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	History of Loudoun County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun County constitutes a part of the five million acre Northern Neck of Virginia Proprietary granted by King Charles II of England to seven noblemen in 1649.
		In 1757, by act of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Fairfax County was divided.
		The western portion was named Loudoun for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun, a Scottish nobleman who served as Commander-in-Chief for all British armed forces in North America and titular Governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.
	www.loudoun.gov /tourism/history.htm (615 words)

	Earl of Loudoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Earl of Loudoun is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633.
		The title is associated with the title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline (created 1633), which is used as a courtesy title for whoever is the heir and eldest son of the Earl for the time being.
		The sixth Countess of Loudoun married the first Marquess of Hastings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Loudoun (179 words)

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		In 16Z7 he was one of the supplicants against the introduction of the English liturgy; and with John Leslie, 6th earl of Rothes, he took a leading part in the promulgation of the Covenant and in the General Assembly which met at Glasgow in the autumn of 1638.
		The 3rd earl held various high positions in England and Scotland, being chosen one of the representative peers for Scotland at the union of the parliaments in 1707.
		1786), a grandson of the 2nd earl, and was afterwards borne by the marquesses of Hastings, descendants of the 5th earl's daughter and heiress, Flora (1780-1840).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=41434 (1823 words)

	The Campbells of Loudoun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Campbells of Loudoun are the oldest branch of the house of Argyll, and are descended from Donald, second son of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochaw, and brother of Sir Neil Campbell, the friend of King Robert Bruce.
		Margaret of Loudoun, the heiress of the estate, married Sir Reginald Crawford, High Sheriff of Ayr, and was the grandmother of Sir William Wallace, the illustrious Scottish patriot.
		EARL OF LOUDOUN, and Baron Tarrynean and Mauchline by Charles I., 12th May, 1633; but in consequence of his opposition to the measures of the Court, the patent was stopped at the Chancery, and the title was suspended until 1641.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/cambells_loudoun.htm (1367 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Lord Loudoun (1705-82).
		Loudoun proceeded upon his preparations at Halifax with "traditional and pedantic accuracy" and was considerably delayed in getting the attacking troops seaboard.
		In the winter of 1757, Lord Loudoun was recalled to England and the campaign in North America, for the balance of the war (The Seven Years War) was to fall under the leadership of Jeffery Amherst, a far superior general, as history was to prove.
		Loudoun was apparently to languish for a few years, then in 1762 was sent off to Portugal, there to be second in command.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Loudoun.htm (281 words)

	Proud Past, Bright Future Rub Elbows in Today's Loudoun
		Loudoun was the first rural county in Virginia to adopt a zoning ordinance in 1942 -- but only after the Board of Supervisors experienced five months of persistent lobbying by resident Vinton Liddell Pickens.
		The county's motto, borrowed from the Earl of Loudoun's family coat of arms and plastered on every government document, is "I byde my time." But, in fact, nobody does, any more than anyone spells bide with a 'y' or really uses the word "bide" anyways.
		Loudoun residents speed their time, rushing between soccer games and PTA meetings, neighborhood get-togethers, Bible study and the office, with some hefty time scheduled in for the commute.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/20/AR2005042000141_pf.html (947 words)

	Loudoun Castle Theme Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun Castle is an imposing ruin by any standard, fascinatingly romantic on a warm summer afternoon, gaunt and forbidding on a cold winter evening.
		The First Earl of Loudoun, Sir John Campbell, Chancellor of Scotland, erected additional buildings to the south of the old keep which were also incorporated in the later rebuilding.
		Loudoun Kirk lies half a mile to the west of the Castle and is the traditional burial place of the Loudoun family and many local people.
	www.loudouncastle.co.uk /history/framhist.html (852 words)

