I met my wife here in 1990…for better or worse as they say! I also used to do some promotional advertising for the restaurant that Ian Campbell used to run when it was first opened (Memory Lane)….on a separate matter my Great Great (and possibly Great) grandfather on my fathers side was the land agent to the Hamilton’s at the ‘original’ Palace and when he retired the then Duke gave the family a little land (property) in Arran (now the Glenisle Hotel in Lamlash but then the Sillars Hotel), a graveyard plot in Bearden graveyard (No1) to which the Duke paid for all the internments and other items including a gilt framed embroidered portrait from the palace which I still have dating to possibly the late 18th century….so I have many links to ‘The Palace’ right enough!
I met my wife here in 1990…for better or worse as they say! I also used to do some promotional advertising for the restaurant that Ian Campbell used to run when it was first opened (Memory Lane)….on a separate matter my Great Great (and possibly Great) grandfather on my fathers side was the land agent to the Hamilton’s at the ‘original’ Palace and when he retired the then Duke gave the family a little land (property) in Arran (now the Glenisle Hotel in Lamlash but then the Sillars Hotel), a graveyard plot in Bearden graveyard (No1) to which the Duke paid for all the internments and other items including a gilt framed embroidered portrait from the palace which I still have dating to possibly the late 18th century….so I have many links to ‘The Palace’ right enough!
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Hi John, thanks for sharing your info it’s fantastic. I will be one day writing the story of the palace and would like to include your families story.
Was your family from Arran? If you have any info or pictures that you would like to send then please send them to my email below. Garry,
HistoricHamilton@icloud.com
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