Straloch House is a mansion house in the parish of New Macher,

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, Scotland. The mansion house stands on the site of the former castle of Straloch.

Straloch Castle

The Cheynes of Straloch came into the procession of the lands of Straloch in the 13th century through the marriage of

Reginald le Chen (d.1312) Sir Reginald le Chen or Cheyne (c.1235-1312) was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble. He was a sheriff of Nairn, sheriff of Inverness and Baron of Inverugie. Reginald was the son of Sir Reginald le Chen (d.1293) and an unknown daughter of John Com ...

and the heiress Mary, daughter of Freskin de Moravia of Duffus and Strabok and Johanna de Strathnaver, and was given to Reginald's second son

Francis le Chen Sir Francis le Chen or Cheyne of Straloch was a 14th-century Scottish noble. Francis was the son of Sir Reginald le Chen (d.1312) and Mary, daughter of Freskin de Moravia of Duffus and of Strabok and lady Johanna de Strathnaver. Family He married ...

. It remained in the Cheyne family for over 250 years. In the 16th century it was sold to John Gordon of Pitlurg.

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the cartographer came into the possession afterwards.

Straloch House

The Gordon family sold the lands of Straloch in 1758 to John Ramsey, who demolished the tower house and built the existing mansion on the same site.

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{{reflist Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire Clan Cheyne Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes