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	Edinburgh - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Holyrood Palace was originally an abbey of canons regular of the rule of St Augustine, founded by David I. in 1128, and the ruined nave of the abbey church still shows parts of the original structure.
		It was sacked and burnt by the English under the earl of Hertford in 1544, and again in 1547.
		1946), the seat of the earl of Morton, are preserved the only extant copy of the bible of the Scottish parliament and the original warrant for committing Queen Mary to Lochleven Castle in Kinross-shire.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Edinburgh (9107 words)

	James Graham - Marquis of Montrose
		GRAHAM, JAMES, the celebrated marquis of Montrose, was born in the year 1612, and succeeded to his father, John, earl of Montrose, in 1626, being then only fourteen years of age.
		The earl of Montrose appeared again before the parliament on the twenty-fourth of August, and was continued de novo, as were also the lord Napier and the lairds of Keir and Blackhall, on the twenty-eighth.
		Graham of Inchbrackie brought the Athol Highlanders in full force, with the M’Gregors, the M’Nabs, the Stuarts of Appin, the Farquharsons of Braemar, with many other clans of smaller number and inferior note.
	www.martinfrost.ws /htmlfiles/gazette/james_graham.html (13249 words)

	Battle of Pinkie Cleugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cavalry were commanded by Lord Grey, and the infantry by the Earl of Warwick, Lord Dacre of Gillesland, and Somerset himself.
		Meanwhile, the Scottish Regent, the Earl of Arran, had levied a large army, consisting mainly of pikemen with contingents of Highland archers.
		His infantry were commanded by the Earl of Angus, the Earl of Huntly and Arran himself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie (1098 words)

	The British Peerage in 1818
		Earl of Hartfell (in the peerage of Scotland) on 18.03.1643 by King Charles I of England.
		Earl of Annandale and Hartfell was advanced to the rank of marquess by King William III on 24.06.1701, with the creation of the marquessate of Annandale (in the peerage of Scotland).
		Earl of Hopetoun (23.08.1741-29.05.1817) was appointed trustee in 1781.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/miscellaneous/Britishpeerage/c_britishpeerage3.html (1923 words)

	Grahams of the Esk Valley
		Their land was forfeited, and was sold in 1629 to Richard Graham, second son of Richard Graham, of Plomp, son of Matthew Graham of Springhill, beyond which it is impossible to trace the present family of Graham of Esk and Netherby." This gives you some indication of the difficult problems that we are up against.
		Richie Graham, son of Richard Graham, was born in 1555 in Esk, Cumberland, England.
		Patrick Graham was killed by the Drummonds in 1413, leaving the infant Malise in the guardianship of Patrick's younger brother Sir Robert Graham of Kinpoint.
	bruce.graham.free.fr /family/genealogy/esk.htm (3315 words)

	Ancestors of the Musgraves and Musgrove Mary Graham [5732] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ancestors of the Musgraves and Musgrove Mary Graham [5732]
		Richard second son of Fergus Graham of Plump, in the parish of Kirk-Andrews on Esk, was created a baronet in 1628, being described as Graham of Eske.
		The second son of Sir Richard Graham having settled at Norton-Conyers, in Yorkshire, was created a baronet in 1662, and was ancestor of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart.
	musgravemanor.homestead.com /2004/5732.html (340 words)

	Clan Graham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Their son, Malise Graham, had the earldom of Stratherne removed from him by King James I and given to his uncle, Robert Graham, on the grounds that his mother should not have inherited a title whose descent was strictly through the male line, but received the earldom of Menteith instead.
		Sir Robert Graham of Strathcarron, ancestor of the Grahams of Fintry, of Claverhouse, and of Duntrune.
		William, ancestor of the Grahams of Garvoch in Perthshire, from a younger son of whome came the Grahams of Balgowan, the most celebrated fo which family was the gallant Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, the hero of Barossa.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/graham2.html (3848 words)

