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Torthorwald is a
village and
civil parish in
Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is
located 6
kilometres (3.7 mi) east of
Dumfries on the A709...
- of Dumfriesshire, Earl of
Drumlanrig and Sanquhar,
Viscount of Nith,
Torthorwald and Ross and Lord
Douglas of Kilmount,
Middlebie and
Dornock (1684) Other...
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Torthorwald Castle is a
large ruined rectangular tower at the
centre of the
village of
Torthorwald just
outside Dumfries in
south west Scotland. The first...
- The
Lordship of
Parliament of
Carlyle of
Torthorwald (Lord
Carlyle of
Torthorwald) was
created in the
Peerage of
Scotland around 1473 for Sir John Carlyle...
- Earl of Dalkeith, Earl of
Drumlanrig and Sanquhar,
Viscount of Nith,
Torthorwald and Ross, Lord
Scott of Buccleuch, Lord
Scott of
Whitchester and Eskdaill...
- Bruce, and was
rewarded with a
grant of the
baronies of
Kirkandrews and
Torthorwald, and the
lands of Brettalach, Dumfriesshire. He
accompanied Edward Bruce...
- the West
March of
Scotland in 1597, and
James VI
granted him
Torthorwald Castle.
Torthorwald had
belonged to
James Douglas of
Parkhead who
killed Ochiltree's...
- to 25 mi (32 to 40 km)
across from
Drumlanrig Castle in the
north to
Torthorwald in the south.
Consisting of m****ive grits,
sometimes conglomeratic, greywackes...
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Scottish family from
Dumfrieshire descended from the
Lords Carlyle of
Torthorwald and
Rachel Murray of Murraythwaite,
Dumfriesshire descendent of the Clan...
- Kirkpatrick, Lord of
Closeburn (30 at the time) and Lady
Isabella de
Torthorwald (26 at the time) at the
Kirkpatrick stronghold of
Closeburn Castle and...
