The Clan Bain has no connection with MacBain or MacBean. In fact the clan is closely associated with Clan MacKay in the far North West of Scotland. Around 1427 an internal feud broke out within clan MacKay which split the the clan into two factions. On one side was the ageing chef of the clan […]
The first Earl of Atholl was created in 1629, and in 1703 the Murrays reached the pinnacle of the peerage when they were created Dukes of Atholl. The younger son of the 1st Duke of Atholl was the renowned Jacobite general, Lord George Murray. Historians commonly believe that if the Jacobite army had been under […]
In old Latin documents the term Walensis is used to designate the Welsh, but in Scotland is more commonly used as a native name meaning a Strathclyde Briton and not, as is often thought, a Welshman coming in the train of the Norman French. It is from this Walensis that the name Wallace is derived. […]
Clan Barclay People Field Marshall Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) Born in modern-day Lithuania, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a descendant of Scottish immigrants who settled in Livona in the 1600s. He played an important role in Russian military history. As Minister of War he commanded the Russian armies fighting against Napoleon in […]
Clan Borthwick People Sir Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (1830- 1908) Conservative British journalist, and later the owner of the Morning Post (which merged with The Daily Telegraph in 1937). The son of Peter Borthwick, editor of the Post, Algernon was sent to King’s College School and later started his career in 1852 as the […]
Spalding Places Ashintully Castle, nr Kirkmichael, Perthshire. 16th c L plan Tower, reputedly haunted.
Clan Lamont People Frederic Lamond Frederic Lamond (1868-1948) Taught by Liszt, Lamond’s powerful piano performances of Beethoven’s work were his greatest moments. He lived mostly in Germany until Hitler’s rise made him return to Britain. His own compositions include “Aus Dem Schottischen Hochlande and Symphony in A, a Cello Sonata”. Donald Lamont (1874-1958) The Gaelic […]
Clan MacAlister Places Tarbert Castle Tarbert Castle Hans Gude-Landskap Ved Tarbert Castle, Skottland-1877. Clan MacAlister People William Alexander William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c.1567 – 12 September 1640) The MacAlisters who settled in Stirlingshire adopted the anglicised version of their name and William Alexander was one of Menstrie’s first Alexanders. As a courtier under […]
The Ramsays are an ancient family of Anglo-Norman origin. The name was first recorded in Scotland by Simon de Ramsay, who travelled north with the Earl of Huntingdon in 1124. He was granted lands in Lothian and was the ancestor of the Ramsays of Dalhousie. The Ramsay family prospered and by the thirteenth century there […]
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