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	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Haig returned to India in 1903 as a Colonel and inspector of general cavalry.
		Haig helped found the British Expeditionary Force and in 1914 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the 1st Army Corps.
		Haig died in 1928 and is buried at Dryburgh Abbey.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Douglas_Haig (499 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Haig's son attacks pardoning of 306 soldiers shot for cowardice
		The son of Field Marshal Douglas Haig has criticised the Ministry of Defence's decision to pardon all 306 soldiers of the First World War who were shot at dawn for cowardice or desertion.
		Earl Haig, whose father signed a number of the death warrants as commander of British forces on the Western Front, said many of those executed were rogues and criminals who deserved their punishment.
		Earl Haig said in June, on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme: "It's very important for the good of this country to set the record straight.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/05/nhaig05.xml (632 words)

	Opinion on Haig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Haig's own colleagues were imprisoned by their hierarchic loyalties and nervousness about their own careers (one Army commander was sacked by Haig for retreating under a gas attack, even though his men had not been issued with gas masks).
		Haig, contemptuous (or possibly ignorant) of the scything effects of the machine-gun, believed the Germans could be overwhelmed by infantry advancing with flintlock rifles, followed up by glorious cavalry charges.
		When Haig died in 1928, the crowds lining the streets of Edinburgh and London as the cortege passed were nearly as large as those for a deceased monarch.
	www.shotatdawn.org.uk /page45.html (4194 words)

	Clan Haig from Scottish Themes, Scotland
		The origin of this clan is uncertain but it is thought that for eight hundred years Bemersyde was continuously in the possession of the Haigs, from Petrus de Haga, the apparent founder of the clan, to the present chief the 13th Laird and 2nd Earl Haig.
		Earl Haig was the commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France from 1915 –1919.
		The present chief is his son and heir, the 2nd Earl Haig, who was page of honour to George VI at his coronation in 1937, is a distinguished artist and an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
	www.scottishthemes.com /clan/clan_haig.html (364 words)

	The Great War - Personae gratissima, mini bios - James Mowbray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		, Georges ("The Tiger"), 1841-1929: French Radical Prime Minister in the last year of the war, and a vocal opponent of earlier political and military leaders in the French war effort; ardent opponent of Germany, whose political leadership in the last year contributed greatly to Allied victory; his ardor earned him the nickname.
		1910-17): Succeeded his assassinated father George I; professional soldier trained in Germany, hence strongly pro-German at the outbreak of war; kept Greece neutral in the face of his government's desire to enter the war on the Allied side; forced to abdicate by the Allies in June 1917.
		earl, 1919; after the war he devoted his life, and much of his money, to aiding his veterans.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/mowbray/gw-peopl.htm (1154 words)

	History News Network
		Field Marshal Douglas Haig's role in the World War I battle has made him a controversial military figure.
		Haig - buried at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders - was a hero at the end of the war but subsequently branded by some historians as a "butcher".
		His son George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, has spoken out to "set the record straight".
	hnn.us /blogs/entries/27485.html (108 words)

	Earl Haig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The title Earl Haig was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1919.
		The subsidiary titles belonging to the Earl are: Viscount Dawick (created 1919) and Baron Haig of Bemersyde (1919).
		George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (b.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/ea/earl_haig.html (74 words)

	thePeerage.com - Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and others
		George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig+ b.
		She married Malcolm Kenneth Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore, son of Kenneth Randolph Murray, 11th Earl of Dunmore and Margaret Joy Cousins, in 1970.
		George Gordon, son of John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland and Agnes Elphinstone.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1602.htm (1395 words)

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		George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess Of, 2nd Earl of Ripon, Viscount Goderich of Nocton R (en)
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		George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl Of, Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, Viscount of Formartine, Lord Hadd (en)
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	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| South of Scotland \| Son defends Haig's role at Somme
		The field marshal's state funeral in 1928 at Westminster Abbey was attended by more than 100,000 mourners and he was buried at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders.
		Despite the national hero worship, Haig was blamed for the war of attrition against Germany that saw hundreds of thousands perish.
		Lord Haig said he thought that now people were possibly starting to realise his father's importance.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/5133100.stm (527 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Stowe School
		George Grenville, the husband of Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple, mother of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, and sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
		Baron Lyttelton,succeeded to the Viscounty of Cobham since Charles George Lyttelton, 5th Baron Lyttelton, after the death of the Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and into which title the Barony is now merged.
		George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (son of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig)
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Stowe_School (721 words)

