Glenbranter

Glenbranter

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Scotland
Glenbranter
Glenbranter shown within Argyll and Bute
OS grid reference NS 11045 97773
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode district PA23
Dialling code 01369
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute

Glenbranter; is a hamlet 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]

Sir Harry Lauder

Glenbranter Mansion House, seat of Sir Harry Lauder

Sir Harry Lauder owned a house at Glenbranter, demolished in the 1960s. There is a memorial to his son Captain John Lauder, of the 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, in Glenbranter who died 26 December 1916, during the First World War.[2]

References

  1. "Leave the world behind at Glenbranter". Scotland Forestry Commission.
  2. "Captain John Lauder". Scotland's War.


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