Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . fathers were ever on the alert to elude the aim of some royalsportsman ! The Kings Approach is one of the features ofthe Park : over a mile in length, beautifully designed, boundedon either side by a broad margin of turf, fringed with trees, itemerges eventually through some handsome gates on to theEdinburgh road. These gates would give a visitor from theRoyal burgh of Kensington a homelike feeling ; they were copiedfrom those at Holland House. About three hundred yards away from the house is Episcopal Chapel, erected by the late
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . fathers were ever on the alert to elude the aim of some royalsportsman ! The Kings Approach is one of the features ofthe Park : over a mile in length, beautifully designed, boundedon either side by a broad margin of turf, fringed with trees, itemerges eventually through some handsome gates on to theEdinburgh road. These gates would give a visitor from theRoyal burgh of Kensington a homelike feeling ; they were copiedfrom those at Holland House. About three hundred yards away from the house is Episcopal Chapel, erected by the late Duke of Buccleuchin 1845, to which a memorial chapel was added by the presentDuke in 1887. No mention of Dalkeith Park is complete without referenceto the Gardens. They have been famous for upwards of fiftyyears, during which period three noted horticulturists have ruledover their destinies. Though the glass houses are now old, theirproducts compete most favourably with those of more modernones, whilst the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, and pleasure-. DALKEITH PALACE FROM THE EAST FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W, MITCHELL, DALKEITH 275 2 76 Balkeill) palace grounds contain many points of interest and instruction. Thehouse itself is of considerable antiquity, it was known asDalkeith Castle previous to 1575. King David I. gave the manor of Dalkeith to William deGraham in the twelfth century. His successors held the castlefor seven generations, till upon the death of John de Grahamwithout issue in the middle of the fourteenth century, theestates passed to his elder sister Marjory, who was marriedto Sir William Douglas, the knight of Liddesdale, better known,perhaps, as the Flower of Chivalry. Froissart says that hewas for quite fifteen days the guest of Sir William David I!, granted a charter to his descendant, Sir JamesDouglas. In 1369, Sir James was created Baron Dalkeith. LordDalkeith bound himself and his heirs to pay the King a pairof white gloves or a silver penny at th
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