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	John Graham, 1st Viscount of Dundee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In December 1682 Graham was appointed colonel of a new regiment raised in Scotland.
		Graham succeeded in having part of the property of the defaulter transferred to him by royal grant, and in May he was nominated to the privy council of Scotland.
		Dundee returned to Scotland in anticipation of the meeting of the convention, and at once exerted himself to confirm the waning resolution of the duke of Gordon with regard to holding Edinburgh Castle for the king.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Graham,_1st_Viscount_Dundee (1097 words)

	Dundee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dundee (Dùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is Scotland's fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay.
		Dundee became a walled city in 1545 during a period of English hostilities known as the 'rough wooing' (Henry VIII's violent attempt to extend his Protestant ambitions North by marrying his youngest son Edward, Duke of Cornwall to Mary, Queen of Scots).
		The diocese of Brechin (centred on St. Paul's Cathedral in Dundee) is twinned with the diocese of Iowa, USA and with the diocese of Swaziland.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dundee (2516 words)

	Significant Scots - John Graham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		GRAHAM, JOHN, viscount of Dundee, was the elder son of Sir William Graham of Claverhouse, an estate with an old castle attached near Dundee.
		Young Graham was educated between 1660 and 1670, at St Andrews university, where he distinguished himself by a proficiency in mathematics, by an enthusiastic passion for Highland poetry, and the zeal inherited from his family in behalf of the then established order of things in church and state.
		Lord Dundee was married to the honourable Jean Cochrane, third and youngest daughter of lord William Cochrane, brother to the earl of Dundonald, by whom he had issue one son, who died in infancy.
	www.scotkids.org /history/other/graham_john.htm (1892 words)

	March to July 1689
		John Graham, Viscount Dundee, descended from the royal line of the Stuarts by the marriage of William, Lord Graham of Kincardine, his ancestor, with the Princess Mary, second daughter of King Robert IlI, was the eldest son of Sir William Graham of Claverhouse in Angus or Forfarshire, and was born in 1643.
		Besides a royal descent, Viscount Dundee also claimed to be descended, through the family of Morphy in Mearns, from the illustrious house of Montrose, and was also allied to the noble family of Northesk by his mother, Lady Jean Carnegy, who was fourth daughter of the first earl.
		Mackay appointed the town of Dundee as the rendezvous for his troops, being the best station he could select for keeping the adjoining country, which was disaffected to the new government, in awe, and whence he could send parties to the north to watch the motions of Dundee.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/genhist/hist51.html (10460 words)

	Famous Scots - John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee
		The eldest son of Sir William Graham, John Graham belonged to a family which was descended from King Robert III and had acquired the estate of Claverhouse near Dundee.
		Viscount Dundee then raised his standard on Dundee Law in support of the Jacobite cause (leaving his wife and newly born son on the family estate at Glen Ogilvy).
		The use of "Bonnie Dundee" as an epithet for Graham dates from Sir Walter Scott's song, the original old ballad of that name being concerned with the town of Dundee.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamdundee.htm (406 words)

	Bonnie Dundee - Jacobite Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, led the Jacobites in the Rising of 1689 and was killed at the battle of Killiecrankie on July 27th.
		Graham was greatly disturbed by the blood-soaked spectre of Brown who warned him not to descend from the high ground with his troops to attack the English.
		Dundee took the warning seriously, and it was only with great reluctance that he finally ordered his troops to descend from the high ground to attack Orange's forces.
	www.dundeemessenger.co.uk /myths/dundee.htm (606 words)

	Clan Graham
		Their son, Malise Graham, had the earldom of Stratherne removed from him by King James I and given to his uncle, Robert Graham, on the grounds that his mother should not have inherited a title whose descent was strictly through the male line, but received the earldom of Menteith instead.
		Sir Robert Graham of Strathcarron, ancestor of the Grahams of Fintry, of Claverhouse, and of Duntrune.
		The Grahams of the borders are descended from Sir John Graham of Kilbrude, called, from his bravery, Sir John "With the bright sword", second son of Malise, Earl first of Strathearn, and afterwards of Menteith, by his wife, the Lady Ann Vere, daughter of Henry, Earl of Oxford.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/graham2.html (3836 words)

