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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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NEWTON HOUSE | Newton House Newton House Newton House |
A. M. Gordon. Esq. Newton. Duncan Gordon. Esq. Newton. Mr. John Jessimen. North Ledikin |
044 | A fine Mansion House, the residence of Alexander Morrison Gordon Esq. Newton was anciently a seat of the Leslies. John Leslie, first of Newton, was son of Andrew Leslie, fifth Earl of Rothes, by a third marriage. He was made one of the Lords of Session, and was dignified with the insignia of Knighthood by his Majesty James VI. Newton (formerly Culsalmond Castle) which was unroofed in 1594, and is now rased; seat of a branch of the Gordon family. Extract from the Donean Tourist: page 295-6 |
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[Page] 65Parish of Culsamond
Mr. Gordon says that no Castle existed on the
present site of Newton House, or in its proximity;
the present edifice is too modern an object
to entitle it to German Text.
The Donean Tourist is wrong in this Case.
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