0 an area of northeastern Scotland that was a county (= area with its own local government) until 1975:
In 1835 he married Katherine, daughter of Major Ludovic Stewart of Pittyvaich, Banffshire.
The distillery, near Dufftown in Banffshire, was built in 1990 and can now offer a 12-year-old spirit for the first time.
He was Conservative MP for Banffshire from 1964-74.
These skills were useful in managing the Aberdeenshire and Banffshire farms belonging to the family of his wife.
