As the Allies celebrated VE Day in May 1945, one Scottish aristocrat, the 5th Marquess of Ailsa, showed his gratitude to one of the military’s most renowned leaders in remarkable fashion.
The Marquess and his family, the Kennedys, gifted their home and family seat, the dramatic Culzean Castle on the west coast of Scotland, to the National Trust for Scotland in 1945, with one specific stipulation. The top floor of this handsome property had been offered by the family to General Dwight Eisenhower for his personal use for the duration of his lifetime, as recognition of and thanks from the people of Scotland for Eisenhower’s role in the Second World War. The National Trust for Scotland
