Anybody have access to volume I of Sir James Balfour Paul's Scots Peerage? She might be listed in Balfour Paul's article on the Campbells of Argyll. Jared Linn...
ardgowan
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Oct 1, 2005 12:05 pm
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I've not heard of that but I can get access to Douglas's 9 volumes on the Scots Peerage (are they one and the same?). I'll have a look this afternoon. Bill...
Thanks, I had no idea about it, but I'll do what you tell me. Apparently she is my ancestor, but I don't want to "make it official" until I'm 100% sure of it....
Balfour Paul's 9-volume set was founded upon Douglas' -- sort of a major revision of Douglas' work. She could be in Douglas' Peerage, but I usually consult...
ardgowan
ardgowan@...
Oct 1, 2005 5:08 pm
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I checked Douglas but he gave no further details. Bill...
... Yes,they were true fanatics. They believed in absolute freedom for themselves and none for the others. A curious mentality : everything that was done to...
You only need to read the DRAFT of the Declaration of Independence (Jefferson's original text) and you will find a couple of references to the redcoats as...
... anti-Catholic bigots were to be found throughout the colonies (just as they are still to be found throughout the Union!), but New England was where they...
... The one colony where something like genuine religion freedom existed in 1776 was Pennsylvania (another Stuart foundation), where a tolerant Quaker ...
Very interesting. My ancestor George Linn of Boston, Mass., was a Scots Presbyterian -- the records of that time refer to him as "a stranger," i.e., ...
ardgowan
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Oct 4, 2005 2:09 am
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Self interest? But doesn't every one? The one does not preclude the other. And if the King is in London, and you wish to influence policy on Scotland, you will...
Very good overview, but one little correction -- the disestablishment of the New England states' churches took place in the 1830s. Jared Linn Olar ... "Quarry...
ardgowan
ardgowan@...
Oct 4, 2005 3:23 am
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Days ago I posted a message searching for information about lady Mary Campbell, who I said had a son with a member of Clan Darroch. I was wrong, the woman in...
The Campbells of Glenorchy later became the Earls of Breadalbane, of course. That Earldom is currently vacant - the last Earl was seriously injured in WWII and...
Jud, it seems your information contradicts the following note from Frederick Hogarth at the Feudal Herald website, from Sept. 2000: ...
ardgowan
ardgowan@...
Oct 11, 2005 8:29 pm
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Even if I would have wanted to be an earl, I can't, because I descend from the Campbells via female line, and in my country the fact of having a peerage...
This Friday (14 October) at 11am the Royal Stuart Society will lay a wreath at the statue of King James II & VII on the north side of Trafalgar Square in...
I've heard about that claim, Jared. The Lord Lyon rejected it, as I understand it - although my information may be incorrect - it may still be pending. I have...
Can anyone shed any light on the following reference contained in; A Jacobite Anthology, The 1745 Society, Scottish Cultural Press, 1995 ISBN 1 89821830 7, and...
Dear gentlefolk of the list, I live here in Hungary & I would be very happy to meet Huba Campbell if that were possible if of course it would be good for him.I...
Good story. Thank you for the contribution! My best regards, Adrian ... From: Steven Robb To: Jacobite@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 4:46...
Being Earl of Breadalbane isn't going to change anybody's life much, I don't think - the estates are gone, even Taymouth Castle. The Earl of Loudon - which is...
Around 10 people attended the commemoration in front of the Grinling Gibbons statue of James II and VII. A short service was read with readings stressing the...
There's much to be said for perspective or point of view. Even when I was a Protestant, I'd had the impression that it was James II's enemies who tended to be...
ardgowan
ardgowan@...
Oct 15, 2005 5:59 pm
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It seems as though the Irish Jacobites get left out of things, such as these activities. Perhaps, it's not the politically correct thing to do. The whole ...
BBjcoyne@...
Oct 15, 2005 6:00 pm
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Remember that long before James II & VII, Mary Queen of Scots was not a Catholic bigot either, although she did die for her faith. John Knox made Mary out to...
BBjcoyne@...
Oct 16, 2005 12:51 am
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Bit of light relief.... Whilst listening to Morrissey's latest album (I was a big Smiths fan) I thought the following lyrics may reveal Jacobite sympathies,,,...
In a message dated 16/10/2005 01:54:25 GMT Standard Time, BBjcoyne@... writes: John Knox made Mary out to be a Catholic bigot When she arrived in Scotland...
claytons1320@...
Oct 17, 2005 12:30 am
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I am currently reading Antonia Fraser's biography of Queen Mary. Ms. Fraser gives a very detailed account of Mary's dealings with Protestants and Catholics -...
Jeff, You are right, Lady Fraser's book is the gold standard on Mary. I read it in grad school, when I wrote a paper on Mary, Queen of Scots. By the way, Lady...
