infobox UK place country Scotland static image static image caption latitude 55.82 longitude 05.03 official name Ascog population shire district unitary scotland Argyll and Bute region constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference NS1063 Ascog lang gd sgaig is a village in Argyll and Bute , Scotland . It is largely residential and is located on the east coast of the Isle of Bute . It contains Ascog House and the Italianate style Balmory Hall . Image Ascog Church.jpg thumb left Ascog Church Category Villages on the Isle of Bute Argyll geo stub ... more details
Infobox building image Ascog House, Isle of Bute.jpg caption Ascog House with the Edwardian stair turret name Ascog House location town Ascog location country Scotland construction start date Before 1678 completion date map type Scotland Argyll and Bute map caption Location within Argyll and Bute latitude 55.823328 longitude 5.027434 iso region GB coordinates display yes Ascog House is a large 17th century mansion house at Ascog on the Isle of Bute , southwest Scotland . The house is in the care of the Landmark Trust , and is protected as a listed building Scotland category B listed building . ref cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive hsstart?P HBNUM 12061 title Ascog House Listed Building ... Ascog Castle exists, it is not on the Isle of Bute but in mainland Argyll . ref name Canmore39926 ... name Canmore Ownership history In 1594, John Stewart of Kilchattan bought the Ascog estate, and may ... and required a Special Act of Parliament . ref name Barker ref name Act1826 He then tried to sell the Ascog ... Robert Thom , a civil engineer , who then styled himself Laird of Ascog . ref name Barker After ... and may be a reprint cite book title Ascog, the Isle of Bute, Scotland Notes on its past and some ... ref ref name Canmore cite web url http canmore.rcahms.gov.uk en site 40725 details bute rothesay ascogascog house title Bute, Rothesay, Ascog, Ascog House work CANMORE publisher Royal Commission on the Ancient ... web url http canmore.rcahms.gov.uk en site 39926 details castle asgog title Castle Ascog work CANMORE ... 12 ref ref name Canmore40724 cite web url http canmore.rcahms.gov.uk en site 40724 details bute ascog castle title Bute, Ascog Castle work CANMORE publisher Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical ... http file.datasmart.co.uk 444fc737 8ec0 46ee ba8b a8ed39544f92 8959 file History 20sheets Ascog 20sep 202010.pdf format PDF title Landmark Trust history sheet for Ascog House and Michel Ascog accessdate ... Ascog House Ascog House at the Landmark Trust DEFAULTSORT Ascog House Category Landmark Trust properties ... more details
Infobox building image caption name Balmory Hall location town Ascog location country Scotland construction start date 19th century completion date map type Scotland Argyll and Bute map caption Location within Argyll and Bute latitude 55.823328 longitude 5.029 iso region GB coordinates display yes Balmory Hall is a listed building Scotland category A listed Victorian Italianate mansion located near Ascog in the Isle of Bute , Scotland , just west of Ascog House . ref cite web url http hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk hslive hsstart?P HBNUM 44984 title Balmory House Listed Building Report publisher Historic Scotland accessdate 20 September 2011 ref The hall is set within convert 6 acre of gardens. ref name WellesAssociation2006 cite book last1 Welles first1 Sigourney last2 Darbey first2 Jill last3 Mortimer first3 Joanna title The Best Bed & Breakfast England, Scotland, Wales, 2006 2007 url http books.google.com books?id 2woK0sPM2d8C accessdate 17 September 2011 date 1 February 2006 publisher Worldwide Bed & Breakfast Association, Globe Pequot isbn 978 0 7627 3982 0 page 334 ref It is run as a privately owned guesthouse and reportedly features a 7 course breakfast. ref name Murphy2004 cite book last Murphy first Alan title Scotland, 3rd url http books.google.com books?id 4IUuosGHJg4C&pg PA305 accessdate 17 September 2011 date 1 July 2004 publisher Footprint Travel Guides isbn 978 1 903471 94 4 page 305 ref References Reflist External links http www.balmoryhall.com Official site Category Country houses in Scotland Category Isle of Bute Category Listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category Category A listed buildings in Scotland Category Listed houses in Scotland Category Hotels in Scotland Category Bed and breakfasts Scotland struct stub ... more details
Robert Thom 1774 1847 was a Scottish civil engineer who worked upon major hydraulic projects on the Isle of Bute and Inverclyde . On Bute, he created aquaduct s to increase the flow of water which powered the cotton mill s there, so that their capacity was increased. This economic success resulted in him becoming the laird of Ascog . He then created a larger system to supply water power to Greenock . The reservoir is named after him &mdash Loch Thom &mdash and the supply aquaduct is known as the Greenock Cut. ref citation page 698 title A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland author A. W. Skempton year 2002 isbn 9780727729392 ref References reflist Persondata NAME Thom, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish civil engineer DATE OF BIRTH 1774 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1847 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thom, Robert Category 1774 births Category 1847 deaths Category Civil engineers Category Scottish engineers engineer stub ... more details
