Tillypronie, a fine modern mansion in Tarland and Migvie parish, Aberdeenshire, 4 miles NW of Tarland village and 10 NNW of Aboyne. Its owner, Sir John Forbes Clark, second Bart. since 1837 (b. 1821; suc. 1870), holds 649 acres in the shire, valued at £350 per annum-Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)