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	Clan Skene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		James Skene of Skene was a loyal supporter of King Charles I but for his support he had to flee to the continent where he served with Gustavus Adolphus, the "Lion of the North".
		The family of Skene of Skene became extinct in 1827 after holding their lands throughout the troubled years of the 17th and 18th centuries.
		One notable historian, William Forbes Skene belonged to the Skenes of Rubislaw and was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1881.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/skene.html (268 words)

	A Memoir of Alexander, Bishop of Brechin, by Felicia Skene (1876)
		His grandfather, Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, was a staunch and loyal supporter of that Church, at a period when she was undergoing deep humiliation and even persecution in North Britain, and he rendered her valuable services, of which the benefit is felt to this day.
		Forbes served for a short time in a curacy at Crieff, and was then appointed to the incumbency of Burntisland in Fifeshire, where he at once opened a mission carried on subsequently with great energy and perseverance, and where he remained to the end.
		Forbes and his gardener were the only persons employed on the vast building; the Church remains unfinished, as he predicted, but an idea is already being mooted, which it is sincerely to be hoped may be realized, that it ought now to be completed as a memorial to him.
	anglicanhistory.org /scotland/apforbes/skene_memoir1876.html (5948 words)

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		John Skene, the first Free Mason to settle in America, went on to become the Deputy Governor of the colony of West Jersey and is regarded as the founder of many of the Skene/Skeen families in America.
		The ancient family of Skene of Skene last terminated in George Skene who was the twentv-first chief and died without issue in 1824 when the possessions, which had been much increased by intermarriage and purchase, reverted to the Earl of Fife, whose father had married Mary, a sister of George Skene.
		Several families of respectability are descended of the house of Skene of Skene, of whom may be mentioned are those of Cariston, Curriehill, Dyas, Dyce, Hall, and Hallyard are commonly referred as being septs of Clan Skene of Skene.
	www.clanskene.org /body_history2.htm (589 words)

	Scotland - Clans and Tartans of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands
		James Skene of Skene supported the Royalist cause during the reign of Charles I., and was compelled to leave the country to serve in the army of Gustavus Adolphus.
		In 1827 the family of Skene of Skene became extinct in the direct line, and the estates passed to James, 4th Earl of Fife, nephew of the last Skene of Skene.
		William Forbes Skene, the celebrated writer in Scoto-Celtic history, was born in 1809.
	www.scottishweb.net /culture/clans/scottish_clan_skene.htm (352 words)

	Celtic Studio-Clan Skene
		Alexander Skene de Skene is listed among the dead on the ill-fated field at Flodden in 1513, and yet another Skene laird fell at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547.
		William Forbes Skene was appointed historiographer royal for Scotland in 1881.
		In the petition of Danus Skene, it was asserted that there was good reason to believe that on the death of Alexander Skene of that Ilk with no issue in April 1827, the succession passed to the next most senior line - the Skenes of Halyards.
	www.celticstudio.com /celticstudio/database/clans/133.htm (541 words)

	The Highlanders of Scotland
		WILLIAM FORBES SKENE was born at Inverie, in Kincardineshire, in
		Skene was undoubtedly possessed of high constructive ability, but he was weak in the critical faculty.
		The Celts of Scotland, however, owe Dr. Skene a deep debt of gratitude, for he was the first to draw their early history out of the slough into which it had got, and to make it respectable.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/highlanders/life.htm (704 words)

	Clan SKENE
		Skene, was the second son of a Robertson Chief, and was himself known as Donchadh mor na Sgine, or Big Duncan of the Skean.
		John le Skene and his son Patrick, who signed the Ragman Roll in 1296, are believed to have been son and grandson of Dunchadh Mor, and it is believed to have been Patrick’s son who received a charter of the family lands from King Robert the Bruce in 1318.
		Sir John Skene, who died in 1617, began as a regent in St. Mary’s College, St. Andrews, in 1564, became an advocate in 1575, and was granted a pension by the Regent Morton for his digest of the Scottish laws.
	www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/stoz/skene2.html (1307 words)

	Skene of Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
		SKENE in [Burkes Extinct Baronetage] (this is quite inaccurate, and is completely superseded by the above).
		Skene were a prominent family in Aberdeenshire since medieval times, with a number of branches, and their own tartan.
		The seat of the head of the family was Skene Castle (later called Skene House) (central tower built 1217), near the village of Lyne of Skene, W of Aberdeen (see map).
	humphrysfamilytree.com /Skene (453 words)

	Clan History
		Adam de Skene went with his followers to oppose Donald of the Isles, in his alarming advance from the north, and was slain at the battle of Harlaw in 1411.
		everal families of respectability are descended of the house of Skene of Skene, of whom may be mentioned are those of Cariston, Curriehill, Dyas, Dyce, Hall, and Hallyard are commonly referred as being septs of Clan Skene of Skene.
		The castle of Skene is believed to have been the first stone and lime building in that district of the country called Mar. It consisted of a square keep of three stories, and entrance was gained by a ladder placed against the second floor.
	www.parsonage.net /clanskene/history.htm (688 words)

