BALMORAL CASTLE
A house at
Balmoral was built by Sir William Drummond in 1390.[4] The estate is recorded in 1451 as
"Bouchmorale", and was later tenanted by Alexander Gordon, second son of the 1st Earl of
Huntly. 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
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