December 18 1388 sometime in December Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife later 1st Duke of Albany, receives from council the lieutenancy to Fife to 1393. (1st ducal Rank In Scotland, (ancestor of Andrew Stewart 2nd Lord Ochiltree). Albany is listed as ancestor of President Harrison (12 GGF), HM George 1st (9th GU) (clan Stewart), HRH Charles’ (1 8th GGF), PM Churchill (16th GGF – clan Montgomery) , PM Cameron (17th GGF clan Cameron).

1631 sometime in. Pestilence. In 1631 word came of plague in England. Glasgow issued a decree banning anyone from going to England “where the pest is”, and no-one coming from England was to be allowed into Glasgow without special permission from the burgh council. A fortnight later they came down heavily on a Glasgow merchant, Archibald Watson, for going to England on business and returning, not even keeping to his house on returning. His “freedom was cryit down”. It would be another 2 and a half centuries before the discovery of microbiology by Pasteur and the knowledge to begin controlling the pestilence.

http://www.ayrshireroots.co.uk/Genealogy/Reference/plague.htm

‘Repent, repent ye, Hear the words of that God who made you, by the voice of pestilence.’ Jesus Christ in Doctrine and Covenants section 43. John, eldest son (and therefore Lord and heir) of William 2nd Earl of Sutherland. John died of the pestilence at Lincoln in 1631. The portrait gallery of distinguished females by John Burke, p. 135.

1650 sometime in, After Oliver Cromwell’s success at Dunbar against the Scots in 1650, he came across some royalists occupying the auld buildings of Coldingham Priory, Berwickshire, Scotland. Cromwell used his canon to oust the royalists and left only two walls standing. These were two walls of the quire of Thomas’ church. Shortly after they were incorporated in a new structure. Quire [modern spelling choir]

1662 – James Douglas, 2nd   Duke of Queensberry born, Scottish politician (d. 1711) born. 262 years later 1924 June 24. Olympics, David Burghley was an athlete. Lord Burghley married firstly in 1929, Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (4 March 1904 – 1 June 1984), fourth daughter of Sir John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch & 9th Duke of Queensberry and Lady Margaret Alice “Molly” Bridgeman’. 1923 – September 28 – John Scott, born, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry, KT Knight Order of the Thistle, VRD, Volunteer Reserve Decoration, JP, Justice of the Peace, DL Deputy Lieutenant, (28 September 1923 – 4 September 2007) was a Scottish Peer, politician and landowner.   James, 2nd Duke of Queensberry listed as PM Churchill’s 1st cousin 7 times removed (fabpedigree.com). The duke’s clans were Douglas, Gordon, Fleming, Kerr, Carnegie, Oliphant, Lennox Stewart, Traquhair Stewart. www.gbstampsonline.co.uk

1987 Scottish Hearaldry. The Most Ancient & Most Noble Order of the Thistle Tercentenary of the Revival.

Arms of the Secretary at Edinburgh.

1688 William II arrived in London. After having arrived, William exiled James II out of London.

1745 Lord George Murray marches with corps. (TG80-236) the village of Clifton, which is within three or four miles south of Penrith, and the heights beyond it, crowned with several parties of cavalry.

In former times, Highlanders had an aversion to encounter the Lowland horse; but since their success at Preston, they had learned to despise the troops of whom they formerly stood in awe. They had been instructed, chiefly by the standing orders of Lord George Murray, that if they encountered the cavalry manfully, striking with their swords at the heads and limbs of the horses, they might be sure to throw them into disorder The MacDonalds, therefore, of Glengarry, on receiving the word of command to attack those horsemen who appeared disposed to interrupt their passage, stript off their [TG80-237] plaids without hesitation, and rushed upon them sword in hand. The cavalry in question were not regulars, but volunteers of the country, who had assembled themselves for the purpose of harassing the rear of the Highland army, and giving time for the Duke of Cumberland [son of George 2nd], who was in full pursuit, to advance and overtake them. On the fierce attack of Glengarry’s men they immediately galloped off, but not before several prisoners were made; among the rest a footman of the Duke of Cumberland, who told his captors that his Royal Highness was coming up in their rear with 4000 horse. Sir Walter Scott Tales.

