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Alexander Home Of North Berwick
Alexander Home of North Berwick (floruit 1570–1597) was a Scottish landowner and Provost of Edinburgh. His surname is sometimes spelled "Hume". He was a son of Patrick Home of Polwarth (d. 1578) and Elizabeth Hepburn (d. 1571) daughter of Patrick Hepburn of Waughton Castle, Waughton, and a younger brother of the courtier and poet Patrick Hume of Polwarth (d. 1599). He obtained the lands of St. Mary's Priory (Lothian), North Berwick priory from his younger sister Margaret Home, the last Prioress, in 1562. The English diplomat Thomas Randolph (diplomat), Thomas Randolph mentioned him as a mutual friend of the envoy Nicolas Elphinstone in 1571. He joined the court of James VI of Scotland, James VI in October 1580 as a gentleman of the bedchamber, and was sent as an envoy to Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth. At first she refused to meet him in person in response to the treatment of her ambassador Robert Bowes (diplomat), Robert Bowes in Edinburgh, and her disapproval of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provost Of Edinburgh
The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority, who is elected by City_of_Edinburgh_Council, the city council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. It is the equivalent in many ways to the institution of Mayor that exists in many other countries. While some of Scotland's subdivisions of Scotland, local authorities elect a Provost (civil), Provost, only the four main cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeen and Dundee, Scotland, Dundee) have a Lord Provost. In Edinburgh this position dates from 1667, when Charles II of England, Charles II elevated the Provost to the status of Lord Provost, with the same rank and precedence as the Lord Mayor of London. The title of Lord Provost is enshrined in the ''Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994''. Roles and Traditions Prior to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Cameron
Annie Isabella Cameron (1897-1973) was a Scottish historian. Biography She was the daughter of Mary Sinclair, and James Cameron, a Glasgow engineer. She studied history at the University of Glasgow and the University of St Andrews. She wrote a doctoral thesis on Bishop Kennedy of St Andrews. She worked at the Scottish Record Office and in 1938 married George Dunlop, proprietor of the ''Kilmarnock Standard''. She died in 1973. Marcus Merriman, a historian of the Rough Wooing acknowledged Annie Cameron, Marguerite Wood, and Gladys Dickinson for their work publishing 16th-century primary sources. He praised Cameron for her "stunning" edition of the Scottish correspondence of Mary of Guise Mary of Guise (french: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France. She ..., "placing in the hands of the researcher som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From North Berwick
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Ambassadors Of Scotland To England
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Court Of James VI And I
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16th-century Scottish People
The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 ( MDI) and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 ( MDC) (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582). The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century which saw the rise of Western civilization and the Islamic gunpowder empires. The Renaissance in Italy and Europe saw the emergence of important artists, authors and scientists, and led to the foundation of important subjects which include accounting and political science. Copernicus proposed the heliocentric universe, which was met with strong resistance, and Tycho Brahe refuted the theory of celestial spheres through observational measurement of the 1572 appearance of a Milky Way supernova. These events directly challenged the long-held notion of an immutable universe supported by Ptolemy and Aristotle, and led to major revolutions in astronomy and science. Galileo Galilei became a champion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Baillie (soldier)
General William Baillie (–1653) was a Scottish professional soldier who fought for the Dutch and later commanded a regiment under Gustavus Adolphus in Sweden. Previously having seen service in the Scots-Dutch brigade, he joined the Scottish regiment of Colonel Alexander Hamilton in Sweden before going on to command a German regiment. Records of his service in the Swedish army fade out after 1633. He returned to Scotland in 1639. He served with the Army of the Covenant in 1639 at Duns Law with the rank of colonel. Early life Baillie was the illegitimate son of Sir William Baillie of Lamington in Lanarkshire and of a "Mrs. Home;" at the time of Baillie's birth, his father was married to Margaret Maxwell, Countess of Angus. After the Countess of Angus's death, Baillie's father married Mrs. Home in an unsuccessful attempt to legitimize Baillie's birth. Military career William Baillie was a Scottish officer who served as the lieutenant colonel of Alexander Hamilton's regiment f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Baillie Of Lamington
