Quotes About Argyll

There's not a lot of pictorial evidence from the Highlands, because only the very wealthy had their portraits painted - but there is one well-known painting of the two sons of the Duke of Argyll, wearing tartan.

The later years of the Romans, who abandoned Britain in 410, were perturbed by attacks of the Scoti (Scots) from Ireland, and it is to a settlement in Argyll of "Dalriadic" Scots from Ireland about 500 A.D. that our country owes the name of Scotland.

but the most glamorous was undeniably Theresa's granny, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. In fact she was probably the most glamorous woman I've ever met. Margaret had the looks of Ava Gardner, the balls of Bette Davis and the sex drive of Peter Stringfellow.