David Houldsworth

“[He] was ten years old when the two most important men in his life – his father, Ian, and his grandfather, Brigadier Sir Henry – died within three months of each other. His father’s death stemmed from a wound he had suffered during the Second World War.

“Their passing meant that, at a tender age, David became heir to the Dallas estate, the family estate in Morayshire.

“The Dallas moorland and farm holdings had been in the Houldsworth family since 1907. David’s widowed mother, Clodagh, moved with her five children, of whom David was the eldest, into Dallas Lodge, a beautiful house dating back to the late 17th century, with an idyllic garden. The lodge was made into a much-loved family home.”

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