Archive for the 'earl of Balcarres' Category

Five Covenanters Escape From the Canongate Tolbooth in late 1685 #History #Edinburgh #Scotland

• August 18, 2019 • 4 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander McMillan (Nithsdale), Allan Currie, Allan Currie, Ayrshire, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain Strachan, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, Daljarrock, Dalmellington parish, earl of Balcarres, Galloway, Gilbert McIlwraith (fl.1685), Glenluce parish, Hugh McMaster (Balneil), James Patrick, James Renwick, James Templeton (Lesmahagow), John Graham of Claverhouse, John Sloss (Dalfarson), John Strang of Crosshill, Kilmarnock parish, Lt General William Drummond, Scotland, Scottish History, Stranraer, Threepwood (Lesmahagow), Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire
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The British Army of the Killing Times in the Winter of 1685 #History #Scotland

• September 23, 2018 • 3 Comments

Posted 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
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Notorious ‘Persecutors and Oppressors’ in the Restoration Scottish Army by Fines and Other Extractions

• May 24, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted 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
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Bloody Drummond, Bible Burning and the Barrhill Martyrs

• March 19, 2012 • 13 Comments

Posted in 1685, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alterconnoch, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Captain John Inglis, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Captain Strachan, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Colmonell parish, Covenanters, Daljarrock, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), David Kennedy of Bellymore, earl of Airlie, earl of Balcarres, General Thomas Dalyell, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, Gilbert McIlwraith (fl.1685), Glenluce parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, His Majesty's Troop of Life Guards, John Brounen, John Browning, John Bryce (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), King's Regiment of Horse, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, Lord Ross, Lt General William Drummond, Mar's Regiment of Foot, Peter Gillies, Scotland, Thomas Young (d.1685), Wigtownshire, William Fiddison (d.1685)
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The King ‘Deserves to Dye’: The execution of Cuthill and Thomson, 1681.

• September 6, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in 1681, Adam Philip, Airth, Alloa, Andrew Pitilloch, Archibald Stewart, Bo'ness parish, British History, Charles II, Christopher Miller, Clackmannanshire, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Devon Common, Donald Cargill, earl of Balcarres, earl of Linlithgow, earl of Mar, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Mercat Cross, Fife, George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, Gibbites, History, James Boig, James II, John Gibb, John Kid (d.1679), John King (d.1679), John Potter, Laurence Hay, Linlithgowshire, Marion Harvie, Patrick Walker, Scotland, Scottish History, St Ninians parish, Stephen Cuthel, Stirlingshire, Sweet Singers, Throsk, Walter Smith, West Port Gate, William Cuthill (d.1681), William Gogar, William Graham earl of Airth, William Thomson (d.1681)
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