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Huntingtower School
Huntingtower may refer to: *Huntingtower, a part of the village of Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, near Perth, Scotland *Huntingtower Castle Huntingtower Castle, once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place of Ruthven, is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 and near the A9, about 5 km NW of the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland, on the main ..., near the village of Huntingtower, Scotland * ''Huntingtower'' (novel), a 1922 novel by John Buchan * ''Huntingtower'' (film), a 1927 British film based on the novel * Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia *Huntingtower: Ballad for Band, a musical composition by Ottorino Respighi {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower And Ruthvenfield
Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield is a village in Perthshire, Scotland, on the River Almond, northwest of Perth. Bleaching, the chief industry, dated from 1774, when the bleaching-field was formed. By means of an old aqueduct, said to have been built by the Romans, it was provided with water from the River Almond, the properties of which rendered it especially suited for bleaching. Bleaching (by chemicals under cover, not with bleach fields) continued Huntingtower until 1981. Huntingtower Castle, a once formidable structure, was the scene of the Raid of Ruthven (pron. Rivven), when the Protestant lords, headed by William, 4th Lord Ruthven and 1st Earl of Gowrie (c.1541–1584), kidnapped the boy-king James VI, on August 22, 1582. The earl's sons were slain in the attempt (known as the Gowrie conspiracy) to capture James VI (1600), consequent on which the Scots parliament ordered the name of Ruthven to be abolished, and the barony to be known in future as Huntingtower. The Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower Castle
Huntingtower Castle, once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place of Ruthven, is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 and near the A9, about 5 km NW of the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland, on the main road to Crieff. History Huntingtower Castle was built in stages from the 15th century by the Clan Ruthven family. It was known for several hundred years as the 'House (or 'Place') of Ruthven' or 'Ruthven Castle', or simply 'Ryffane', until the family was forfeited for the Gowrie Conspiracy in 1600 and the Ruthven name was suppressed by Act of Parliament. As contemporary writers reported, the "prinsipall howse callyd Ryven is now callyd the Huntynge towre" and, "the House of Riven to be called Hunt towre". The Ruthvens also had a substantial townhouse in nearby Perth, called Gowrie House. Mary, Queen of Scots visited on 25 June and 16 September 1565. Regent Morton made a progess in Fife in September 1575, and while he was at Ballinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower (novel)
''Huntingtower'' is a 1922 novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, initially serialised in ''Popular Magazine'' between August and September 1921. It is the first of his three Dickson McCunn books, the action taking place in the district of Carrick in Galloway, Scotland. Plot summary Having sold his Glasgow grocery-store business, 55-year-old Dickson McCunn decides to start his retirement with a walking holiday in the district of Carrick in Galloway. At a local inn he meets John Heritage, a poet and ex-soldier, as well as an unnamed young man who asks after a place called 'Darkwater' that nobody has heard of. McCunn and Heritage decide to spend the next night at the village of Dalquaharter where they are taken in by a local widow, Phemie Morran. They investigate the local big house, Huntingtower, where – although the place is ostensibly empty – they hear a woman singing. Heritage recognises the voice as that of a Russian princess he had fallen in love with from afa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower (film)
''Huntingtower'' is a 1928 British silent adventure film, made at Cricklewood Studios. It was directed by George Pearson and starred Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel '' Huntingtower'' by John Buchan. The film was fairly successful on its release. Plot The film is "(a) tale of chivalry in modern times, involving a Glasgow grocer and a Russian princess imprisoned in a deserted castle" according to the British Film Institute. Cast *Harry Lauder as Dickson McCunn * Vera Voronina as Princess Saskia * Patrick Aherne as Capt. John Heritage *Lillian Christine as Mrs. McCunn *John Manners as Prince Paul *Moore Marriott as Speidel *Douglas Herald as Leon *Susanne Morris as Mother *W. Cronin Wilson as Dobson *Nancy Price as Mrs.Moran * Jerrold Robertshaw as Father *Harry Malonie as Dougal Production The castle scenes were shot at Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingtower School
Huntingtower may refer to: *Huntingtower, a part of the village of Huntingtower and Ruthvenfield, near Perth, Scotland *Huntingtower Castle Huntingtower Castle, once known as Ruthven Castle or the Place of Ruthven, is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 and near the A9, about 5 km NW of the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland, on the main ..., near the village of Huntingtower, Scotland * ''Huntingtower'' (novel), a 1922 novel by John Buchan * ''Huntingtower'' (film), a 1927 British film based on the novel * Huntingtower School, Melbourne, Australia *Huntingtower: Ballad for Band, a musical composition by Ottorino Respighi {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
