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  AllRefer.com - Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of[montrOz´] Pronunciation Key, 1612–50, Scottish nobleman and soldier.
However, he came to fear a Presbyterian oligarchy controlled by Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of Argyll, and was imprisoned (1640–41) by Argyll.
Never in command of a very large army, Montrose was successful because of his brilliant strategy and his spirited leadership of the fierce Highland clansmen, whose numbers were augmented by a small Irish force.
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 His Grace the Duke
An Greumach Mhor - Chief of the Grahams.
His Grace was born in Rhodesia in 1935 where his father, then the Marquis of Graham, went to establish his career independent of the social ladder which operated in the United Kingdom at that time.
James, the present Marquis of Graham, has spent the last three years promoting renewable energy and anti-pollution measures in China.
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 US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Scottish clan
While some clans remained neutral, others led by Montrose supported the Royalist cause, projecting their feudal obligations to clan chiefs onto the Royal House of Stuart, resisting the demands of the Covenanters for commitment and reacting to the ambitions of the larger clans.
In 1682 James Duke of York, Charles' brother, instituted the Commission for Pacifying the Highlands which worked in co-operation with the clan chiefs in maintaining order as well as redressing Campbell acquisitiveness, and when he became King James VII he retained popularity with many Highlanders.
Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald of Slate
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 Sketch of Graeme Decent
Sketch XXXIII Graeme of Damside and Graeme of Duchray (547)
Sketch XXXVI Grames, Greymes, Grahams of Callendar; Aberuthven, Kernock, Kinross Cossington (592)
Sketch XXXVII Grahams of Airth & Graham-Stirling of Strowan (604)
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 Search Results for "Montrose"
Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of, (montroz´) (KEY), 1612-50, Scottish nobleman and soldier.
Ardvorlich House, on its shore, is the Darlinvarach of Sir Walter Scott's Legend of Montrose.
He commanded the Covenanter army against the earl of Montrose and was repeatedly defeated (1644-45).
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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (June 19, 1606 – March 9, 1649), Scottish nobleman, son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, and of the Lady Anne Cunningham, daughter of the Earl of Glencairn, was born on 19 June 1606.
As the descendant and representative of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, he was the heir to the throne of Scotland after the descendants of James VI.
On the death of Strafford (12 May 1641) Hamilton was confronted by a new antagonist in James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose, who detested both his character and policy and repudiated his supremacy in Scotland.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Montrose,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Montrose supported Charles I when Scotland entered the English Civil War and, commanding a small army of Irish and Scottish irregulars, inflicted a dramatic series of defeats on the stronger Covenanter forces in the north...
Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition...
Montrose was the scene of John de Baliol's surrender of the...
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 James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose Information
James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907 - 1992) was born in the United Kingdom and lived most of his life in Southern Africa.
One of the signatories of the Rhodesian Declaration of Independence, the Duke had cabinet portfolios as Minister of Agriculture and latterly Minister of Defence in Ian Smith's Rhodesian Cabinet.
James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose from Wíkipedia.
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 5. THE BARONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
James, Laird of Allardice, was born circa 1620.
The "Montrose's Burning" the narrative speaks of was the visit to Northeast Scotland, in March 1645 during the English Civil War, of the royal army commanded by James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose.
In 1874 she presented a petition to the House of Lords to direct the Duke of Montrose (head of the elder line of the Grahams) to produce certain muniments alleged to be in the Duke's charter-chest, but her application was refused.
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 Search Results for "Montrose"
1) Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of.
...Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of, 1607-61, Scottish statesman.
...James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of, 1606-49, Scottish nobleman; grandson of John Hamilton, 1st marquess of Hamilton.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Afterwards Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
James Graham, 5th Earl of Montrose (1612-1650) (became Marquess of Montrose in 1644)
James Graham, 4th Marquess of Montrose (1682-1742) (became Duke of Montrose in 1707)
James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907-1992)
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 Clans: Clan Graham
Third, was John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, "Bonnie Dundee", commander of the Scots at the battle of Killecrankie.
Grahams are scattered all over the world, especially in former British colonies and territories.
The current Chief of the Grahams is James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, who lives in Scotland where he farms in the Loch Lommond area of Stirlingshire.
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 thePeerage.com - Mary Tremayne and others
She married James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose, son of James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose and Lady Mary Louise Douglas-Hamilton, on 30 October 1930.
     James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose was born on 6 April 1935 in Zimbabwe.
She married James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose, son of James Graham, 6th Duke of Montrose and Lady Mary Louise Douglas-Hamilton, on 17 April 1952.
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 thePeerage.com - nil and others
She is the daughter of James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose and Susan Mary Jocelyn Semple.
She married James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, son of James Angus Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose and Isabel Veronia Sellar, in 1970.
     James Alexander Graham, Marquess of Graham was styled as Marquess of Graham.
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 The Scots Army - before Killiecrankie
John Graham realized that James II was on the brink of irredeemable exile, but he watched the futile warfare with dismay, and the treachery which contributed to make it so.
James Crofts, alias Fitzroy, alias Scott (1649-1685) was the son of Charles II by Mrs.
June 1679 James, Duke of Buccleuch was appointed “Captain-Generall of all his Majtyes Forces already raysed or hereafter to bee raysed as well standing as militia within his Majtyes Kingdome of Scotland… which Commission is to continue in force during his Majtyes pleasure.” The commission was recalled in September.
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 The Old Scots Navy from 1689 to 1710
The Duke of Richmond's claim to the office of Lord High Admiral was now emerging, and seems by 5th February, 1705, to have been conceded.