	Clan Lyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His son, the second Earl, was a close personal friend of James Graham the Marquess of Montrose and was with him when he subscribed to the National Covenant in 1638.
		In 1677 the third Earl of Kinghorne obtained a new patent of nobility, being styled thereafter Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Viscount Lyon, Baron Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie.
		The youngest daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clan_Lyon (828 words)

	Search Results for "Montrose"
		Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of, (montroz´) (KEY), 1612-50, Scottish nobleman and soldier.
		He defeated James Graham, earl of Montrose, at Philiphaugh in 1645.
		He commanded the Covenanter army against the earl of Montrose and was repeatedly defeated (1644-45).
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Montrose (318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Earl of March, son of the Earl who, under Robert III., had gone over to the English cause, was imprisoned and stripped of his ancient domains on the Eastern Border; and James, disinheriting Lord Erskine, annexed the earldom of Mar to the Crown.
		The Earl at the moment held Galloway and Annandale, two of his brothers were Earls of Moray and Ormond; in October 1448, Ormond had distinguished himself by defeating and taking Percy, urging a raid into Scotland, at a bloody battle on the Water of Sark, near Gretna.
		Graham dealt for himself with the Pope, obtained the rank of Archbishop for the Bishop of St Andrews (1472), and thus offended the king and country, always jealous of interference from Rome.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/5/9/5/15955/15955.txt (21403 words)

	[No title]
		The murders of the sixth earl, and his brother, in the castle of Edinburgh, were followed by that of their successor, poignarded at Stirling by the hand of his prince.
		Archibald, earl of Murray, brother to Douglas, was slain in the action; and Hugh, Earl of Ormond, his second brother, was taken and executed.
		Archibald, sixth earl of Angus, called _Bell-the-Cat_, was, at once, warden of the east and middle marches, Lord of Liddisdale and Jedwood forest, and possessed of the strong castles of Douglas, Hermitage, and Tantallon.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/12742/12742.txt (16979 words)

	Ancestors of the Border Grahams
		Richard Graham, son of William "Lang Will" Graham of Stuble and Unknown, was born in 1500 in Netherby, Cumberland, England.
		Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn, daughter of David Stewart Earl of Strathearn and Unknown, was born before 1375 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland and died in Oct 1415 in Caithness, Scotland.
		Sir John Graham of Dundaff, son of Sir David Graham of Dundaff and Annabella of Strathearn, died on 22 Jul 1298 in Falkirk, Scotland, and was buried about 1298 in Kirk Of Falkirk.
	bruce.graham.free.fr /family/borders/eskgrahams.htm (3366 words)

	Nokomis Obituaries - Nokomis, Saskatchewan
		Earl Gollnick was born to Albert and Agnes Gollnick at Radisson on July 9, 1910.
		Earl lived a quiet life in many respects, but could always be counted on to dig in and help in whatever way he could.
		Earl will be especially missed by his elder sister Ethel and younger brother Johnny and everyone who knew of his friendly visits in all of his daily travels.
	geocities.com /nokomis_website/obit.html (19920 words)

	THE BORDERS - Online Information article about THE BORDERS
		BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
		Tyne; on the Scottish by the Tweed, Whiteadder, Leet, Kale, Jed, Kershope, Liddel, Esk and Sark.
		Raid of Reidswire (1575), and the bloody combat at Dryfe Sands (1593).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BLA_BOS/BORDERS_THE.html (1799 words)

	Netherby
		Bruce Graham, Chairman, Clan Graham Association of Scotland was kind enough to arrange the tour for the Netherys.With the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 the Kingdoms of Scotland and England were united under one crown.
		The Grahams of Esk, Netherby and Mote were then singled out for the most severe punishments.
		The Earl sold the lands to Sir Richard Graham, the second son of Fergus of Plomp in 1628.
	www.clan-graham-society.org /new_page_45.htm (1762 words)

	General history: Baronets \| British History Online
		Graham of Esk and Netherby, 1628 and 1782.
		— The Grahams of the borders are supposed to have been descended from John, second son of the first Earl of Monteith.
		whose father, Dr. Robert Graham, second son of the Dean of Carlisle, had inherited the Netherby estate under the will of Lady Widdrington, surviving sister and sole heiress of the last Lord Preston, was created a baronet, and is the present possessor of Netherby.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=50666 (1559 words)

