October 28 34 Simon and Jude Apostles feast day. The feast days were celebrated for a millennia in Scotland.

1150 sometime this year. Church of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland had been given much land, to become the centre of a new Priory.

area controlled by the priory. Approximate size of area was 17×23 km. River Tweed on the south,

1166 sometime this year. Clan Lumsden the brothers Gillem (William) and Cren de Lumsden witnessed a charter by Waldeve Earl of Dunbar to Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland Priory. This land enabled the church to be designated a Priory in 1200.

Prioris de Coldingeham Sigill Simonis showing a monk with a book, about 1200AD. The Cathedral date the Prior on the seal to 1189-1203AD.

1371 Treaty of Vincennes creating a Franco-Scottish alliance.

1398 Sir John Hamilton of Cadyow, when returning from France, in 1398, with Sir John Hamilton of Fingaltoun,[Hamilton 2Stewart 2Millar 2simmons 2Choate 2Sorensen] and some other Scottish gentlemen, was captured at sea by the English. Prompt complaints of this breach of public faith having been made by the Scottish government, King Richard the Second issued an order, dated 28^th October 1398, for them to be set at liberty, the ship and cargo restored, and the damages made good.

Area of clan Hamilton.

1405 Robert III returned to Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire. Two and a half centuries later Dundonald becomes an Earldom of clan Cochrane.

1562 – George Gordon, 4^th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562) (forfeit 1563)

Battle of Corrichie catholic Gordons lose to Murry (Earl of Moray).

1572 John Erskine died, Lord Erskine, Earl of Mar, One of 24 Lords of the Congregation. Lord Erskine;

John M, #19354, was the son of John Lord Erskine, and Lady Margaret Campbell. Mar married Annabel Murray, daughter of Sir William Murray of Tullibardine and Katherine Campbell, before 29 January 1556/57. 1^st Earl Mar  held the office of Regent of Scotland in 1571. Mar was Commendator of Inchmaholme in 1548.

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Mar succeeded to the title of 6^th Lord Erskine [S., 1438] between July 1555 and November 1555. He succeeded to the title of 18th Earl of Mar [S., c. 1115] from 11 July 1555 to November 1555. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1561. He was Abbot of Dryburgh. On 23 June 1565 he was restored by charter to the Earldom of Mar. He was created 1st Earl of Mar [Scotland] on 20 July 1565. He held the office of Keeper of Stirling Castle. He held the office of Keeper of Edinburgh Castle before March 1566/67.

Edinburgh Castle. The Spell of Scotland by Keith Clark, 1916 to the Lord Marischall, Boston The Page Company. P.86.

In 1567 he helped to incarcerate Mary, Queen of Scots in Lochleven Castle.

Children of John Erskine, 18^th /1^st Earl of Mar and Annabel Murray. Lady Mary Erskine d. 3 May 1575, Hon. Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, John Erskine, 19^th /2^nd Earl of Mar b. 1562, d. 14 Dec 1634

Citations G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 158. volume VIII, page 418.

Lady Margaret Campbell F, #25875     Lady Margaret Campbell was the daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2^nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stuart. She married John Erskine, 5^th Lord Erskine, son of Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine and Isabel Campbell.

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Lady Margaret was great aunt to Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll^, Lord of the Congregation. So Margaret’s Children were 2^nd cousins of 5^th Argyll. Lady Margaret Campbell and John Erskine, 5^th Lord Erskine Lord of the Congregation. Robert Erskine, Master of Erskine d. 10 Sep 1547; Hon. Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar d. a 3 Apr 1592; Katherine Erskine+; Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine d. a 7 Oct 1551; Margaret Erskine+ ; Arthur Erskine of Blackgrange d. c Jan 1570/71; Janet Erskine

Citations – Charles Mosley, editor, Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 104. 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke’s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2604, 2608, 2610, 2611, volume 1, page 327.

1581 Sir Robert Stewart, of Strathdon, created Earl of Orkney. Earl Robert’s son Patrick received the Orkneys in 1591. Earl Robert oppressed people, stopped ferries, to prevent complaints to the Privy council. ‘That they are so halden under thralldom and tyranny that they can have na passage, neither by sea nor land, to complain heir upon, and sute redress and remeid be the course of justice.’ Later Earl Robert seized the charter chest of the town of Kirkwall, and destroyed all the records. ‘He did put away, cancel and destroy all the said town’s papers and evidents.’ Quoted the Provost Craigie of Kirkwall.

Orkney Islands map, north of Pentland Firth.

1704 John Lock died. (Born 29 August 1632). His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence. Printer Andrew Millar VI (clans Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter).

Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding by the author of the Essays Moral and Political. London Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katherine Street in the Strand. MDCCXLVIII.

1776 History of the Scots Guards (1642–1804) at Battle of White Plains.

A 1796 map showing the strategies of the opposing armies. McDougall’s 1^st New York, Graham’s Massachusetts militia.