The Dunoon Massacre was a massacre that took place in Scotland in 1646. Men of the powerful Clan Campbell massacred men, women and children of the Clan Lamont . ref Levene, Mark & Roberts, Penny. The Massacre in History, Berghahn Books, 1999. ISBN 1571819347. ref By 1646, the Clan Campbell, neighbours of the Clan Lamont, had steadily encroached the Lamont s lands. After the Battle of Inverlochy 1645 , the Clan Lamont took the opportunity to lay waste to the Campbell s territory. The following year, the powerful Clan Campbell army invaded the Clan Lamont taking their Castles Toward and Ascog. Sir James Lamont surrendered after accepting fair terms for his people, but the Campbells then slaughtered over two hundred of Lamont s men, women and children. Elsewhere, one tree was said to have carried thirty five bodies from its branches, and another thirty six men were buried alive. The two Lamont castles were decimated and Sir James Lamont was thrown into a dungeon for five years. This event became known as the Dunoon Massacre. ref http www.lamont young.com lamont showhistory.php?docID 17 Lamont history Lamont young.com ref ref http www.electricscotland.com webclans htol lamont2.html Lamont history electic scotland.com ref See also List of massacres in the United Kingdom References reflist coord 55.9176 4.9470 display title region GB scale 50000 Category Massacres in Scotland Dunoon Category 1646 in Scotland ... more details
. Other neighbouring historical lakes include Lake Tatawai, New Zealand Lake Tatawai , Loch Ascog, New Zealand Loch Ascog , Loch Katrine, New Zealand Loch Katrine , Lake Potaka, New Zealand Lake ... more details
the entail estates of Ascog , etc. had his uncle Frederick not returned from Virginia and become ... of Ascog in Bute, Scotland, eventually did transfer to the Frederick Stewart Campbell heirs, but was subjected ... regarding inheritance of Ascog estate in Scotland. David Wardlaw, Esq. W.S.? , their lawyer in Scotland ... Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat References reflist Book The Ascog Virginia Connection Notes on its past and some of the people who have played a part in its story. , by George Bell Barker of Ascog ... more details
Use dmy dates date March 2011 Image Frederick Hollyer Nichols Mackail Beeching.jpg right thumb 250px Bowyer Nichols , J. W. Mackail, and Henry Charles Beeching H. C. Beeching , by Frederick Hollyer , c. 1882. John William Mackail O.M. 26 August 1859 13 December 1945 was a Scottish man of letters and socialist , now best remembered as a Virgil scholar. He was also a poet, literary historian and biographer. He was born in Ascog on the Isle of Bute , Strathclyde . In his early career he worked at the Ministry of Education United Kingdom Ministry of Education 1884 1919 . He was later Oxford Professor of Poetry 1906 1911 , and President of the British Academy 1932 1936 . He was a friend of William Morris , and wrote the 1899 official biography. He also published works on Virgil , the Latin poets, the Iceland ic sagas, Shakespeare and the sayings of Jesus . He married Margaret Burne Jones 1866 1953 , the only daughter of artist and designer Edward Burne Jones . They lived in Kensington and later Holland Park . He became a member of the Order of Merit in 1935. He died in London . The couple s elder daughter, Angela Margaret, and their son, Denis George, are better known as the novelists Angela Thirkell and Denis Mackail . Works Love in Idleness A Volume of Poems 1883 anonymous, with H. C. Beeching and J. B. B. Nichols The Aeneid of Virgil 1885 translator Virgil Eclogues and Georgics 1889 Select Epigrams From The Greek Anthology 1890 Love s Looking Glass 1892 with H. C. Beeching and J. B. B. Nichols Biblia Innocentium Being the Story of God s Chosen People Before the Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ Upon Earth, Written Anew for Children Kelmscott Press , 1892 The Georgics of Virgil 1899 The Life of William Morris, two volumes 1899 The Little Bible 1900 William Morris An Address Delivered at Kelmscott House Hammersmith Socialist Society 1902 Addresses, four volumes 1902 5 The Parting of the Ways An Address 1903 given in the William Morris Labour Church at Leek, 5 October 1902 ... more details
