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Craigenveoch, a mansion in Old Luce parish, Wigtownshire, on the N side of Whitefield Loch, 3¼ miles ESE of Glenluce. Built in 1876, it is a splendid Scottish baronial pile, the seat of Admiral Right Hon. Sir Jn. Chs. Dalrymple Hay, third Bart, since 1798 (b. 1821; suc. 1861), who, having previously represented Wakefield and Stamford, was in 1880 elected member for the Wigtown burghs, and who owns 7400 acres in the shire, valued at £6601 per annum.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Old Luce ScoP Wigtownshire ScoCnty |
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