	84-85, Angusia, Angus - Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nearby the South Esk rolls into the sea; flowing from a loch, it glides past the castle of Finhaven, famous for its inhabitants the Lindsays Earls of Crawford.
		The Earls in Angus are Crawford, Kinghorn, Southesk, Gray, Spinie and Lour.
		At Kilbride, that is Shrine of Bridget, the Earls of Menteith have their principal seat, as too the Earls of Montrose of the same family not far away at Kincardine.
	www.nls.uk /maps/early/blaeu/956.html (1457 words)

	CFL.ca Network :: Official site of the Canadian Football League
		Defensively, the drop-off was not as precipitous but their 23.6 ppg against (20.2 in 82) masked a growing gap between Esk defensive backs and the younger, faster receivers entering the league.
		Graham Kelly's account of the trade appeared in his book The Grey Cup, a History, "The immediate trade was [Jim] Sandusky for Dunigan.
		The Esks chose Gregg Stumon, Andre Francis, Jeff Braswell and Reggie Taylor.
	www.cfl.ca /index.php?module=page&id=51 (10086 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for montrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAM, 5TH EARL AND 1ST MARQUESS OF [Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of], 1612-50, Scottish nobleman and soldier.
		After serving in the Swedish army, he was a major general under his uncle, Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven, in the Scottish army that joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell in defeating the royalists at Marston Moor (1644).
		Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of ARGYLL, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, 8TH EARL OF AND 1ST MARQUESS OF [Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of] 1607-61, Scottish statesman.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=montrose (786 words)

	Historic Scottish Battles - From Rampant Scotland
		Alexander, earl of Mar gathered together a force of volunteers and marched with his smaller force to meet the invaders.
		Archibald, the 4th Earl of Douglas, was defeated by the English rebel Percy "Hotspur".
		The earl of Moray quickly assembled an army and attempted to cut her off as she travelled to the south of Glasgow.
	www.rampantscotland.com /features/battles.htm (3250 words)

	david and virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		William de Graham witnessed the charter of the Abbey of Holyrod in the early 1100's, and was presented the lands of Dalkeith by king David I. Towards the end of the 12th century his descentent acquired the lands of Dundaff.
		Their son, Malise Graham, had the earldom of Stratherne removed from him by king James I, and given to Robert Graham, his uncle, on the grounds that his mother should not have inherited a title whose descent was through the male line, but recieved the earldom of Menteith instead.
		In about 1410, Sir William Graham of Kincardine married his second wife, Mary Stewart, who was the second daughter of King Robert II and the widow of George Douglas, the 1st earl of Angus, and Sir James Kennedy, by whom she had James Kennedy, the Bishop of St. Andrews and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
	uk.msnusers.com /davidandvirginia/scotland.msnw (1107 words)

	Netherby Grahams
		Sir JRG Graham, being a politician, received a fair amount of criticism, depending on the political leanings of the newspaper involved.
		December 7th 1822 CP Sir James Graham, Bart of Netherby, has forgiven all arrears of rent due over his whole estate, up to the current year, and had granted a reduction, varying from five to thirty percent, according to the circumstances of each case, for two years certain.
		Sir James was the second son of the late Rev Robert Graham DD, and succeeded to the Netherby estate on the death of his elder brother Charles, which happened in 1782.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /longtown19/netherbygrahams.html (2236 words)

	The Historical Families of Dunfriesshire and the Border Wars - Chapter I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bruis or Bruce and Cumyn through marriages, and the others probably in a similar way, obtained a footing in Dumfriesshire, where the warlike character of the natives is still shown by the traces of Roman fortresses and encampments built along the Borders in early ages to oppose their advance upon South Britain.
		The rivers Esk and Sark, and a morass called Solway Moss, make a natural boundary between Cumberland and Dumfriesshire, added to the bleak tract of country extending for about seven miles from the mouth of the Annan to the Sark.
		Yet Thomas Corrie of Kelwood and Newbie was of sufficient importance to be appointed in 1529, with the King’s treasurer and two Scottish knights, an arbiter in a family matter between the Earls of Eglintoun and Glencairn.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/dumfries/chapter1.htm (1467 words)

