🏴 Architect/Stained Glass/Furniture Designer John Ninian Comper is associated with Braemar. He was knighted for his services to architecture in 1950.
Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Braemar Gathering
🏴 Braema is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles (93 km) west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an elevation of 339 metres (1,112 ft).
Braemar Gathering Known colloquially as The Games and originating from those believed to have been held by Malcolm III, an annual Highland Games Gathering is held at Braemar on the first Saturday in September.
In 1746, the Act of Proscription stopped all clan gatherings, but following its repeal in 1782, the old enthusiasms for such events returned. About 1826, the Braemar Highland Society was created; the first modern-day games taking place in 1832. On 14 September 1844 Queen Victoria attended the gathering at Invercauld. In 1866, Royal was added to Braemar Highland Society and in 1906, the Duke of Fife presented 12 acres (5 hectares) of Mar Estate to the Society and The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, the current home of the Braemar Gathering, was created.
Since Queen Victoria's time, the reigning monarch has been the patron of the Braemar Royal Highland Society.
Stonehaven bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Braemar has a population of over 808 people. Braemar also forms part of the wider Aberdeenshire District which has a population of over 261,470 people.
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