Lord George Murray despatched this Information to the Chevalier at Penrith, requesting some support, Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, with his clan, was sent back as far as Cliftonbridge, with the Appin regiment, under command of Stewart of Ardshiel. Chief Ewen, hesitated to join the prince, and his wife, a daughter of Jacobite Lord Lovat, dissuated Ewen from breaking his oath to government, assuring him that nothing could end well that began with perjury. In the moonlight skirmish at Clifton, Lord George Murray headed the Macphersons, with Cluny at his side. The Macpherson on the left came under first fire, and Cluny exclaimed ‘What the devil is this?’ Lord George said attack, cried ‘Claymore’ , Cluny did the same, the MacPhersons rushed, and fell sword inhand on the King’s troops, killing many and putting the rest to flight.

Fiction – The hero Tom Jones enlisted in the Duke of Cumberland’s regiment. [Prince William (William Augustus; 26 April 1721 [N.S.] – 31 October 1765)] The novel was by Henry Fielding, and published by Andrew Miller VI, (1705-1768) London by the Strand.

Tom agrees to cover the bill. He strikes up a conversation with the sergeant who tells him they are marching against the Roman Catholic rebels who had invaded England, expecting to be commanded by the glorious Duke of Cumberland. Tom, being “a hearty well-wisher to the glorious cause of liberty and of the Protestant religion”, agrees to join them as a volunteer.

The soldiers march off, and that evening Tom is introduced to the lieutenant, a man who is sixty years of age. ***Once at the inn, Sophia and Harriet share a bed as do the two maids, everyone being exhausted from their journey, and the landlord and his wife come to the conclusion that they are supporters of the rebel Charles Stuart, fleeing the Duke of Cumberland, and that Sophia is Jenny Cameron herself (the daughter of a highland supporter of Charles).

1780 Per Rampant Scotland, the Society of Antiquaries was formed on December 18, 1780.  From Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 4, comes the following Sir Walter Scott related entry:  ‘…” Of the same class, also, is another slab figured here, the drawing of which was made by George Scott, the friend of Mungo Park, who accompanied him to Africa, aud died there. It was forwarded to the Society of Antiquaries by Sir Walter Scott in 1828, who described the original as a rough sandstone, about six feet long hy perhaps two and a half broad, which was raised by the plough at a place called Annan Street, upon the farm of Whitehope. The drawing is designated, probably by the original draftsman,—’A Druid stone found at Annan Street, figured with thr sun and moon.’ Little doubt can be entertained that it had formed the cover of a cist,’ On August 22nd and 23rd 1877, Wilford Woodruff, later reported that three knights, among others, Sir Walter Scott ‘called upon me, as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, in the Temple at St. George, two consecutive nights, and demanded at my hands that I should go forth and attend to the ordinances of the House of God for them.’ A high honor indeed!

1782 Charleston South Carolina to St. Augustine Florida and Jamaica. Wikipedia. Backstory –Fraser’s Highlanders, or the 71st Regiment of Foot, raised in Glasgow in April 1776, and resupplied throughout the war of the American Revolution with thousands of Highlanders, fought in these Battles at Forts Washington and Less, Brandywine, Burgoyne, Briar Creek, Charleston, Stone Ferry, Wavannah, Charleston, Camden, Fishing Creek, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, and Yorktown.]