It is certain that on 21st October, 1702, six days after the death of Frances Duchess of Lennox, Charles Duke of Lennox and Richmond issued a commission in favour of Daniel Hamilton to be principal clerk of the High Court of Admiralty, and on 17th February, 1704, issued commissions to Sir Robert Forbes and Mr.
James Graham, advocates, to be judges of the same court.
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 The British Peerage in 1818
Duke of Roxburghe¡¯s death on 23.10.1805, the title was given to Sir James Innes (10.01.1736-19.07.1823), the great-grandson of a grand-daughter of the 1
Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1672-1723), was the youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of Great Britain.
Duke of Grafton (1663-1690) was the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II of Great Britain.
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 Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies — Infoplease.com
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of
Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
Stuart, Ludovick, 2d duke of Lennox and duke of Richmond
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 Siol nan Gaidheal - History: Various areas of Scottish History
8th of February- Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.
8th of August- Marriage of "The Thistle and the Rose" in 1503 at Holyrood, Edin.
Duke of Hamilton, Duke of Athol, Marquis of Annandale, Earl of Errol, Earl of Marischal, Earl of Buchan, Earl of Glencairn, Earl of Wigton, Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Selkirk, Earl of Kincardine, Viscount Stermont, Viscount Kilsyth, Lord Semple, Lord Oliphant, Lord Balmarino, Lord Blantyre, Lord Barganey, Lord Belhaven, Lord Colvin, Lord Kinnaird.
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 AllRefer.com - Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of, British And Irish History, Biographies
Hamilton, James Hamilton, 3d marquess and 1st duke of 1606–49, Scottish nobleman; grandson of John Hamilton, 1st marquess of Hamilton.
Later his attempt to come to terms with Archibald Campbell, 8th earl of Argyll, apparently gave rise (1641) to the obscure plot known as the Incident, devised by James Graham, 5th earl of Montrose, to seize and probably murder Hamilton, his brother William (later 2d duke of Hamilton), and Argyll.
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 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 by papal bull of Pope Nicholas V, at the suggestion of King James II, giving Bishop William Turnbull permission to add the university to the city's cathedral.
The university's initial accommodations were part of the complex of religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral.
In 1460 the University received a grant of land from James, Lord Hamilton, on the east side of the High Street, immediately north of the Blackfriars Church, on which it had its home for the next four hundred years.
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 English Revolution - Related Items - MSN Encarta
Lauderdale, John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke of
Montrose, James Graham, 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of
Ormonde, James Butler, 12th Earl and 1st Duke of
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 Royal News 2004, Section III
She was born Sybil Moyra Cavendish on 10 August 1915, fifth daughter of Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish, PC (1871-1946) (a younger brother of the 9th Duke of Devonshire) and of his wife, Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk (daughter of the 10th Duke of St Albans).
The engagement was announced 12 June, 2004, between James Alexander Norman Graham, Marquess of Graham (b.16 August 1973, elder son and heir of James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, and of his wife, née Catherine Elizabeth MacDonell Young) and Cecilia Manfredi (daughter of the late Francesco Manfredi and of his wife, Francesca, of Bari, Italy).
The engagement was announced 6 October, 2004, between Thomas A.L. Olsen (eldest son of Advocate Anthony Olsen and the late Mrs Olsen, of St Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands) and Emily Selina Mary Biddulph (b.1979, daughter of Anthony Jasper Biddulph [himself the son of Anthony Biddulph (himself the son of Hon.
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 Knights of the Garter, 1694-present
(inv 1863) Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1900).
(inv 1867) Henry Charles Fitzroy (Somerset), 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-99).
(inv 1892) Spencer Compton (Cavendish), 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908).
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 Amazon.com: "Marquis of Montrose": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Subsequent dukes have held prominent positions of state and in the army.
The Marquis of Montrose One of the 8th Earl of Argyll's lieutenants in the Covenanters' army was James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, young, dashing,...
Brief occupation of Dumfries by Scots and English Royalists led by James Graham, now named by the King as Ist Marquis of Montrose and openly in his service.
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 (GCKTYP) Not Edinburgh's Royal Mile by marmal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Despite some remarkable successes, Montrose was finally defeated at Carbisdale and was brought back to Edinburgh where he was given a death sentence.
Just to be sure he was dead, the sentence was for Montrose ‘To be hung from a gallows 30 feet high for 3 hours, his head cut off and hanged on the Tollboth, his arms and legs to be hanged up in other Towns of the Kingdom’.
William’s son James and almost the entire household went to Parliament Square to mark the passing of the Act of Union with England, leaving only a kitchen boy to turn the celebratory roast on its spit, while James’ deranged son was locked in his room.
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 JAMES THOMSON (r700-1748) - Online Information article about JAMES THOMSON (r700-1748)
James was educated at first by See also:
Graham, second son of the duke of Montrose, and previously a See also:
Among the numerous lives of the poet may be mentioned those by his friend Patrick Murdoch, by Dr Johnson in Lives of the Poets, by Sir See also:
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 NCAW Autumn 05 | Marc Fehlmann on the Intended Reconstruction of the Parthenon on Calton Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Their appearance in Britain arguably did more to popularize Greek art and architecture during the Regency than the sumptuous publications by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett or William Hamilton in the previous century, although it was they who, together with numerous travel accounts, had prepared the ground for this enthusiastic reception of anything Greek.
It is a matter of history that King George IV, while he was the guest of the sixteen-year-old Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith, took no part in the foundation-stone ceremony on August 27, 1822—presumably because this would have obliged him to contribute to the construction costs.
The report includes a list of the first subscribers with their contributions, the largest amount that was given, £ 200, came from the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury, the total amount of the first subscription resulting in £ 6215 and 10 S (pp.
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