There are quite a few big names in Falkland Palace’s illustrious history. Mary, Queen of Scots was a frequent visitor, using it as a hunting lodge. James IV and V were the Scottish kings responsible for the old castle’s transformation into a Renaissance-style palace. And it was James V who ordered the construction of the Fife property’s famous Royal Tennis Court in 1541 – it survives to this day and is the oldest in Britain.
One name that is slightly less well known is that of Percy Cane. An esteemed landscape designer in the first half of the 20th century, Cane was a contemporary of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and Lanning Roper, but he is comparatively overlooked these days – an unsung hero. His time as a designer overlapped that
