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The oldest existing house in Glasgow. Built in 1471 by Bishop Muirhead who had previously built St Nicholas' Chapel (to the south of Provands Lordship) in 1456, along with St Nicholas' Hospital which adjoined it.  Bishop Muirhead, as Bishop of Glasgow was appointed to the Council of Regency which ruled Scotland until James III was old enough to take over.  James III was only 9 years old when James II died. Bishop Muirhead was sent as ambassador to arrange the marriage of young James to Margaret, princess of Denmark, which took place in 1469.  At the same time, he helped negotiate the cession of the Orkney and Shetland Islands from Norway to Scotland. More info:  https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA05012&t=2 Provand's Lordship Photo: J.Wilson Can also see some of this and further Norwegian links on the Scottish diaspora tapestry: http://www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org/norway   Previous Back to Route Next

The University was founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, and is Glasgow's second-oldest university. It was founded through the will of John Anderson, professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, who left the majority of his will, along with specific instructions to create a place of "Useful Learning", specialising in practical subjects "for the good of mankind and the improvement of science".  In 1828, the institution was renamed Anderson's University but this name was changed in 1887 as there was no legal authority to use the title "University".  It was called at that time the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, then becoming the Royal Technical College in 1912 and then the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1956. The University's City Centre campus is now named after its founder John Anderson. It received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. The Uni...