Who Owned Balmoral Before The Royal Family?
In 1798, James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife, acquired Balmoral and leased the castle. Sir Robert Gordon, a younger brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, acquired the lease in 1830. When did the royal family get Balmoral? Balmoral has been a refuge for the royals for more than a century, ever since Prince Albert bought …