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Banffshire

British  
/ ˈbæmfˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland: formerly (1975–96) part of Grampian region, now part of Aberdeenshire

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He was born in Aberlour in Banffshire and later married Jane Taylor Beck, with whom he had seven children.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

He was recently invited to a special festive service at Aberdeen's St Machar's Cathedral by Andrew Simpson, the lord lieutenant of Banffshire.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Glenn Gordon and his family, who run the William Grant & Sons distillery in Banffshire, top the Scottish list, with £2.572bn.

From BBC • May 11, 2018

Up for sale and advertised in the New York Times was Glenfiddich, the famed, fabulous, 31,000-acre Banffshire estate of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, whose family once owned more than a quarter-million British acres.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Banffshire the peat fires are covered with ashes and smoothed down.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle