself to Cromwell ; but was suspected, in con-sequence of his known previous attachment to Charles II., andimprisoned till the Restoration. Later, on the Test Act beingsubscribed to by him with qualms and qualifications, he wasagain imprisoned on an old charge ; but managed to effect hisescape through the aid of Macarthur of Drimurcht, who enteredthe prison with his gillie, dressed the gillie in female attire, andrigged out the Earl in the gillies get-up — himself acting as page
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32 ? 324 flnverarap to the supposititious lady. The Earl got safely away to Holland ;to return in (685 as nominal head of the refugee Covenanters. Andhis invasion of Scotland might have had a different ending if itsgeneralship had been committed to his sole charge, instead of theaffair being bungled, as it was, by a Committee of mismanage-ment. He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Earl, who, aftertendering the crown to William, was by him created Duke in1701. In the Smaller Drawing-room, next door, is some Flemishtapestry, from designs by D. Teniers ; it is believed to have beentaken out of the old Castle, as it is all pieced, and evidently madefor smaller rooms. Over the mantelpiece is a portrait of the pre-sent Dukes mother, Lady Elizabeth Sutherland-Gower. In the State Bedroom, where hangs some more Flemishtapestry, the furniture is French, Louis XVI. period. Similarly furnished is the State Drawing-room. It has a ceil-ing of delicate pale blue, cream, and peach-pink tints, with

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