[Thoroughly decimated] The two new 71st Refiment of Foot companies remained in South Carolina until the final evacuation of Charleston on 18 December 1782. The officers of the Second 71st set sail for England in the 203-ton ship Moor, while the remaining men of the 71st Regiment, numbering only 189, were to sail on the 319-ton ship Sally bound for Jamaica.[3] Some of the ships leaving Charleston were bound for St. Augustine, Florida, and it appears likely that at least one member of the 71st was shipwrecked at that port, as archaeologists from the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program have discovered a pewter button from a 71st Regiment uniform on a shipwreck site that appears to date to the 1782 evacuation of Charleston.

1783 London.Parliament, House of Commons. Fox’s ministry dismissed. William Pitt new minister. Tytler’s Britannica 254.

1787 New Jersey Ratifies Constitution and becomes a state. Names with Scots locations include;

Aberdeen Township, Adams, Albion, Alexandria Township, Anderson, Annandale, Ardmore Estates, Armstrong,   Avon Park, Bishops Wood, Blackwood, Braeburn Heights, Bridgeton, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Campbells Corners, Carlton Hill, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Charleston East, Charlestown, Chester, Clifton, Clyde, Crossroads, Dunbarton, Dundee Canal, Dunellen, East Rutherford, Edinburg, Edinburg Park, Fairfield, Fenwick, Flemington, Galloway Township, Garfield, Georgetown, Gillespie, Glen Cove, Glen Ridge, Glen Rock, Glendale, Glenmoore, Glenside, Gordons Corner, Green Hill, Greenfield, Grenloch, Hamilton, Hamilton Park, Hamilton Township (two places), Harris Harbor, Hibernia(n), Highland Park, Highlands, Hillside, Hope, Iona, Kanouse Mountain, Kennedys, Kerrs Corners, Kingston, Kirkwood, Lake Rutherford, Lewis Point, Linwood, Livingston, Loch Arbour, Lockwood, Low Moor, Lyons, MacArthur Manor, Mansfield, Martins, McAfee, McCrea Mills, McDonald, McKee City, McPherson, Melrose, Milltown, Milton, Monroe, Mount, Mount Vernon, Muirhead, New Albany, New Bridge, New Gretna, New Market, Newark, Newfield, Newport, Newstead, Newton, Newtown, Northfield, Oakwood Park, Ormond, Paisley, Perth Amboy, Pipers Corner, Port Murray, Port Warren, Raven Rock, Red Hill, Red Lion, Riverside, Ross Corner, Roxburg, Rutherford, Scotch Bonnet, Scotch Plains, Scotland Run, Scotts Corners, Scotts Mountain, Silverton, Southtown, Springfield, Springside, Stanhope, Sterling Hill, Stirling, Stone House, Strathmore, Tennent, Union Grove, Wallace Mill, Westfield, Weston, Westwood, Whitehall, Whitehouse, Wick House, Woodside Station

The great Seal of the State of New Jersey MDCCLXXVI

1812 Bonaparte arrives in Paris., to conscript 350,000 men for a new army Tytler’s Britannica 270.

1839 Liverpool, England and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Samuel Mulliner (b. 1809), and Alexander Wright (b. 1804), Scots, arrive as missionaries. Upon arrival at Liverpool, they counseled with Elders Joseph Fielding and Willard Richards, and, on 18 December 1839, left for Scotland. Winter gales rocked the ship all the way to Glasgow. Alexander stood on deck, fighting what he thought was a bad cold, rather than suffering seasickness and the odor below decks.

Pioneer Missionaries in Scotland. [Ensign Feb. 1987] ‘Near the rockstrewn northern coast of Scotland, sometime in the winter of 1837–38, an elderly couple named Wright received a strange package from America.

The Wright children had dispersed long before—several sons farmed the Banffshire heath, one daughter kept house for a clergyman in town—but none had drifted as far as Alexander. Three years earlier, he had emigrated to Canada, and the old couple entertained no illusions about seeing him again. So the Wrights must have opened Alexander’s package with tenderness and anticipation.

In his letter he introduced his parents to his new religion, to his newfound testimony of a prophet called to restore the true Church of Jesus Christ, and to a pamphlet by Parley P. Pratt, A Voice of Warning. Together they read the little book, cherished it, and circulated it quietly among their children for years afterward.’

