November 7 –1240 sometime this year. Clan Crawford Galfridus de Craufurd divided the Barony of Crawford between his two sons, Hugh and Reginald, Hugh receiving the Barony and the portion given to Reginald became known as Crawfordjohn after Reginald’s son John. John de Craufurd witnessed a charter of Abbott Arnold to Theobald Flamaticus for Douglas Water (date) (river in south-central Scotland, and is a tributary of the River Clyde.) Johannes de Crawford, 2^nd great-grandson of Galfridus de Craufurd, through his eldest son Hugh (died 1248), had two daughters – the youngest who married William Lindsay, ancestor of the Earls of Crawford. The eldest daughter Margaret married Archibald Douglas (1213-1240), ancestor of the Earls of Douglas.

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Arms of the last Chief of Clan Crawford, Last Chief: Hugh Crawfurd of Auchinames 21^st Laird of Auchinames

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1262 sometime this year. Waldenus de Coceran is on an ancient charter for a grant of land to Walter Stewart the Earl of Menteith.

1542 Mary Stewart born. (TG 29-51) Becomes Queen of Scots after 6 days old.

1619 – Elizabeth of Scotland and England is crowned Queen of Bohemia, so became Elizabeth of Bohemia.

1697 The Darien colony. Sometime in November. To those more vulgar minds who cannot separate the idea of wealth from [Sir Walter Scott’s Tales of a Grandfather-59-39] the precious metals, the projector held out the prospect of golden mines. The hardy Highlanders, many of whom embarked in the undertaking, were to exchange their barren moors for extensive savannahs of the richest pasture, with some latent hopes of a creagh (or foray) upon Spaniards or Indians. The Lowland laird was to barter his meagre heritage, and oppressive feudal tenure, for the free possession of unlimited tracts of ground, where the rich soil, three or four feet deep, would return the richest produce for the slightest cultivation.

1775 – John Murray, 4^th Earl of Dunmore, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore’s Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.

1812 Smolensk. French army retreat. Tytler’s Britannica 269.

1842 Henry Clay Cochrane (November 7, 1842 – April 27, 1913) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. He participated, most notably, as a newly minted 2nd Lieutenant in the American Civil War, and later the Spanish American War, where he served as Executive Officer of the 1st Marine Battalion during the 1898 landing at Guantanamo Bay, as well as the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, where he was involved with the China Relief Expedition commanding the 1st Regiment of Marines. At the time of his death in 1913, he was on the retired list as holding the rank of Brigadier General.

During the Civil War, then Lieutenant Cochrane accompanied President Abraham Lincoln as a member of his guard at the dedication ceremony for the new Gettysburg Battlefield Cemetery where Lincoln delivered his famed Gettysburg Address.

1846 November 7 William Brassey Hole RSA Royal Scottish Academy, born. (died 1917) Hole paints 1889 frieze of Heroes of Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh.

James VI, King of Scotland, England and Ireland; William Drummond of Hawthornden, poet; George Buchanan, historian, poet and reformer; John Napier of Merchiston, inventor of logarithms; James Stewart, Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland; James Douglas, 4^th Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland; John Knox, historian and religious reformer; William Maitland of Lethington, diplomat and secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots; David Rizzio, secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots; James Hepbum, 4^th Earl of Bothwell, Third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots; Mary, Queen of Scots; Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley Consort of Mary Queen of Scots; Mary of Guise, Queen of James V; Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews; James V King of Scots;

Katherine Ruthven page http://www2.div.ed.ac.uk/courses/Kate/

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Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange and John Knox gave a list of members of the Congregation who expelled the troops of Mary of Guise from Perth (Edinburgh’s Port to the Atlantic) in June 1559 and moved on Edinburgh, these were;

Archibald Campbell, 5^th Earl of Argyll

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James Stewart, Prior of St Andrews, 1^st Earl of Moray, later to become Regent Moray

Andrew Leslie, 5^th Earl of Rothes of the Lords of the Congregation. Previously, Knox and Kircaldy gave a list of members of the Congregation who expelled the troops of Mary of Guise from Perth in June 1559 and moved on Edinburgh – Rothes was there.

John Graham, 4^th Earl of Menteith

Patrick Ruthven, 3^rd Lord Ruthven

Lord Ogilvy

David, 2^nd Lord Drummond Earl of Perth with

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Patrick, Master of Lindsay;

William Douglas, Laird of Lochleven; 6^th Earl of Morton

John Wishart, Laird of Pitarro;

William Murray, Laird of Tullibardine;

Colin Campbell, Laird of Glenorchy.

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These were joined in Edinburgh in July 1559 by

Alexander Cunningham, 5^th Earl of Glencairn;

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the Earl of Morton; (Douglas)

John Erskine 17^th Earl of Mar Lord Erskine;

Robert, 4^th Lord Boyd;

Andrew Stewart 2^nd Lord Ochiltree;

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Hugh Campbell, Sheriff of Ayr; and the

Laird of Calder.

Knox and Kirkcaldy gave the names of another six lords who had not yet declared their alliance in July 1559;

William Keith, 4^th Earl Marischal;

the Earl of Athol;

Lord Forbes; and

James Douglas, Laird of Drumlanrig;

the Laird of Lochinvar; and the

Laird of Garlies.

A list of the council for policy of the Lords of October 1559 includes; the former Regent Arran;

his son the 3^rd Earl of Arran;

Archibald Campbell, 5^th Earl of Argyll the Earl of Argyll;

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James Stewart, Prior of St Andrews, 1^st Earl of Moray, later to become Regent Moray) the Prior of St Andrews;

the Earl of Glencairn;

Patrick Ruthven, 3^rd Lord Ruthven Lord Ruthven;

Robert, 4^th Lord Boyd;

Lord Maxwell;

Erskine of Dun;

John Wishart of Pitarrow;

Henry Balnaves of Halhill;

Kirkcaldy of Grange; and

James Halyburton Provost of Dundee.

