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  Earls and dukes of Roxburghe - LoveToKnow 1911
Earls and dukes of Roxburghe - LoveToKnow 1911
John was betrothed to Christiana, daughter of the duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; but when the princess's sister Charlotte was affianced to George III., reasons of state led to the rupture of the engagement, and he died unmarried on the 19th of March 1804.
The duke of Roxburghe sits in the House of Lords as Earl Innes, a peerage of the United Kingdom, which was conferred in 1837 upon James Henry, the 6th duke (1816-1879).
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  Peerage of Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3 Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland
Earl of Doncaster in the Peerage of England
Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland
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 Duke of Roxburghe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe became the first holder of these titles.
The Duke has the subsidiary titles of: Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford (created 1707), Earl of Roxburghe (1616), Earl of Kelso (1707), Earl Ker (1722), Earl Innes (1837), Viscount Broxmouth (1707), Lord Roxburghe (1600), Lord Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun (1616) and Baron Ker of Wakefield (1722).
John Ker, 5th Earl of Roxburghe (became Duke of Roxburghe in 1707) (c.
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 INNES CLAN
The Innes Clan dates back to 1160 AD when King Malcolm IV conformed the Barony of Innes on one of his knights, Berowald of Flanders.
The Innes' grew to become one of the most powerful families in the province of Moray, dominating the parishes of Urquhart, Lhanbryde and the surrounding district.
Innes House was built on the Barony by Sir Robert Innes, 20th chief of the Clan Innes, between1640 and 1653.
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 Scottish Clans I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Clan Innes is of ancient origin and its origins are from Berowald who was a Flemish nobleman was granted the Barony of Innes by Malcolm the fourth in the year 1160.
Sir James, twelfth of Innes was chief esquire to James the third and entertained James the fourth at Innes Castle in 1490.
Of the cadet branches the Barchets of Balvernie descend from Walter Innes of Innermarkie, son of Sir Robert Innes, eleventh of that Ilk; and the Innes of Coxton, a branch of Innermarkie are renowned for building the remarkable Tower of Coxton near Elgin in the sixteenth century.
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 Innes History
Innes House, which is still occupied, was built between 1640 and 1653 on the Barony of Innes by Sir Robert Innes, 20th chief of Clan Innes.
It was John Innes, Bishop of Moray, who rebuilt much of Elgin Cathedral in 1407-1414 after it was sacked and burned by the Wolf of Badenoch.
Another Innes, the Laird of Innermarkie, was beheaded for his part in the murder of the Earl of Moray.
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 Scots Members of the French Nobility
James Hamilton, 2nd earl of Arran, was regent of Scotland during the minority of Mary Queen of Scots (he was in fact heir presumptive, being her second cousin through his grandmother, and next in line for the throne).
The earl of Arran spent a lot of time trying to regain the revenues of his duchy, but his efforts were rebuked: once, during an interview with the king of France, his attempt to bring up the topic of the duchy was abruptly cut short.
Innes of Learney discusses the use of inescutcheons: "In Scotland, the inescutcheon is often reserved for a Royal augmentation, or some highly important feudal fief or heritable office, or in other cases for the paternal arms when the shield itself is occupied with quarterings of fiefs and heiresses.
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 Innes
Septs of the Clan Innes (sub clans of the Clan Innes)
Innes House, still occupied, was built on the barony by Sir Robert Innes, 20th chief of Clan Innes, between 1640 and 1653.
Another Innes, the Laird of Innermarkie, wasbeheaded for his part in the murder of the Bonny Earl of Moray.
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 FICTION on the WEB - Return to Zendar by David Goldstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Innes' medicorder, secreted in his pocket, was replete with data, so he took some optical scans of Priscilla's physical protuberances as she left and returned to his company.
Innes thanked her; he declared her an author's dream, promised to tailor her a version of Miletta as a keepsake, took some tactile scans and floated home.
When Innes returned to his seat with a gargantuan coffee and a turret of lemon cake, a piece of paper was pinned under the typing panel.
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 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Berowald's grandson, Sir Walter of Innes, was the first to use the name and received a charter of confirmation from Alexander II in 1226.
Sir James had sold the lands of Innes to the Earl of Fife in 1767 and went to reside in England, only to return to Scotland when, in 1805, he succeeded as 5th Duke of Roxburgh.
Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, is the present Lord Lyon, King of Arms, and keeper of the Scottish Heraldry.
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 Clan INNES
His grandson, Sir Walter of Innes was the first to use the name and received a charter of confirmation from Alexander II in 1226.
Alexander, 9th of Innes married Janet, daughter of the last Thane of Aberchirder, and acquired her lands, hence the Innes continued to extend their estates and the family prospered and grew.
Of the cadet branches the Barchets of Balvernie descend from Walter Innes of Innermarkie, son of Sir Robert Innes, 11th of that Ilk; and the Innes of Coxton, a branch of Innermarkie are renowned for building the remarkable Tower of Coxton near Elgin in the 16th century.
