Other dormitories took their names from local castles such as Cawdor, Spynie, Darnaway, Gaudwell, Balvenie, Duffus, Lochindorb, Auchindoun, Towie Barclay, Kilvarock, Findlater, Brodie and Glamis.
The school went mixed in 1974 – the same year as Gordonstoun took girls although sisters of boys at Wester Elchies had been admitted during and shortly after World War II.
He was an old boy of Gordonstoun and a graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read Architecture and attained 'blues' in rowing and ice hockey.
Previously he had been a housemaster at Aiglon College, a Round Square affiliated school in Switzerland and became chairman of the board of governors upon retirement.
His ancestor was Nevill Coghill (VC) who died attempting to save the colours at Isandhlwana.
Aberlour House enjoyed a short-lived fillip in 1993 when a local rival Blairmore School shut down.
The first preparatory school was founded in 1936 at Wester Elchies and unlike Gordonstoun, was not made to move during the war.