Balmoral cairns Balmoral cairns There are eleven stone cairns on the Balmoral estate in Deeside, Scotland, and a single cairn on the adjoining Birkhall estate. The cairns commemorate members of the British royal family and events in their lives. The majority of the cairns were erected by Queen Victoria. The cairns commemorate the marriages of Victoria's children, of the Princess Royal (to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia in 1858), Prince Albert Edward, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice. Victoria's son Prince Alfred is unique in not having a cairn dedicated to him. The largest cairn
Helen Gibson (teacher) Helen Gibson (teacher) Helena Fannie Gibson (14 July 1868 – 24 July 1938) was a New Zealand educator and the principal of Rangi Ruru Girls' School in Christchurch for its first 50 years. Gibson was born in Lyttelton, near Christchurch, in 1868. She was one of ten children of Frederick Gibson and his second wife, Mary. All eight daughters in the family became teachers or school principals - Mary Gibson became the principal of Christchurch Girls' High School, Beatrice became the principal of Nelson College for Girls, and Ethel, Alice, Ruth and Winifred taught at Rangi Ruru School. There were