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Auchmeddan Castle was a castle, most
likely dating from the 16th century, now demolished,
located 9
miles (14 km) west of Fraserburgh, at
Mains of Auchmeddan...
- 1st Baronet, of Birkenbog, Banff, and
daughter of Sir
James Baird of
Auchmeddan, Aberdeen. By 1709, he
married as his
second wife his
cousin Elizabeth...
- race
horse owner and
jockey George Alexander Baird, who
inherited the
Auchmeddan estate from him. From yet
another nephew, Sir
Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet...
- plus two of his
wealthy uncles who had died childless: he
inherited the
Auchmeddan estate from his
uncle James and the
Stichill estate from
another uncle...
- and a
younger son of
Gilbert Baird of Auchmedden, and
Bathia Dempster.
Auchmeddan Castle is near Fraserburgh. His aunt
Margaret Baird married James Harvey...
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Fairweather bought several other Scottish estates,
including those nearby at
Auchmeddan and Strichen; he
habitually reduced the
estates into
smaller holdings...
