MacRobert’s REPLY
Douneside, an elegant country retreat in Cromar, Aberdeenshire, on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and just 20 miles from Balmoral, may not be the oldest of Scotland’s historic houses but its story, and particularly the reason you can stay here today, is one of the most affecting.
Sir Alexander MacRobert, a self-made millionaire, who rose from humble beginnings to found the British India Corporation, bought the Burnside Estate (now
