James Crichton of Frendraught or Frendraucht was a Scottish landowner involved in a fire on 18 October 1630. Eight guests were killed at Frendraught Castle and arson was suspected. The facts of the case were widely disputed.[1]
Traces remain of old Frendraught Castle at the later house, said to be haunted by Elizabeth Gordon, Lady FrendraughtKinnairdy Castle was Crichton of Frendraught's second home in Aberdeenshire. The castle masonry has now been harledElizabeth Gordon, Lady Frendraught was married at Gordon Castle but was refused entry on 19 October 1630James Crichton lived at Gladstone's Land in Edinburgh after the fire at Frendraught
^Robert Chambers, Domestic Annals of Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1859), pp. 43–50.
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