River Affric
| Glen Affric National Nature Reserve | |
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| Location | Cannich, Highland, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°14′09″N 5°09′12″W / 57.23596°N 5.15327°WCoordinates: 57°14′09″N 5°09′12″W / 57.23596°N 5.15327°W |
| Governing body | Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) |
| Glen Affric National Nature Reserve | |
Glen Affric (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Afraig) is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some 15 miles (24 km) to the west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin (Loch Benevean).
Glen Affric, also written Glenaffric, was part of the lands of the Clan Chisholm and the Clan Fraser of Lovat from the 15th to the mid 19th centuries. By the early 15th century, Lord Lovat had passed the lands to his son Thomas who in turn passed it on to his son, William – recorded in Burke's Landed Gentry Scotland as William Fraser, first Laird of Guisachan. The lands included regions that would become the Glen Affric deer park and the Guisachan Estate – including the village of Tomich. In 1579, Thomas Chisholm, Laird of Strathglass, was imprisoned for being a Catholic.
The Battle of Glen Affric took place in 1721
There exists in the Scottish Register of Tartans – possibly from the late 17th century – a "Glenaffric Fragment".
By 1854, Dudley Marjoribanks, later Lord Tweedmouth, had acquired the lairdship of Glen Affric and Guisachan, from Laird Fraser, whose family had built the original Guisachan Georgian manor house around 1755. By the 1860s, Lord Tweedmouth, as the new laird, had "much enlarged" the "laird's house", using Scottish architect Alexander Reid who designed many buildings on Tweedmouth's vast Glen Affric Estate, including an entire village – Tomich – and the Glen Affric Hunting Lodge, described in appearance as "castle-like". Tweedmouth had enjoyed a long lease on shooting rights over much of Glen Affric since 1846, and, following his acquisition of the lairdship, he initiated the first breed of golden retrievers at kennels near Guisachan House. He put the retrievers to good use at the shooting parties he hosted when at Glen Affric Lodge. The retrievers were sent to other estates when, for some months of the years 1870–71, he leased the Glen Affric Estate to Lord Grosvenor.
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