Saturday, 14 October 2023

The Murlough Acquisition

SELECTIVE ACQUISITIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

PROPERTY: Murlough Nature Reserve, near Dundrum, County Down

DATE: 1967

EXTENT: 430.27 acres

DONOR: The Marquess of Downshire

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PROPERTY: Murlough House and lands

DATE: 1975

EXTENT: 265.79 acres

DONOR: Royal Bank of Scotland & John Hawkins (Trustee, Downshire Estates)

First published in January, 2015.

3 comments :

Anonymous said...

Do you have any further information on "Messrs RBS and John Hawkins"? I can't find any reference to them in the context of Murlough House.

David Thompson said...

Tim
RBS is Royal Bank of Scotland and The other Party are Trusttes of Downshire Estates
Keep up the good work
David Thompson

Timothy Belmont said...

Many thanks for your support, David!