	About Loudoun County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun County is situated in the rolling Piedmont section of Northern Virginia, bordered by the Blue Ridge Mountains on the northwest and the Potomac River on the northeast.
		Leesburg, the county seat of Loudoun County, is approximately 40 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The total area of the county in 517 square miles.
		Loudoun County's proximity to the nation's capital and Washington Dulles International Airport, attractive quality of life, abundant commercial and industrial acreage, and favorable business climate have made it one of the fastest-growing counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.lcdems.com /loudoun.htm (429 words)

	How Loudoun got its Name
		Loudoun's one strategic move, again against local advice, was to abandon the face off in the western frontier and to gather his troops instead to take the French seaport fort of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, far from the scene of the actual fighting.
		Loudoun's insistence on this was an early warning to many that the King's subjects in the colonies did not have the rights of of other Englishmen.
		The ever-forgiving Pargellis notes that though Loudoun and his aides might consider it diplomatic to attend church on occasion, "the army in general reflected the spiritual apathy of some parts of the eighteenth-century Church of England." That, of course, is putting it mildly.
	mason.gmu.edu /~drwillia/loudoun.html (1644 words)

	History of Loudoun County
		Loudoun County was once the northwestern frontier of Virginia, a dangerous place to visit until the 1722 Treaty of Albany kept the American Indian nations west of the Blue Ridge.
		Loudoun’s agriculture flourished with its rich lands, growing tobacco in the east, and wheat, oats, rye, and corn in the west.
		Loudoun’s agriculture continued to flourish, adapting to changing markets near the turn of the century by switching from chop farming to dairy and raising beef cattle and fine horses.
	loudounmuseum.org /history.html (984 words)

	Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote
		Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote, 1745 to 1748 (Loudoun's Highlanders):
		Authority, therefore, was given to the 4th Earl of Loudoun to raise another Highland regiment under the patronage of the noblemen, chiefs, and gentlemen of that part of the kingdom, whose sons and connections would be appointed officers.
		The force under Lord Loudoun were the victims of the ignominious Rout of Moy, when during the darkness of the night they were put to flight by a handful of the Clan Chattan and the bold tactics of Lady Mackintosh.
	www.scotwars.com /loudouns/18hist.asp (284 words)

	History of the Old Courthouse
		Loudoun County was formed in 1757 from a branch of Fairfax County.
		Loudoun County is named after John Campbell, who was the Fourth Earl of Loudoun and a Scottish nobleman.
		Loudoun’s first jail was in close proximity to the first courthouse.
	inetdocs.loudoun.gov /clerk/docs/theclerkshistor_/historyoftheold/office2k/office2k.htm (697 words)

	History of Loudoun County, Virginia
		Loudoun County is located between Washington, DC, and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
		The western portion was named Loudoun for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun, a Scottish nobleman who served as Commander-in-Chief for all British armed forces in North America and titular Governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1768.
		The Quakers and most of the Germans in northern and central Loudoun opposed slavery and secession, while the landed gentry in the southern part of the county favored secession.
	www.loudounhistory.org /history-loudoun.htm (751 words)

	Loudoun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun was an area for registration only until 1905 and then in 1906 it was separated into the towns of Darvel and Newmilns.
		The hamlet of LOUDOUN KIRK lies nearly a mile to the west of the Castle, and close by the wood-shaded ruin of Loudoun Kirk and auld Kirkyard, where may be seen the graves of
		Endowed with rare talents and accomplishments, she was chosen a Lady of the Household of H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, where she was seized with a painful malady-enlargement of the liver.
	fp.ayrshireroots.plus.com /Towns/Loudoun/Loudoun.htm (1377 words)

	Loudoun County Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Loudoun County flag is derived from the armorial bearings devised for the county by the College of Arms in London.
		The Earl of Loudoun's Arms are described, in heraldic language, as "Gyronny Ermine and Gules." Translated, this means a shield divided into eight parts, with ermine and red alternating.
		This represents, in the symbolism of heraldry, the agricultural background of the county (the green color); the Monroe Doctrine and President Monroe's association with the county (the indented or "embattled" edging); and the dairy industry (the white or silver drops).
	www.co.loudoun.va.us /government/flag.htm (199 words)

