Glenbranter

Glenbranter

Glenbranter

Human settlement in Scotland

Glenbranter; is a hamlet and former estate once owned by Sir Harry Lauder, on the northwest shore of Loch Eck in the Argyll Forest Park, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland.[1][2]

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Sir Harry Lauder

Glenbranter Mansion House, seat of Sir Harry Lauder

Sir Harry Lauder bought the Glenbranter Estate on the 13 October 1916, he sold it to the Forestry Commission in 1921 and it later became part of the formation of the Argyll Forest Park in 1935. The Estate House was demolished in 1956.[3]

Lauder Monument

There is a memorial to Sir Harry Lauder's son, Captain John Currie Lauder, of the 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who died on 26 December 1916, during the First World War at Pozières.[4][5][6] The monument is located a short walk from the A815 road.[7]

Work Camp

The estate was the location of a Work Camp in 1930s, part of Ramsey MacDonalds, Labour governments Instructional Centres scheme. Men were given three months training.[8]

  • Glenbranter Bridge
  • Loch Eck, Benmore-Glenbranter Forestry Road
  • Glenbranter Cottages
  • Old Bridge at Glenshellish Farm, Glenbranter, Cowal
  • Argyll and Bute - Lauder Memorial, Invernoaden - 20230616152724

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Leave the world behind at Glenbranter". Scotland Forestry Commission.
  2. [2]
    "Glenbranter Estate – SDLHS".
  3. [3]
    "Lauder Monument, Invernoaden, Argyll Forest — See Loch Lomond :: What to do in Loch Lomond and Trossachs". See Loch Lomond. 7 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Interesting Address from Harry Lauder". The McGill Daily. 26 November 1917. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. [5]
    Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Cwgc.org.
  6. [6]
    "Captain John Lauder". Scotland's War.
  7. [7]
    "Invernoaden, Lauder Memorial | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
  8. [8]
    "How Britain built work camps for the unemployed in the 1930s". Socialist Worker. 3 July 2012.
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