ROTHESAY  , a royal, municipal and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh, and the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• BUTE
• BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792)

Bute, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Pop . (19o1) 9378 . It is situated on a beautiful See also:

• BAY

bay, 4o m . S.W. of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, with which there is See also:

• REGULAR

regular communication by railway steamers from See also:

• WEMYSS
• WEMYSS, EARLS OF

Wemyss Bay, See also:

• GOUROCK

Gourock, See also:

• GREENOCK

Greenock (See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince's See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier) and Craigendoran, as well as by many other steamers from Glasgow and the See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde ports . It is a popular watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and as the bay is sheltered by See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low wooded hills and affords excellent anchorage, it is well patronized by yachts . See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Striven, on the opposite See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• ARGYLLSHIRE

Argyllshire, is known as the " Rothesay See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather-See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass," its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance furnishing a certain See also:

• CLUE

clue to meteorological conditions . The town is under the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of a See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost and See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . See also:

• ROTHE, RICHARD (1799-1867)

Rothe-say has ceased to be a manufacturing centre, fishing being now its chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . Owing to its mild and equable See also:

• CLIMATE

climate it is a resort of invalids . There is a See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway to See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• BANNATYNE, GEORGE (1545—? 1608)

Bannatyne, pleasantly situated on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn of See also:

• KAMES, HENRY HOME, LORD (1696-1782)

Kames Bay, and Craigmore, about r m. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Rothesay, is a fashionable suburb . Ardbeg Point, Loch Fad, Loch Ascog and Barone See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill (530 ft.) are all within a mile and a See also:

• HALF

half of the town, and there are numerous excursions by road to other points of See also:

• INTEREST

interest .

The Kyles of Bute are within a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SAIL

sail of Rothesay . In the centre of the town are the ruins of a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle erected in 1098 either by See also:

• MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

Magnus Barefoot, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, or by the Scots as a See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence against the Norwegians, with whom during the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and earlier, there was See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant strife . The See also:

• VILLAGE

village which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the castle' was made a royal burgh by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert III., who, in 1398, created his eldest son See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Rothesay, a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title which became the highest Scottish title of the See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-apparent to the See also:

• CROWN

crown of the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . During the See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

Commonwealth the castle was garrisoned by See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell's troops . It was burned by the followers of See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll in 1685, and remained neglected till the rubbish was cleared away by the second See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of Bute in 1816 . It was repaired by the third marquess .