circa 1244: Sir David Graham of Dundaff is granted a charter to the lands of Strathblane and Mugdock by Maldwin, Earl of Lennox during the reign of King Alexander II.
circa 1280: Malcolm, Earl of Lennox and grandson of Maldwin, awards a Charter of Confirmation to Sir Patrick Graham, grandson of Sir David Graham of Dundaff. Sir Patrick later receives another Charter giving him the right to hold a Court with jurisdiction in these and other lands in the neighbourhood and to have a prison at Mugdock.
circa 1372: First stone castle built at Mugdock by the son of Sir David de Graham.
1458: King James II gave Patrick, the 1st Lord Graham, the Barony of the Lands of Mugdock. His descendents are given the right of inheritance as well as the legal powers to hold a Barony Court. In return, Patrick and his descendents become servants of the Crown. The lands over which his Lordship has control include Strathblane, Craigallian, Carbeth, Auchengillan and Killearn. Other lands are added later. Mugdock is now such an important place that it is able to hold a market every Friday and free fairs in August and November.
1505: The 3rd Lord Graham is made Earl of Montrose.
1641: Mugdock Castle partially destroyed on the orders of the Scottish Parliament.
1643/4: James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, briefly returns to live at Mugdock. He was made a Marquis in early 1644. Thereafter, he left Mugdock never to return.
1647: The 1st Marquis flees the country after Charles I surrenders to the Parliamentarians. The Barony is transferred to the Marquis of Argyll who later passes it on to his son.
1655: James. 2nd Marquis of Montrose, assumes control of the Barony from the Argyll family but the Castle is by now almost uninhabitable. It takes two years to rebuild but is never the same as in its heyday.
1707: James, 4th Marquis of Montrose, is made 1st Duke of Montrose. In this year, the Act of Union between Scotland and England is ratified.
1718: Patrick McNicholl is the last man to be publicly executed at Mugdock’s Gallow Hill.
circa 1835: Archibald McLellan leases Mugdock Castle and lives there until his death in 1854.
1874: John Guthrie Smith leases Mugdock Castle. He builds demolishes the old, two-storey house and builds a new mansion house in the Scottish Baronial style.
1945: The 6th Duke of Montrose sells both Mugdock Castle and Estate to Sir Hugh Fraser, later Lord Fraser of Allander.
1981: Sir Hugh Fraser, son of Hugh Fraser, gifts the Castle and Estate to Central Region for use as a country park. He also makes a gift of £100,000 for the upkeep and maintenance of the park.
1989: The estates of Craigend and Mugdock are, by now, owned by Stirling Council and Mugdock Country Park is established. Stirling and East Dunbartonshire Councils agree to run the Park jointly.
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