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Forglen House, the Glossary

Forglen House is a mansion house that forms the centrepiece of the Forglen estate in the parish of Forglen, north-west of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, in the north-east of Scotland.^[1]

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Abercromby family
Country houses in Aberdeenshire

Abercromby baronets

The Abercromby Baronetcy, of Birkenbog in the County of Banff, is a title that was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 February 1636 for Alexander Abercromby, who subsequently represented Banffshire in the Scottish Parliament. Forglen House and Abercromby baronets are Abercromby family.

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Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar

Alexander Stewart (c. 13751435) was a Scottish nobleman, Earl of Mar from 1404.

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Angus, Scotland

Angus (Angus; Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.

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Arbroath Abbey

Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey.

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Assize of mort d'ancestor

In English law, the assize of mort d'ancestor ("death of ancestor") was an action brought where a plaintiff claimed the defendant had entered upon a freehold belonging to the plaintiff following the death of one of his relatives.

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Auxiliary Units

The Auxiliary Units, Home Guard Shock Squads or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany, "Operation Sea Lion".

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Battle of Harlaw

The Battle of Harlaw (Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Newspaper Archive

The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers.

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Cant (architecture)

A cant in architecture is an angled (oblique-angled) line or surface that cuts off a corner.

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Cantilever

A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.

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Carrara marble

Carrara marble, or Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor.

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Charles McKean

Charles McKean FRSE FRSA FRHistS FRIBA (16 July 1946 – 29 September 2013) was a Scottish historian, author and scholar.

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Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits

Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits, originally released as Secret Agent Selection: WW2 in the UK, is a BBC television programme produced by Wall to Wall in association with Netflix.

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Clan Irvine

Clan Irvine is a Scottish clan.

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Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team

Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART) is a network of British historians.

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Corbel

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.

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Corinthian order

The Corinthian order (Κορινθιακὸς ῥυθμός, Korinthiakós rythmós; Ordo Corinthius) is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture.

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Courtyard house

A courtyard house is a type of house—often a large house—where the main part of the building is disposed around a central courtyard.

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Covenanters

Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who claimed to have a "Covenant", or agreement with God.

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Damask

Damask (/ˈdæməsk/; Arabic: دمشق) is a woven, reversible patterned fabric.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885.

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Duke of Hamilton

Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643.

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Elizabethan architecture

Elizabethan architecture refers to buildings of a certain medieval style constructed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603.

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Elk

The elk (elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.

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Family seat

A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy.

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Fermoy

Fermoy is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Flue

A flue is a duct, pipe, or opening in a chimney for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, furnace, water heater, boiler, or generator to the outdoors.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Gargoyle

In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.

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George Ogilvy, 1st Lord Banff

George Ogilvy, 1st Lord Banff (– 11 August 1663) was a Scottish royalist army officer.

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George Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff

George Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff (died March 1668) was member of the old Scottish Parliament, a feudal baron, and a Cavalier.

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George Ogilvy, 3rd Lord Banff

George Ogilvy, recorded as baptised in the Aberdeen sasines, xiv 500, on 9 September 1649, was the third Lord Banff.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Harling (wall finish)

Harling is a rough-cast wall finish consisting of lime and aggregate, known for its rough texture.

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Henry Raeburn

Sir Henry Raeburn (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter.

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Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Office and later the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.

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Inchdrewer Castle

Inchdrewer Castle is a 16th-century tower house in the parish of Banff, Aberdeenshire, in the north-east of Scotland. Forglen House and Inchdrewer Castle are Abercromby family and Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire.

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Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland

The Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland is a listing of gardens and designed landscapes of national artistic and/or historical significance, in Scotland. Forglen House and Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland are Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes.

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Inverurie

Inverurie (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Uraidh or Inbhir Uaraidh, 'mouth of the River Ury') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the confluence of the rivers Ury and Don, about north-west of Aberdeen.

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Jacobean architecture

The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style.

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John Anderson (Scottish businessman)

John Anderson (1747–1820) was a Scottish businessman and entrepreneur.

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John Hoppner

John Hoppner (4 April 175823 January 1810) was an English portrait painter, much influenced by Reynolds, who achieved fame as a brilliant colourist.

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John Smith (architect)

John Smith (1781 – 22 July 1852) was a Scottish architect.

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Lean-to

A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Lord Banff

Lord Banff is an extinct or dormant title in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Monymusk

Monymusk (Monadh Musga) is a planned village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Monymusk Reliquary

The Monymusk Reliquary is an eighth century Scottish house-shape reliquaryMoss (2014), p. 286 made of wood and metal characterised by an Insular fusion of Gaelic and Pictish design and Anglo-Saxon metalworking, probably by Ionan monks.

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National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland is a museum of Scottish history and culture.

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New Slains Castle

Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Forglen House and new Slains Castle are country houses in Aberdeenshire.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Panmure House

Panmure House was a 17th-century country house in the Parish of Panbride, Angus, Scotland, to the north of Carnoustie.

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Records of the Parliaments of Scotland

The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 is an online publication of the Scottish Parliament and the University of St Andrews arising from a project to create a comprehensive online database of the proceedings of the Parliament of Scotland from 1235 to the Act of Union.

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Resistance during World War II

During World War II, resistance movements operated in German-occupied Europe by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda, hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns.

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River Deveron

The River Deveron (Uisge Dubh Èireann) is a river in the north east of Scotland.

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Robert Monro

Robert Monro (died 1680), was a famous Scottish General, from the Clan Munro of Ross-shire, Scotland.

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Robert Smythson

Robert Smythson (1535 – 15 October 1614) was an English architect.

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Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is the professional body for architects in Scotland.

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Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim.

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Satin

A satin weave is a type of fabric weave that produces a characteristically glossy, smooth or lustrous material, typically with a glossy top surface and a dull back; it is not durable, as it tends to snag.

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Senator of the College of Justice

The Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland.

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Sir Alexander Ogilvy, 1st Baronet

Sir Alexander Ogilvy, 1st Baronet (died 1727) was a Scottish politician and judge, lord of session under the title Lord Forglen.

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Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet

Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet of Birkenbog and Forglen, FRSE, DL (4 February 1784 – 6 July 1855) was a Scottish politician and landowner. Forglen House and Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet are Abercromby family.

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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the senior antiquarian body of Scotland, with its headquarters in the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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Tree planting

Tree planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes.

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Trompe-l'œil

paren) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. Trompe l'œil, which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forglen_House

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Abercromby family

Country houses in Aberdeenshire

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