Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . on—his son, probably—was a Duddingston.] DUDDINGSTON HOUSE. 317 Commissioner for the Plantation of Kirks and \alua-tion of Benefices in 1672; but the title is nowextinct, and in 1674 the barony had become theproperty of the atrocious Duke of Lauderdale,from whom it passed with a daughter of his firstduchess, as pin money, to her husband, Archibald,tenth earl, and first Duke of Argyle. This lady was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir LionelTalmash of Helingham, and her mother was thedaughter and heiress of William Murray, Earl o
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . on—his son, probably—was a Duddingston.] DUDDINGSTON HOUSE. 317 Commissioner for the Plantation of Kirks and \alua-tion of Benefices in 1672; but the title is nowextinct, and in 1674 the barony had become theproperty of the atrocious Duke of Lauderdale,from whom it passed with a daughter of his firstduchess, as pin money, to her husband, Archibald,tenth earl, and first Duke of Argyle. This lady was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir LionelTalmash of Helingham, and her mother was thedaughter and heiress of William Murray, Earl of mansion house upon it. It was completed in176S, from designs furnished by the architect ofSomerset House, in the Strand, Sir William Cham-bers, the son of Scottish parents, but born inStockholm in 1726. It cost ^^30,000, and is anelegant edifice of a somewhat Grecian style, sur-rounded by plantations, canals, and gardens, butin a situation too low for any extensive view. Duddingston House was for years the favouriteresidence of Francis, Earl of Moira, a veteran of. - -^, ., v-.: ,~,™ sa^- ,
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