Archive for the 'earl of Airlie' Category
The British Army of the Killing Times in the Winter of 1685 #History #Scotland
• September 23, 2018 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, Adam Blair (Carberry), Andrew Bruce of Earlshall, Ayr, Ayr parish, Ayrshire, Bathgate, Bathgate parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Captain John Inglis, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Captain William Douglas, Cornet James Dundas, Cornet James Innes, Cornet James Naismith, Cornet John Baillie, Cornet Peter Inglis, Cornet William Graham, Covenanters, Cumnock, Cumnock parish, David Graham, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, Earlshaugh, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Evandale parish, Galloway, General Thomas Dalyell, Glasgow, Glenkens, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, John Graham of Claverhouse, Kells parish, Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock parish, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanark, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant James Stewart, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Murray, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel James Douglas, Linlithgowshire, Lord Ross, Loudoun parish, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Mauchline, Mauchline parish, Maybole, Maybole parish, Newmilns, Newmilns Tower, Old Castle of Cumnock, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Strathaven, Teviotdale, Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
Tags: British Army, Early modern history, Edinburgh, Glasgow, History, Military History, Scotland, Scottish Army, Scottish History
The Mystery of Swine Knowe: The Nitty Gritty of #History #Scotland
• August 26, 2016 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1680, Auchengilloch, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Donald Cargill, earl of Airlie, Gass Water, General Thomas Dalyell, Hynd's Bottom, Lanarkshire, New Monkland parish, Richard Cameron, Robert Cannon of Mardrogat, Scotland, Scottish History, Swine Knowe, Thomas Douglas
Tags: Airdrie, Caldercruix, Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Lanarkshire, New Monkland parish, Richard Cameron, Scotland, Scottish History
The Killing of Trooper Gordon in 1682: Was Patrick Walker a Murderer?
• August 6, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in 'R_____ S______', 10 convention, 26 convention, 29 convention, 31 convention, 35 convention, 39 convention, Alexander Peden, Alexander Ramsay, Alexander Shields, Anthony Sleigh, Archibald Wilson, Arnesalloch Burn, Auchengilloch, Blackgannoch, Cairntable, Cameronian Regiment, Captain Adam Urquhart, Carluke parish, Carstairs parish, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Cumberland, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Douglas, Douglas parish, Dr Furd, earl of Airlie, Easterseat, Francis Gordon (d.1682), George Hill, Glasgow, Greenock, Ireland, James Gavin, James Ingles, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, James Wilson (Societies), John Darroch, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanark, Lanarkshire, London, Mauchline, Michael Shields, Mossplatt, Mr Gerkima (Leeuwarden), Netherton (Carstairs), Patrick Walker, Penruddock, Robert Cathcart, Robert Goodwin, Robert Hamilton, Robert Muir, Russellites, Thomas Douglas, Thomas Linning, Thomas Young (d.1685), Thomas Young (Strathaven), Townhead of Douglas, William Boyd, William Cadzow, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Nairn
Tags: Douglas, Early modern history, Lanark, Scotland, Scottish History
The Three Deaths of David Steel: Part Two, Jonathan Swift and The Memoirs of Lieutenant John Chreichton
• July 6, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 01 convention, 1686, Blackreckoning, Craig, Cumberhead, David Hackston of Rathillet, David Steel (d.1686), duke of Hamilton, earl of Airlie, Evandale parish, Hallburn, Highflat, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, James Dykes, James Renwick, James Weir (Johnshill), John Cochran (Craig), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Steel of Over Waterhead, John White (Neuck), John Wilson (Highflat), Johnshill, Kilbride parish, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Crichton, Lt General William Drummond, Margaret Curro, Mary Weir, Nether Skellyhill, Neuck, Over Waterhead, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Rogerhill, Thomas Lin, Thomas Steel (Skellyhill), William Steel (Rogerhill)
Tags: Covenanters, Hamilton, History, Jonathan Swift, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Scotland, Scottish History
Notorious ‘Persecutors and Oppressors’ in the Restoration Scottish Army by Fines and Other Extractions
• May 24, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Annandale, Ayrshire, Borders, Captain Adam Urquhart, Captain John Dalziel, Captain John Inglis, Captain Strachan, Captain Thomas Douglas, Carrick, Colonel James Douglas, Cornet James Naismith, Dumfriesshire, Duncan Grant, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, earl of Home, earl of Linlithgow, Fife, Galloway, George Pringle of Blindlee, Harry Ker of Graden, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, James Irvine of Bonshaw, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Riddell of Haining, King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Alexander Bruce, Lieutenant Lewis Lauder, Lieutenant Livingston, Lieutenant Thomas Winram, Lieutenant William Burnet of Barnes, Lieutenant-Colonel Buchan, Lt General William Drummond, Major Andrew White, Major John Balfour, Major William Cockburn, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Merse, Nithsdale, Scotland, Scottish History, Teviotdale, Tweeddale, Wigtownshire
Tags: British Army, British History, Covenanters, Dragoons, History, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
Jardine's Book of Martyrs 