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Henry Corry by his wife Harriet, daughter of the 6th earl of Shaftesbury, was born in London on the 8th of October 1838, educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and called to the bar in 1863.
His father, a son of the 2nd earl of Belmore, re-presented County Tyrone in parliament continuously for forty-seven years (1826—73), and was a member of Lord Derby's cabinet (1866—68) as vice-president of the council and after-wards as first lord of the Admiralty.
On the defeat of the Conservatives in s88o, Corry was raised to the peerage with the title of Baron Rowton, of Rowton Castle, Shropshire.
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 innes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
His grandson, Sir Walter of Innes was the first to use the name and received a charter of confirmation from Alexander II in 1226.
Alexander, 9th of Innes married Janet, daughter of the last Thane of Aberchirder, and acquired her lands, hence the Innes continued to extend their estates and the family prospered and grew.
Of the cadet branches the Barchets of Balvernie descend from Walter Innes of Innermarkie, son of Sir Robert Innes, 11th of that Ilk; and the Innes of Coxton, a branch of Innermarkie are renowned for building the remarkable Tower of Coxton near Elgin in the 16th century.
www.caledoniansocietyofneworleans.com /main_pgs/clans/c_hist/innes.html   (257 words)

  
 The Inness Family History
The Celtic name for the Innes (or Inness) family is Mac Aonghuis (son of Angus) and the Clan Motto is "Be Faithful." The ancestral home of the Innes(s) Clan is Moray, in the Highlands of Scotland, which covers the lands from Spey to Lossie along the North Sea coast.
Innes means 'greens', and refers to the wide plain of grass that stretched between the tall white mansion of Innes (built by Sir Robert in 1646) and the River Lossie.
Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, is the present Lord Lyon, King of Arms, and keeper of the Scottish Heraldry.
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 Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
Sir Robert Innes, the eleventh Laird, fought under the Earl of Huntly at the Battle of Brechin in 1452 and sought to expiate the sins of his life by founding the Greyfriars of Elgin.
Alexander the Proud, the sixteenth chief, was executed by the Regent Morton for the murder of Walter Innes and was succeeded by his brother, John, who resigned his chiefship to his cousin, Alexander Innes of Crommey.
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, a descendent of the Lairds of Innermarkie, was Lord Lyon, King of Arms from 1945 to 1969 and was one of Scotland’s greatest heraldic experts.
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 James Dunbar Fith Earl of Murray, of Frendraught, Scotland. Lived early 1400 to 1422
He was twice married: first to Isabel Innes, daughter to Sir Walter Innes, of Innes, and by her had a son, Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander Dunbar, of Westfield.
Lady Elizabeth Dunbar, who married Archibald, third son of James, seventh Earl of Douglas, who, by the then prevailing interest of his family, obtained the Earldom of Murray, in prejudice of the said Sir Alexander Dunbar, the Earl's son, and the Lord Crichton, who was married to his eldest daughter.
Earl James was killed near Frendraught in 1442, before the 26th April, on which date he is called "the late Earl of Moray", and was succeded in his estates, but not in his titles, by his only son
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 Clan Gunn
The territory of the clan lay on the border between the country of the Earls of Sutherland and the Earls of Caithness, while to the west of it lay Strathnaver, the territory of the Mackays, otherwise Lord Reay’s country.
The two earls planned to come upon the Gunns from both sides at once, and, "thereby so to compass them that no place of retreat might be left unto them." The Gunns took up their position in an advantageous spot on the side of Ben Grian.
The earl, being desirous of visiting his displeasure upon a certain William Innes, brought pressure upon the Chief of the Gunns to burn the corn stacks of Innes’s tenants.
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 Mike & Juliet Gibbs Family Tree - aqwg35
Gospatrick, Earl of Northumberland DE DUNBAR was born 1040 in of Northumberland, England.
Gospatric Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND was born 1040 in Of,, Northumberland, England.
Earl of Dunbar WALTHEOF was born about 1062 in Of, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.
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 Clan for Thayn or Thain? - The Official Scotland.com Community
Thain is a sept of the Innes Clan.
The Clan Innes is of ancient origin and descends from Berowald who was granted the Barony of Innes by Malcolm IV in 1160.
INNES: Derived from the Gaelic 'Innes' - an island, and such featured in the lands between the Spey and the Lossie granted by Malcolm IV to the Fleming 'Berowald' in 1160.
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 frippuk - pafn39 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
James was the 6th Earl Innes and became 29th Laird of Innes on 7 February 1764.
In 1767 he sold the lands of Innes to the Earl of Fife and moved to England He adopted the name of Norcliffe some time after his first marriage in 1769. In 1805 the title of Duke of Roxburghe became available when the then Duke died without issue.
The case was settled by the House of Lords, who decided in favour of Sir James. In 1820 he made a record of his ancestry to show the Ker family that he was of as good blood.
