December 11 1282 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd died. Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf (‘Llywelyn, Our Last Leader’, Prince of Wales, King of Britons) (circa 1223 – 11 December 1282), sometimes rendered as Llywelyn II, was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England (descendant of Duncan and Malcolm Kings of Scots). Eldest son of Llywelyn the Great, and Senena ferch Rhodri. The eldest was Owain Goch ap Gruffydd and Llywelyn had two younger brothers, Dafydd ap Gruffydd and Rhodri ap Gruffydd. Gruffydd died in 1244, from a fall while trying to escape from his cell at the top of the Tower of London. Llywelyn the Last was grandson of Llywelyn the Great (1173-1240). Ednyfed Fychan, seneschal of Gwynedd under Llywelyn the Great, and through her, Rhys became an ancestor of the Tudor dynasty. Through the Tudors inter-marrying with the House of Stuart Rhys is an ancestor to the current ruling house of the United Kingdom and also an ancestor of several ruling houses in Europe. Wikipedia. HM George 1^st’s 15 Great half uncle (clan Stewart) , Prime Minister Cameron’s (clan Cameron) 23^rd great half uncle, Louis XVII’s 19^th great half uncle. (fabpedigree.com)

1543 – the Earl of Arran signed the accord Treaty of Greenwich on July 1 and ratified it on August 25, 1543, the Treaty of Greenwich was ultimately rejected by the Scottish Parliament on December 11, 1543, leading to eight years of Anglo-Scottish conflict known as the Rough Wooing.

The Rough Wooing – 1547. Henry VIII tries to secure a marriage between his great niece Mary and his own infant son, Edward. The Catholic Scots, Fearing an English Protestant takeover, the Scots nobles resist. Henry sends his army to invade Scotland in his search for Mary. Video: A history of Scotland: Project Britain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/the_reformation/the_rough_wooing/

1584 Privy Council orderd to stop all traffic, from Fife, Perth, north of the Forth, take sails off ferry boats few exceptions. A History of Epidemics in Britain from A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague Charles Creighton, M.A. M.D. Demonstrator of Anatomy University of Cambridge December 11

1589 Patrick, Master of Lindsay, died; One of 24 Lords of the Congregation. Patrick Lindsay, 6^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres, M, #21210, b. 1521, d. 11 December 1589

Patrick Lindsay, 6^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres was born in 1521. He was the son of John Lindsay, 5^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres and Lady Helen Stewart. He married Euphemia Douglas, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven, circa May 1545.² He died on 11 December 1589.

Douglas 1036 2Stewart 2Ruthven 2Kinchin 2Jared 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Montgomberie 2Blair 2Cochrane 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Hamilton 2Stewart 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Carlyle 2Semple 2Montgomery 2Cochrane 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate

Patrick succeeded to the title of 6^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres [S., 1444] circa 17 December 1563. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1565. He was a leader in the murder of Rizzio, the secretary and favourite of Mary, Queen of Scots. He held the office of Joint Lord-Lieutenant and Justice of Fife in 1572, the office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1573, and the office of Sheriff of Fife in 1574. In 1582 he was involved in the Raid of Ruthven.

Children of Patrick Lindsay, 6^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres and Euphemia Douglas

Margaret Lindsay+²

James Lindsay, 7^th Lord Lindsay of the Byres b. 1554, d. 5 Nov 1601

Citations Charles Mosley, editor, Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107^th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2343. Hereinafter cited as Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 107^th edition.

[Charles Mosley, Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 107^th edition, volume 2, page 2342.

1640 the Root and Branch Petition submitted to the Long Parliament.

1781 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868) born. Brewster’s inquiries lead to the laws of light polarization by reflection and refraction, and other quantitative laws of phenomena; The discovery of the polarizing structure induced by heat and pressure; The discovery of crystals with two axes of double refraction, and many of the laws of their phenomena, including the connection between optical structure and crystalline forms; The laws of metallic reflection; Experiments on the absorption of light. The discovery of the connection between the refractive index and the polarizing angle; biaxial crystals, and the production of double refraction by irregular heating.

