October 4   1066 Normans in southern Angleterre.

ISTE JUSSIT UT FODERETUR CASTELLUM AT HESTENGA

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1226 Francis of Assisi Friar Deacon Founder of the Friars Minor feast day.

1552 Members of the Kerr family from the Scottish Borders and enemies of the neighbouring Scott family, attacked and killed Sir Walter Scott (an ancestor namesake of the Scot’s author of 1800s) in the High Street of Edinburgh.

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.’

11) Walter Scott 1475- 15 Apr 1504 Buccleuch Crosslee Teviotdale married Elizabeth Ker 1466-1548 (Walter Ker 1445-1501 married Isabel Hay 1456-1487 Cessburgh Castle New St Boswells Roxburgh) had

10) Sir Walter Scott (before 1504 – died Oct 1552 Edinburgh) had

9) william Scott (before 1552) married Grizel had

8) Walter Scott 1575-1631 married Mary

7) William Scott 1590 Harden -1655 married Agnus Murray 1590 (M Margaret Pentland, F Gideoun Murray) had

6) Walter Scott 1620-1688 married had

5) Walter Beardie Scott 1679-3 nov 1729 married Margaret Campbell

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had 4) Robert Scott 1695 -1775 Fququier Virginia married Barbara Haliburton (Mother Janet Campbell, Father Thomas Haliburton) had

  • Haliburton Crest: A negro’s head couped at the shoulders and armed with a helmet Proper Motto: WATCH WELL Seat: Haliburton, Berwickshire

3) Walter SCOTT (AFN: 9HC9-BF) 1729-1799 married Anne RUTHERFORD (AFN: 20NB-6K2) (M. Elizabeth Swinton, GF John Swinton) had

2) Sir Walter Scott(AFN: 9HC9-DR) 15 Aug 1771 Edinburgh, Midlothianshire, Scotland Death: 21 Sep 1832 Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scotland married Charlotte Mary CARPENTER.

“Edgar and Lucie at Mermaiden’s well” by Charles Robert Leslie (1886), after Sir Walter Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor. Lucie is wearing a full plaid. fictionalized version of an actual incident in the history of the Dalrymple family that took place in the Lammermuir Hills in 1669. Wikipedia.

Rutherford family, wife of Sir Walter Scott. Robertus dominus de Rutherford, witness to a charter granted by David I. to Jervasius Ridal in 1140, and Hugo de Rutherford, in a grant by Philip de Valoniis of some lands in Northumberland in 1215. Hugo’s son, Sir Nichol de Rutherford, mentioned in a charter of Alexander III., in 1261, is also witness in several donations to the monastery of Kelso, and in 1270 and 1272 is designed Nicholaus de Rutherford, miles. He had two sons, Sir Nichol, who succeeded him, and Aymer de Rutherford, both of whose names are in the Ragman Roll as among the Scots barons who swore a forced fealty to Edward I. of England in 1296. The son of the former, Sir Robert de Rutherford, is particularly mentioned in Barbour’s History as fighting valiantly under Robert the Bruce, for the independence of Scotland.

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Robert The Bruce 1274/1329.

Robert’s son, Sir Richard Rutherford of that ilk, was witness in a charter granted to the abbacy of Coupar in 1328. Sir Richard’s grandson, Sir Richard Rutherford, a distinguished favourite of Robert III., was in 1390 witness to a charter granted by William Turnbull to William Stewart, his nephew, of the lands of Minto. IN 1398 he was appointed one of the ambassadors extraordinary to the court of England, and in 1400 he and his sons were made wardens of the marches. By his wife, Jean Douglas, he had three sons, James, who succeeded him; John, who had a grant from Archibald, earl of Douglas, in 1424, of the lands of Chatto, and was ancestor of the Rutherfords of Chatto and Hunthill, of whom were the Lords Rutherford; and Nichol, ancestor of the Rutherfords of Hundalee, which family, about the beginning of the eighteenth century, ended in a female, married to Sir James Ker of Crallinghill. The Rutherfords of Fairnilee were descended from the family of Hundalee.

1597 Father John Gerard escapes on a rope strung across the Tower moat, and brings his gaoler with Gerard, because the gaoler would be held responsible for loss of a prisoner. (i.e. executed). John was the son of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn, near Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, who had been imprisoned in 1569 for plotting the rescue of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Tutbury Castle. Thomas’ release in 1571 may have been influenced by his cousin Sir Gilbert Gerard who was Attorney General at that time.

