~ History ~

1460's ~ Gilbert Keith acquires Boddam through his marriage to the heiress daughter of the Ogstouns.

1513 ~ Sir John Keith is killed at the Battle of Flodden Field fighting the English.

1590's ~ The building of Boddam Castle begins by Sir William Keith.

1620's ~ The Keith's are involved in a bitter and violent dispute with the Fraser's of Castle Fraser over the beating in a local kirk.

1629 ~ Sir William Keith is created Baronet of Ludquharn.

1715 ~ During the Jacobite rebellion the castle's owner Sir William Keith is living in North America as a surveyor, whilst the rest of his clan are taking an active part in the rebellion.

Following the failure of the rebellion and resulting persecution of the Highland clans, Sir William gains fame as the Lieutenant - Governor of Pennsylvania.

However, his career later collapses so he is forced to return to England.

Unfortunately, here too deeply in debt he spends the rest of his life dependent on the state, living among others in the social room at the Old Bailey in London. There he dies in 1749.

1771 ~ The 5th and last Baronet of Ludquharn dies and so the castle is abandoned and later used as a quarry for building materials, including the local harbour.