	WILLIAM FORBES SKENE (... - Online Information article about WILLIAM FORBES SKENE (...
		MS1450, held at the National Library of Scotland as MS72.1.1 was detailed in "A Descriptive Catalogue of Gaelic Manuscripts in the Advocates Library, Edinburgh and Elswehere in Scotland" written by Donald Mackinnon, M.A. in 1912, and published with the support of John, Marquess of Bute, by William Brown, 5 Castle Street, Edinburgh.
		Skene used chemical reagents on the most difficult portions of MS1450 and the resulting brown, green and blue stains, whilst in some cases improving direct legibility, had the unfortunate result of preventing fluorescence under ultra-violet light.
		Unfortunately "1467 MS" is so badly damaged that Skene seems to have supplemented it by adding information that was accepted in the 19th century from other sources, possibly of a dubious nature.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SKENE_WILLIAM_FORBES_18091892_.html (906 words)

	The Lordship of Badenoch
		Skene says that Loch Insh -- the lake of the island -- is a secondary name, and that it must have originally been called Lochdae, that the hills behind it enclose the valley of Glencamie, and that Dunachton, by the side of Loch Insh, is named Nectan's Fort after King Nectan.
		William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, the justiciar, was entrusted with the protection of Moray, and in 1229 Gillescop and his two sons were slain.
		Skene's attempt to argue that captain denoted a leader temporarily adopted, leading the clan for another, or usurping the power of another, while chief denoted a hereditary office, is condemned by his own evidence, and by the weight of facts.
	www.his.com /~rory/lordship.html (8253 words)

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		Forbes, the surname of a clan, though not a Celtic one, having its possessions principally in Aberdeenshire, and the chief of which is Lord Forbes; its badge being the common broom, and the gathering shout or slogan, Loanach, the name of a hill in the district of Strathdon.
		According to Skene, in his treatise De Verborum Significatione, Duncan Forbois got from King Alexander (but which of the three kings of that name is not mentioned) a charter of the lands and heritage of Forbois in Aberdeenshire, whence the surname.
		Arthur, fifth Lord Forbes, succeeded his brother, and being under age at the time, he was placed, as one of the king's wards, under the guardianship of John Lord Glammes, whose daughter he had married, but he died soon after his accession to the title, without children.
	people.arsc.edu /~lforbes/earlyForbes.txt (1282 words)

	King Arthur and Camelot
		Entwistle, William James, _The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula_ (JM Den & Sons, New York/London/Toronto, 1925).
		Skene, William Forbes, author; Derek Bryce, ed., _Arthur and the Britons in Wales and Scotland_ (Lampeter [Wales] : Llanerch Enterprises, c1988).
		The first, by Williams, is a lengthy history of the development of the Arthurian legend, discussing the entry of the various great themes (i.e., courtly love, the Grail, etc.) and how it affected the legend that had existed to that point.
	www.dm.net /~ginb/king_arthur.htm (5872 words)

	Am Baile - Skene
		Adam de Skene was killed at Harlaw in 1411, Alexander died at Flodden in 1513, and his grandson was killed at Pinkie in 1547.
		The Skenes were loyal to James VI and Charles I but for his support the chief had to flee to the continent where he served with Gustavus Adolphus.
		William Forbes Skene, one of the Skenes of Rubislaw, was a celebrated historian who was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1881
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration.jsp?item_id=12449 (253 words)

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		The Skenes have another claim to Highland origin--a current tradition being that they are descendants of Clan Doncha’ or Robertsons of Athol.
		William Forbes Skene, Esq., F.S.A., etc., etc. furnished several corroborative proofs of this descent.
		A second son of the chief of the Robertsons having crossed the mountain ridge, which separates Athol from Mar, passed down Strathee, and ultimately settled in the district in which the family so long resided.
	www.clanskene.org /body_history.htm (151 words)

	Scottish clan tartans (MacQueen - Wallace) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		James Skene of Skene supported the royalist cause during the reign of King Charles I. and later served in the army of the Swedish King Gustav Adolph.
		William Forbes Skene, the famous writer of the Scotland´s Celtic history, was born in 1809.
		William, 2nd Earl of Sutherland, fought for Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn, and his son Kenneth, 3rd Earl, was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
	www.clothing.mysterious-scotland.com /tartan/tartan3.html (6187 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The name and lands of Skene originate back to an incident where the youngest son of Robertson of Struan saved the life of the king by killing a wolf with his sgian, and was rewarded with the name of Skene and the lands of Skene in Aberdeenshire.
		It is recorded that a John Skene signed the Ragman Rolls of 1296, and his grandson recieved a barony of the lands of Skene for his service to Robert the Bruce.
		William Forbes Skene was a famous writier on Scots-Celtic History, and was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1881.
	www.camelotintl.com /roots/clans/sken.html (196 words)

