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  Care Centre Details
Marchmont Care Centre is part of Sue Ryder Care - a national charity devoted to the care of people with a wide range of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs.
Marchmont was built between 1750-54 for Hugh, third and last Earl of Marchmont.
Marchmont is registered to care for the young physically disabled and is establishing itself as a specialist centre for the care of people with neurological and genetic disorders, in particular Huntington's Disease.
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 The Marchmont Humes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1697 he was created Earl of Marchmont, Viscount Blasonberry, and Baron Polwarth, and was made one of the Commissioners of the Treasury and Admiralty, and subsequently filled the office of Lord High Commissioner both to the Parliament of 1698 and to the General Assembly in 1702.
The Earl of Marchmont was undoubtedly possessed of eminent abilities and extensive attainments, and was held in esteem by his contemporaries.
Lord Marchmont sat for thirty-four years in the House of Lords as one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and took an active part in the business of the House, in which his abilities, experience, and learning gave him great weight He died in 1794 at the age of eighty-six.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/families/marchmont_humes.htm   (4668 words)

  
 GENUKI: English Peerage 1790: Barons 8
Donald, ancestor of Robert Campbel earl of Loudoun, and Hugh Campbel earl of Marchmont of the kingdom of Scotland.
Archibald, fourth earl of Argyle, his son, distinguished himself at the battle of Pinkey 10 September 1547, and was one of the earliest converts to the protestant religion.
This nobleman was born 30 June 1744, elected 1768 and 1774 to represent the borough of Bossiney in the county of Cornwall, and constituted 15 June 1772 lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the county of Glamorgan.
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 Marchmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To the west it is bound by Bruntsfield, to the south by The Grange, and Sciennes to the East.
Due to its proximity to the city centre, the presence of local amenities, and generally being considered a pleasant area, it is still a desirable location to live in, though not as desirable as the New Town.
There is a certain friction between permanent residents and temporary ones (many of whom are students), with the Marchmont Action Group Promoting Initiatives for the Environment (MAGPIE) unsuccessfully petitioning the Scottish Parliament to impose quotas on shared accommodation (HMOs).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marchmont   (479 words)

  
 Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Hume Campbell (1657 - 1740), 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 2nd Lord Polwarth was a Scottish nobleman, politician and judge.
Younger son of Patrick Hume, the 1st Earl, he took the name of Campbell on his marriage with the heiress of Campbell of Cessnock, Ayrshire, in 1697.
He studied law at Utrecht University and became an advocate in 1696.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Hume-Campbell,_2nd_Earl_of_Marchmont   (217 words)

  
 Greenlaw
The town is situated nearly in the centre of the county, and is a borough [burgh] of barony, held in feu from the Earl of Marchmont, who is superior.
The beautiful house of Marchmont, the seat of the Earl of Marchmont, is situated about a mile or two from the town.
The Chapel was destroyed in 1545 by the Earl of Hertford and was not re-built.
www.freecen.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Berwick/Greenlaw/Greenlaw.htm   (1175 words)

  
 Study & Mercat X
It was built in 1643 by Sir Penfold Marchmont, the 3rd Earl of Clunie.
The Church of Scotland condemned and excommunicated the Earl and his 7 children were denied the right to be christened.
Always an eccentric man, the earl was said to enjoy wandering the streets naked at nights, singing songs he'd learned from his trips abroad.
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 Hugh Campbell Hume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This wish was soon gratified, for his father dying in 1740, lord Polwarth succeeded as earl of Marchmont, nor did he again enter the walls of parliament until the year 1750, when a vacancy occurring in the representative of the Scottish peerage, he was almost unanimously elected.
According to Sir George H. Rose, who, from his family connexion with the earl of Marchmont, had the best means of knowing, this nobleman "was an accomplished and scientific horseman, and a theoretical and practical husbandman and gardener.
In the publication which we have entitled the Marchmont Papers, are many of earl Hugh, of which the most important feature is a diary, which he kept during three different periods of peculiar interest in the reign of George the Second.
www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/other/hume_hugh.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Sir Patrick Hume 1st Earl of Marchmont and Baron Polwarth
Sir Patrick, 1st Earl of Marchmont, went up to London in 1674 with the Duke of Hamilton and others to lay before the King the grievances which the nation suffered from the administration of its affairs by the Duke of Lauderdale.
In 1685, he accompanied the Earl of Argyll in his expedition to Scotland, for which his estate was confiscated, a decree of forfeiture passed against him, and a high reward offered for his apprehension.
His forfeiture was rescinded by Act of Parliament; he was made a Privy Councillor, nominated a Commissioner for the union, and created a Peer by the title of Lord Home of Polwarth, when an augmentation to his arms was granted in commemoration of his services, and orange surmounted by a crown.
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 Sir George Hume 10th Barron of Weddeburn @ familyphotosandinfo.parrottfarms.com
Sir John STEWART Earl Of Atholl, son of Sir James STEWART and Joanna BEAUFORT, was born in 1440 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland, died on 15 Sep 1512 in Laighwood, Perth, Scotland at age 72, and was buried in Dunkeld Cathederal.
Joanna BEAUFORT, daughter of John BEAUFORT Earl Of Somerset and Margaret DEHOLAND, was born in 1398 in Westminster, Middlesex, Scotland, died on 15 Jul 1445 in Dunbar Castle, Scotland at age 47, and was buried in Carthusian Church, Perth, Scotland.
John BEAUFORT Earl Of Somerset was born in 1373 and died in 1410 at age 37.
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 Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known by the nickname Cock o' the North.
He succeeded as Duke of Gordon in 1752 and was a Scottish representative peer from 1767, appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1775 and created a Peer of Great Britain (Earl of Norwich) in 1784.
This biography of a Scottish peer or noble is a stub.
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 Earl of Marchmont, The - presented by Edinburgh Pub Guide ...
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 Re: Jean(Jane) Hume - Scotland 18th Century
According to my records, Sir Patrick of Polwarth was the first Earl of Marchmont.
Hugh, 3rd Earl of Marchmont who died without male issue...
Purves of Purves Hall and who inherited Marchmont estates from her brother, the 3rd Earl.
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 More info about the poet: Alexander Hume - references bibliography
Alexander Hume Campbell (1657 - 1740), 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 2nd Lord Polwarth was a Scottish nobleman,...
Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont Alexander Hume Campbell (1657 - 1740), 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 2nd Lord Polwarth was a Scottish.
Alexander Hume Campbell 1657 - 1740 2nd Earl of Marchmont 2nd Lord Polwarth was a Scottish nobleman politician and judge Younger son of Patrick Hume the 1st...
www.poemhunter.com /alexander-hume/resources/poet-6948/page-1   (686 words)

