The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical . d afterwards on another sister,Elizabeth, widow of John Boyle, 3d Earl of Glas-gow. On her ladyships death, in 1791, the estatewas inherited by her son, George, 4th Earl of Glas-gow ; and in 1815 the title of Baron Ross of Hawk-head, a peer of the United Kingdom, was revived inhis favour. Hawkhead house is an irregular pile, ofwhich Crawfurd says: This fabric is built in theform of a cour
The imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of Scottish geography, physical, statistical, and historical . d afterwards on another sister,Elizabeth, widow of John Boyle, 3d Earl of Glas-gow. On her ladyships death, in 1791, the estatewas inherited by her son, George, 4th Earl of Glas-gow ; and in 1815 the title of Baron Ross of Hawk-head, a peer of the United Kingdom, was revived inhis favour. Hawkhead house is an irregular pile, ofwhich Crawfurd says: This fabric is built in theform of a court, and consists of a large old tower,to which there were lower buildings added in thereign of King Charles I., by James, Lord Ross, andDame Margaret Scott, his lady, and adorned withlarge orchards, fine gardens, and pretty terraces,with regular and stately avenues fronting the saidcastle, and almost surrounded with woods and en-closures, which adds much to the pleasure of thisseat. This was one of the earliest attempts madein Renfrewshire to introduce the Dutch style ofgardening, and to construct low buildings approach- m •%? WMSflSMBM *±£>~JjJ£VS)i> British. ^Kles J£m-/..T,. * :\^Mj^* 4 ^t> il . »„i,..T) :&-«- Mvttiji S& Jhijr& rf!^]\sJ~X<Pm,, EOirI Br SB **?
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