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Moray House, Canongate
Begbie, Thomas, 1857, Photograph
Moray House, Canongate
Moray House, Canongate
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Item no
18472
Title
Moray House, Canongate
Artist / maker
Begbie, Thomas
Date
1857
Size
16.4 x 14.7 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
City Art Centre
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The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries
Original caption: Moray House on the southside of the Canongate. Moray House is now a training college for teachers to which extensive additions have been made.
Moray House is located on the Canongate in Edinburgh. It was built around 1625 for the Dowager Countess of Home. It was named after her daughter Margaret Countess of Moray who inherited it in 1643. During the 1640's it played host to both Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. The Marquis of Montrose passed by the house on the way to his execution in 1650, and was taunted from the balcony by the Marquis of Argyll and others who had gathered there for his son's wedding. In 1661, following the restoration, the Marquis of Argyll was to pass by the same spot on the way to his own execution on the 'Maiden' (Edinburgh's guillotine).
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