In Scotland, Mulliner began his missionary service in the area of Glasgow and continued his labors in neighboring regions, including the town of Paisley.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765617579/Picturing-history-Paisley-Scotland.html?pg=all

1942 Operation Frankton, Survivors contact the French resistance at the Hotel de la Toque Blanche and were then taken to a local farm. They spent the next 18 days there in hiding. They were then guided across the Pyrenees into Spain. Royal Navy submarine HMS Tuna (N94) left from Holy Loch in Scotland. The December 1942 successful raid by canoe-borne British commandos on shipping in Bay of Biscay port of Bordeaux Harbour.

1954 Raymond Allen Ray Liotta, (born December 18, 1954) is an American actor, portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas. Scots descent.

1969 Anne of the Thousand Days released. 1969 made by Hal Wallis Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film tells the story of Anne Boleyn and Herny 8th . Wikipedia. Henry’s Sister Margaret is Queen Dowager of Scots, and Anne’ daughter Elizabeth, sends her navy in 1560 to win Scotland to the Protestant Reformation.

Poster. The film covers 1536 when Henry 8th (Richard Burton) age 45, signs the execution of his 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn: flash back to 1527 when Henry was age 36. Henry’s wife, Catherine of Aragon (Irene Papas) age 42, is worn out (with a dozen pregnancies). Henry is in an affair, first with Mary Boleyn, age 28, a daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard, and soon Boleyn’s second daughter Anne (Geneviève Bujold), age 26, who has just returned from her education in France. Anne is engaged to the son of the Earl of Northumberland. Henry is enraptured with Anne’s beauty and orders his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, to break up the engagement. Desperate to have a male heir, Henry seeks marrying Anne in Catherine’s place. Anne agrees. Wolsey begs the King to abandon the idea because of the political consequences of divorcing Catherine. Henry persists. The Pope refused. Anne points out this failing to an enraged Henry. Wolsey is dismissed from office and his magnificent palace in London is given as a present to Anne, and all Wolsey’s properties, including Hampton Hall, are taken to the crown. In this splendour, Anne loves Henry. When Anne is pregnant, She and Henry are secretly married. Anne is given a splendid coronation, as “the king’s whore”. Anne’s daughter is the Princess Elizabeth (7 September 1533). Henry hoped for a boy. During a row over Sir Thomas More’s opposition to Anne’s queenship, Anne presses More’s death, in spite of his being a friend of Henry. More dies, but after an Anne miscarriage(s), by 1536, Henry’s attention is to Lady Jane Seymour, age 28, one of Anne’s maids. Henry demands his new minister, Thomas (1st Baron of) Cromwell, (ancestor of Oliver, the Lord Protector) to find a way to get rid of Anne. Cromwell tortures a servant in Anne’s household into confessing to adultery with the Queen. Anne’s uncle Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk arrests Anne. Wikipedia. Thomas Cromwell was PM Churchill’s 13th Great Uncle, Lady Diana Spencer 14 GGFather, PM Cameron’s 15th GGFather, (fabpedigree.com)

1971 Robert Tyre “Bobby” Jones Jr. died.(March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer,

1981 sep 22. In 1930 he won the Grand Slam of Golf: the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur, the British Amateur, and the British Open. He won 13 of 27 major tournaments. Jones helped establish the Augusta National Golf Club. In 1934 he founded the prestigious Masters tournament at Augusta. He quit tournament play at the age of 28. In 1958 he became the first American since Benjamin Franklin to be honored with the freedom of the burgh of St. Andrews, Scotland, site of the world’s most famous golf course.

1994 www.collectgbstamps.co.uk, Golf Course commemoratives. The auld Course, St Andrews.

 

1982 Miranda Masayon-Cocking born. Descends from Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife later 1st Duke of Albany above.

 

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