Archive for the 'earl of Home' Category
It is Impossible to Fight with Wind: Lanarkshire in 1679
• January 9, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1679, Cleghorn, Covenanters, earl of Home, earl of Linlithgow, George Lord Ross, His Majesty's Regiment of Foot Guards, John Graham of Claverhouse, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanark, Lanark parish, Lanarkshire, Pettinain parish, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Covenanters, History, Lanark, Lanarkshire, Letters, Military History, Scotland, Scottish History
‘To Extirpate These Rebels’: The Commission to Colonel James Douglas, 27 March to 20 April, 1685
• December 24, 2014 • 6 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 Forfeited: The Lairds of Wigtownshire
• November 23, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in -------- Hay of Airyolland, Agnes Bryan, Airriequhillart, Airyolland, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Hunter of Culquhasen, Alexander Mackie of Drumbuie, Andrew Martin of Little Airies, Chilcarroch, Colonel James Douglas, Colonel Ogilthorpe, Covenanters, Craiglaw, Culquhasen, Culvennan, Drumbuie, Drumjargon, earl of Home, Freugh, Galloway, Glenkens, Glenluce parish, James Gordon (Craiglaw), Janet Connen, Janet Dun, Jean Hannay, John Graham of Claverhouse, John Kincaid, John McClurg, John Stewart (Mochrum), Kirkcowan parish, Kirkinner parish, Little Airies (Kirkinner), Margaret Chalmers, Margaret Gordon (Airyolland), Margaret Hay, Margaret McLachlan (d.1685), Mochrum parish, Patrick MacDougall of Freugh, Robert McClelland of Barscobe, Robert N, Sarah Milliken, Scotland, Scottish History, Stoneykirk parish, Wigtownshire, William Gordon of Culvennan, William Hay (Airyolland)
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries and Galloway, Early modern history, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
John Graham of Claverhouse on the departure of the Highlanders in 1685.
• October 17, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in 1685, Andrew Hislop, Borders, Castletown parish, Crawford parish, earl of Home, Highlanders, John Graham of Claverhouse, Lanarkshire, Militia, Roxburgh, William Douglas duke of Queensberry
Tags: 1685, Covenanters, History, James II, Leadhills, Letter, 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
The Three Covenanters Hanged at Wigtown in 1685
• May 16, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted in 1685, Alexander Linn (d.1685), Alexander Peden, Ayrshire, Ballochbeatties, Banishment, Barr, Barr parish, Captain 'Major' George Winram, Carrick, Covenanters, Craigminn, Creetown, Daniel McIlwraith (d.1685), David Graham, earl of Home, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Fintalloch, Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glenvernoch, Grizal Stewart, Hamilton, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Jamaica, James Colquhoun, James Cubison, John McIlroy, John McIlroy (d.1685), John Murchie (d.1685), Jonet Gordon, Killing Times, Kirkcalla, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Lt General William Drummond, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Militia, Minnigaff, Minnigaff parish, Patrick McIlroy, Penninghame parish, Straiton parish, Thomas Wilson (Glenvernoch), Wigtown, Wigtown parish, Wigtownshire, William Johnston (d.1685), William McDougal, William McIlroy
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, Galloway, History, Jamaica, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtown
