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	Robert Roy MacGregor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as proved by an extract from the Register of Baptisms of Buchanan Parish.
		Rob Roy is anglicised from the Gaelic Raibeart Ruadh, or Red Robert.
		The legend of Robert Roy MacGregor was the inspiration for the novel Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Roy_MacGregor (381 words)

	Rob Roy (novel) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy is a novel by Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from him.
		Rob Roy MacGregor, who the book is named after, appears in the book several times but is not the lead character (infact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book).
		Rob Roy was written from the Spring of 1817 and published on Hogmanay of that year.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Rob_Roy_(novel) (196 words)

	Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott : Arthur's Classic Novels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell, which last name he bore in consequence of the Acts of Parliament abolishing his own, was the younger son of Donald MacGregor of Glengyle, said to have been a Lieutenant-Colonel (probably in the service of James II.), by his wife, a daughter of Campbell of Glenfalloch.
		Rob Roy was, therefore, sure of refuge in the country of the Campbells, both as having assumed their name, as connected by his mother with the family of Glenfalloch, and as an enemy to the rival house of Montrose.
		Rob Roy, fending himself the weaker party, asked a parley, in which he represented that both clans were friends to the King, and, that he was unwilling they should be weakened by mutual conflict, and thus made a merit of surrendering to Appin the disputed territory of Invernenty.
	arthurwendover.com /arthurs/scott/robroy10.html (17539 words)

	Rob Roy (novel) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy is a novel by (British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)) Walter Scott about Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who goes to the (additional info and facts about Scottish Highlands) Scottish Highlands to collect a debt stolen from him.
		Rob Roy was written from the Spring of 1817 and published on (New Year's Eve in Scotland) Hogmanay of that year.
		The demand from the novel was huge and a whole ship from (additional info and facts about Leith) Leith to (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London contained nothing but an entire edition of it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ro/Rob_Roy_(novel).htm (263 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob MacGregor was born in February 1671 at Glengyle at the head of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs.
		Rob Roy's loyalties were split between his Jacobite upbringing and his alliance with the Duke of Argyll and he seems to have been an onlooker at the battle itself, though claims he was secretly working for the Duke of Argyll have never been proved.
		Rob Roy MacGregor died on 28 December 1734 in Balquhidder Glen and was buried in the yard of the Old Kirk in Balquhidder.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/robroymacgregor (1045 words)

	Rob Roy on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Deprived of their estates as a result of proscription, the MacGregors lived largely by stealing cattle and selling “protection.” Because of the proscription, which was renewed in 1693, Rob Roy assumed his mother's name, Campbell.
		Rob later attempted to make peace with Montrose and with the Hanoverians and to deny culpability for his activities during 1715.
		THE REAL ROB ROY; Scottish folk hero was a spy, a traitor, and a conman..
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/RobR1oy.asp (567 words)

	Famous Persons
		Rob Roy's first battle was when the Jacobites defeated the government army in the Pass of Killiecrankie in Perthshire.
		Rob had been brought up as a warrior, like all the clansmen, and to go into battle for his rightful king was to him a duty and a task he was well prepared for.
		Rob Roy was a brilliant sword-fighter as well as possessing all the other skills that made him a Highlander.
	www.vucthy-mors.dk /scotland/file200/a226.htm (972 words)

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		Rob did not pretend, when pressed closely on the subject, to justify all the tenets of Catholicism, and acknowledged that extreme unction always appeared to him a great waste of _ulzie,_ or oil.* * Such an admission is ascribed to the robber Donald Bean Lean in Waverley, chap.
		Rob Roy, fending himself the weaker party, asked a parley, in which he represented that both clans were friends to the _King,_ and, that he was unwilling they should be weakened by mutual conflict, and thus made a merit of surrendering to Appin the disputed territory of Invernenty.
		Shortly after Rob Roy's death, the ill-will which the MacGregors entertained against the MacLarens again broke out, at the instigation, it was said, of Rob's widow, who seems thus far to have deserved the character given to her by her husband, as an Ate' stirring up to blood and strife.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/7/0/2/7025/7025.txt (17743 words)

	MacGregor Paper Consulting--Clan MacGregor
		Rob's father, Donald MacGregor, a younger brother of the chief of the clan MacGregor, received a military commission from the deposed King James II after the revolution of 1688.
		Rob was a freebooter with uncertain loyalty to James, and probably also engaged in cattle stealing and flmail, old and at that time still honourable Highland practices.
		Later, however, Rob was arrested and confined in Newgate Prison, London; he was pardoned in 1727 when about to be transported to Barbados.
	www.mac-paper.com /WebSiteFiles/RobRoyFiles/RobRoy.html (305 words)

	Rob Roy Way - Interest
		Rob Roy's Cave is located on Loch Ard and it was from here that he planned many of his activites while an outlaw.
		Rob Roy was certainly at this wedding along with Mary whom he was later to marry in 1693 at Loch Arklet.
		The Callander to Glen Ogle section of the Rob Roy Way either passes by Lochearnhead on a high level track (Millenium cycle route 7) or can be entered if the walker diverts off the old railway track and descends to the main road by St Angus's Church.
	www.robroyway.fsnet.co.uk /interest.html (2246 words)

	Rob Roy MacGregor - Birth, Name, Tartan, Badge
		Rob Roy was born at Glen Gyle, on the northern end of Loch Katrine.
		Rob Roy probably got his Jacobite leanings from his father.
		Rob Roy was stout shouldered andof medium stature.
	thecapitalscot.com /pastfeatures/robroyst.html (439 words)

	Rob Roy
		The contract was signed in May 1817, and in July 1817 Scott visited Rob Roy's cave at the head of Loch Lomond and Glen Falloch, in order to refresh his memories of the scene of the outlaw's exploits.
		The novel was finished by early December 1817 and was published on the 30th of the month.
		Rob Roy is set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, which aimed to restore the Stuart monarchy in the person of James Edward, the 'Old Pretender', son of the deposed James II.
	www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk /works/novels/robroy.html (719 words)

	MacGregor/Rob Roy on the Baltic/1867
		Triumphant progress, therefore, of the Rob Roy on the shoulders of plowboys -- proud to bear her home -- grand concert in her honor by the three maidens -- admission free -- feast of bacon, pancakes, potatoes, rice and milk, in honor of the occasion.
		The Rob Roy, carried through the streets of Copenhagen, of course, attracted a great crowd; and the head waiter of the hotel (being a man of sense) conducted her upstairs, where the great ballroom was allotted for a boathouse, and there the canoe rested gently on an ottoman.
		The Rob Roy was progressing gallantly with the wind and against the tide, when, on arriving at the top of one of the billows, I suddenly saw that the next one was thin and the top curled over.
	www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/DD_Eric/baltic.html (5733 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy, one of Scotland’s most celebrated folk heroes, was really a confidence trickster who spied for the English army, according to the first academic investigation into his life.
		The extent of Rob Roy MacGregor’s villainy has surprised the author of the study which will challenge the belief that Roy was a Robin Hood figure who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
		Roy deliberately planned to go bankrupt at least six months in advance and hid his assets by passing them on to his family.” He added: “I did not intend to denigrate a national hero.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031104/asp/atleisure/story_2533407.asp (541 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Duke of Argyle was also one of Rob Roy's protectors, so far as to afford him, according to the Highland phrase, wood and water---the shelter, namely, that is afforded by the forests and lakes of an inaccessible country.
		Rob Roy took an opportunity to assure him that he would do well to abstain from this new exaction---a hint which the minister did not fail to understand.
		Rob did not pretend, when pressed closely on the subject, to justify all the tenets of Catholicism, and acknowledged that extreme unction always appeared to him a great waste of _ulzie,_ or oil.
	eserver.org /fiction/rob-roy.txt (18356 words)

	Rob Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy McGregor actually lived, an eighteenth-century Scottish clan chief who followed the traditional life of such...
		Rob Roy is a club in Cambridge, UK, which has traditionally focussed on training in small boats.
		Rob Roy MacGregor (or McGregor) Rob Roy MacGregor, legend and the truth (McGregor Genealogy)...
	www.moviesbytitle.com /Rob-Roy.html (651 words)

	Rob Roy And The Galloway Farmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		At the time and place appointed, however, Rob failed to appear, and the farmer was under the necessity of dunning, for his money, and actually visited his castle with that intention.
		On his arrival Rob, who happened to be at home, received him with the greatest hospitality, treated him with wine, venison, and so forth, and amused him with many interesting stories of his personal adventures.
		At this time period it was quite common for children of Rob's station to be fairly well educated and it is believed that he was well versed in Clan history, politics and literature.
	www.seanachaidh.org /robroy.htm (523 words)

