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Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1]

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  1. 71 relations: Abdul Karim (the Munshi), Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire (historic), Abergeldie Castle, Acre, Adam Watson (scientist), Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, Ardverikie House, Ballater, Balmoral Castle, Birkhall, Blair Castle, Bothy, Charles I of England, Charles III, Clan Bissett, Clan Farquharson, Clan Fraser, Deer stalking, Dubh Loch (Glen Muick), Earl Marischal, Earl of Mar, Edinburgh, Edward VII, Falls of Glas Allt, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, George VI, Gillie, Guinea (coin), Invercauld Castle, Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely, Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill, John Brown (servant), John Camden Neild, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Lady of the Bedchamber, Loch Muick, Lochnagar, Lord Chancellor, Mary of Teck, Mercery, Midge, Mountain Bothies Association, Mounth, Perth, Scotland, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, ... Expand index (21 more) »

  2. Country houses in Aberdeenshire
  3. Hunting lodges in Scotland
  4. Royal residences in Scotland

Abdul Karim (the Munshi)

Mohammed Abdul Karim (1863 — 20 April 1909), also known as "the Munshi", was an Indian attendant of Queen Victoria.

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Aberdeenshire (historic)

Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen (Coontie o Aiberdeen, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland.

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Abergeldie Castle

Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Glas-allt-Shiel and Abergeldie Castle are royal residences in Scotland.

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Acre

The acre is a unit of land area used in the British imperial and the United States customary systems.

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Adam Watson (scientist)

Adam Watson, FRSE, FRSB, FINA, FRMS, FCEH (14 April 1930 – 23 January 2019) was a Scottish biologist, ecologist and mountaineer.

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Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Huntly (died 15 July 1470), who adopted the family name of Gordon from about 1457, was a powerful 15th-century Scottish magnate.

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Ardverikie House

Ardverikie House is a 19th-century Scottish baronial house in Kinloch Laggan, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands.

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Ballater

Ballater (Bealadair) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains.

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Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. Glas-allt-Shiel and Balmoral Castle are country houses in Aberdeenshire and royal residences in Scotland.

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Birkhall

Birkhall (from the Scots Birk Hauch: "Birch River-meadow") is a estate on Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, owned by King Charles III. Glas-allt-Shiel and Birkhall are Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire, country houses in Aberdeenshire and royal residences in Scotland.

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Blair Castle

Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland.

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Bothy

A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Clan Bissett

Clan Bissett (Bisey, Byset, Bisset or Bissert) is a Scottish clan.

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Clan Farquharson

Clan Farquharson (Clann Fhearchair) is a Highland Scottish clan based at Invercauld and Braemar, Aberdeenshire, and is a member of the Chattan Confederation.

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Clan Fraser

Clan Fraser is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.

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Deer stalking

Deer stalking, or simply stalking, is a British term for the stealthy pursuit of deer on foot to hunt for meat, leisure, trophy, or to control their numbers.

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Dubh Loch (Glen Muick)

Dubh Loch is a small upland loch situated within the Balmoral Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Earl Marischal

The title of Earl Marischal was created in the Peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland.

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Earl of Mar

There are currently two earldoms of Mar in the Peerage of Scotland, and the title has been created seven times.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Falls of Glas Allt

Falls of Glas Allt is a waterfall near the head of Loch Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in foreign affairs.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Gillie

or is an ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea (commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold.

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Invercauld Castle

Invercauld Castle is a country house situated in Royal Deeside near Braemar in Scotland.

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Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely

Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely (née Hope-Vere; 3 December 1821 – 11 June 1890) was an English lady of the bedchamber and a close friend of Queen Victoria.

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Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill

Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill VA (née Conyngham; 1 June 1826 – 24 December 1900) was an English aristocrat and companion of Queen Victoria.

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John Brown (servant)

John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal attendant and favourite of Queen Victoria for many years after working as a ghillie for Prince Albert.

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John Camden Neild

John Camden Neild (1780–1852) was an English miser.

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John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883.

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Lady of the Bedchamber

Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort.

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Loch Muick

Loch Muick (Gaelic: Uisge Muice) is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately south of Braemar, Scotland at the head of Glen Muick and within the boundary of the Balmoral estate.

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Lochnagar

Lochnagar or italics is a mountain in the Mounth, in the Grampians of Scotland.

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Lord Chancellor

The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister.

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Mary of Teck

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V. Born and raised in London, Mary was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck, a German nobleman, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaughter of King George III.

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Mercery

Mercery (from French mercerie, meaning "habderdashery" (goods) or "haberdashery" (a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. Eventually, the term evolved to refer to a merchant or trader of textile goods, especially imported textile goods, particularly in England.

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Midge

A midge is any small fly, including species in several families of non-mosquito nematoceran Diptera.

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Mountain Bothies Association

The Mountain Bothies Association (MBA) is a Scottish registered charity.

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Mounth

The Mounth is the broad upland in northeast Scotland between the Highland Boundary and the River Dee, at the eastern end of the Grampians.

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Perth, Scotland

Perth (Scottish English:; Peairt) is a centrally located Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay.

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria.

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Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert; 1 May 185016 January 1942) was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein

Prince Christian Victor Albert Louis Ernst Anton of Schleswig-Holstein (14 April 1867 – 29 October 1900) was a member of the British royal family.

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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Leopold George Duncan Albert; 7 April 185328 March 1884) was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Princess Alice of the United Kingdom

Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV.

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Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; 14 April 1857 – 26 October 1944), later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and third daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Queen Victoria's journals

Queen Victoria maintained diaries and journals throughout her life, filling 122 volumes which were expurgated after her death by her daughter Princess Beatrice.

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River Dee, Aberdeenshire

The River Dee (Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Royal Archives

The Royal Archives, also known as the King's or Queen's Archives, is a division of The Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Wildlife Trust

The Scottish Wildlife Trust (Urras Fiadh-bheatha na h-Alba) is a registered charity dedicated to conserving the wildlife and natural environment of Scotland.

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Shieling

A shieling (Àirigh) is a hut or collection of huts on a seasonal pasture high in the hills, once common in wild or sparsely populated places in Scotland.

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Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet

Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet, KCB (14 December 1788 – 29 June 1870) was a Scottish physician who was Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1860, and was previously physician to poet John Keats in Rome.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh.

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Taymouth Castle

Taymouth Castle is situated to the north-east of the village of Kenmore, Perth and Kinross, in the Highlands of Scotland, in an estate which encompasses.

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The Crown

The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).

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The Press and Journal

The Press and Journal is a daily regional newspaper serving northern and Highland Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi.

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University of Dundee

The University of Dundee is a public research university based in Dundee, Scotland.

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Vassal

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.

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Visit of George IV to Scotland

George IV's visit to Scotland in 1822 was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in nearly two centuries, the last being by Charles II for his Scottish coronation in 1651.

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William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley

William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, PC (29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881) was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.

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See also

Country houses in Aberdeenshire

Hunting lodges in Scotland

Royal residences in Scotland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glas-allt-Shiel

Also known as Glas Allt Shiel Bothy, Glas-allt Shiel, Glasallt shiel, Glassalt, Glassalt Shiel.

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