Floors Castle
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Floors Castle in Scotland is the ancient home of the Dukes of Roxburghe.
The 3rd Duke, John Ker, was an ardent and discriminating collector of rare books and manuscripts. His death in 1804 and the death of his heir in 1805 precipitated a long and protracted — and expensive — legal fight amongst distant cousins as to who would be the next duke.
In 1811, Mr Lascelles commented that the first act of new Duke of Roxburghe, having incurred such large legal debts in pursuit of the title, would be to look around the castle for something to sell (meaning the Duke's library) [28]. This was a mistake on Mr Lascelles's part: the Duke's library was at his home in St James's-square in London, where he had died.