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Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation
"Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" is a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from a poem written by Robert Burns in 1791, listed as number 5516 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It has continued to be associated with Scottish nationalism and also been referenced in other situations where politicians' actions have gone against popular opinion. Background In 1695, an Act of the Scottish Parliament set up the "Company of Scotland Trading in Africa and the Indies" generally just called the Company of Scotland. Although the Act limited investors to a maximum of £3000, simple maths shows that the investors found a way around this and on average invested £35,000 each (around £4 million in modern terms). A total of £400,000 was raised. The main venture undertaken was the disastrous Darien Scheme, a very ill-advised idea to colonise Panama. Although the investors and shareholders had in effect lost everything by the start of 1699, the over-optimism and distances involved meant tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMAG0039
The term IMAG is a short form for "image magnification" used in the audiovisual production industry. It refers to large-scale theatrical or concert video projection to enable audience members seated at great distance from the stage to see details of the performer's body language and facial expressions A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face. According to one set of controversial theories, these movements convey the emotional state of an individual to observers. Facial expressions are a ... that could not be seen with the unaided eye., Staged-Right.Com Projection 101: What is IMAG? References Film_and_video_technology {{video-tech-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ogilvy, 4th Earl Of Findlater
James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater and 1st Earl of Seafield, (11 July 166419 August 1730) was a Scottish politician. Life Findlater was the 2nd son of James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater and Lady Anne Montgomerie, a daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton. He was elected to the Faculty of Advocates in 1685, and was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Cullen, Banffshire from 1681 to 1682 and from 1689 to 1695. Although in the Convention Parliament of 1689 he had spoken for James II, he took the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, and after filling some minor official positions he was appointed to senior roles. Upon his royal appointment as Secretary of State in 1696 he relinquished his representation of Cullen and continued in parliament instead by right of his office. Findlater was Solicitor General for Scotland from 1693, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1702 to 1704 and from 1705 to 1708, Secretary of State from 1696 to 1702 and joint secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blackwood Of Pitreavie
Robert Blackwood of Pitreavie (1624–1720) was a 17th century Scottish silk merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1711 to 1713. Life He was born in 1642 the son of George Blackwood (d.1666). He was descended from Adam Blackwood through Rev William Blackwood of Duddingston in 1584. in 1695 he was one of the 30 men who set up the "Company of Scotland Trading in Africa and the Indies", generally just called the Company of Scotland. The company is remembered for the disastrous Darien Scheme to colonise Panama. All men lost a fortune in this venture in 1698/99. He was Lord Dean of Guild in Edinburgh from around 1700. He was awarded a coat of arms by the Lord Lyon in 1704. Although, unlike his fellow directors of the Company of Scotland, Patrick Johnston and others, Blackwood was not a signatory to the Act of Union 1707 the terms of the Act included the more than dubious agreement to reimburse all losses from the Darien Scheme. Blackwood would have received t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven And Stenton
John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton (5 July 1656 – 21 June 1708) was a Scottish peer, landowner and politician. Life He was the eldest son of Robert Hamilton, Lord Presmennan (d. 1696). Having married Margaret, granddaughter of John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton; who had been made a peer by Charles I in 1647, he succeeded to this title in 1679.{{sfn, Chisholm, 1911 In 1681, he was imprisoned for opposing the government and for speaking slightingly of James, duke of York, afterwards James VII and II, in parliament, and in 1689 he was among those who asked William of Orange to undertake the government of Scotland. Belhaven was at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. He was a member of the Scottish privy council.{{sfn, Chisholm, 1911 He was a director of and invested heavily in the Scottish Trading Company, which was formed in 1695 and was responsible for the ill-fated Darien scheme to set up a Scots colony on the Darien peninsula in Panama.{{sfn, Chisholm, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maxwell, Lord Pollok
Sir John Maxwell of Nether Pollok (1648–1732), also known by his judicial title Lord Pollok was a Scottish politician and lawyer. The son of Sir George Maxwell of Auldhouse and Pollok and Annabella Stewart, he trained as a lawyer and became a Privy Counsellor. He was made a baronet in 1682, of Pollok in the County of Renfrew (now Pollokshaws in Glasgow) and was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1691 to 1718. He was a Treasury Lord Commissioner in 1696 and 1698 and a Shire Commissioner for Renfrewshire in the Parliament of Scotland for 1689–93, 1695–96 and 1698–99. He served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1699 to 1702 and succeeded Lord Newbyth as a Senator of the College of Justice from 1699 to his death. He died at Nether Pollok in 1732. He had married Marian Stewart, daughter of Sir James Stewart of Coltness and Kirkfield. They had no children and he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew John Maxwell of Blawerthill. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corse
