LCT Lectures
2025-26 Winter Lecture Series
Each year, Linlithgow Civic Trust organises a series of lectures, presented over the autumn and winter.
The 2025-26 season is now almost complete. The last lecture in this series is Ian Shearer’ talk on Kinneil House and estate.
- Kinniel – This Princely Seat
Amongst the finest Seats in Britain – Kinneil around 1700
Presented by Ian Shearer
Thursday 23rd April at 7:30 pm
Queen Margaret Hall, 53 Blackness Road, Linlithgow EH49 7JA
Ian Shearer Ian will be painting a rich impression of Kinneil House and Estate around the end of the 17th century, when they were perhaps at their grandest and most opulent and the Dukes of Hamilton still resided there from time to time. As well as that family’s leading role in West Lothian and national history, Kinneil featured the work of some of the finest artists, architects and landscape designers of the day. It truly was among the country’s most gracious mansions.
