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Hace 4 días · CHARTER by JOHN eldest son of the King [Robert II.], EARL OF CARRICK, and Steward of Scotland (afterwards King Robert and Third), with consent of his Council, to the Burgesses of edinburgh, so far as of good report and honest concersation, of the right to have and build houses in the Castle to which they might freely resort with their servants, families, and goods, without paying fees to the ...
Hace 1 día · Robert the Bruce's father, Robert de Brus, was a key figure in the Great Cause, one of the claimants to the Scottish throne. His mother, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, also had royal lineage, being the daughter of Niall, Earl of Carrick, and Margaret Stewart. Robert had several siblings, including Edward, Thomas, Neil, Alexander, and Isabel.
Hace 5 días · He purchased on the 18 Sep (1599?), from John, Earl of Atholl, the lands of Wester Stuikis. He was warded in Edinburgh Castle in Jun 1601, 'throch the occasioun of certane fals leis and forged inventis,' and had to pay 40,000 marks to the courtiers of the King before he was released.
Hace 1 día · John Campbell White was born in 1843, the son of a lawyer and owner of the Shawfield Chemical Works in Rutherglan who had purchased the Overtoun Estate in Dumbarton in 1859 and erected Overtoun House three years later. On the death of his father, White succeeded to the ownership of the Estate. He was raised to the peerage in 1893.
Hace 1 día · John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism , he contributed widely to social theory , political theory , and political economy.
Hace 3 días · The TRYAL of T. Earl of Strafford. The First day. Monday, March 22. 1640. The Prisoner at the Bar.. The Lords being set in a place prepared in Westminster-hall, purposely for the Arraignment of Thomas Earl of Strafford, upon a charge of High Treason laid upon him by the Commons House of Parliament, in the Name of themselves, and of all the Commons of England.
Hace 5 días · As pit ponies were essential to the Elsecar collieries, the Fitzwilliam family created the “Fitzwilliam Medal for kindness to ponies”. In 1904, the recipient was John William Bell, who saved the life of his pony by staying with him after a roof fall in the mine. William Bell’s granddaughter still lives in the village.