The congregation received guidance in religious matters from:

Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Galloway

John Knox (above)

Master Christopher Goodman of England

John Willock.

1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

1880 Charles Maclean Anderson born at Port Huron, Michigan. By 1919 he was manager of the five, ten and fifteen cent store of the F. W. Woolworth Company at Salt Lake City. Parents were William Lawrence and Christy (Maclean) Anderson, both of whom were natives of Scotland. Christy, the mother, is a descendant of the famous Maclean clan, tracing her ancestry back to the early Celtic warrior who built the Maclean-Duart castle, which still stands on the edge of a high cliff off the coast of Mull, near Oban, Scotland. This clan also suffered in the early days for the Stuart cause. Mr. Anderson of this review has in his possession a piece of auld Scotch tartan which has been handed down through the generations and is over four hundred and fifty years old.

genealogytrails.com/utah/saltlake/bios_a.htm

1928 – Richard G. Scott, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostle born.

1939 Ralph Allen Sampson FRS (June 25, 1866 – November 7, 1939) was from 1910 to 1937, Astronomer Royal for Scotland was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. In December 1910 Sampson became Astronomer Royal for Scotland (until 1937) and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. He did pioneering work in measuring the color temperature of stars. He did important research into the theory of the motions of Jupiter’s four Galilean satellites, for which he won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1928

1971 – Jamie Drummond, Scottish/Canadian Sommelier born. A Sommelier is a wine steward.

2012 Humor. Wee Hughie was filling a hole in the Garden when his neighbor looked over the fence. John Bull asked ‘Wha’ are ye doing there, Hughie?’ ‘Mae goldfish died,’ replied wee Hughie tearfully without looking up, ‘and Ahe’ve just buried him.’ John was concerned, and remarked ‘That’s an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn’t it?’ Wee Hughie patted down the last fresh turn of soil, and replied, ‘Thae’s because he’s inside your cat.’

2013 Scottish  family of 14, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  featured in episode of BBC show.

On Oct. 30, the Children’s British Broadcasting Company re-aired a “My Life” episode dedicated to one of the largest families in the United Kingdom: a Scottish family with 12 children.

Daughter Annabelle Hann, 11, narrated the show, which captured the family’s life and activities in the weeks leading up to the oldest daughter’s wedding.

“With nine sisters and two brothers, my life is crazy,” Annabelle said in the show. “There’s lots of fun, lots of noise, and we just love being together. But everything is about to change. My big sister Rachel is getting married and leaving home, and it’s the biggest thing to happen to our family.”

“The church … is where we spend loads of our time,” Annabelle said. “Being Mormon is a big part of our lives.”

After her sister’s civil wedding in a Church of Jesus Christ meetinghouse, Annabelle explained that they would be sealed in the Preston England Temple, which is a five-hour drive from their home in Scotland.

“After their wedding in our church, Rachel and Charles will go to a special temple in England for a ceremony calling ‘being sealed,’ ” Annabelle said. “We believe families can be together forever, even after we die.”

The “My Big Family Wedding” episode of “My Life” originally aired on Feb. 26 [2013]. In October, it was nominated for a Royal Television Award for Best Children’s Programme (School Age), according to www.prolificnorth.co.uk. The family has also appeared on the U.K. show “15 Kids and Counting.”

Since the wedding featured in the show, two of the Hann daughters have left to serve missions for the the Church of Jesus Christ, with Sophia in New Zealand and Polly serving in Oregon, according to Roy Hann’s Facebook page.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865590101/Scottish-Mormon-family-of-14-featured-in-episode-of-BBC-show.html?pg=all

2016 Newsweek. 2016 Presidential Election: The Day in Polls Clinton is two points ahead of Trump one day before the election

Trump’s mum was born in Scotland.

Siberia Russia -Tiger in front of faces of American presidential nominees. Newsweek and Reuters.

2016 Deseret News reports on  pre-election polls. ‘’ Final NBC/SurveyMonkey weekly tracking poll: Clinton 47, Trump 41, Johnson 6, Stein 3. Poll: On Eve of Election Day, Clinton Maintains Her Edge Over Trump.’’ ‘’ As Election Day looms, Hillary Clinton’s 6-point lead over Donald Trump remains unchanged from last week according to the final Poll.

Over the course of months of  polling, the numbers have remained remarkably stable. Clinton has not only maintained a lead over the Republican nominee since the end of July, but the margin of her lead has been between 4 to 6 percentage points since the second week of September.’’ ‘’ The national  Poll has shown less variability than most other polls that have tracked the race this election season.

According to results from the final week of polling from the NBC News| Weekly Election Tracking Poll between October 31 and November 6 among likely voters, Clinton continues to lead Trump in a four-way contest with 47 percent to Trump’s 41 percent.‘’ NBC writes ‘’ The  poll was conducted online October 31 through November 6, 2016 among a national sample of 70,194 adults who are likely to vote. Respondents for this non-probability survey were selected from the nearly three million people who take surveys on the platform each day. Results have an error estimate of plus or minus 1.0 percentage points.‘’ Polling results broadcast world wide, or at least Europe and Japan. Trump’s mother was born in Scotland.

Deseret News. ‘’ If the final polls are wrong, they’ll all be wrong together. Four national polls from major news organizations this morning  put Clinton up between 3-6”.

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