Eliza Armstrong
Young girl at the centre of a major prostitution scandal in 1885 that led to the age of consent for females being raised from 13 to 16.
Young girl at the centre of a major prostitution scandal in 1885 that led to the age of consent for females being raised from 13 to 16.
Diplomat, artist and collector; owner of Ellon Castle from 1880s.
James Gordon was an affluent merchant, baillie of Edinburgh, and owner Fortalice of Ardgith, now Ellon Castle.
Inspiration for the Rolls-Royce flying lady mascot.
English racehorse owner, businessman and aristocrat
Biography of socialite Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, who gained prestige and notoriety from her portrait by artist John Singer Sargent.
A wealthy banker and owner of the Denbies estate in Surrey.
Church of England clergyman with a reputation as a vigorous firebrand of a preacher.
Geologist, cattle breeder, an active feminist and creator of the MacRobert Trust, a charity that supports the RAF and others
Thomas Sheridan (1775 – 1817), known as Tom Sheridan, was the only son of the playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the soprano Elizabeth Ann Linley