December 23 1334 Andrew Murray of Bothwell as a potent war leader at the Battle of Culblean on November 30. Murray had been captured in 1332, ransomed himself in 1334 and immediately sped north to lay siege to Dundarg Castle in Buchan held by Sir Henry de Beaumont—the castle fell to Murray on 23 December 1334.  Battle of Culblean monument Aberdeenshire, former names Grampian, Kincardine and Deeside.

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1580 William Cunningham laird of Caprington [Cunningham of Caprington 1162 2Stewart 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate zoe] assize on trial of William Lord Ruthven, lord high treasurer, and 82 others, for slaughter of John Buchan, a servant of Lawrence Lord Oliphant, when they were acquitte. Anderson v 1/ p 744.

Oliphant Crest: A unicorn’s head couped Argent armed and manned Or. Motto: TOUT POURVOIR.
[from French: “Provide for all”]. 
Badge: bull rush. Chief: Richard Oliphant of that Ilk

1583 RUTHVEN, WILLIAM, 4th Lord Ruthven and 1st Earl of Gowrie (1541?–1584), Provost and Lieutenant of Perth, Lord High Treasurer, the king also under the great seal granted full remission both to him and his servants for their share in the Ruthven raid (Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1580–93, No. 648).

1642 Bunbury Agreement designed to keep Cheshire neutral during the Civil War (failed)

1688 James II fled to France. The Old Pretender, Duke of York, namesake for New York City (renamed from New Amsterdam). Clan Stewart.

1745 Lord Lewis Gordon got 750 under arms, chiefly Lowland men of Aberdeen shire, under Moir of Stonywood,and Farquharson of Monaltry, with a proportion of the Royal Scots regiment, and hastened against the enemy. [TG81-254] MacLeod was nearly surprised, the Aberdeenshire men made a show of rushing to close combat, and the MacLeods gave way, and retreated or fled. As the battle was fought at night, the pursuit did not continue far, or cost much bloodshed. The MacLeods fled as far as Forres, having lost about forty of their men. Gordon then marched to Perth.

Farquharson Crest: On a chapeau Gules furred Ermine, a demi-lion Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Proper. Motto: FIDE ET FORTITUDINE.
[from Latin: “By fidelity and fortitude”].
Badge: Scots fir, red whortleberry, or foxglove Chief: Alwyne Farquharson of Invercauld. INVERCAULD HOUSE. The Spell of Scotland by Keith Clark, 1916 to the Lord Marischall, Boston The Page Company. P.200.

1745 December 23 Marched up Nithsdale, then turned up the Menock Pass by Leadhills to Douglas. The Prince lodged in Douglas Castle’ (ib. L.P. 499). On Dec. 3rd .I Loudon marched a force through Stratherrick to relieve Fort Augustus, threatened by the Frasers, under the Muter of Lovat (S.M. 589). Fort Augustus On the 11th he took Lord Lovat (who had been corresponding with both sides) a prisoner to Inverness’, whence he escaped on the 20th . and at once the clan marched under the Muter to join the Prince’s, army (L.L.T. 45). At the lame time Loudon sent a strong force under MacLeod of MacLeod, Munro of Cuicairn. and Grant of Grant to relieve Aberdeen (II. 344. S.M. 589).       Dec. 23rd . Lord Lewis Gordon marched from Aberdeen, and completely defeated MacLeod at the Skirmish of Inverurie, and forced him to retire across the Spey.

The Spey.

Inverurie

Dec. 23rd . The two regiments of foot and two qf cavalry sent to Stirling in November recalled to Edinburgh, along with the Glasgow and Paisley militia (S.M. 1746. p. 30).

Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Publications OF THE SCOTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XXIII Pg 48 (33) April 1897 SUPPLEMENT LYON IN MOURNING PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART ITINERARY AND MAP. Ed.W. B. BLAIKIE, from Narrative of Lord MacLeod, son of the Earl of Cromarty

1806 Joseph Smith, Junior, Apostle and Prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ, was born, in Sharon, Windsor county, Vermont, a descendant of Scots through Lucy Smith (nee Mack), mother. A depiction of Joseph Smith’s description of receiving the golden plates from the angel Moroni at the Hill Cumorah (previously Ramah). ‘’No writer can ever accurately portray a prophet of God if he or she does not believe in prophecy. They cannot succeed in writing what they do not have in personal faith. That is why the best biography on Joseph Smith to date was one done by one who knew him and who served the Church as an apostle and member of the First Presidency. I refer to George Q. Cannon’s inspiring work, The Life of Joseph Smith.’’ Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when this fireside
address, God’s Hand in Our Nation’s History, was given at Brigham Young University on 28 March 1976.

John Mack born 6 mar 1653 Inverness Scotland married in 1681 in Salisbury Massachusetts Bay Colony to Sarah Bagley, and had Ebenezer who had Solomon who had Lucy Mack who married Joseph Smith Senior, and who had Hyrum and Joseph and nine other children.  Map showing Inverness in the High lands of Northern Scotland.

  1. Edinburgh and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Samuel Mulliner (b. 1809), and Alexander Wright (b. 1804), Scots, arrive as missionaries. [Ensign Feb. 1987] That morning, Alexander tried to shave and discovered that his face “was all braking out and all over my head B[rother] Millener said his was so too and he had got a bad cold he wished me to anoint him and lay hands on him so I did and requested the same blessing from him.”

1902 Norman Fitzroy Maclean born (December 23, 1902 – August 2, 1990) was an American author and scholar noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976) and Young Men and Fire (1992).

 

1942 HM Queen Mary, Cunard Line, built Clydebank Scotland, converted to troopship. Until April 22, 1943 “THE LONG VOYAGE” from Gourock Scotland, to the Suez, Sydney, Australia, and return to Gourock Scotland. Total mileage: 37,943 miles Ship transferred to Atlantic Ocean.

 

1948 Angela Marie “Bay” Buchanan (born December 23, 1948) Treasurer of the United States. (clan Buchanan). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member.

 

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