The Scottish Nation: Or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Band 31863 |
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... appointed captain in the Scottish Dutch brigade . In 1674 he was present at the battle of Seneff , when the army under the prince of Orange was defeated by the prince of Conde . He was afterwards pro- moted to the rank of major ...
... appointed captain in the Scottish Dutch brigade . In 1674 he was present at the battle of Seneff , when the army under the prince of Orange was defeated by the prince of Conde . He was afterwards pro- moted to the rank of major ...
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... appointed assistant envoy at the court of Persia . In 1834 he became secretary of the embassy , and received the Persian order of the Lion and Sun , and in June 1836 was appointed envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to ...
... appointed assistant envoy at the court of Persia . In 1834 he became secretary of the embassy , and received the Persian order of the Lion and Sun , and in June 1836 was appointed envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to ...
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... appointed to the former in 1796 , and to the latter in 1804 . While attending the university of Edinburgh , he was one of the five students who originated the Speculative Society , and was afterwards for some time Professor of the Laws ...
... appointed to the former in 1796 , and to the latter in 1804 . While attending the university of Edinburgh , he was one of the five students who originated the Speculative Society , and was afterwards for some time Professor of the Laws ...
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... appointed a lord of ses- sion . In 1845 he was chosen M.P. for Kirkcudbrightshire , and died 10th June , 1851. He married , in 1815 , Isabella Graham , 4th daughter of James Macdowall , Esq . of Garthland , with issue . His brother ...
... appointed a lord of ses- sion . In 1845 he was chosen M.P. for Kirkcudbrightshire , and died 10th June , 1851. He married , in 1815 , Isabella Graham , 4th daughter of James Macdowall , Esq . of Garthland , with issue . His brother ...
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... appointed lieutenant in March 1783. At the commencement of the French revolutionary war , he was first lieutenant of the Penelope at Jamaica ; in which ship he as- sisted at the capture of the Inconstante frigate , and Gaelon corvette ...
... appointed lieutenant in March 1783. At the commencement of the French revolutionary war , he was first lieutenant of the Penelope at Jamaica ; in which ship he as- sisted at the capture of the Inconstante frigate , and Gaelon corvette ...
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afterwards Andrew appointed army baron baronet battle became born brother burgh Captain castle Charles charter chief church clan Colonel command countess daugh David death descended died Donald Douglas duke earl earl of Mar earl of Moray Edin Edinburgh elder eldest daughter England English father Fifeshire George Glasgow heirs male Highlanders Inverness Isles issue James VI July June king king's knight Lady laird lands latter Lond London lord of session lordship Mackay Mackenzie Maclean Macleod Malcolm March Margaret marquis marriage married Mary Maxwell Mid Lothian Montrose Moray Murray Napier obtained parish parliament peerage peerage of Scotland Perth Perthshire poems Pringle privy published queen regiment reign Renfrewshire Robert the Bruce Ross royal Scotland Scots Scott Scottish Selkirkshire sent Seton Sir James Sir John Sir Robert Sir William sons Stewart succeeded surname Thomas tion took university of Edinburgh Viscount Walter wife
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Seite 189 - The Lord bless you, and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Seite 317 - DEGENERATE Douglas ! oh, the unworthy Lord ! Whom mere despite of heart could so far please, And love of havoc, (for with such disease Fame taxes him,) that he could send forth word To level with the dust a noble horde, A brotherhood of venerable trees, Leaving an ancient dome, and towers like these, Beggared and outraged...
Seite 317 - Many hearts deplored The fate of those old Trees ; and oft with pain The Traveller, at this day, will stop and gaze On wrongs, which Nature scarcely seems to heed : For sheltered places, bosoms, nooks, and bays, And the pure mountains, and the gentle Tweed, And the green silent pastures, yet remain.
Seite 44 - Cameron, with orders, if she brought a boy, to destroy him, if a girl, to spare her. Maclonich's wife, who was with child likewise, had a girl about the same time at which Lady Maclean brought a boy ; and Maclonich, with more generosity to his captive than fidelity to his trust, contrived that the children should be changed. Maclean, being thus preserved from death, in time recovered his original patrimony ; and in gratitude to his friend, made his castle a place of refuge to any of the clan that...
Seite 143 - Commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the Head of the Church, whose subject King James VI. is, and of whose kingdom he is not a head, nor a lord, but a member; and they whom Christ hath called, and commanded to watch over His Church, and govern His spiritual kingdom, have sufficient authority and power from Him so to do, which no Christian king nor prince should control or discharge, but assist and support, otherwise they are not faithful subjects to Christ.
Seite 198 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 324 - The Evergreen. Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600.
Seite 335 - An Essay on Quantity, occasioned by reading a Treatise, in which Simple and Compound Ratios are applied to Virtue and Merit...
Seite 225 - ... waste) the country for many miles round; and that he was at length slain by Buccleuch, or some of his clan, at a little mount, covered with fir-trees, adjoining to Newark castle, and said to have been a part of the garden. A varying tradition bears the place of his death to have been near to the house of the Duke of Buccleuch's game-keeper, beneath the castle ; and that the fatal arrow was shot by Scott of Haining, from the ruins of a cottage on the opposite side of the Yarrow.
Seite 44 - Wherever we roved, we were pleased to see the reverence with which his subjects regarded him. He did not endeavour to dazzle them by any magnificence of dress : his only distinction was a feather in his bonnet ; but as soon as he appeared, they forsook their work and clustered about him : he took them by the hand, and they seemed mutually delighted.