October 26 664 Cedd Abbot of Lastingham Bishop of the East Saxons. Saint Cedd was trained by St Aidan (died 651) who came to Lindisfarne in Northumbria from the island of Iona in Scotland, with the Celtic

Feast and Mass days celebrated in Scotland for 9 centuries.

899 Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar.

1326 Invasion of England (1326) Isabella of France the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort takes over as Bristol falls and pursues Edward II of England. Hugh de Despenser the elder continued to hold Bristol against Isabella and Mortimer, who placed it under siege between 18–26 October; when it fell, Isabella was able to recover her daughters Eleanor and Joan.

1605 William Parker, 13^th Baron Morley 4^th Baron Monteagle (1575 – 1 July 1622) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c. He was allied with many Roman Catholic families, and during the reign of Elizabeth I was in sympathy with their cause. He was knighted while with Robert Devereux, 2^nd Earl of Essex in Ireland in 1599, and in 1601 Morley took part in the Essex’s rebellion in London. Morley was punished by imprisonment and a fine of £8,000. Morley subsequently in 1602 joined in sending the mission to Spain inviting Philip III to invade England. Morley knew Robert Catesby and others, and according to Father Garnet expressed an opinion some few months before the Gunpowder Plot that the Romanists had a good opportunity of making good their claims. received a summons [King James 1^st of England, 6^th of Scotland] to attend the parliament of the 5^th of November 1605 as Lord Monteagle. On 26 October 1605, while sitting at supper at Hoxton, Morley received a letter warning of the gunpowder plot, perhaps written by Sir Francis Tresham. After having caused it to be read aloud by Ward, a gentleman in Morley’s service and an intimate friend of Robert Wintour, one of the chief conspirators, he took it to Whitehall and showed it to Robert Cecil, 1^st Earl of Salisbury.

1640 Treaty of Ripon signed Second Bishops’ War restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England. Scots Commissioners John Leslie, 6^th Earl of Rothes.

Leslie Motto: GRIP FAST. Chief: James Malcolm David Leslie, 22^nd Earl of Rothes Crest: A demi griffin Proper, armed, beaked and winged Or.

John Campbell, 1^st Earl of Loudoun Archibald Johnston

1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

First Continental Congress (40% had Scots ancestors)

1775 – King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.

1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American War of Independence.

Franklin 5 cent.

1809 George 3^rd began 50^th year of his reign, celebrated as a national jubilee. Tytler’s Britannica 268.

1840 Comrie earthquake, southern highlands of Scotland, towards the western end of the Strathearn district of Perth and Kinross. Matthew 24:7 and there shall be earthquakes, in divers places.

1868 Donald Smith died. Donald SMITH, a woolen weaver and cottar (peasant farmer) was born 1 Jan 1835 to Duncan Smith and Henrietta MacSwane, the second of their nine children. Donald was tragically lost at the young age of 34 in Broadbay, off Vatisker Point in Stornoway, when a squall of wind overturned his open boat the evening of 26 Oct 1868.

He left behind a widow, Mary Macaurey, and four young children to carry on the family croft. Great Grandfather of Donald John Trump.

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/photo-donald-trump-battles-offshore-windmills-in-scotland

1942 Allies advance- 51^st Highland Division takes Kidney Ridge- Littorio Armoured Division counterattacks: 5pm 26 October

1942 The Battle of El Alamein is usually divided into five phases, consisting of the break-in (23–24 October), the crumbling (24–25 October), the counter (26–28 October), Operation Supercharge (1–2 November) and the breakout (3–7 November). No name is given to the period from 29–31 October, when the battle was at a standstill.

1948 Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948 film), a 1948 film starring David Niven. Filmed in Scotland depicting the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.

Poster.

1953 Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue. By Sir Walter Scott (novel). The extras were soldiers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders who had just returned from the Korean War. Robert Roy MacGregor poster.

1974 Seth MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director, and singer. Creator of the Family Guy. Scots descent.

2009 A bit of Scotland in Salt Lake City. Gov. Gary Herbert, left, talks with Robert Gallimore and Dan Stuart after the traditional Kirkin’ o’ th’ Tartan service Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City. The men thanked the governor for coming out and supporting the Scottish clans, whose local representatives attend the annual service to have their clan’s tartan blessed.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705339475/A-bit-of-Scotland-in-Salt-Lake-City.html?pg=all

2016 Utah is ranked 2^nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Americans#Scottish_Americans_by_state ).   How are the Scots in Utah doing?

Pollina Corporate Real Estate has now voted Utah #1 of the Top 10 Pro Business States for four years in a row.

http://edcutah.org/news/2016/10/26/pollina-corporate-ranks-utah-1-pro-business-states

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