Quote Originally Posted by BCAC View Post
Just because he was a Lord and had a castle doesn't necessarily mean that he was rolling in money, either. He may have needed to be thrifty. I see that he was mowing his own lawns (couldn't afford to pay a gardener?). Those castles did seem to drain a lot of money for their upkeep.
Indeed, and especially in his case. Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (pictured above) experienced a great deal of turmoil in his final years; he suffered financial ruin and two of his sons predeceased him in accidents within months of each other. A year before his death, in 1994, the family's traditional residence, Beaufort Castle, was sold.