BALMORAL CASTLE
A tower house was built on the estate by the Gordons.[5] In 1662 the estate passed
to Charles Farquharson of Inverey, brother of John Farquharson, the "Black Colonel".
History
The Farquharsons were Jacobite sympathisers, and James Farquharson of Balmoral was
involved in both the 1715 and 1745 rebellions, and was wounded at the Battle of Falkirk in
1746. His estates were forfeit, and passed to the Farquharsons of Auchendryne.[6] In 1798,
James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife, acquired Balmoral, and leased the castle. Sir Robert Gordon, a
younger son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, acquired the lease in 1830 and made major
alterations to the castle, with baronialstyle extensions designed by John Smith of Aberdeen.
CastleRoyal Family
Sir Robert Gordon died in 1847, and the lease on Balmoral reverted to Lord Aberdeen. In
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