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John Yerburgh 23.05.1923 – 17.06.2014
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh was born on 23rd May 1923, the eldest of two boys, John and Oscar, sons of Guy and Hilda Yerburgh, grandsons of Elma Yerburgh. Following her husband’s death at an early age, his mother married Major General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and had two children – Mariette and Raymond. John was educated at St Davids, Reigate and Eton and after serving in the Second World War, latterly at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he gained an M.A. Degree in Economics. He joined…
Gordon Pole joins the Team
Gordon Pole has joined the team as “Estate Forester”. Previously working as a self employed forestry contractor in Inverness he brings great forestry expeience to the team. On graduating from…
Leading the way in Sustainable Heating
In 2012 we installed a state of the art biomass boiler to heat a number of properties on the estate. The system is fueled entirely from sustainably grown estate timber…
Blairinnie Steading / Affordable Housing – Planning Approval Granted
Planning approval has be granted for the conversion of Blairinnie steading, a redundant farm building, into 4 affordable homes. In keeping with the estates values the properties will be environmentally…
Mochrum Fell Windfarm – The Facts
Coriolis Energy / Falck Renewables currently have a planning application in place for an 33 MW Windfarm on Mochrum Fell. What follows is our letter of support detailing the benefits…
