BALFOUR, (Sir) JAMES, an eminent lawyer and public character of the sixteenth century, was the son of Balfour of Monquhanny, in Fife, a very ancient family. In youth, being designed for the church, he made considerable proficiency, not only in ordinary literature, but in the study of divinity and law: which were all alike necessary …
A new golf course at Markinch was opened on the twelth of October 1905 by Mr Edward Balfour of Balbirnie. It was situated in the Burn Park, or Playfield as it was known for hundreds of years, on Newton Farm to the north of Markinch Hill. During the Second World War 1939-1945 the course was …
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There are many castles associated with the Balfours and The Bethunes/ Beatons Here is a list of the castles and houses and sites of former castles Balfour House in Markinch Fife Mountqujanie Cast;es Balfour Castle in Angus Burleigh Castle LochOre Castle Kindrogan Denmylne Castle Creich Castle Bandon Tower Whittinghame Tower Whittinghame House Balbirnie House Pittendreich …
The original castle of the Balfour’s in Markinch Fife Scotland UK
A lovely video of the River Ore from Balfour cousin Jennifer Farmer
Many thanks to these Castle Hunters for a inside look to Denmylne castle one of the many castles associated with the Balfour’s and their associated families. They number in the hundreds and we will probably never catalogue them all , Balfour of Denmyline was one of the major branches of Clan Balfour!
From time to time more families that are part of Clan Balfour’s ancestry are discovered Here is the updated list Bethune,Beaton sibblad ,Blyth, Ewing, Gaw, Griffiths, Gordon, Graden, Kelly Henderson Kendrick ,Logan, Lundie Lutterell, MacBeath, McVie MacDuff, MacLean, MacLachlan arnott MacEachen weymss Denniston, Bothwell, Hepburn Adamson Abercrombie crichton Creech CARSTAIRS Otterburn Cotter Carew KILGOUR Arbuthnot …
Located in Newburgh Fife it was the home of the Balfour’s The Balfours owned the property from 1452 to 1710. The castle dates from the late 16th century.[ In 1460 James Balfour of Denmylne died at the siege of Roxburgh Castle, while John his son was killed in the battle of Flodden in 1513. In 1617 Sir Michael Balfour of Denmylne’s …
