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1688 In Scotland
Events from 1688 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents * Monarch – James VII (until 11 December) * Secretary of State – John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort Events * August – Battle of Maol Ruadh fought between the Chattan Confederation led by the Clan Mackintosh against the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and the Clan Cameron. * Kirk of the Canongate in Edinburgh established. Births * April – John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow, nobleman (died 1740) Deaths * 19 January – Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet Sir James Foulis, Lord Colinton (died 1688), was a Scottish politician and judge. Life James Foulis was the only son of Alexander Foulis of Colinton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hepburn of Ford (near Pathhead, Midlothian). She wa ... * 17 February – James Renwick, minister and the last of the Covenanter martyrs. See also * Timeline of Scottish history References {{Year in Europe, 1688 1680s in Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Cameron
Clan Cameron is a West Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber, and within their lands lies Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles. The Chief of the clan is customarily referred to as simply "Lochiel". History Origins Like with many clans, the origins of Clan Cameron's chiefly family are uncertain and there are several theories, as well as fanciful origin legends. One such legend claims that Lochiel, like the Royal House of Stuart, was descended from Banquo, Thane of Lochaber (specifically the progeny of "his sister Marion who married one Angus"). The first chief may have been called ''Cameron'' from his crooked nose (, cf. wikt:Camshron#Scottish_Gaelic, ''Camshron''); such nicknames were common in Highland Gaelic culture, and his descendants would have then adopted the name. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Scottish History
This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland. __NOTOC__ To read about the background to many of these events, see History of Scotland. More information can also be found in the list of Scottish monarchs, list of British monarchs, list of first ministers of Scotland, and list of years in Scotland.David Ross, ''Chronology of Scottish History'' (2002) has details for every year. Centuries: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th8th Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight. Eighth may refer to: * One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole * Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) * Octave, an interval b ... 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 1st century 2nd century 3rd century 4th century 5th century 6th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Renwick (Covenanter)
James Renwick (15 February 1662 – 17 February 1688) was a Scottish minister who was the last of the Covenanter martyrs to be executed before the Glorious Revolution. He was born at Moniaive in Dumfriesshire, the son of a weaver, Andrew Renwick. Educated at Edinburgh University, he joined the section of the Covenanters known as the Cameronians about 1681 and soon became prominent among them. Afterwards he studied theology at the university of Groningen and was ordained a minister in 1683. Returning to Scotland “full of zeal and breathing forth threats of organized assassination,” says Mr Andrew Lang, he became one of the field-preachers and was declared a rebel by the privy council. He was largely responsible for the “apologetical declaration” of 1684 by which he and his followers disowned the authority of Charles II.; the privy council replied by ordering every one to abjure this declaration on pain of death. Unlike some of his associates, Renwick refused to join th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Foulis, Lord Colinton (died 1688), was a Scottish politician and judge. Life James Foulis was the only son of Alexander Foulis of Colinton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hepburn of Ford (near Pathhead, Midlothian). She was the widow of Sir John Stuart, sheriff of Bute. His father was created a baronet of Nova Scotia 7 June 1634. Foulis was knighted by Charles I 14 November 1641, and represented Edinburgh in parliament in 1645–1948 and in 1651. He was a commissioner to enforce the acts against runaways and deficients in 1644, and a member of the committee of estates in 1646–1947. He adopted the royalist cause, was taken prisoner at Alyth by a detachment of George Monck's force, then besieging Dundee, 28 September 1651, and was imprisoned for his royalist opinions. After the Restoration he became an ordinary lord of session (14 February), and a commissioner of excise in 1661. He was commissioner to parliament for Edinburghshire from 1661 to 1681, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1740 In Scotland
Events from the year 1740 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland: ''vacant'' Law officers * Lord Advocate – Charles Erskine * Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant of Prestongrange Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden * Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton Events * 7 July – Adam Smith sets out from Scotland to take up a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford. * Hugh and Robert Tennent take over the Wellpark Brewery, originally known as the Drygate Brewery, in Glasgow. * General George Wade is succeeded as Commander-in-chief in Scotland by Sir John Cope. * The 43rd Highland Regiment of Foot (the 'Black Watch') first musters, at Aberfeldy. Births * 28 March ''(bapt.)'' – James Small, inventor (died 1793) * 15 July – Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton (died 1819) * 29 October – James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson (died 1795 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boyle, 2nd Earl Of Glasgow
