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Mark Stewart (rugby Union)
Mark Stewart (7 January 1905 – 2 March 1993) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He became the 80th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby union career Amateur career Stewart played for Stewart's College FP. Provincial career He played for Edinburgh District in the 1931 inter-city match. International career He was capped nine times for Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ... in the period 1932–34. Administrative career He became the 80th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served the standard one year from 1966 to 1967. References 1905 births 1993 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players Rugby union players from Musselburgh Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union Stewart's Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of . History The name Musselburgh is Old English in origin, with ''mussel'' referring to the shellfish.Musselburgh was famous for the mussel beds which grew in the Firth of Forth; after many years of claims that the mussels were unsafe for consumption, a movement has been started to reestablish the mussel beds as a commercial venture. The ''burgh'' element appears to derive from burh, in the same way as Edinburgh, before the introduction of formal burghs by David I. Its earliest Anglic name was ''Eskmuthe'' (Eskmouth) for its location at the mouth of the River Esk. Musselburgh was first settled by the Romans in the years following their invasion of Scotland in AD 80. They built a fort a little inland from the mouth of the River Esk, at Inveresk. They bridged the Esk downstre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
