The Three Deaths of David Steel in Lesmahagow: Part One, The Society People
• July 5, 2012 • 7 CommentsPosted in 1686, David Steel (d.1686), His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Lesmahagow parish, Lieutenant Crichton
Tags: Covenanters, Dragoons, History, Lanarkshire, Lesmahagow, Scotland, Scottish History
Jonathan Swift and the Attempted Assassination of Lieutenant Crichton
• June 26, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1685, Anonymous (d.1685), Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Bellow Path, Cumnock, David Steel (d.1686), His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, John McGeachan (d.1688), Lieutenant Crichton, Lt General William Drummond
Tags: Ayrshire, Covenanters, Cumnock, Dragoons, History, Jonathan Swift, 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
Cornet Dundas and the Killing of Edward McKean in Carrick
• April 21, 2012 • 5 CommentsPosted in 1685, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Blairquhan, Captain John Wedderburn of Gosford, Carrick, Cornet James Dundas, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dalwyne, David Martin, Edward McKean (d.1685), Galloway, His Majesty's Regiment of Dragoons, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Abercrombie, Water of Minnoch
Tags: Ayrshire, Barr, Blairquhan Castle, Covenanters, Dragoons, History, Martyrs, Scotland, Scottish History
Cameron’s Preaching at Hynd’s Bottom
• July 23, 2011 • 10 CommentsPosted in 1680, Auchinleck parish, Ayrshire, Captain Strachan, Carluke parish, Covenanter Sites, Crawfordjohn parish, Cumberhead, Douglas parish, Dumfriesshire, earl of Airlie, earl of Linlithgow, Friarminnan, Gass Water, General Thomas Dalyell, Hynd's Bottom, John Brown (d.1679), Lanarkshire, Lieutenant Crichton, Lieutenant Livingston, Muirkirk parish, Richard Cameron, Robert MacWard, Sanquhar Declaration, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: 1680, Ayrshire, Britain, British History, Charles II, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dragoons, Dumfriesshire, European history, History, Lanarkshire, Martyrdom, Martyrs, New Cumnock, Presbyterianism, Restoration, Scotland, Scottish History
