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James E. Hyslop
James Edwin Hyslop (7 November 1861 – 11 January 1928) was a Scottish businessman and landowner, who settled in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, and founder of several mining companies. Childhood James Hyslop was born in Kirkhill, Highland, Kirkhill, Invernesshire, Scotland on 7 November 1861, son of William Hyslop and Margaret Gowenlock. Hyslop hailed from a Scottish family involved in diverse industries, including mining, agriculture, livestock, and psychiatric hospitals. Hyslop lived the first years of his childhood in the city of Inverness, Scotland and later in his youth, his family would settle permanently in Church Stretton, England, where he lived along his 7 siblings. At 19, driven by an interest in his family's mining business, he pursued Mining Engineering at Oxford University, earning a First Class Hons degree. Migration and companies He arrived in Mexico in 1895, to Parral, Chihuahua, as co-owner and general manager of "San Francisco del Oro Mines, Ltd", a Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkhill, Highland
Kirkhill (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cnoc Mhoire'', meaning "Big Hill") is a small village and civil parish in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is 10 miles (16 km) west of Inverness and 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Beauly, close to the south opening of the Beauly Firth. The village of Kirkhill encompasses the historic parish of Wardlaw to its north, the two areas merging in 1618. Kirkhill also has a village hall and primary school, Kirkhill Primary, with a catchment area including Inchmore, Lentran, Drumchardine, Cabrich, Bunchrew, Clunes and Newtonhill. Wardlaw Mausoleum Kirkhill is home to the Wardlaw Mausoleum, built in 1634 as the resting ground for the Frasers of Lovat and used by the family until the early 19th century. In the 1990s, the Wardlaw Mausoleum Trust was formed to repair the building, then in heavy disrepair. In 1722, the 11th Lord Lovat raised the roof of the mausoleum and constructed a tower overhead. After his execution for the part he played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
