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The last days of the notorious Lord Lovat are associated with some of the old houses in the north. Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire, and Netherwhitton, in Northumberland, claim the honour of hiding this double-faced traitor prior to his arrest. At the former is a small chamber near the roof, and in the latter is a hiding-place measuring eight feet by three and ten feet high.
This Highland Wool Parliament was originally held on the third Thursday in June, but now it begins on the second Thursday of July and lasts till the Saturday; and Argyllshire, Nairnshire, and High Aberdeenshire have gradually joined in.
William Macmillan, born in Nairnshire, laid out the public parks of Buffalo, and William R. Smith, a native of Haddingtonshire, was for many years Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens at Washington. A prominent physician of early colonial times was Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. His meteorological observations were probably the first ever published.
Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, formerly had a secret chamber known as "Hell Hole." It has, however, been altered. The "Clough Inn," Chard, Somersetshire, is said by tradition to have possessed three secret rooms! Cawdor Castle, Nairnshire a hiding-place formerly in "the tower." Bramhall Hall, Cheshire two secret recesses were discovered not long ago during alterations.
After his return he entered Parliament in 1813 as member for Nairnshire, and attained a considerable reputation as a forcible and informing speaker on questions of criminal law and general politics. On the accession of the Whigs in 1830 he was made a member of the Board of Control for India. He also held from 1818-24 the Professorship of Law and General Politics at Haileybury.
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