3-082-974 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mar Lodge, Braemar, destroyed by fire on June 14, 1895. 'The Scotch home of the Duke and Duchess of Fife was burnt to the ground on June 14. The fire commenced about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the Queen, having been informed of the occurrence, reached the scene of the conflagration shortly after six o'clock. Her Majesty viewed with much sorrow the destruction of the mansion where she has so often been a visitor. The fire raged with such fury that after a few hours there was little left of the building which had been considered the finest on Deeside. Several valuable treasures were rescued from the house, but pictures and many other art relics were destroyed. The house was built by General Sir Alexander Duff about seventy years ago, and had been much improved for the purposes of residence by the Duke of Fife, who was in London with the Duchess at the time of the fire'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.