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F L O O R S C A S T L E
R O x B U R G H S H I R E , S C O T L A N D
H i s G r a c e T h e D u k e o f R o x b u r g h e
The Duke’s family has been well recorded as chieftains, farming the very same
lands since the Norman Conquest in 1066. Their early fortresses have been
superceded by magnificent 18th-century battlemented Floors Castle with its
pillared and tapestried rooms and impeccable setting in romantic Walter Scott
country by the great Robert Adam. His Grace Sir Guy David, 10th Duke of
Roxburghe ancestors includes one forebear killed attempting to rescue King
James V of Scotland from prison. The 3rd Duke devoted his life to collecting the
world famed additions to Floors Castle. A superb athlete, who also won Military
Academy Sandhurst’s prized sword of honour, the present, Cambridge-educated
Duke lives at Floors with his young wife and family.
