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unusual facts about Rothesay, Argyll and Bute



Argyll and Bute

The later scenes of the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love were filmed around the lochs and hills of Argyll and Bute.

Bessie Hall

In 1870, Bessie Hall and her father arrived in New Orleans from Liverpool aboard the 1444-ton ship Rothesay to load a cargo of cotton.

Charles Herbert Little

On his return to Canada, he married Ruth B. Harrison of Rothesay, New Brunswick.

County of Bute

In 1996 as a result of local government council reorganisation when unitary council areas were superseded and new councils created, Bute became part of Argyll and Bute, and the other islands are now within North Ayrshire.

A similar county constituency, also called Argyll and Bute, is used by the Scottish Parliament.

Duchess of Rothesay

The Duchess of Rothesay is the Scottish equivalent of the Duchess of Cornwall.

# Camilla Shand (2005–present) — the second wife of Charles, Duke of Rothesay, It is intended that Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay/Cornwall, will upon her husband's succession to the throne, become HRH The Princess Consort.

Inverclyde Line

The branch heads through the southern suburbs of Greenock to Wemyss Bay, where it connects with ferry services to Rothesay on the island of Bute.

Jerzy Niezbrzycki

For a while, Niezbrzycki taught at a school of Polish intelligence officers, but was sidelined and temporarily interned at a camp in Rothesay.

Kennebecasis River

Several large islands can be found in the river, such as Kennebecasis Island just off-shore from Summerville on the Kingston Peninsula, and uninhabited (with the exception of a few summer cottages & an Off The Grid Community on the southern part of the island) Long Island, located near Rothesay.

The communities of Nauwigewauk, Quispamsis and Rothesay become increasingly urban as the river approaches its junction with the Saint John River.

Lindsay G. Merrithew

At the age of 16, he attended the private boys school Rothesay Collegiate School (now Rothesay Netherwood School) in Rothesay, New Brunswick.

Mull of Kintyre test

The BBFC would not permit the general release of a film or video if it depicted a phallus erect to the point that the angle it made from the vertical (the "angle of the dangle", as it was often known) was larger than that of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, on maps of Scotland.

My Father My King

Some international editions of the single include two live songs recorded at Rothesay Pavilion, Isle of Bute on 14 April 2001, and a video for the song "dial:revenge".

Norman Schofield

Norman James Schofield (born January 30, 1944 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland) is a Scottish-American political scientist, the Dr. William Taussig Professor of Political Economy at the Washington University in St. Louis.

Renforth, New Brunswick

On January 1, 1998 the village was merged with several other communities situated along the lower Kennebecasis River to become part of an expanded town of Rothesay.

The Fair Maid of Perth

The Earl of Douglas depicted in the novel is Archibald the Grim, who actually died in 1400 and was not involved in the death of Rothesay.


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