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unusual facts about Cowie, Aberdeenshire



Angus Durie Miller Farquharson

He was awarded the honour of OBE in 1995 for services to forestry and the community in Aberdeenshire and upon his retirement as Lord-Lieutenant in 2010, was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Archibald Norman McLeod

After the merger of the North West Company with the Hudson's Bay Company, he moved to Scotland, settling at Sunnybank, Aberdeenshire.

Ashley Cowie

After this lecture, Cowie was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and his work was featured in several Scotsman Newspaper features.

Banff and Macduff

Banff (Gaelic Banbh) and Macduff (Gaelic An Dùn) are neighbouring towns situated on Banff Bay, both of which are former burghs in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Banffshire

In 1975 its Local Government council administration was superseded and divided between Moray council and Aberdeenshire councils.

Baron Catto

Baron Catto, of Cairncatto in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh

Lord Iveagh married Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley, daughter of Major Michael Smiley, of Castle Fraser, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, on 12 March 1963.

Bertie Bolton

Cowie played four more matches for Hampshire, with his final first-class match coming against Somerset in 1922.

Birnessite

It was first described in 1956 and named for an occurrence in Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Blairmore

Blairmore School, a former independent school in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Boddam Branch

The Boddam Branch Line was a short branch line constructed by the Great North of Scotland Railway from Ellon railway station to Boddam in Aberdeenshire in 1897.

Brucklay Castle

Brucklay Castle (a.k.a. Brucklay House) is a 16th-century castle in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire in Scotland.

Buddleja × weyeriana 'Honeycomb'

Buddleja × weyeriana 'Honeycomb' originated as a particularly floriferous selection of 'Sungold' at Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire, purchased by Michael Dirr on a visit to Scotland in 1995.

Castle Eden

For the similarly named castle in Aberdeenshire, see Eden Castle.

Charles Anthony Pearson

The Hon Charles Pearson (born 5 March 1956) is the younger son of the Third Viscount Cowdray and owner of Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire.

Christie Park

Christie Park, Huntly, a football stadium in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Cowie Bridge

Cowie Bridge is a roadway bridge across the Cowie Water in Stonehaven, Scotland near the river's mouth at the North Sea.

David Fordyce

David Fordyce (1711, Broadford, Aberdeenshire – 1751) was a Scottish philosopher, a contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment.

David Murray Cowie

Cowie appealed to the Michigan State Medical Society, a "productive group which concerned itself with the search for answers to difficult medical questions pertaining to the health of the state's residents".

Francis Gregor

Gregor was married twice: first to Catherine, daughter of William Masterman, of Restormel Castle; second, in 1795, to Jane, daughter of William Urquhart, of Craigston, Aberdeenshire.

George Grant Elmslie

George Grant Elmslie (February 20, 1869 – April 23, 1952) was an American, though born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Prairie School architect whose work is mostly found in the Midwestern United States.

House of Newe

Castle Newe, whose coach-house is known as 'House of Newe', Aberdeenshire

Jerks of Attention

Photographer and internet administrator, Nick Cowie is also portrayed with bright red hair and leather pants; he is chained to a sink.

Jimmy Rae

James Clarkson Rae (born in Aberdeenshire) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager who most famously played for and then became manager of English Football League club Plymouth Argyle.

Joan Eardley

In the early 1950s while convalescing from mumps Eardley was taken by a friend to visit Catterline, a small fishing village near Stonehaven, then in Kincardineshire (now Aberdeenshire).

John Cameron Peddie

John Cameron Peddie, (1887 – 1968) known as “J Cameron Peddie”, was born on 16 May 1887 at Conland, Forgue, Aberdeenshire.

John McVeagh Lumsden

He was born in Meerut, India, the son of Thomas Lumsden and Hay Burnett, both natives of Scotland, and was educated in Kent, England and Aberdeenshire.

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

At Pure Strength 1987, a competition held in place of the absent World's Strongest Man competition of that year on the grounds of Huntly Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Geoff Capes, Bill Kazmaier and Jón Páll matched up to crown the strongest man on the planet.

Kintore, Aberdeenshire

The Deer's Den camp could have been involved in the preparations for the decisive battle of Mons Graupius; however, most researchers argue that the site of Mons Graupius was further south in Aberdeenshire, possibly near Raedykes at Kempstone Hill or Megray Hill.

Lachin y Gair

It discusses the author's childhood in north east Scotland, when he used to visit Lochnagar in Highland Aberdeenshire.

Longmanhill

Longmanhill is a settlement in the Aberdeenshire parish of Gamrie; it is located along the A98 road connecting Fraserburgh to Macduff.

Meum athamanticum

It is not a very common plant in the U.K., being found in only a few localities in N. England and N. Wales although a little more plentiful in Scotland - where it is found as far North as Argyll and Aberdeenshire.

Michael Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray

His half-brother, Charles Anthony Pearson, born to the same father but to a different mother, owns the Dunecht estate, including Dunecht House, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Mill of Muchalls

The Mill of Muchalls is an historic water powered mill located along the Burn of Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

New Slains Castle

Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Old Slains Castle

Old Slains Castle (otherwise known as Old Castle Slains) is a ruined castle near Collieston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Paul MacPherson

Paul McPherson, the first secular Scottish priest to be rector of the Scots College, Rome, was born in Scalan, Aberdeenshire on 4 March 1756.

Robert Laws

His father, Robert Laws snr of Old Aberdeen, and his mother, Christian née Cruikshank of Kidshill in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, both attended St Nicholas Lane United Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen.

Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness

On returning to the UK he was given various postings in England and Scotland before in 1955 being appointed factor (land agent and manager) of Her Majesty The Queen's private Estate at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire where he lived until his death.

Royal Standard of Scotland

The Royal Standard of Scotland is used officially at the Scottish royal residences of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, and Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, when The Queen is not in residence.

Smiddyburn

Smiddyburn is a 1981 folk album recorded by Dave Swarbrick and named after the farm in Aberdeenshire where Swarbrick lived at the time.

Stonehaven

Near the Cowie Bridge, at the north of Stonehaven, was a fishing village known as Cowie, which has now been subsumed into Stonehaven.

Thomas Jefferson Cowie

Rear Admiral Cowie was awarded the Navy Cross for his valuable services in connection with the Liberty Loans of World War I.

Tom Cowie

Sir Tom Cowie OBE (9 September 1922 – 18 January 2012) was the honorary Life President of the Arriva Group, formerly known as Cowie Group plc.

Turriff Advertiser

The Turriff Advertiser (nicknamed "The Squeak") is a paid-for weekly newspaper in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, founded in 1933 and published by W. Peters (Print & Design) Ltd.

Victor Hay, 21st Earl of Erroll

In 1900, he married Mary Lucy Victoria, only daughter of Sir Allan Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, of Glen Muick, Aberdeenshire, and they had two sons and one daughter.

William Still Littlejohn

Littlejohn was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Wilson Littlejohn, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his wife Margaret, née Gordon.

World Horse Welfare

Horses needing attention are taken into one of charities four Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres, based in Norfolk, Somerset, Lancashire and Aberdeenshire.

You've Been Trumped

The film documents the construction of a luxury golf course on a beach in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland by Real Estate Tycoon Donald Trump, and the subsequent struggles between the locals and Donald Trump and Scottish legal and governmental authorities.


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