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John Eglinton Montgomerie
Admiral John Eglinton Montgomerie, CB (23 December 1825 – 10 September 1902) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer. Montgomerie was born at Dankeith, Symington, South Ayrshire, Scotland in 1825, the son of William Eglinton Montgomerie (1789–1852) by his wife Susanna Fraser Anderson (1800-1884), daughter of John Anderson, merchant of London and Susanna Fraser. His father was from the Clan Montgomery, and a paternal descendant of Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton (1588–1661). 2 x great-nephew of Richard Oswald, in 1881 he was visiting his 1st cousin once removed, Richard Alexander Oswald (1841-1921) at Auchencruive. Oswald was the 2 x great nephew of George Oswald. He entered the Royal Navy in 1840, holding the rank of Captain from 24 November 1862; Rear-Admiral from 09 Mar 1878; Vice-Admiral from 08 July 1884 and Admiral from 15 December 1888. He served in China during the Second Opium War, for which he received the Second China War Medal. He was Naval Aide-de- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral (Royal Navy)
Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank of admiral of the fleet. Royal Navy officers holding the ranks of rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral of the fleet are sometimes considered generically to be admirals. The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which a serving officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being in abeyance except for honorary promotions of retired officers and members of the Royal Family. The equivalent rank in the British Army and Royal Marines is general; and in the Royal Air Force, it is air chief marshal. History The first admirals (1224 to 1523) King Henry III of England appointed the first known English Admiral Sir Richard de Lucy on 29 August 1224. De Lucy was followed by Sir Thomas Moulton in 1264, who also held the title of ''Keeper of the Sea and Sea Ports''. Moulton was succeeded by Sir William de Leybourne, (the son of Sir Roger de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1825 Births
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Dreghorn
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. As archaeological excavations near the village centre have found a significant neolithic settlement provisionally dated to around 3500 BC, as well as medieval structures, scholars have suggested that Dreghorn could be Britain's oldest continuously inhabited village. Both Irvine and Dreghorn have grown in size and they are now separated by the Annick Valley Park, which incorporates a footpath and National Cycle Route 73 on the route of the disused Irvine to Busby railway line. It had an estimated population of in . The Church of Scotland Dreghorn and Springside Parish Church, at the centre of the village, dates from 1780. Its octagonal plan, which is unusual in Scotland, was produced by the church's principal benefactor, Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton. The village's most famous inhabitant, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Montgomerie
Roger Montgomerie, , (22 October 1828 – 25 October 1880) was a British Conservative politician. Born 22 October 1828, 4th son of 9 children to William Eglinton Montgomerie and Susanna Fraser Anderson''Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald 20 October 1880, Page 4 column 4'in online database Find My Past (subscription required) accessed 20 August 2019 Montgomerie was elected MP for North Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Ayrshire in 1874, but did not stand for re-election at the next election in 1880. Having been educated at Rugby School, Montgomerie entered St. John’s College, Cambridge 23 November 1846 and obtained a B.A. in 1851 and M.A. in 1854. He was admitted into the Faculty of Advocates as an Advocate of the Scotch Bar in 1852 being Advocate-Depute in 1858, 1868 and 1874–1880. He was Deputy Clerk of the Register, Justice of the Peace for Ayrshire, and Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire. A member of the Lodge Mother Kilwinning and Proxy Master Grand Lodge, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA:[kʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ]), "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. With a population of 46,770, Kilmarnock is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, 14th most populated settlement in Scotland and the largest town in Ayrshire. The town is continuous to nearby neighbouring villages Crookedholm and Hurlford to the east, and Kilmaurs to the west of the town. It includes former villages subsumed by the expansion of the town such as Bonnyton, East Ayrshire, Bonnyton and new purpose built suburbs such as New Farm Loch. The town and the surrounding Greater Kilmarnock area is home to 32 Listed building, listed buildings and structures designated by Historic Environment Scotland. The River Irvine runs through the eastern section of Kilmarnock, and the River Irvine, Kilmarnock Water passes through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotland, as it contains most of Glasgow and the surrounding conurbation. In earlier times it had considerably greater boundaries, including neighbouring Renfrewshire until 1402. Lanarkshire is bounded to the north by the counties of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire (this boundary is split into two sections owing to Dunbartonshire's Cumbernauld exclave), to the northeast by West Lothian and Mid Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the south by Dumfriesshire, and to the west by Ayrshire and Renfrewshire. Administrative history Lanarkshire was historically divided between two administrative areas. In the mid-18th century it was divided again into three wards: the upper, middle and lower wards with their administrative centres at Lanark, Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire to the north-east, Dumfriesshire to the south-east, and Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire to the south. Like many other counties of Scotland it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800. The electoral and valuation area named Ayrshire covers the three council areas of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire, therefore including the Isle of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. These three islands are part of the historic County of Bute and are sometimes included when the term ''Ayrshire'' is applied to the region. The same area is known as ''Ayrshire a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Caledonia
Five ships and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Caledonia'' after the Latin name for Scotland: Ships * was a 3-gun brig launched in 1807. She was captured by the Americans in 1812, and put into service as . * was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line launched in 1808. She became a hospital ship and was renamed HMS ''Dreadnought'' in 1856 and was broken up in 1875. * was a broadside ironclad launched in 1862 and sold in 1886. *HMS ''Caledonia'' was a training ship launched in 1810 as the 98-gun second rate . She became a training ship in 1862, was renamed HMS ''Kent'' in 1888, HMS ''Caledonia'' in 1891, and was sold for breaking up in 1906. *HMS ''Caledonia'' was a cadet training ship, formerly the liner . She was transferred to the navy in 1936 and commissioned in 1937. She was burnt by accident in 1939. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1943. In 1911, the name HMS ''Caledonia'' was proposed for the battleship , which needed to be rename ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Blanche (1867)
HMS ''Blanche'' was a 1760-ton, 6-gun wooden screw sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s by Chatham Dockyard.Bastock, p. 50 She was sent to the Australia Station in January 1868, arriving in April 1868. She undertook a punitive action against Solomon Island natives in September 1869. During 1870, she joined in the search for the schooner ''Daphne'', which was unsuccessful. Under the command of Captain Cortland Simpson, she undertook a survey of Rabaul's Harbour in 1872. Blanche Bay is named after HMS ''Blanche''. She finished service on the Australia Station in 1875. While sailing to England she was almost lost rounding Cape Horn in bad weather. After being refitted and rearmed, she was sent to the North America and West Indies Station, where she remained until 1881. Crew A memorial to Paymaster James McAvoy and Lieutenant Thomas Thompson Auderton Smith was erected in St James' Church, Sydney by the captain and officers of ''Blanche'' in 1872. In 1871 the crew o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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