	Am Baile - John Graham, Viscount Dundee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Graham of Claverhouse (1649 - 1689) was educated at St Andrews University before leaving Scotland for France and the Netherlands.
		He was made Viscount Dundee by James VII in 1688 and after the 'Glorious Revolution' in 1689 which saw William of Orange replace James VII on the throne, Dundee raised a troop in support of James.
		Dundee led the Jacobite army to victory at Killicrankie but was killed in the process.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration_print.jsp?item_id=2123 (162 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dundee John Graham of Claverhouse 1st Viscount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751), British statesman, born in Battersea, now in the Wandsworth borough of London, and educated at...
		Robinson, Frederick John, Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782-1859), statesman, British prime minister (1827-1828).
		Astor, William Waldorf, 1st Viscount Astor of Hever Castle (1848-1919), American-born British financier and journalist, great-grandson of John Jacob...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Dundee_John_Graham_of_Claverhouse_1st_Viscount.html (203 words)

	The Jacobite Rebellion Part Two - (1689-1713) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Graham, Viscount Dundee raised the standard of James VII in April of that year.
		On July 27th, the Jacobites under John Graham met and defeated a larger government army under Mackay in the Pass of Killiecrankie near Pitlorchy.
		The Jacobites won, but John Graham himself was killed.
	www.tartans.com /articles/jacobite2.html (675 words)

	Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was second in command of the Scottish force vainly sent to help James II repel William of Orange in 1688, and James made him Viscount Dundee.
		After James's flight, Dundee raised forces in Scotland to help restore him, but was killed in his hour of victory at Killiecrankie.
		Loathed by the Covenanters and venerated by the Jacobites, Dundee has been immortalized in ballads and novels, especially in Sir Walter Scott's song usually called Bonnie Dundee and in Scott's Old Mortality.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/d/dundee-j1.asp (198 words)

	John Graham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John "Jack" Gilbert Graham, the bomber of United Airlines Flight 629
		John Graham, an acting United States Secretary of State
		John Graham, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Graham (120 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dundee John Graham of Claverhouse 1st Viscount
		Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount (1649?-1689), Scottish soldier, a controversial figure in Scottish history.
		Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British statesman and author, born in Blackburn, England.
		Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount : quotations: Imperialism: England is one of the…
	encarta.msn.com /Dundee_John_Graham_of_Claverhouse_1st_Viscount.html (341 words)

	Bonnie Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse
		One of these men was John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee ("Bonnie Dundee" and called by his enemies 'bloody Clavers'), who decided to raise an army of liberation.
		However, under Bonnie Dundee's cool leadership, Dundee's wild Highlanders were on them, before they even had their bayonets out and flailing their claymores and screaming their battle cries, that "sent a shiver of horror down the backs of MacKay's entire regiment".
		Bonnie Dundee or John Graham, "Viscount of Claverhouse" had shown the way for Highland resistance against the much more numerous government forces, and his life and to a large degree, his legend will live on in poems and songs forever in Scotland.
	members.aol.com /Skyelander/dundee.html (1935 words)

	Graham, Montrose, Claverhouse - Scottish Clans of Perthshire
		Graham, Montrose, Claverhouse - Scottish Clans of Perthshire
		James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, rose in rebellion in support of Charles I. This was an attempt by Montrose to grab power in Scotland for Charles while the Scottish army was in England fighting in the English Civil War in support of the Parliamentary forces.
		John Graham, Viscount of Claverhouse, 'Bonnie Dundee, was commander of the Jacobite army at the Battle of Killiecrankie (near Pitlochry) in 1689.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /clans-graham.htm (266 words)

	Scotland from the Roadside - Jacobites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Jacobite rebellion in Scotland in an attempt to restore James to the throne is led by John Graham, Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee.
		The Jacobites are victorious against the Williamite army at Killiecrankie, however Dundee is killed.
		John Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar, raised the Jacobite standard in the north east and proclaimed James as the rightful King.
	www.our-scotland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /jacobites.htm (307 words)

	Chronology of Scottish History - 1600 to 1899
		St John Ogilvie, a Banffshire-born Jesuit priest, was hanged for refusing to renounce the supremacy of the Pope.
		John Playfair, clergyman, geologist, mathematician, born in Edinburgh.
		John Paul Jones, naval hero of the American Revolution, died; he was born in Kircudbrightshire in 1747.
	www.rampantscotland.com /timeline/1899.htm (6142 words)

