Irene and Hugh Dewhusrt bought Dungarthill from the Cox family in 1947. The purchase inaugurated a new period of peace for the young couple and their family after the tumult of World War II. Hugh had served in the army, while Irene had taken her two young children to live with their grandparents in Wales. Buying Dungarthill was also a homecoming for Irene: In nearby Perth, her father and uncle had built the whiskey empire that brought her family from its crofting roots to the nobility.
Justice and Vengeance at Orlagh House, 1816 A father and two of his sons stood on a gallows in an open field on the banks of the River Dodder. Ropes rested on their necks. Peter, Joe, and Billy Kearney were […]
Traces of a Roman Past at Gilmerton House When Ian Kinloch tapped his metal detector over a field just south-east of Gilmerton House, he discovered an unexpected trove of artifacts from Scotland’s ancient entanglements with the Roman empire. He uncovered […]
Henry de Beaumont: A Warrior’s Obsession on the Earldom of Buchan Henry de Beaumont was the son of a wealthy French noble family with ties to the royal families of Castile and France. Through skill in battle and royal patronage, […]
Mona Stapleton, Baroness of Beaumont: A Peeress in Her Own Right The young Mona Josephine Tempest Stapleton captured the sympathy of people across the world after a tragedy that struck Carlton Towers made her England’s youngest peeress. Miles Stapleton, Mona’s […]
Orlagh House Lundy Foot: A Tobacco-Made Man Lundy Foot opened a tobacco shop with a brightly painted “Virginia Planter” sign in a rented storefront on the corner of Blind Quay in Dublin in 1758. He had something for everyone: Bristol […]
Tragedy at Mapperton House Robert Morgan had a gnawing suspicion that John Morgan, his eldest son and the rightful heir to Mapperton Manor, would not do right by his mother and many siblings. Fending off his own son’s capricious temper […]
The Rise and Fall of the Second Earl Rivers, of Middleton Towers Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, gained enemies just as quickly as he gained power. Within a few years after his sister became the unlikely queen of England, he […]
The Gentry Divided: Edward ap David ap Rhys of Pentrehobyn “I am the heir of all of Wales, and I ought to rule it and I will rule it,” proclaimed Edward ap David ap Rhys in a strong, lilting Welsh […]
How the Percevals of Temple House Arrived in Ireland Richard Perceval established the Perceval family in Ireland, but not until he had completed his adventures in Spain and England. As a young man, Richard had a habit of disregarding his […]
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