1792 Louis XVI’s Trial for treason. Paris, France.  Sir Walter Scott covered it (30 years later), including this poignant scene, in “The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte”. ‘It was the cruel resolution of his jailors to take the boy from his father on the very morning [December 11] when Louis was to undergo an interrogatory before the Convention. In other words, to give the deepest blow to his feelings, at the very moment when it was necessary he should combine his whole mental powers for defending his life against his subtle and powerful enemies.’’

1816 Indiana becomes a state. Names with Scots locations include-Aberdeen, Ohio County, Aberdeen, Porter County, Abington, Adams, Albany, Alexandria, Alford, Ashley, Avon, Ayrshire, Bandon, Barr Township, Barrick Corner, Belmont, Black Rock, Blaine, Bloomfield, Bridgeton, Brookfield, Brown Hill, Buchanan, Burns City, Caledonia, Campbell Township, Campbelltown, Castleton, Charlestown, Chester , Clifton, Colburn,   Cowan, Craig, Crown Center, Dalton, Douglas, Dunbar Bridge, Duncan, Dundee Dunlap, Edinburgh, Elliott, Fincastle, Georgetown, Gifford, Glen Eden, Glendale, Glenwood, Green Hill, Greenfield, Guthrie, Hamilton County, Harwood, Highland, Hillside, Hope, Hough Creek, Houston, Howe, Hunter Corner, Inverness, Iona, Jamestown, KeithRidge, Kelso Township, Kennedy, Kingsford Heights,Kingston, Kirk Hill, Knapp Lake, Kyle, Lake Bruce, LakeWood, Lewis, Linwood, Lockport, Logan, Lynn, Lyons, Mackey, Mackie, Mansfield, Markle, Marshall, Martin, McAllister Bridge, McCallister Hill, McCameron, McClelland, McClures Lake, McCormicks Creek, McCracken Creek, McCrea Hill, McCutchanville, McFadden Creek, McIntyre Creek, McKillip Ditch, McKinley, Midland, Milltown, Milport, Milton, Monroe, Morton, Mount Ayr, Mount Sterling, Mount Veron, Mull, Murray, New Albany (named after Albany, New York, in turn named after Alba), new Hope, New Market, New Ross, New Salisbury New Waverly, Newark , Newburgh, Newland, Newport, Newton, Newton Stewart, Nine Mile, North Highland, Northfield,,Oak Hill, Oakley, Ossian (after MacPherson’s Ossian, Perth, Preston, Riverside, Rob Roy, Rockfield, Rose Hill, Ross, Rutherford, Scotchtown, Scotland, Scott, Scott Corner,Scott County, Scotts Ridge, Scottsburg, South Martin, Springfield, Springhill, St. Johns, St. Marys, Stanley, Sterling Heights, Stewart, Temple, Upland, Wallace, Waverly, West Middleton, West Newton,Westfield, Westport, Westwood, Whitehall, Winfield, Woodland,

1896 Glasgow District Underground opened, powered by electricity.

1899 The Battle of Magersfontein. The Boer War. 6 miles north east of the Modder River in the North West of Cape Colony, South Africa. Highland regiments in Natal devised aprons to conceal coloured kilts and sporrans. 1st and 2^nd Coldstream Guards.
1^st Scots Guards.
 2^nd Black Watch. 1st Highland Light Infantry:
2^nd Seaforth Highlanders:
1^st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

The Highland Light Infantry on the march. During the night the Highland Brigade under Major General Wauchope, comprising the 2^nd Black Watch, 1^st Highland Light Infantry, 2^nd Seaforth Highlanders and 1^st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, made its approach march in close order, guided by the brigade major, Major Benson, to deliver a dawn assault on Magersfontein Hill. Daylight was breaking as the brigade approached the hill. At 1,000 yards from the Boers’ concealed entrenchments, Major Benson urged Wauchope that the brigade should move into open order, but the brigade commander, fearing that the soldiers would become disordered in the near darkness, continued the advance in close columns.