	The Contemplator's Short Biography of "Bonnie Dundee"
		John Graham, Earl of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee
		John Graham was the elder son of Royalists, and related to the Marquis of Montrose.
		Graham's troops performed the classic pincer movement and crushed the remainder of Mackay's troops.
	www.contemplator.com /history/claverhouse.html (514 words)

	Graham Clan History
		Sir John Graham of Dundaff was described as the "richt hand" of William Wallace
		John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, gained the title of both "Bloody Clavers" and "Bonnie Dundee" depending on whether you were a Covenanter or not, as he fought to crush them.
		Graham was the 30th most frequent surname at the General Register Office
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans/blclangraham.htm (298 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jacobites : After James II's Ouster (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When William III and Mary II ascended the throne after the flight of James II to France, strong Stuart partisans remained to offer rebellion.
		However, the death (1689) of John Graham, Viscount Dundee, at Killiecrankie ended armed resistance in Scotland, and William III quashed Jacobite hopes in Ireland by his victory over James's forces at the battle of the Boyne (1690).
		John, Viscount Bolingbroke, and others like him who were out of favor in London.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/Jacobites-after-james-iis-ouster.html (277 words)

	Welcome to The Clan Graham Association of Scotland Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Menteith Grahams were descendants of The Earl of Menteith, one of the oldest peerages in Scotland, descended from Prince David, eldest son of King Robert II.
		The Border Grahams settled in the debatable lands North East of Carlisle and became famous as an unpaid frontier force.
		Many reivers (Grahams and other families) were brutally destroyed or deported by the Duke of Cumberland with the approval of James VI at the beginning of the 17th Century.
	www.clan-graham-association.org.uk /pages/septs.htm (226 words)

	CastleXplorer - Claypotts Castle
		Claypotts Castle is a z-plan tower house built by John Strachan between 1569 and 1588.
		In the 1620's the castle was sold to Sir William Graham of Claverhouse.
		One of his descendants was John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, who's exploits at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 were immortalised by Sir Walter Scott in the song 'Bonnie Dundee'.
	www.castlexplorer.co.uk /scotland/claypotts/claypotts_directions.php (125 words)

	The Covenanters by Brian Orr Part Three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The main detractors were John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, who operated from his castle at Stranraer and Sir Robert Grierson of Lag.
		One Covenanter of renown, John Frazer of Holm of Dalquhairn, in the Parish of Carsphairn in upper Galloway was safely delivered from seizure by troops on a number of occasions.
		This wonderful use of language to paint a glowing picture of events is symptomatic of a bygone age but even so it conveys the essential truth of great persecution for having a particular belief.
	www.tartans.com /articles/cov3.html (1021 words)

	Scottish Battles of Perthshire Scotland
		Battle of Tippermore : 1st September 1644 - James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, with 2000 Highlanders and Irish defeated a Covenanter force of 6000 under Lord Elcho at Tippermore and occupied Perth.
		Viscount Dundee (John Graham of Claverhouse) arrived with 2500 Jacobite Highlanders and occupied the high ground of the Pass.
		Dundee had led his troops personally and was himself killed.
	www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk /about3.htm (779 words)

	Canadian History - Rev. William D.D. Caven
		They were sturdy supporters of the solemn League and Covenant, and their names, we see it recorded, were enshrined on the roll of the Wigton martyrs.
		We find in the Canadian Portrait Gallery that "one of he most cherished traditions of the family on the mother's side, relates how one of them, for refusing to abjure his faith, suffered grievous bodily tribulation at the hands of the dragoons of 'Bloody Claverse' - know to history as John Graham, Viscount Dundee".
		John Caven, a sound and widely informed scholar, who was at one time a school teacher.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/canada/caven_william.htm (670 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount
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	Bonnie Dundee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bonnie Dundee, better known as John Graham, Viscount Dundee, who died fighting for the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Killiecrankie is immortalised in this song by Sir Walter Scott.
		Dundee he is mounted, he rides doon the street,
		For the toon is well rid of that de'il o' Dundee.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bonnie_dundee.html (272 words)

	Edinburgh University Library: Previously Answered Reference Questions
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