John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow (April 1688 – 22 May 1740) was a Scottish nobleman. Origins Boyle was the eldest son and heir of David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, by Margaret, daughter of the Hon. Patrick Lindsay (second son of John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford). The Boyles were an ancient family, whose estates centred on Kelburn in North Ayrshire. Career Boyle was born in April 1688 and succeeded to the peerage on 31 October 1733. By disposition dated 31 March 1721 he acquired the lands of Ballikewin in the island of Cumbrae from his kinsman, James Boyle. Sir James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', Volume IV: p. 206. He died at Kelburn on 22 May 1740 and was buried at Largs Church on 29 May 1740. Family In 1707,Contract dated 11 February 1707. Boyle married Helenor, third daughter of William Morrison of Prestongrange, in the county of county Haddington. She died at Edinburgh on 7 July 1767. Their children included: * David Boyle (d. 1710) * William Boyle (1713–1715 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Of The Canongate
The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and former England rugby captain Mike Tindall took place at the church on 30 July 2011. The late Queen Elizabeth II used to attend services in the church on some of her frequent visits to Edinburgh. History Background After the Reformation the congregation of the Canongate continued to use Holyrood Abbey for worship. However, in September 1672 the Privy Council forbade its continuing use, such that the King might utilise the structure as a Chapel Royal. The congregation were instructed to use Lady Yester's Church while a new church was constructed. Foundation On 28 June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan MacDonald Of Keppoch
Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, also known as Clan MacDonell of Keppoch or Clan Ranald of Lochaber ( ), is a Highland Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald. The progenitor of the clan is Alistair Carrach MacDonald, 4th great-grandson of the warrior Somerled. The clan chief is traditionally designated as the "Son of Ranald's son" (Scottish Gaelic: ''Mac Mhic Raonuill''). Clan MacDonald of Keppoch has a chief that is recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon, and the Lord Lyon King of Arms, who is the heraldic authority in Scotland. History of the MacDonalds of Keppoch Origins The MacDonalds of Keppoch are one of the branch clans of Clan Donald—one of the largest Scottish clans. The eponymous ancestor of Clan Donald is Donald, son of Reginald, son of Somerled. Somerled, son of Gillebride was a 12th-century Norse–Gaelic leader and warrior who was called "King of the Isles" and "King of Argyll". Through marital alliance and ambitious military conquest, Somerled rose in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a Anglo-Scottish border, land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English. Following the annexation of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles from Norway in 1266 and 1472 respectively, and the capture of Berwick upon Tweed, Berwick by England in 1482, the territory of the Kingdom of Scotland corresponded to that of modern-day Scotland, bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel (British Isles), North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In 1603, James VI of Scotland became King of England, joini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Mackintosh
Clan Mackintosh (''Clann Mhic an Tòisich'') is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The chiefs of the clan are the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh. Another branch of the clan, the Mackintoshes of Torcastle, are the chiefs of Clan Chattan, a historic confederation of clans. History Origins of the clan The Scottish Gaelic word ' means ''leader'' and can also be translated as ''chief''. The of the Clan Mackintosh claim that the first chief of the clan was Shaw, second son of Duncan Clan MacDuff, MacDuff, Earl of Fife of the royal house of Dál Riata. In 1160 Shaw MacDuff accompanied Malcolm IV of Scotland on an expedition to suppress a rebellion in Mormaer of Moray, Morayshire. In about 1163 he was also made constable of Inverness Castle and was granted land in the Findhorn valley. The heartland of the clan was the lands of Petty, Highland, Petty which was also the burial place of the chiefs. In 1179 Shaw MacDuff was succeeded by his son who was also called Shaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattan Confederation
Clan Chattan ( or ), also sometimes referred to as "Clan Dhugaill" (Quehele) after its progenitor Dougall-Dall, is a unique confederation of Highland clans. This distinctive allied community comprised at its greatest extent seventeen separate clans (currently twelve), who each had their own clan chief recognized under Scottish law, but were further united and bound to the superior chief of the Confederation for mutual solidarity, sustenance and protection in the Middle Ages and early modern period in the Great Glen and Cairngorms. A tribal coalition of this magnitude was a source of apprehension to both the Lord of the Isles and the Kings of Scots and records exist of machinations to "crying doon the Clan Chattan" by formenting internal dissension. Origins and early history There are multiple theories about the true origins of this clan: * The name Chattan may derive from the Catti who were a tribe of Gauls that had been driven out by the Romans. * Another theory is that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
