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. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . CHARLES LORD LYON, 1715 HELEN, COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE, 1672 of the old baronial days, being sixtyfeet long by twenty-twowide, with a coved ceilingof beautifully designedplaster-work, which wasadded to the room by EarlJohn in 1621, whose in-itials, with those of hiswife, together with thedate, are placed at intervalsamong the patterns of themouldings. The chimney-piece of carved stone isvery fine, reaching to thetop of the room, while I IO (Slamis pictures of the Lyon family, as well as of some of the Stuart kingsand other notab
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . CHARLES LORD LYON, 1715 HELEN, COUNTESS OF STRATHMORE, 1672 of the old baronial days, being sixtyfeet long by twenty-twowide, with a coved ceilingof beautifully designedplaster-work, which wasadded to the room by EarlJohn in 1621, whose in-itials, with those of hiswife, together with thedate, are placed at intervalsamong the patterns of themouldings. The chimney-piece of carved stone isvery fine, reaching to thetop of the room, while I IO (Slamis pictures of the Lyon family, as well as of some of the Stuart kingsand other notables, adorn the walls. Here hangs the portrait bySir Peter Lely of the celebrated John Graham of Claverhouse,Viscount Dundee ; this well-known and distinguished chief, who, had he lived longer, would pro-bably have restored Scotland toKing James II., was a greatfriend of the Lord Strathmoreof the time, and consequentlyspent many days at Glamis,Claverhouse being situateda bout twelve miles to thesouth. The picture representsDundee as a very handsomeyoung
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