	TVA: Fort Loudon Reservoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Fort Loudoun Reservoir, located on the Tennessee River at Knoxville, is the uppermost in the chain of nine TVA reservoirs that form a continuous navigable channel from there to Paducah, Kentucky, 652 miles away.
		The fort was named for John Campbell, the fourth Earl of Loudoun, commander of British forces in North America at the time.
		The generating capacity of Fort Loudoun’s four units is 155,600 kilowatts of electricity.
	www.tva.gov /sites/fortloudoun.htm (279 words)

	John Campbell, the Fourth Earl of Loudoun
		The young earl showed his military prowess during the royalist uprising of 1745 when according to one historian he "had demonstrated his professionalism by marching undauntedly from one defeat to another." After losing almost all the men of his regiment, he received another regiment and lost again at Inverness.
		Loudoun's one strategic move, again against local advice, was to abandon the face off in the western frontier and to gather his troops instead to take the French seaport fort of Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, far from the scene of the actual fighting.
		Loudoun's insistence on this was an early warning to many that the King's subjects in the colonies did not have the rights of other Englishmen.
	www.behelp.com /route50/people/loudoun.htm (1793 words)

	DANIEL WEBB ... A General Webb of Deceit?
		Loudoun's untimely plan to assault Louisbourg in 1757 was further marred by the unfortunate circumstance of the British chain of command.
		Loudoun issued orders that the provincials were to be incorporated into the regular units and rank was to be subordinated to regular officers.
		Loudoun and Abercromby, along with the main force of the British army are sailing the North Atlantic, threatening to destroy the Louisbourg fortress and exact revenge for Oswego.
	www.mohicanpress.com /mo08008.html (2919 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun Settlements Settling of the Loudoun area began between 1725 and 1730, while it was still owned by Lord Fairfax.
		Loudoun County Government Loudoun County operates under the “traditional” form of government, which is one of several forms of government for counties authorized by the Virginia General Assembly.
		Loudoun County residents who live within the boundaries of an incorporated town should contact their respective town office to purchase vehicle license decals.
	inetdocs.loudoun.gov /pio/docs/guidetoservices_/guidetoservices/guidetoservices.doc (5925 words)

	Fort Loudoun State Historic Area
		Fort Loudoun was conceived by Gov. James Glen of South Carolina, who saw the need for a fort among the Cherokees as early as 1746.
		A breakdown in relations between the British and the Cherokee, which began in the Spring of 1758 on the Virginia frontier and eventually led to the execution of 23 Cherokees at Fort Prince George in South carolina in late 1759.
		Fort Loudoun is in the stages of being restored.
	www.telliquah.com /History4.htm (316 words)

	Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote
		As part of the English Civil War Society the Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote, which belongs to the Armie of the Covenant, participates in the accurate re-enactment of 17th century life and warfare.
		We are a Lowland Scots infantry regiment based on the actual recorded regiment which was raised in Glasgow and which saw extensive military service on the smokey battlefields of the 1640s.
		Preston 1648, Worcester 1651, Killiecrankie 1689 and Prestonpans 1745 are battles which have been re-enacted by the regiment, obviously in a different guise from Loudoun's.
	www.scotwars.com /loudouns (218 words)

	Clan Campbell - Loudoun>Loudon
		An early cadet family acquired Loudoun, Ayrshire, by marraige in the 13th century and Margaret, daughter of Hugh Crawford of Loudon, Sheriff of Ayr, married Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie, and was mother of the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace.
		Loudoun Kirk became one of those settlements known as kirktouns with it's kirk, mill and neighbouring cottages.
		The coat of Arms of the Campbells of Loudoun, is found on the outside wall of the Kirk, indicating the helmet of a knight, the gyronny of eight on the shield representing the family name.
	www.bigbutton.com.au /~digimaze/clanloudon.htm (2189 words)