	Ancient Lothian - Hallyards Castle
		Skene of Curriehill was appointed King's Advocate and later Lord of Session and Lord Clerk Register, and took part in many trials against alleged witches, a particular obsession of his king, James VI.
		The Skenes were originally from the North-east, and a Robert de Skene received a charter in 1318 from Robert the Bruce establishing the Skene lands in Aberdeenshire as a barony.
		The Skene of Hallyards coat of arms was registered in 1672, and a John Skene apparently had connections with the Canadian colonies, founding Skeneborough on the shores of Lake Champlain.
	www.cyberscotia.com /ancient-lothian/pages/hallyards-castle.html (1801 words)

	Antiquarian - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The London Society of Antiquaries was formed in the 18th century to promote the study of antiquities.
		As early as 1572 a society had been founded by Bishop Matthew Parker, Sir Robert Cotton, William Camden and others for the preservation of national antiquities.
		This body existed till 1604, when it fell under suspicion of being political in its aims, and was abolished by James I.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/n/t/Antiquary.html (420 words)

	Fort Ticonderoga History: Philip Skene Bibliography
		William Forbes Skene, DCL, LLD, ed., Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene, Aberdeen, for the New Spaulding Club, 1887.
		Memorial describes the boundaries of land for which Skene seeks the grant; this copy to the renowned surveyor of New York.
		Philip Skene to his daughters, from Camp at the Great Fly near Still Water, 30 September 1777, The Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, vol.
	www.fort-ticonderoga.org /history/bibliographies/philip_skene.htm (835 words)

	Malcolm III of Scotland Summary
		Whether the adoption of the classical Alexander (for Pope Alexander II or Alexander the Great) and the biblical David represented a recognition that William of Normandy would not be easily removed, or was due to the repetition of West Saxon king names, another Edmund preceded Edgar, is not known.
		Máel Coluim met William at Abernethy and, in the words of the English chroniclers "became his man" and handed over his eldest son Donnchad as a hostage and arranged peace between William and Edgar.
		Based on the supposition that the Scots controlled much of modern Cumbria, it had been supposed that William Rufus's new castle at Carlisle, and his settlement of English peasants in the surrounds, was the cause.
	www.bookrags.com /Malcolm_III_of_Scotland (3276 words)

	Alexander Penrose Forbes, by William Perry
		Besides, his reputation as a theologian and a devotional writer created a kind of prejudice against his ability as a historian: experts in history do not expect recruits to their field from the province of theology, though the Bishop's doctrinal works are stronger in the historical than in the theological aspect.
		Haddan died in 18 73, and next year Forbes was engaged in collecting essays and papers written by his friend, with a view to their publication.
		Skene, Webster and Peacock, W.S., of Edinburgh, had attached to his will "Instructions as to the disposal of Articles of Furniture, books and pictures etc.", possessions which were the personal gatherings of a lifetime.
	anglicanhistory.org /scotland/apforbes/perry/chapter10.html (5415 words)

	William Forbes Skene - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM FORBES SKENE (1809-1892), Scottish historian and antiquary, was the second son of Sir Walter Scott's friend, James Skene (1775-1864), of Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, and was born on the 7th of June 1809.
		He was educated at Edinburgh High School, in Germany and at the university of St Andrews, taking an especial interest in the study of Celtic philology and literature.
		This page was last modified 12:34, 15 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Forbes_Skene (186 words)

	George Skene of Rubislaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Catherine Skene, bapt 21st Aug 1697 [Old Machar, Aberdeen], must have died in infancy (there is another Catherine).
		A later James Skene of Rubislaw was a friend of Sir Walter Scott.
		A descendant of Skene of Rubislaw was William Forbes Skene, the historian, author of [Skene, 1887].
	humphrysfamilytree.com /Skene/george.rubislaw.html (342 words)

	Clan MacQuarrie: A History
		William Forbes Skene, a historian who made the old Highland families his special study, looked for documentary evidence for such claims.
		In the course of research among manuscripts in the collection of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh (now the National Library of Scotland), Skene found an ancient parchment, stained and faded, on which were written Gaelic genealogies of many of the Highland clans.
		Skene Celtic Scotland iii 434-5, 436; RWM 'Roll-Call of the Isles', in SWHIHR, West Highland Notes and Queries, 2nd series, i 8, from CSPScot xi and xii.
	albanach.org /macquarrie/ch2.html (8011 words)

	WILLIAM FORBES SKENE BIOGRAPHY - LIFE - HISTORY - BOOKS - FACTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A short biography of WILLIAM FORBES SKENE, including life and history; from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin
		This summary of interesting facts about WILLIAM FORBES SKENE is taken from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin.
		Shows when WILLIAM FORBES SKENE was born and when died.
	www.321books.co.uk /gutenberg/cousin/p1116.htm (213 words)

	Sources
		An ancestry of William Arthur Philip Windsor, son of Prince Charles Philip Arthur Windsor and Lady Diana Frances Spencer.
		Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892, Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history, Edinburgh: H. General Register House, 1867.
		Williams, Ann, The English and the Norman Conquest, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: The Boydell Press, 1995.
	www.abwilson.org /scots/WC_SRC.HTM (961 words)

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