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 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The name Innes was assumed when his grandson took the lands and received confirmation of his charter from Alexander II in 1226.
Robert, 20th of Innes, was created a baronet in 1625 and Sir Harry, 4th Baronet married a daughter of Duncan Forbes of Culloden.
The 6th Baronet sold his land to the Earl of Fife and moved to England, but on the death of the 4th Duke of Roxborough, as heir-general he claimed the Scottish estates and title of that family.
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 MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Innes Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
His son, Sir Robert Innes, the eleventh Laird, fought under the Earl of Huntly at the Battle of Brechin in 1452 and sought to expiate the sins of his life by founding the Greyfriars of Elgin.
Walter of Innermarkie, the second son of Sir Robert Innes the eleventh chief, was succeeded by his son, Robert, who was created hereditary constable of Redcastle and married a niece of James II.
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, a descendant of the Lairds of Innermarkie, was Lord Lyon, King of Arms from 1945 to 1969 and was one of Scotland’s greatest heraldic experts.
www.myclan.com /clans/Innes_231/default.php   (557 words)

  
 Caithness CWS - History - History of Caithness - Chapter 12
Earl John died in 1705, and was succeeded by his son Alexander, who married Lady Margaret Primrose, daughter of the Earl of Rosebery.
Captain Innes, however, was so much afraid of his life from the relatives of the man whom he had unfortunately slain that he ever after kept a strong muscular Highlander as a life-guard, who accompanied him wherever he went.
The Earl of Cromarty and his son were both brought to London and convicted of high treason, but their lives were spared.
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 Clan Innes from Scottish Themes, Scotland
Sir Robert Innes, the eleventh Laird, fought under the Earl of Huntly at the Battle of Brechin in 1452 and sought to expiate the sins of his life by founding the Greyfriars of Elgin.
Alexander the Proud, the sixteenth chief, was executed by the Regent Morton for the murder of Walter Innes and was succeeded by his brother, John, who resigned his chiefship to his cousin, Alexander Innes of Crommey.
Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, a descendent of the Lairds of Innermarkie, was Lord Lyon, King of Arms from 1945 to 1969 and was one of Scotland’s greatest heraldic experts.
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 ANCIENT MURRAY GENEALOGY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Earl married Margaret Stewart, daughter of Alexander, Earl of Buchan and is said to have died in 1442.
The Earl’s second wife was apparently Fingole, daughter of William of Calder, Thane of Cawdor, widow of John Monro of Fowlis, who died in or before 1591, a divorce between her and the Earl was being prepared in 1497-98 and he married thirdly Catherine, named Countess of Sutherland in 1509-12.
John son of John and ninth Earl of Sutherland, at an early age was taken with his father in the presence of King James IV in 1493 and succeeded in 1508 as ward of the Crown, the Earldom being administered by Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness.
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 San Francisco Shamans: The Kerr Clan
The ancient Earls of Lothian were important supporters of Queen Mary, Queen of the Scots, and had rescued her from jail at one point in Scotland, only to have her go against their advice, and go to England, seeking protection from Queen Elizabeth, at which point she was arrested by Queen Elizabeth.
The Kerr's are entitled with being the Barrons of Roxbrugh, and the Earls of Lothian.
His son Robert, 2nd Earl, had no male issue, and the title passed through his daughter to her husband William Kerr, son of the 1st Earl of Ancrum, who became 3rd Earl of Lothian in 1631.
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 Duke of Roxburghe
The 5th Earl was Secretary of State for Scotland (1704-1705), was a strong supporter of the Union between Scotland and England, and was created Duke of Roxburghe in 1707.
Upon the death of the 4th Duke in 1805, this Dukedom was dormant for seven years until the House of Lords awarded the title to a distant cousin Sir James Innes in 1812.
Additional titles held by the Duke of Roxburghe: Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford (1707), Earl Innes (1837), Earl of Kelso (1707), Earl of Roxburghe (1616), Viscount Broxmouth (1707), Baron Roxburghe (1600), Baron Ker of Cessford and Cavertoun (1616).
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 The Battle of the Bannockburn
At a sudden rush of Scots, the earl's horse is killed and the earl rolls to the ground.
The earl is met by the onrushing Scots and his horse immediately killed; because when thrown from his horse there was no one to defend him, he was pierced by many wounds and shamefully killed.
Yet he did what he could, and fell together with the earl, thinking it more honourable to perish with so great a man than to escape death by flight; for those who fall in battle for their country are known to live in everlasting glory.
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 GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
Innes spent ten years in Australia as Jury professor of English at the University of Adelaide.
The unfortunate king was stabbed to death in a plot involving his uncle, the Earl of Atholl (who was executed for his part in the murder).
In 1715, his supporters, led by the Earl of Mar, raised a rebellion in support of their "king in exile" and James landed at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire in December.
www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/ij1.html   (3592 words)

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