Robert Corse (or Cross) of Corse (1639–1705) was a 17th-century Scottish merchant who traded sugar and tobacco in Glasgow and was a Baillie and Dean of Guild of the City Council. He lost a fortune due to his involvement in the Company of Scotland. Life He was born in 1639 one of seven children of John Corse (b.1601) and his wife, Margaret Jack.Robert Corse My Heritage Robert built (and lived in) in the original (17th century) House. Corse was in Glasgow City Council. As a businessman he was partners with the Luke family: owning the Easter Sugar House, and at that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange
Rachel Chiesley (baptised 4 February 1679 – 12 May 1745), usually known as Lady Grange, was the wife of Lord Grange, a Scottish lawyer with Jacobite sympathies. After 25 years of marriage and nine children, the Granges separated acrimoniously. When Lady Grange produced letters that she claimed were evidence of his treasonable plottings against the Hanoverian government in London, her husband had her kidnapped in 1732. She was incarcerated in various remote locations on the western seaboard of Scotland, including the Monach Isles, Skye and St Kilda. Lady Grange's father was convicted of murder and she is known to have had a violent temper; initially her absence seems to have caused little comment. News of her plight eventually reached her home town of Edinburgh and an unsuccessful rescue attempt was undertaken by her lawyer, Thomas Hope of Rankeillor. She died in captivity, after being in effect imprisoned for over 13 years. Her life has been remembered in poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalry, Edinburgh
Dalry () is an area of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh. It is located close to the city centre, between Haymarket and Gorgie. The area is now primarily residential. It is centred around Dalry Road, which has numerous shops, restaurants and small businesses. Lying outside the old city walls and west of the castle, the area began as part of the agricultural estate of Dalry House (constructed in 1661), the exception being the Dalry Mill, recorded as the oldest paper mill in Scotland, now demolished. In the Victorian period industrial development followed along with large scale tenement construction, new road layouts and the addition of railway infrastructure, all of which came to occupy the former fields. By the early 21st century most of the industry of Dalry has disappeared, with the former sites converted to private housing. Etymology The name Dalry may derive from ''Dail Ruigh'' or ''Dail Rìgh'', Scottish Gaelic for the "Place of the Fields" or "King's Field" respecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Chieslie
Sir Robert Chieslie of Dalry (sometimes spelled Cheislie, Chiesley or Chishley) (c. 1650 – c. 1705) was a Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1694 to 1696. Given the rarity of the name he is probably Robert Cheislay listed as MP for Edinburgh within the Scottish Parliament from 1692 to 1702. Life He was the son of Walter Chieslie of Dalry, a wealthy Edinburgh burgess and his wife, Katherine Tod (d.1679), daughter of Sir Archibald Tod, twice Provost of Edinburgh in the mid 17th century. In 1661 his father built Dalry House, around a mile west of the city (now enveloped by the city and standing on Orwell Place). Contemporary plasterwork in the house shows allegiance to King Charles II. In 1675 Walter ran paper mills in Dalry on the banks of the Water of Leith. In 1694 Robert succeeded Sir John Hall of Dunglass as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was succeeded in turn in 1696 by Sir Archibald Muir. Although usually titled "Chieslie of Dalry" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Smollett
Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for picaresque novels such as ''The Adventures of Roderick Random'' (1748), ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' (1751) and ''The Expedition of Humphry Clinker'' (1771), which influenced later novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Brack Jr and others. Early life and family Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton in present-day West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and baptised on 19 March 1721 (his birth date is estimated as 3 days previously). He was the fourth son of Archibald Smollett of Bonhill, a judge and landowner, laird of Bonhill, living at Dalquhurn on the River Leven, who died about 1726, when Smollett was just five years old. His mother Barbara Smollett née Cunningham brought the family up there, until she died about 1766. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilrig
Pilrig is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The name probably derives from the long field (rig) on which a peel tower (pil/peel) stood. There is evidence of a peel tower situated on an area of higher ground above the Water of Leith. Pilrig lies midway between Leith and Edinburgh, west of Leith Walk. It is split by Pilrig Street, which marks the division between the EH6 and EH7 postcode districts (also the old division between Edinburgh and Leith hence the name of the bar opposite being originally the Boundary Bar, then City Limits and now known simply as "the Boundary"). Along the north-east side of Pilrig Street lies Pilrig Park, within which is Pilrig House, the heart of the former estate of the Balfour family. The 19th-century Rosebank Cemetery is located at the west end of Pilrig Street, at the junction of Broughton Road. __NOTOC__ History Archaeological excavations in 2006 revealed evidence of an ancient fort thought to be ''Somerset's Battery'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colinton
Colinton ( gd, Baile Cholgain) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated south-west of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-west it extends to Lanark Road (the A70) and to the south-west to the City Bypass. Bonaly is a subsection of the area on its southern side. Colinton is a designated conservation area. History Originally sited within a steep-sided glen on a convenient fording point on the Water of Leith, and expanding from there, Colinton's history dates back to before the 11th century. Close to the Water of Leith is Colinton Parish Church, correctly called St Cuthbert's Parish Church, which was founded as the Church of Halis (Hailes) around 1095 by Elthelred, third son of Malcolm III and Queen Margaret. The current exterior largely dates from 1907 but the structure dates from 1650. The entrance is marked by a lych gate, rare in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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