	[No title]
		The younger sons of dukes and marquesses, and the daughters of dukes, marquesses, and earls, have, in the same manner, the prefix of Lord~ and Lady to their names; and the younger sons of earls, and the sons and daughters of viscounts and barons, are styled Honora- ble.
		Henry, third Earl of Northumberland, was slain at Towton in 1461, and the fourth Earl was killed by a mob at Thirsk in 1483.
		In 1569 Charles, sixth Earl of Westmoreland, and the Earl of North- umberland, concocted at Brancepeth Castle the Rising in the North.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/nora/nora0097.sgm (19639 words)

	The Grahams of Esk, Netherby, and Norton-Conyers
		It had therefore become necessary to adopt some more stringent measures to root them out of their hereditary haunts, and accordingly a large number of the clan, along with a body of Armstrongs and Elliots, were transported to the north of Ireland, and their return prohibited under pain of death.
		Richard Graham, who purchased the estate of Netherby and the barony of Liddell from the Earl of Cumberland, was created a baronet, in 1629, by the style of Sir Richard Graham of Esk.
		James Graham of Netherby, his son, was created a baronet in 1782, and was the father of the late eminent statesman, Sir James Graham, who filled a succession of important offices in the administrations of Earl Grey, Sir Robert Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/grahams_esk.htm (884 words)

	Battles
		On 11 September 1297 the Earl of Surrey began to lead his troops across the bridge and as half of the army had reached the northern banks they were attacked by Walleys and his men.
		Enraged by this and egged on by the promises of help from his ally Henry IV of England, Donald now led an army of 10,000 Islesmen right across Scotland for the purpose of forcibly asserting his claim to the Earldom and, if possible, sacking the temptingly rich city of Aberdeen into the bargain.
		Bobbing John, as Mar was known, had been one of the signatories of the Treaty of Union, had served as Secretary for Scotland under Queen Anne and had at the beginning of the new reign hastened to declare himself the "faithful and dutiful subject and servant" of King George.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/battles.html (7893 words)

	Book of Family Crests, Coats of Arms
		GRAFTON, Duke of, Earl of Euston and Arlington, Viscount Thetford and Ipswich, Baron Arlington, &c.
		GRAHAM, Duke of Montrose, and Graham, Earl and Baron.
		GRAHAM, an oak-branch erect, ppr., bearing one acorn, or.
	www.family-crests.info /pages2030.php (470 words)

	A Short History of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The wife of David, Matilda, widow of Simon de St Liz, was heiress of Waltheof, sometime the Conqueror’s Earl in Northumberland; and to gain, through that connection, Northumberland for himself was the chief aim of David’s foreign policy,—an aim fertile in contentions.
		All holders of “a Knight’s fee,” or part of one, holding by free service, hereditarily, and by charter, constituted the communitas of the realm (we are to hear of the communitas later), and were free, noble, or gentle,—men of coat armour.
		In Scotland the germ of Parliament is the King’s court of vassals of the Crown.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/5/9/5/15955/15955-h/15955-h.htm (20424 words)

	graham12
		There were probably Grahams in Eskdale from very early times given that Henry Graham of Dalkeith obtained lands in that area through his marriage to the heiress of Roger Avenal in the 13th century.
		However, an old tradition holds that the Grahams on the borders and in North England were mostly descended from a Sir John Graham 'of the bright sword' who is thought may have been the John Graham of Kilbride (d c1488?) who was second son of Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith.
		(05.06.1728) Jacoba Catherine Graham (bur 01.12.1764, dau of Metcalfe Graham of Pickhill)
	www.stirnet.com /html/genie/british/gg/graham12.htm (789 words)

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