Use dmy dates date May 2012 For the traveller and writer John Fullarton writer John Fullarton c.1645 1727 , of Auchenbreck Castle Greenhall , Argyll , was a Scottish clergyman and Nonjuring schism nonjurant Scottish Episcopal Church Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh between 1720 and 1727. Origins Fullarton was the son of James McCloy, alias Fullarton, of Ballochindryan and Jean Stewart, the daughter of John Stewart of Ascog. His grandfather is thought to have been Duncan, or Donald McCloy, minister at Kilmodan between at least 1609 and 1629, who was still alive as late as 1659, when he received a grant from the Synod of Argyll because of his poverty. Career Fullarton obtained the degree of Master of Arts Scotland Master of Arts from Glasgow University in 1665. Following his ordination, he was minister at Kilmodan from 1669 to 1684 and at Paisley between 1684 and 1689, whence he was ejected at the Glorious Revolution Revolution . Robert Wodrow recorded in 1703 that Fullarton was present with other Episcopal clergy at a service in Glasgow to commemorate the execution of Charles I of England Charles I , and he also preached there. The connection with Paisley had not been broken, and Fullarton was at the deathbed of the young Lady Dundonald in Paisley in 1710, and later celebrated Holy Communion for the widowed Earl in Paisley Abbey , the first instance of Communion at Yule so openly celebrated in this country, according to Wodrow. By 1712, Wodrow considered Fullarton to be the man of that Episcopalian party in most repute in this country. John Fullarton was consecrated bishop by the John Paterson archbishop Archbishop of Glasgow , the Alexander Rose Bishop of Edinburgh and Robert Douglas bishop Bishop of Dunblane on 25 January 1705 and was elected Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church Primus in April 1720, with limited metropolitan powers, following the death of Dr Alexander Rose . He served as Bishop until his death on 27 April 1727 ref per Berti ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Brigadier General Charles Mark Clement Rudkin Distinguished Service Order DSO 12 November 1872 30 December 1957 ref http www.leighrayment.com commons Ccommons4.htm ref was a British soldier , barrister , agriculturist , determined traveller and Liberal Party UK Liberal Party politician. Family Rudkin was born in County Louth in 1872, the son of Major H W Rudkin. His family is said to have come from Corries in County Carlow . ref http www.burkes peerage.net familyhomepage.aspx?FID 0&FN RUDKIN IS 2672 ref He remained single until late in life when, on 29 September 1939, aged 67, at Ninfield Church in Sussex, he married Marie ref The Times, 9 October 1939 p11 ref the daughter of Thomas Russell from Ascog in Argyll and Bute a Deputy Lieutenant of County of Bute Bute . ref name Who was Who, OUP 2007 Who was Who , OUP 2007 ref Career Soldier Rudkin served in the Second Boer War South African War . He was aide de camp to Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen and went on to command an Artillery brigade between 1899 1902. He was awarded the Queen s South Africa Medal with four clasps and the King s South Africa Medal with two clasps. He commanded the Royal Artillery Reserve at the Coronation of the British Monarch Coronation of George V of the United Kingdom King George V in 1911. ref name The Times, 10 January 1958 p11 The Times, 10 January 1958 p11 ref He received the King Edward VII Coronation Medal 1902 and King George V Coronation Medal 1911 Coronation Medals for his role in the coronation parades. ref name Who was Who, OUP 2007 Rudkin served in the European theatre of the First World War from 1914 18, in France, Belgium, and Italy. He commanded an Artillery Division at Ypres , the Battle of the Somme Somme , and on Asiago Plateau in Italy. During these campaigns Rudkin was wounded twice. He was twice mentioned in despatches and received the Distinguished Service Order in 1918, the 1914 Star and two Italian awards, the Medaglia al Valore and the ... more details
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. 92 93. ref Several months later in May 1646, while the Lamonts were home at castles of Toward and Ascog Castle Ascog , they were besieged by Campbell forces seeking revenge. By June 1, 1646 the Campbells ... the other garrison at Ascog Castle to likewise lay down arms and surrender to the Campbells. ref ... more details
File ScotlandArgyllBute.png thumb Argyll and Bute shown within Scotland This is a list of listed building Scotland Category A listed building s in Argyll and Bute , Scotland . In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural or historic interest . ref cite book url http www.historic scotland.gov.uk scotlands listed buildings.pdf title Guide to the Protection of Scotland s Listed Buildings accessdate 2010 05 05 last first coauthors year 2009 work publisher Historic Scotland page 4 isbn 978 1 84917 013 0 ref Category A structures are those considered to be buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little altered examples of some particular period, style or building type. ref cite web url http www.historic scotland.gov.uk index heritage historicandlistedbuildings listing.htm title What is Listing? accessdate 2010 05 05 last first coauthors date work publisher Historic Scotland ref Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning Scotland Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas Scotland Act 1997. ref name shep cite book url http www.historic scotland.gov.uk shep.pdf title Scottish Historic Envronment Policy accessdate 2010 05 05 last first coauthors date October 2008 publisher Historic Scotland pages 24 25 isbn 978 1 84917 002 4 ref The authority for listing rests with Historic Scotland , an executive agency of the Scottish Government , which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building s structure or its fittings. