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Blair Castle
An imaginary portrait is painted of Mary Queen of Scots and her son James
1583
Mary Queen of Scots with the future James VI
Blair Castle estate
Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
1587
Charles I beheaded
1649
Cromwell's forces capture Blair Castle
1652
Monarchy restored in England
1660
Creation of dukedom of Atholl
1703
The 1st Duke of Atholl commissions a spectacular bed
c. 1703
State Bed, detail of the Spitalfields silk
Blair Castle estate
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England and Scotland unite
1707
1st Duke of Atholl under arrest for opposing Act of Union
1708
Bonnie Prince Charlie lodges at Blair on his way south to Edinburgh
1745
Miniature of Charles Edward Stuart
Blair Castle estate
Forty-Five rebellion
1745
The Jacobite rising divides the 2nd Duke from his two brothers
1745
Lord George Murray bombards his family home with cannon balls
1746
Disaster for Scots at Culloden
1746
Blair Castle is remodelled as a Georgian mansion
c. 1750
The 18th-century Blair Castle, painted in 1862
Blair Castle estate
The Picture Staircase is completed
1756
Family portraits on the Picture Staircase
Blair Castle estate
Zoffany paints the 3rd Duke of Atholl with his large family
c. 1765
Zoffany
3rd Duke and Duchess
(detail)
Blair Castle estate
Niel Gow serves as fiddler to a third successive duke of Atholl
c. 1774
Raeburn
Niel Gow
c.1790 (detail)
Blair Castle estate
American colonies vote for independence
1776
The 4th Duke raises the Atholl Highlanders to fight in America
1778
David Allan depicts the 4th Duke of Atholl in sporting vein
c. 1780
Allan
4th Duke and family
(detail)
Blair Castle estate
18-year-old girl on British throne
1837
An elaborate medieval tournament is held at Eglinton
1839
The Atholl Highlanders are revived for the Eglinton tournament
c. 1839
Atholl Highlanders under review at Dunkeld, c. 1842
Blair Castle estate
Victoria marries Albert
1840
Queen Victoria allows the Duke of Atholl to maintain a small private army
1844
The Atholl Highlanders today
Blair Castle estate
Queen Victoria borrows Blair Castle for a family holiday
1844
Landseer depicts a stalking scene near Blair Castle
c. 1850
Landseer
Death of a Hart in Glen Tilt
(detail)
Blair Castle estate
New royal castle at Balmoral
1856
Blair Castle is given a new medieval appearance
c. 1875
The Victorian Blair Castle, painted in 1872
Blair Castle estate
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