Major General Andrew Wauchope: commander of the Highland Brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein. Wauchope was killed in the battle. The highland battalions were thrown into confusion by the surprise attack, the soldiers rushing about or going to ground behind whatever cover they could find. Attempts were made by the officers to lead their men in the charge against the Boer positions, but no move developed. The sun came up, revealing the Highlander Brigade pinned to the ground in front of the Boer positions, where it stayed for the rest of the day. Whenever a soldier moved he attracted fire. Some rushes were made but no general advance was achieved. Watching, almost powerless to intervene, Methuen sent forward companies of the 1^st Gordon Highlanders to support their fellow highland regiments and moved the Guards Brigade up on their right to engage the Boer left. The Highland Brigade lost 53 officers and 650 soldiers, among them the brigade commander, Major General Wauchope, and 2 commanding officers killed. The commanding officer of the Gordons was also killed. The losses in the Highland Brigade caused great distress in Scotland. The battle is commemorated in the pipe retreat march “The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein”. Major General Andy Wauchope was something of a Scottish celebrity, having stood against Gladstone in the contest for the seat of Midlothian during the 1892 General Election, reducing the Prime Minister’s majority to 690. He is said to have been greatly mourned.
 The citation for Captain Towse of the Gordon Highlanders, awarded the Victoria Cross for his conduct later in the war when he was blinded, described him as assisting the rescue of an officer of his regiment at Magersfontein.

1942 December 11 Sergeant S. Wallace, Royal Marine, shot under the Nazi Commando Order, in the night in a sandpit in a wood north of Bordeaux, France. See the Jose Ferrer’s The Cockleshell Heroes, a story of the Royal Marines based on Operation Frankton filmed at RM establishments and in Portugal in 1955.

2100 hours Catfish attacks shipping on the western side of the dock, placed eight limpet mines on four vessels including the fast patrol boat Sperrbrecher. Royal Navy submarine HMS Tuna (N94) left from Holy Loch in Scotland.  Map showing Bordaux’s place in France on the Southwest coast. Also Spain, English Channel and Bay of Biscay. Brest, Cherbourg, Nantes,Toulouse, Marseille, Nice, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, Colrsica, Grenoble, Lyon, Limoges, Paris, Rouen, Brest, Lille, and adjacent states.

1948 Hills of Home (also known as Danger in the Hills and Master of Lassie released in the middle of December. Dr. William MacLure (Edmund Gwenn) a Scottish doctor, adopts Lassie, who fears water, but is later trained. Glens streams, snow, wool, sheep, land scape, vistas, pine trees, horses, lambs, chloroform, rolling ‘Rs’, background music of pipes, auld Lang Syne, bag pipes, danger, suspense, a real TEAR JERKER! Keep your kleenex and tissues close. Comedy, pathos, a dog story, loyalty, coaches. Romance.

Hills of Home, Edmund Gwenn, Janet Leigh is the eye candy and speaks with a Scots brogue, Lassie. Based on Ian McClaren’s Doctor of the Old School, filmed in 1923. When 1860s scotland.

1953 – Bess Armstrong, Elizabeth Key “Bess” Armstrong (born December 11, 1953) is an American film and television actress.

Armstrong 17^th 2Warren2Mehew2Luther2Choate zoe

1977 It Happened One Christmas  released, as a remake of It’s a Wonderful Life, and accordingly features Robert Burns’ Auld Lang Syne as it’s closing musical.  Marlo Thomas, Wayne Rogers, Orson Welles. William Wayne McMillan Rogers III (April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015)  descended from John McMillan (circa 1770-1820). Clan MacMillan is a Highland Scots clan from Lochaber.

2016 Der Spiegel President Donald Trump cover. (Scots clans McLeod, Macaulay, MacQueen, Isle of Lewis)

Disclaimer: The author of each article published on this web site owns his or her own words. The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Utah Standard News or official policies of the USN and may actually reflect positions that USN actively opposes. No claim in public domain or fair use.   © John Choate