	JOHNCAMPBELL
		Contact US Campbell, John [4th Earl of Loudoun] (1705-1782) Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America: Loudoun came to North America in 1756 to command troops in the French and Indian War.
		Loudoun then changed the emphasis of his strategy, depending on troops organized and trained in England, and funded by English taxpayers.
		Although he was less than successful militarily, Loudoun left behind a regular army that was well prepared to conquer Canada.
	www.multied.com /Bio/revoltBIOS/CAMPBELLJOHN.html (137 words)

	Fort Loudoun State Historic Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Named after John Campbell, the fourth Earl of Loudoun, who was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America from 1756 to 1758, Fort Loudoun had its inception from Governor James Glen of South Carolina who saw the need for a fort among the Cherokee as early as 1746.
		Under the direction of William Gerald DeBrahm as engineer-in-charge, Fort Loudoun was painstakingly built in the wilderness during the winter of 1756-57.
		A breakdown in relations between the British and the Cherokee, which began in the spring of 1758 on the Virginia frontier and eventually led to the execution of 23 Cherokee at Fort Prince George in South Carolina in late 1759, contributed to the surrender of Fort Loudoun.
	thesmokies.com /features/places/fort_loudon (693 words)

	Loudoun County Virginia Records
		Loudoun County was created on 1 July 1757 from the northwestern portion of Fairfax County lying above Difficult Run.
		The county was named in honor of John Campbell, fourth earl of Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia (1756-1759), and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758, during the first years of the French and Indian conflict.
		Loudoun County was first organized in 1757 from a portion of Fairfax County.
	www.genealogyresources.org /Loudoun.html (553 words)

	Fort Loudoun member of CWFFA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The fortification was built in response to continued threats from Indians along the Pennsylvania frontier and was named for the Earl of Loudoun who had been appointed commander of British forces in North America in July, 1756.
		Fort Loudoun was later used as an important supply point during the Forbes campaign against Ft. Duquesne in 1758 and continued to be used through Col. Henry Bouquet's expedition in 1763 at the time of Pontiac's Rebellion.
		Fort Loudoun is a State Historic Site under the direction of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and Museum Commission.
	www.fortedwards.org /cwffa/loudoun.htm (254 words)

	Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Arnot, John (c. 1738-89)
		The Arnots of Dalquhatswood, in the parish of Loudoun, near Galston, Ayrshire, were a family who might well have been engulfed in obscurity but for Burns's friendship with John and the connections of John's father and grandfather with the Loudoun family.
		James, the father, also lent considerable sums of money to the Earl of Loudoun - £4,314 on one occasion and £1,600 on another (the documents relating to these transactions are in Register House, Edinburgh).
		John was certainly in Macao, the Portuguese colony in China, in January 1766, for both he and Thomas wrote to Lord Loudoun, Thomas asking his Lordship to intercede with 'the court of Portugal....
	www.robertburns.org /encyclopedia/ArnotJohnc1738-89.61.shtml (949 words)

	[MSN] Coins Stolen From Loudoun Courthouse. Authorities Suspect Daylight Theft of Historic Collection
		The 25 sheriff's deputies who patrol the courthouse every day were busy with other duties when the bandit carefully removed some adhesive and took the 14 pennies and dimes, including a piece from colonial times that authorities say is worth as much as $5,000.
		In May, a 1755 engraving of John Campbell, the fourth earl of Loudoun and the man for whom the county is named, was stolen from the Leesburg's Thomas Balch Library.
		Loudoun has had a working courthouse on the same patch of land in Leesburg since shortly after the county split from Fairfax County in 1757.
	te.verweg.com /pipermail/msn-list/2005-July/001179.html (736 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Loudoun County is a part of the five million acre Northern Neck of Virginia Proprietary granted by King Charles II of England to seven noblemen in 1649.
		In 1757, by an act of the Virginia House of Burgesses, Fairfax County was divided.
		Sergeant Major John Champe of Aldie in Loudoun County, Virginia was a spy for General George Washington.
	www.loudounrevolutionarywarmemorialcommittee.org /Resource/History.html (596 words)

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