Archive for the 'Lord Ross' 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 Battle of Muirdykes, 1685: Fountainhall’s Version #History #Scotland
• December 6, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Adam Blair (Carberry), Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Captain William Cleland, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanters, Dailly parish, earl of Argyll, George Douglas earl of Dumbarton, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Cochran of Ochiltree, John Hay of Park, John Mclorgan (d.1685), John Whiteford (Blairquhan), Lochwinnoch parish, Lord Ross, Militia, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Renfrewshire, William Wallace of Craigie
Tags: Ayrshire, Battle of Muirdykes, Covenanters, History, Killing Times, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
The Battle of Muirdykes in 1685: George Brysson’s Memoir #History #Scotland
• November 22, 2015 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Captain William Cleland, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, earl of Argyll, Erskine parish, George Brysson, Geroge Brysson, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Cochran of Ochiltree, King's Regiment of Horse, Lochwinnoch parish, Lord Ross, Major Henderson, Militia, Monmouth, Neilston parish, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Archer (d.1685)
Tags: Battle of Muirdykes, Covenanters, Erskine Bridge, History, Lochwinnoch, Military History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Forgotten Battle of Muirdykes in 1685 #History #Scotland
• November 20, 2015 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1685, Argyll Rising, Captain William Cleland, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, earl of Argyll, Erskine parish, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John Cochran of Ochiltree, King's Regiment of Horse, Lochwinnoch parish, Lord Ross, Monmouth Rising, Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Battle of Muirdykes, Covenanters, Erskine Bridge, History, Lochwinnoch, Military History, Old Kilpatrick, Scotland, Scottish History
The Scottish Parliament that Opposed James VII in 1686 #History
• October 13, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1686, Alexander Gordon Viscount of Kenmure, Ayrshire, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, duke of Hamilton, Dumfriesshire, earl of Annandale, earl of Carnwath, earl of Dumfries, earl of Glencairn, Galloway, George Lockhart of Carnwath, John Houston younger of that ilk, John Johnston (Glasgow), Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Lord Bargany, Lord Ross, Renfrewshire, Robert Dalyell of Glenae, Robert Graham (Ernfillan), Robert Grierson of Lag, Robert Hunter (Ayr), Scotland, Scottish History, Wigtownshire, William Blair of that ilk, William Cultran of Drummoral, William Hamilton of Orbiston
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Galloway, History, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Scottish History, Scottish parliament