Peterhead

Peterhead is a town and the largest settlement in Aberdeenshire most easterly point of Scotland with approximately 17,330 inhabitants ( 2006 estimate ). By 1983 they Headquartered whiskey distillery Glenugie.

Sports

The Peterhead FC plays in the Scottish Third Division.

Twinning

Partners town of Peterhead is Ålesund in Norway.

Famous sons and daughters of the town

  • William Aitken, football player and coach
  • Eric Temple Bell, mathematician and science fiction author
  • Margaret Jope, biochemist
  • George Keith (1638 or 1639-1716 ), Scottish Quaker missionary, in the 1670s in Germany and the Netherlands, then in New Jersey, later entered the Anglican Church, and returned to England
  • George Keith ( Earl Marischal ) ( 1693-1778 ), Scottish Jacobite and diplomat and friend of Frederick the Great. He was born on Inverugie Castle ( two miles from Peterhead ), a moth, which the family Cheyne was built in the 12th century (hence Cheyne 's Tower ), and later on went to the Earl Marischal 's and is now a ruin.
  • James Keith (1696-1758), Field Marshal under Frederick the Great
  • Peter Mullan ( born 1959 ), actor and filmmaker
Post town Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency) Glenugie distillery Peterhead F.C. Scottish Football League Third Division William Aitken (footballer) George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal
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