Rothesay

Rothesay, popular watering-place on the W. coast of Scotland, capital of Buteshire, charmingly situated at the head of a fine hill-girt bay on the NE. side of the island of Bute, 19 m. SW. of Greenock; has an excellent harbour, esplanade, &c.; Rothesay Castle is an interesting ruin; is a great health and holiday resort.

Population (circa 1900) given as 9,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Rotherham * Rothschild, Meyer Amschel
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Rossetti, Christina Georgina
Rossetti, Gabriele
Rossi, Pellegrino
Rossini, Gioacchino
Rostock
Rostoff
Rostopchine, Count
Rostrum
Rothe, Richard
Rotherham
Rothesay
Rothschild, Meyer Amschel
Rotrou, Jean de
Rotterdam
Rotti
Roubaix
Roubilliac, Louis François
Rouble
Rouen
Rouget de Lisle
Rouge-et-Noir

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