	Rob Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Rob Roy Macgregor, otherwise known in Gaelic as Raibert Ruadh, was born at Glengyle, on the west end of Loch Katrine, in 1671.
		In 1693 Rob Roy married Mary of Cromar whose farm and lands lay near Loch Arklet.
		Rob Roy's expertise in hill craft and cattle handling allowed him to become successful in these raids.
	www.callander-town.demon.co.uk /attractions/history/rob_roy.htm (267 words)

	430.Scott
		Rob Roy is a historic novel; note in your literary handbook the characteristics of the historic novel.
		He is given credit for developing the historical novel, during a time when the novel as a genre was blossoming into maturity to become, by the end of the 19th Century, a major literary genre.
		This is the year (1715) Rob Roy takes place, and Jacobite intrigue threads its way throughout the story of young Francis Osbaldistone and his Scottish adventures.
	webpages.shepherd.edu /sshurbut/430.Scott.htm (2060 words)

	Rob Roy -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Balquhidder is famous as the burial place of the outlaw Rob Roy (Robert MacGregor), who died in 1734.
		The Robin Hood of Scotland was the Highlands outlaw Rob Roy.
		He is the subject of the historical novel ‘Rob Roy', by Sir Walter Scott.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9063849?tocId=9063849 (668 words)

	Rob Roy (1995) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The unfolding of their perfidy is the most creative and pleasant part of the movie, though it takes a repugnant turn with a violent rape...
		When Rob Roy is finally compelled to rebel against the English soldiers, the action becomes well understood, ending with the predictable duel between him and an expert with the blade...
		Set in 18th-century Scotland, and with an atmospheric musical score, 'Rob Roy' is really a love story between a man and his wife, a recognizably human story, unjustly dwarfed by Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart,' that does tell essentially the same story of provincial resentment of overbearing English landlords...
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0114287 (819 words)

	Amazon.com: Rob Roy (Everyman's Library, 210): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In rich prose and vivid description, Rob Roy follows the adventures of a businessman's son, Frank Osbaldistone, who is sent to Scotland and finds himself drawn to the powerful, enigmatic figure of Rob Roy MacGregor, the romantic outlaw who fights for justice and dignity for the Scots.
		He succeeds at the resonance of narrator Francis, the commanding voice of Rob Roy, the growl of the wicked Rashley, and the beautiful lilt of Diana Vernon.
		Rob Roy is a difficult book to read and it does require some patience.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679443622?v=glance (1608 words)

	Rob Roy (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rob Roy MacGregor, who the book is named after, appears in the book several times but is not the lead character (in fact the narrative does not move to Scotland until half way through the book).
		Critics were disappointed that Rob Roy was not presented as a more impressive figure; however, in general the criticism was favourable.
		Free eBook of Rob Roy at Project Gutenberg
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rob_Roy_(novel) (239 words)

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		Rob Roy, [Scottish Gaelic,=red Rob], 1671-1734, Scottish freebooter, whose real name was Robert MacGregor.
		...Scottish clan leader and outlaw whose banditry is the subject of Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1817)....
		...sinewy, and strong, were so very long as to be rather a deformity."-Sir Walter Scott: Rob Roy McGregor, xxiii....
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	Rob Roy (novel) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The plot has been critisised as disjointed, the end especially is hurried.
		Critics were disapointed that Rob Roy was not presented as a more impressive figure however in general the critisism was favourable.
		Like the origional Waverley novel it was published anonymously and came in three volumes.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/rob_roy__novel_ (270 words)

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		Rob Roy, real name Robert MacGregor (1671-1734), Scottish brigand, sometimes called the Scottish Robin Hood.
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	AllRefer.com - Rob Roy (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Rob Roy (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Rob Roy [Scottish Gaelic,=red Rob], 1671–1734, Scottish freebooter, whose real name was Robert MacGregor.
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	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Rob Roy @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Rob Roy @ HighBeam Research
		ROB ROY [Rob Roy] [Scottish Gaelic,=red Rob], 1671-1734, Scottish freebooter, whose real name was Robert MacGregor.
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