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities prior to any alteration to such a structure. ref name shep There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8 some 3,800 are Category A ... more details
Lists of United Kingdom locations As Az Lists of United Kingdom locations header As Asb Ash Lists of United Kingdom locations table header class vcard class fn org Asby, Copeland Asby class adr span class region Cumbria span class note coord 54.56 N 03.45 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall NY0620 class vcard class fn org Ascog class adr span class region Argyll and Bute span class note coord 55.82 N 05.03 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall NS1063 class vcard class fn org Ascot, Berkshire Ascot class adr span class region Berkshire span class note coord 51.40 N 00.67 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SU9268 class vcard class fn org Ascott, Warwickshire Ascott class adr span class region Warwickshire span class note coord 52.00 N 01.53 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SP3234 class vcard class fn org Ascott d Oyley class adr span class region Oxfordshire span class note coord 51.86 N 01.56 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SP3018 class vcard class fn org Ascott Earl class adr span class region Oxfordshire span class note coord 51.86 N 01.58 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SP2918 class vcard class fn org Ascott under Wychwood class adr span class region Oxfordshire span class note coord 51.86 N 01.56 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SP3018 class vcard class fn org Ascreavie class adr span class region Angus span class note coord 56.70 N 03.09 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall NO3357 class vcard class fn org Ascrib Islands class adr span class region Highland span class note coord 57.57 N 06.51 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall NG302631 class vcard class fn org Asenby class adr span class region North Yorkshire span class note coord 54.16 N 01.40 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SE3975 class vcard class fn org Asfordby class adr span class region Leicestershire span class note coord 52.76 N 00.96 W region GB class note gbmappingsmall SK7019 class vcard class fn org Asfordby Hill class adr span class region Leicestershire span cl ... more details
Expand list date June 2011 This is intended to be as full a list as possible of historic country houses, stately homes and estates, manors, and mansions in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands anything of historical architectural note that has served as a residence for a noble family or persons of esteem in history. This may include smaller castles, palaces, old abbeys, and priories that may have once been a noble residence, including those that are now within urban areas but retain the appearance of a country house in style, and that have extensive gardens. England Bedfordshire div col 4 Ampthill Park Battlesden House Blunham House Chicksands Colworth House Eggington House Elstow Moot Hall Flitwick Manor Hinwick House Houghton House Luton Hoo Milton Ernest Hall Moggerhanger House Moreteyne Manor Country House Odell Castle Shortmead House Someries Castle Southill Park The Mansion House Old Warden Park Turvey Abbey Woburn Abbey Woodland Manor Hotel Wootton House Wrest Park div col end gallery File House and churchyard, Battlesden geograph.org.uk 183071.jpg Battlesden House File Colworth atg.jpg Colworth House File Hinwickhouse.jpg Hinwick House File Luton Hoo.gif Luton Hoo File Moggerhangerhouse.jpg Moggerhanger House File Woburn Abbey and Estate geograph.org.uk 6507.jpg Woburn Abbey gallery Berkshire div col 4 Aldermaston Court Ascot Heath House Ascot Place Basildon Park Bearwood College Beaumont College Benham Park Berkshire College of Agriculture Berystede Billingbear House Bisham Abbey Bulmershe Court Calcot Park Caversham Court Caversham Park Cippenham Moat Coley Park Coworth House Cranbourne Lodge Cumberland Lodge Deanery Garden Denford Park Ditton Park Donnington Grove Easthampstead Park Elcot Park Hotel Englefield House Farley Castle Foxhill House Frogmore House Haines Hill , Hurst, Berkshire Hurst Hungerford Park Monkey Island, Bray Oakley Court Ockwells Padworth College Park Place, Berkshire Park Place Prospect Park, Reading The Red House Sonning Roya ... more details
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