1926 October 10 issue. Alexander Hamilton’s Battery. (clan Hamilton) 150^th anniversary of the Battle of White Plains, NY, fought October 28, 1776. The British, attempting to outflank Gen. Washington’s forces in upper Manhattan, caused him to withdraw his main force northward. In a sharp battle at White Plains, the British captured a key hill, but Washington escaped while they were awaiting reinforcements. usstampgallery.com

1845 Oregon arrives in New Orleans. “Oregon, about 125 souls. Some time in September, 1845, the ship Oregon, Captain Borland, sailed from Liverpool with about one hundred and twenty-five Latter-day Saint passengers, bound for Nauvoo via New Orleans.’ Average time for a voyage to New Orleans in the 1840s was about fifty-four days, it seems reasonable to suppose that this voyage left Liverpool the first week of September. The ship manifest also reveals that both Agnes and her husband, Hugh Campbell, were thirty years old at the time of the passage. Hugh’s profession was “weaver.” Hugh may have been employed making shawls of the Paisley design at the time the Campbells immigrated to America. At this time, Paisley, Scotland, was the chief producer of shawls modeled after those from Kashmir. See Meg Andrews, “Beyond the Fringe: Shawls of Paisley Design,” www.victoriana.com/library/paisley/shawl.html; and Louise Coffey-Webb, “Paisley Passion,” http://www.fidm.com/academics/majors/textile-design/articles/paisley-passion/index.html. The ship manifest also lists the Campbells’ place of destination as “Illinois” (referring to Nauvoo, Illinois). Hugh and Agnes names of their children: William, age five; Hugh, age two; and John, infant. “The Manuscript History of the Paisley Branch,” Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.

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1899 The Battle of Ladysmith. The Boer War. Northern Natal in South Africa. Highland regiments in Natal devised aprons to conceal coloured kilts and sporrans. 2^nd Gordon Highlanders: now the Highlanders.

Battle of White Plains 150^th Anniversary Issue of 1926. 1^st Regiment of Foot Guards, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards. 

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.

The Battle of El Alamein Orders Group by Ian GM Eadie is at the Scottish United Service Museum, Edinburgh Castle.

Major General Douglas Wimberley, right, commanded the 51^st   Highland Division at the Battle of El Alamein. He is seen here briefing his commanders of 51^st Highland Division.

Lieutenant Colonel James Oliver, commanded the 7^th Battalion The Black Watch and is seated, front left. He was an Arbroath solicitor and a Territorial Army soldier. Later promoted Brigadier, he commanded 154 Brigade at the Normandy landings, though France, to the Crossing of the Rhine. 

Lieutenant Colonel Tom Rennie, in a kilt above the left hand white line, commanded the 5^th Battalion The Black Watch. Later promoted Brigadier, he commanded 154 Brigade in the Sicily Landings. Promoted Major General, he was later to command 3^rd Division at the Normandy Landings and then the 51^st Highland Division in France and at the Crossing of the Rhine. 

The 1st Battalion The Black Watch was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel W.N. Roper-Caldbeck, third from right, above Major General Wimberley.

Lieutenant Colonel Oliver wears a khaki shirt and Black Watch tartan kilt; Lovat green hose, with red flashes and black brogues. On his shoulder he has a star and crown to denote his rank. On his sleeve he has the 51^st Highland Division insignia, HD in red on blue; three red bars for 154 Brigade and The Black Watch badge in dark Black Watch tartan. He wears a fawn Balmoral bonnet with the red hackle just visible.

Lieutenant Colonel Lorne Campbell, four above Lieutenant Colonel Oliver, commanded the 7^th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was later to be awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding bravery at the Battle of Wadi Akarit.

Two Gordon Highlander commanders wear Glengarry bonnets with red, white and black dicing and kilts in Gordon tartan with yellow stripes.

One Cameron Highlander commander wears a blue Glengarry bonnet and a kilt of distinctive Cameron of Erracht Tartan.

Three Seaforth Highlander commanders wear Balmoral bonnets with tartans patches and stag’s head crest and kilts in Seaforth tartan with red and white stripes.

The officers in the painting are, from the left, clockwise: Lieutenant Colonel JA Oliver, 7th Battalion The Black Watch; Lieutenant Colonel McKessack, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders; Colonel Galloway, ADMS; Lieutenant Colonel J Colam, AA and QMG; Lieutenant Colonel L Campbell, 7^th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Brigadier G Elliot, Commander Royal Artillery, infront; Lieutenant Colonel H Murray, 5^th /7^th Gordon Highlanders, behind; Lieutenant Colonel RDMC Miers, 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders; Lieutenant Colonel R Grant, Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment, kneeling infront; Lieutenant Colonel TG Rennie, 5th Battalion The Black Watch; Brigadier DAH Graham, 153 Brigade Commander; Lieutenant Colonel A Thicknesse, 126 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; Brigadier HW Houldsworth, 154 Brigade Commander;
Lieutenant Colonel RW Urquhart, GSO1; Brigadier H Murray, 152 Brigade Commander; Lieutenant Colonel R
Stirling, 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Lieutenant Colonel WN Roper-Caldbeck, 1^st Battalion The Black
Watch; Lieutenant Colonel WA Shiel, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Colonel JWA
Stephenson, 7^th Battalion Middlesex Regiment and Major General DN Wimberley, Commanding 51^st Highland
Division, kneeling on the right.

Source

Date: 1942
Contributor: Museum of The Black Watch

http://www.rememberingscotlandatwar.org.uk/Accessible/Exhibition/171/My-flea-bit-dugout-in-Tobruk-Montgomerys-victory-at-El-Alamein

 1967 Kevin Macdonald (born 28 October 1967 Glasgow Scotland) is a Scottish director. He won the 2000 Oscar for Best Feature Documentary for One Day In September.

Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/scotlands-forgotten-oscars-how-three-5085589#eiylxtf16w4L6AJU.99

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