	The Scottish Clans » Haig
		William Haig of Bemersyde was among the many Scottish nobles killed at Flodden in 1513.
		William Haig, the nineteenth Laird was King’s Solicitor for Scotland during the reigns of James VI and Charles I. The twenty-first Laird, Anthony Haig was persecuted for his membership of the Society of Friends, or Quakers.
		He was created Earl Haig, Viscount Dawick and Baron Haig of Bemersyde in 1919 and was later made a Knight of the Thistle.
	www.the-scottish-clans.com /archives/category/haig (609 words)

	1850799 Foreman of Works Quartermaster Sergeant George Arthur Baldwin, Royal Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Although George Arthur Baldwin is the main subject of this research, much information is also included about his father George Baldwin who was also a Sapper.
		George Baldwin, the father of the main subject of this research, was born in January of 1860 at Chatham, Kent, the location of Brompton Barracks and the Headquarters of the Corps of Royal Engineers [2].
		George Arthur Baldwin had two younger brothers; James Alexander and Frederick Thomas, the former who was about 3½ years younger and the latter who was 5 years and 4 months younger than George Arthur.
	members.aol.com /reubique/1850799.htm (4548 words)

	Scots and Scots Descendants - H
		She was born in Holland to a father who was descended from James Hepburn, fourth earl of Bothwell, one of the husbands of Mary, Queen of Scots.14
		Daughter of George and Margaret Brown Howison in Smailholm, Roxburyshire, Scotland.
		George was a weaver by trade and a member of the United Presbyterian church.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/names-H.htm (10887 words)

	Scottish clan biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Following this the writings of Sir Walter Scott as well as the pomp surrounding the visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822 spurred 19th century interest in the clans and a reawakening of Scottish culture and pride.
		The total population of Lowlanders diminished drastically in some parts of the south as a direct result of the Agricultural Revolution, which resulted in the Lowland Clearances and the subsequent emigration of large numbers of Lowland Scots.
		However, with the revival of interest in Gaeldom and the visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822, there was a new enthusiasm amongst Lowlanders for identification with the Highlands.
	www.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888 /Scottish_clan.html (3067 words)

	Friends of St Georges Memorial Church, Ypres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Establishing links between St George's Memorial Church and churches, Royal British Legion branches, schools and other bodies in the UK Issuing a newsletter, usually twice a year, containing news of events in the life of the church and associated articles on matters of interest.
		Supporting the spiritual life of St George's and the work of the Chaplain, church officers and members as they seek to exercise a ministry to the many thousands from all over the world who visit Ieper.
		As a church of the Anglican Diocese in Europe, St George's serves in a dual role; as a parish church for the Ieper area and as a memorial church and centre for visitors and pilgrims.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /albur/friends/about_f.html (413 words)

	George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		They had to be made an example of."[1] This remark has drawn criticism from Andrew MacKinlay MP, who had campaigned for the pardon and was reported as "astonished" by Earl Haig's remarks.
		Daily Telegraph report on Haig's criticism of the posthumous pardon
		This biography of an earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/George_Haig,_2nd_Earl_Haig (334 words)

	Brigadier-General R B Bradford VC MC, and his 3 brothers
		Roland and George were the only brothers in the war to each win a Victoria Cross, the greatest wartime honour.
		George, the second oldest Bradford brother, was killed in the Zeebrugge blockade in April 1918, and was awarded his VC posthumously.
		When it was time for him to leave his position as 2nd in command in the 7th Battalion in order to take command of the 9th Battalion, his departure was a source of genuine regret to all with whom he had come in contact.
	www.geocities.com /bradcrem/bradford_roland01.html (5696 words)

	Skyelander's COMPLETE Scottish History Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Alexander II (1198-1249) raised to the throne by the Seven Earls of Scotland.
		Henry VIII, led by the Earl of Surrey.
		George MacDonald, clergyman, novelist and poet, born (1824-1905).
	members.aol.com /skyelander/timeline.html (4170 words)