William Baillie of Lamington (died 1568) was a Scottish landowner and, with his namesake son, supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. Career He was a son of William Baillie of Lamington and Elizabeth Lindsay. His sister Janet Baillie (died 1592) married David Hamilton of Preston Tower, East Lothian, Preston, a courtier who went to France with James V of Scotland. Baillie was appointed Master of the Wardrobe to Mary of Guise, the queen consort in 1542. In 1557 he appointed his relation, William Baillie, Lord Provand, William Baillie of Provan Hall, Provan, as minister of Lamington, South Lanarkshire, Lamington. He attended the Scottish Reformation Parliament in 1560. A carved stone from his castle of Lamington Tower includes initials, as "VB", and the nine stars of the Baillie coat of arms. The stone was re-set at the church. William Baillie, younger, and Janet Hamilton, Lady Lamington Baillie married Janet Hamilton, a half-sister of Regent Arran. Her father was James Hamilton, 1st Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Duncan Mackie
John Duncan Mackie CBE MC (1887–1978) was a distinguished Scottish historian who wrote a one-volume history of Scotland and several works on early modern Scotland. Biography Born in Edinburgh, Mackie was educated at Middlesbrough High School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in history and won the Lothian Essay Prize. He was appointed as a lecturer in history at the University of St Andrews in 1909, aged 22. While at the university he introduced the subject of Scottish history into the curriculum.''A History of Scotland'', revised ed., Penguin, 1977 During the First World War, he served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was awarded a Military Cross. He was wounded in both the stomach and in the shoulder. In both cases he received innovative treatment. For the stomach wound (caused by a machine-gun) he was treated at a military hospital in Rouen. Sterilised water was dripped right through his stomach and he recovered well. The shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bruce Of Carnock
Sir George Bruce of Carnock (c. 1550 – 1625) was a Scottish merchant, ship-owner, and mining engineer. Family George Bruce was a son of Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Alison Reid, a sister of Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney. His older brother Edward Bruce (1548-1610), was created Lord Bruce of Kinloss in 1602. Edward Bruce built the large mansion known as Culross House or Abbey House (now reduced in size) and George built Culross Palace. Coal, salt, and silver Bruce was an innovator in coal mining techniques, introducing undersea mining into the Upper Hirst seam with use of new drainage technology. These innovations attracted much interest, including a visit from King James VI in 1617. Sir George Bruce invited him to visit one of his mines which tunnelled down beneath the sea bed. James ventured into the tunnel which went far out into the Firth of Forth and found himself at a shaft point where the coal was loaded onto the ships. Alarmed to find himself surrounded by water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stewart (skipper)
William Stewart (fl. c. 1580-1610) was a Scottish sea captain from Dundee. Stewart was skipper of one of the ships that took James VI to Norway in 1589, when the king sailed to meet Anne of Denmark. James VI gave him a present of 20 dalers from his dowry. He was involved in a complex international shipping incident off the coast of Spain in 1593, as skipper of a ship belonging to George Bruce of Carnock. Skipper of the ''Bruce'' A wealthy merchant and manager of mines George Bruce of Carnock, builder of Culross Palace, imported Spanish wine to Scotland. He employed William Stewart as skipper of one his ships, the ''Bruce''. In August 1593 the ''Bruce'' went to Ferrol for a cargo of wine, figs, and raisins. William Stewart encountered some English merchant ships, the ''Julian of London'' and a ship of Southampton, with two pinnaces they had captured. The ''Julian'' was a privateer, captained by John Clarke, and cruised the Spanish coast to capture prize cargoes of sugar and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Scott Of Balwearie
James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606) was a Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls. He was the son of Walter Scott of Balwearie and Janet Lindsay, a daughter of John Lindsay of Dowhill. His mother had been married to Andrew Lundie, and later married George Douglas, a son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven Castle and Margaret Erskine. His lands were in Atholl in Perthshire, and he had houses in Fife, Balwearie Castle, near Kirkcaldy, and Killernie Castle. His grandfather, also William Scott of Balwearie, was a Lord of Session. His step-father, George Douglas, had helped Mary, Queen of Scots escape from Lochleven Castle in 1568. His younger brother Robert Scott was a servant of the rebel Earl of Bothwell. He was caught in Leith with the Earl's horse Grey Valentine by Sir John Carmichael in September 1591. He was shot and fatally wounded while raiding Holyrood Palace on 27 December 1591. On 27 June 1592 he joined with the Earl of Bothwell, the Laird of Niddrie and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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