Er ist verheiratet mit Helen Middleton.
Sie haben geheiratet am 23. August 1662 in Holyrood House, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, er war 19 Jahre alt.
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When Patrick, 3rd Earl of Kinghorne came into his inheritance he
found his estates burdened with debts amounting to ?40,000 - an absolutely massive sum in those days. He was advised that his estates were 'irrecoverable' but after 40 years hard work and determination he restored his inheritance to solvency. Patrick obtained a new charter to his patent of peerage in 1677 and was afterwards known as 'The Earl of Stradlmore and Kinghorne' as have been his successors ever since. It says much for this young man that he managed not only to pay off his debts by strict economies, but also was later able to rebuild and improve Glamis Castle to very much its appearance today. This can be seen by examining the distant view of the building in the huge family painting of Stradlmore and his sons in the Drawing Room. Lord Stradlmore re-modelled the Castle. He added the west wing in 1679 giving a false symmetry. He swept away the courtyard buildings, laid out the main avenue at 45 degrees to the Castle so that the large stair became the centre of the composition. In front he created a baroque setting of courts, sculptures and vistas. The interiors were equally rich. He built and decorated the Chapel and adapted the old Great Hall of the Castle, which had already been made elegant with plasterwork in 1621, into a fine Drawing Room which turned out to be his favourite part of the Castle and described in the diary as 'My Great Hall, which is a room that I ever loved'. He also kept a 'private buffoon' or jester and was the last nobleman to do so in Scotland. This jester's modey is still preserved in the Castle and can be seen in the Drawing Room and a small copy of it, worn by the Queen Mother's brother when a boy at a fancy dress party, can be seen in the Family Exhibition Room. The jester himself, it is recorded, was dismissed for proposing to a young daughter of the house!
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Helen Middleton |