	Frequently asked questions - FAQ 1 - 50
		It was originally designed and made for Queen Victoria in 1838 and was used at the coronations of Edward VII and George V. It was remade with practically the same stones for George VI in 1937.
		For the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 the shape of the arches was altered to reduce the height.
		Earl Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief, undertook the task of organising the British Legion as a means of coping with the problems of hundreds and thousands of men who had served under him in battle.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-help/faq.htm (6423 words)

	thePeerage.com - Adrienne Raina Haig and others
		Adrienne Raina Haig was born on 19 February 1958.
		She is the daughter of George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig and Adrienne Therese Morley.
		She married George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, son of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
	www.thepeerage.com /p8509.htm (450 words)

	Hever Castle
		Sir William Bullen, a Knight of the Bath, married Margaret younger daughter and co-heir of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde
		Earl of Ormonde and Earl of Wiltshire 1529, married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk; father of Anne Boleyn and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. Sir James Bullen of Blickling
		Gavin Astor, married Irene, daughter of Field Marshall 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde KT, Suceeded his father in 1971 as 2nd Baron Astor of Hever
	www.genealogysource.com /hever.htm (631 words)

	Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
		Traditionally the clan is said to descend from Druskine, the King of the Picts who was killed at the Battle of Camelon by Kenneth, the King of the Scots in 839.In 1242, de Haga was one of the noblemen charged by Alexander II with respect to the murder of the Earl of Athol at Haddington.
		It was improved in 1690 when large windows and fireplaces were introduced.
		The houses were extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.Earl Haig was the commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France from 1915 —1919.
	www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=haig.html (325 words)

	TORPEDO JUNCTION Military Books - World War Two 1 2 WW I II Books
		"The definitive biography of Field-Marshal Earl Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies on the Western front from the private diaries kept before, during and after the World War." Photos, maps, 381 pages.
		The worst of trench warfare during World War One where 275,000 Allies and 200,000 Germans were casualties in an area that was not of particular importance.
		The genesis of the Western Front during WWI, Lloyd George, Haig, and the battles of Guise, Passchendaele and Amiens are among the topics in this well written book.
	www.sonic.net /~books/battle.html (6310 words)

	Scottish clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Samuel Johnson dismissed the Ossian poems as having no authenticity and was much criticised by some, however he was eventually shown to be largely correct.
		However, with the revival of interest in Gaeldom and the visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822, there was a new enthusiasm amongst Lowlanders for re-identification with Gaelic culture.
		Archibald George Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton and 6th Earl of Winton
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Scottish_clan (3473 words)

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		It would be a very good copy of the Second Issue (so designated by the words "2nd Edition" on the title page), without dust jacket, were it not for severe hinge breaks, front and rear.
		This is a very good copy, in dust jacket, of the Fourth Impression of this elegant, large-format literary anthology, published under the auspices of the Prince of Wales.
		This is a very good copy, without dust jacket, of the First American edition of this literary anthology, published under the auspices of the Prince of Wales.
	www.churchillbooks.com /list.cfm?category=Contributions (3418 words)

	The National Archives \| National Register of Archives \| Browse the combined corporate and business indexes
		Haig, Douglas (1861-1928) 1st Earl Haig, Field Marshal (19)
		Haig, George Alexander Eugene Douglas (b 1918) 2nd Earl Haig Painter (1)
		Hamilton, Charles (1663-1739) 2nd Earl of Selkirk (1)
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/browser/person/page/person_HA.htm (2142 words)

	E AN SAGART
		The song tells of Edmund Ryan of the Hill (Éamonn a' Chnuic), of Knockmeoil Castle, County Tipperary, an Irish earl who refused to go into exile and instead chose to stay on in Ireland after the Battle of the Boyne to fight the English.
		Scott Skinner (1843-1927) in honor of Field Marshall Earl Haig (1861‑1928), the Commander‑in‑Chief of the British forces during the First World War.
		and last Earl Marischal, along with his brother James an ardent Jacobite, fought for the Stewarts in 1715 and as a consequence was stripped of his estates and title after the risings failed.
	www.ibiblio.org /fiddlers/EA_EG.htm (1879 words)

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