Archive for the 'David Dunbar of Baldoon' Category
The Woman Who Never Was #History #Scotland
• March 27, 2016 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Balmangan, Borgue parish, Colonel James Douglas, Covenanters, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Graham, Galloway, Godfrey McCulloch of Mireton, Grizel Fullarton, James Kirko (d.1685), Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Robert Grierson of Lag, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Balmangan, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, Scottish History, women's history
The Wigtown Martyrs: Who Condemned the Women to Drown in 1685?
• June 13, 2015 • 8 CommentsPosted in 1685, Agnes Wilson, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Captain Adam Urquhart, Captain Strachan, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet John Baillie, Covenanters, Daniel Defoe, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Graham, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Glenkens, John Graham of Claverhouse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Minnigaff parish, Penninghame parish, Robert Grierson of Lag, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, William Cultran of Drummoral
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown, Wigtown Martyrs
‘To Extirpate These Rebels’: The Commission to Colonel James Douglas, 27 March to 20 April, 1685
• December 24, 2014 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Alexander Hume of Linthill, Andrew Plumber of Middlestead, Annandale, Archibald Cockburn of Langtoun, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Archibald Stuart of Blackhall, Ayrshire, ‘-------’ Hume of Nineholes, Berwickshire, Borders, Captain John Dalziel, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Charles Hume of Aytoun, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet James Innes, Cornet James Naismith, Cornet John Baillie, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Graham, David Murray of Stanhope, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Glencairn, earl of Home, earl of Mar, Eskdale, Francis Scott of Thirlstane, Galloway, Glenkens, Godfrey McCulloch of Mireton, Henry McDougal of Mackerston, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Hugh Cathcart of Carleton, Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, James Cockburn of that Ilk, James Cranston Lord Cranston, James Geddes of Kirkhurd, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Lundy of Strathairly, James Murray younger of Deuchar, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Graham of Dougalston, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), John Riddell of Haining, John Schaw younger of Greenock, John Somerville of Spittel, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lord Bargany, Lord Cochrane, Lord Ross, Major George Arnot, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Merse, Nithsdale, Peeblesshire, Renfrewshire, Richard Murray of Spittlehaugh, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Robert Kerr Lord Jedburgh, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Pringle of Stitchel, Roxburgh, Selkirkshire, Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony, Stirlingshire, Teviotdale, Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn, Thomas Scott of Whiteslaid, Tweeddale, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Douglas of Cavers, William Elliot of Stobs, William Hamilton of Barncluith, William Hamilton of Orbiston, William Horseburgh of that Ilk, William Ker of Chatto, William Ker of Greenhead, William Stirling (Glasgow), William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Galloway, History, James II, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History
The Men Who Sought Out Goats: The Abjuration Oath of 1685
• December 21, 2014 • 9 CommentsPosted in 1685, Abjuration oath, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Annandale, Apologetical Declaration Against Intelligencers, Archibald MacAulay of Ardincaple, Ayrshire, Borders, Carrick, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Graham, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Glencairn, Eskdale, Francis Scott of Thirlstane, Galloway, Glenkens, Godfrey McCulloch of Mireton, Henry McDougal of Mackerston, Hugh Cathcart of Carleton, Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, James Cranston Lord Cranston, James Johnstone of Westerhall, James Lundy of Strathairly, James Murray younger of Deuchar, John Graham of Dougalston, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), John Riddell of Haining, John Schaw younger of Greenock, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lord Bargany, Lord Cochrane, Lord Ross, Major George Arnot, Nithsdale, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Robert Kerr Lord Jedburgh, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Robert Pringle of Stitchel, Roxburgh, Selkirkshire, Sir Archibald Kennedy of Culzean, Teviotdale, Thomas Kilpatrick of Closeburn, Thomas Scott of Whiteslaid, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Douglas of Cavers, William Elliot of Stobs, William Hamilton of Orbiston, William Ker of Chatto, William Ker of Greenhead, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Abjuration oath, Ayrshire, Charles II, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History
Major Winram and the Dispute over the Parks of Baldoon
• November 17, 2014 • 4 CommentsPosted in Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Vaus of Barwhanny, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Covenanters, David Dunbar of Baldoon, David Halliday in Glengap (d.1685), Galloway, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Kirkinner parish, Margaret Maxwell, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown, Wigtownshire
Tags: Baldoon Castle, Covenanters, Galloway, History, Scotland, Wigtown
Jardine's Book of Martyrs 