  
 Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont (1641-1724) was a Scottish statesman, born at Polwarth, Berwickshire.
He was raised as a strict Presbyterian, and after a term of law study at Paris he represented his native country in Parliament, where he at once took a foremost place as defender of the Covenanters.
With estates restored, he was now a Scottish peer, Lord Polwarth; was made Lord Chancellor in 1696 and Earl of Marchmont in 1697.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patrick_Hume   (306 words)

  
 House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 30 August 1831 | British History Online
The Earl of Shaftesbury sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.
And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto, which he was ready to report, when the House will please to receive the same."
And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereto, which he was ready to report, when the House will please to receive the same."
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 thePeerage.com - Felix Salmond and others
She married Sir Francis David Charteris, 12th Earl of Wemyss, son of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho and Lady Violet Catherine Manners, on 29 April 1995.
She was the daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke and Jemima Campbell, Marchioness Grey.
She married Alexander Hume-Campbell, Viscount Polwarth, son of Hugh Hume, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, on 16 July 1772.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, andc.
In their speeches, both the Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Marchmont urge acquiescence to the king’s desire that troops be raised and supplied as a response to “the Warlike Preparations which are made both for Land and Sea, by other Neighbouring Princes and States,” as Lord Polwarth puts it.
First published in 1797 (London, 8vo) under the title “An Authentic Account of the Earl of Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China," this is an account of the first British embassy to China, charged with opening up China to commerce and with establishing a permanent embassy in Beijing.
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 Reconstruction of Hume Castle
On a rough rocky ridge between Earlston, Greenlaw and Kelso stands the odd looking late 18th century folly of Hume castle raised by the Earl of Marchmont, which conceals within it's base the fragments of the original late 13th century courtyard castle enclosing an L-plan towerhouse and it's medieval well.
The castle was built for the Home family (later known as Hume) and was attacked on numerous occasions because of it's position on the border.
The Home family were anciently descended from William the son of Gospatrick Earl of Dunbar and March, though they changed their name to Home after their estate on the Merse.
www.maybole.org /history/castles/hume.htm   (1314 words)

  
 Marchmont Arms - Hemel Hempsted Hertfordshire
is the old stately home of the Earl of Marchmont 1708 to 1794.
This very grand building, with its extensive gardens, is an ideal place to spend a summers day, with a wide variety of food and beverages on offer.
The Marchmont is situated in Piccotts End, just outside Hemel Hempstead's Old Town, just off the A4147 or Leighton Buzzard Road.
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 Home/Hume Castle
The castle was built for the Home family (later known as Hume) and was attacked on numerious occasions because of it's position on the border.
The Homes of Wedderburn led to the 'Humes' of Polworth and Marchmont, Sir Patrick being made Lord Polworth in 1690,later Earl of Marchmont and Chancellor of Scotland in 1697.
In 1400 the Dunbars sided with the English resulting in them facing their old kin the Homes at the battle of Homildon Hill near Wooler in 1402, where the Scots were defeated by 'Hotspur' Percy's Welsh archers.
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 Accessing Scotland's Past   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A number of buildings reflected this status, and most of these can still be seen today.
The Earls of Marchmont, members of the Hume family, were instrumental in Greenlaw gaining county town status for Greenlaw, and they also paid for a number of buildings at their own expense.
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the 3rd Earl of Marchmont had the jail and courthouse constructed, and in 1829, the Town Hall and a new market cross were built at the expense of Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, successor to the Earls of Marchmont.
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 Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of
MARCHMONT, PATRICK HOME OF POLWARTH, 1ST EARL OF [Marchmont, Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st earl of] see Home of Polwarth, Sir Patrick.
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 Marchmont - Gnorx.com, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Marchmont is also the title of a novel published in
Marchmont is a mainly residential area of Edinburgh,
Edwardian buildings are blonde sandstone, and in a much more refined, regular style.
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 Earl Of Marchmont, Edinburgh, Midlothian - pub details # beerintheevening.com
Earl Of Marchmont, Edinburgh, Midlothian - pub details # beerintheevening.com
The Earl Of Marchmont, Edinburgh - pub details
Address: 22, Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH9 1HG [map] [gmap]
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 The Earl Of Marchmont, Edinburgh : Pubs Galore
The Earl Of Marchmont, Edinburgh : Pubs Galore
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 Find in a Library: The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c., Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland on ...
Find in a Library: The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c., Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland on Tuesday 21 May 1700.
The speech of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, &c., Lord High Chancellor to the Parliament of Scotland on Tuesday 21 May 1700.
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