A plan of Tower of London and its Liberties in 1597. Thomas Gerard’s descendants moved to Virginia colony, and spelled their names Jared, Jarrett, Gerrard, Garrat, and two dozen more spellings.

1684 Andrew Miller 4th (uncle, and brother to Robert 4th) was again ejected, the Privy Council cancelled his indulgence, the Lords declaring the privilege ended for all those not following instructions and ‘refuiseing to read the proclamation injoyneing the thanksgiveing for his Majesties preservation from the late fanatical conspiracy’ (the Rye House plot). They committed him and other offenders to the Glasgow Tolbooth until they should each find caution money, under a penalty of 5,000 marks, not to preach or exercise ‘any pairt of the ministeriall office or otherwayes to depairt out of his Majesties three kingdomes, not to returne without allowance from the King or Councill under the said YYMA 58 penalty.’

Shortly, the prisoners were removed to Edinburgh. An order instructed

Captain Cleilland to send ‘with a pairtie of 25 dragouns into the Tolbooth of

Edinburgh the persons of the late indulged mens.’ (Register, Vol. X, p. 223-225) YYMA 56. In 1674 after reinstatement, however, they (Andrew 4th and Robert 1st Millar) and other ‘indulged ministers’ had not been paid. The Register of the Privy Council, 3rd series, Vol. IV 1673-76 p. 331 minutes its members’ response to their petition: ‘Having been indulged by the Council’s favour to preach in their respective parishes, they have accordingly ever since exercised their ministerial functions therein, and have not received any part of the stipends thereof for 1672, 1673, and 1674, so they crave allowance thereof. The Lords allow to them, the said stipends for the years aforesaid, and no other person to trouble them or the heritors on account of vacancy.’

1694 Lord George Murray born (4 October 1694 – 11 October 1760) was a Scottish Jacobite general, most noted for his 1745 campaign under Bonnie Prince Charlie into England. Lord George was the sixth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, who was the chief of Clan Murray, by his first wife, Catherine, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Hamilton. Murray escaped to the continent in December 1746, and was well received in Rome by the prince’s father, James Stuart, who granted him a pension. Despite the father’s hospitality, when Murray journeyed to Paris the following year, the prince refused to meet with him.   Murray lived in numerous places on the continent over the next few years, and eventually died in Medemblik, Holland on the 11th October, 1760 at the age of 66. Originally he was burried inside the Bonifacius-church in Medemblik, but the church was shortened in 1860 and as a consequence his grave was outside the church henceforth. His grave-stone was removed and placed inside the smaller church. In 1880 a new stone was place on his grave by his descendant John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl.

1716 James Lind born Edinburgh (died 13 July 1794). Edinburgh University MD 1748, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was a pioneer of naval hygiene in the Royal Navy. By conducting the first ever clinical trial, he developed the theory that citrus fruits cured scurvy. He proposed below-deck fumigation with sulphur and arsenic and that fresh water could be obtained by distilling sea water. Author for Andrew Millar by the Strand.

A Treatise on the Scurvy. Etc. London Prined by A. Millar by the Strand MDCCLVIII.

1777 History of the Scots Guards (1642–1804). 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards took part in the Battle of Germantown which also ended in a British victory, sort of, from the British viewpoint. 25th , now King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

American troops lay siege to the Chew house during the Battle of Germantown. American Units: Maxwell’s Light Infantry, Stirling’s Division

 

1914

‘A Glorious Example’ – A cartoon by Bernard Partridge that appeared in Punch in 1914. London Scotish regiment.

http://www.londonscottishregt.org/history9.cfm

1918 Salt Lake City, Utah. President Joseph F. Smith (Clans Huntley, Hamilton, Mackenzie, Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots.) opened the 89th semi-conference with a vision concerning the Savior’s visit to the spirits of the dead while his body was in the tomb. President Smith declared that he had received several divine communications during the previous months. One of these, concerning the Savior’s visit to the spirits of the dead while his body was in the tomb. In the vision were ‘The Prophet Joseph Smith, and my father, Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and other choice aspirits who were breserved to come forth in the cfulness of times to take part in laying the dfoundations of the great latter-day work,  Including the building of the atemples and the performance of ordinances therein for the redemption of the bdead, were also in the spirit world. I observed that they were also among the anoble and great ones who were bchosen in the beginning to be rulers in the Church of God.

1923 Charlton Heston, John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008), president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. Scottish descent (Fraser clan.). Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Portrayed General Gordon in the movie Khartoum, 1966.

1934 fictional Minerva McGonagall is Deputy Headmistress, head of Gryffindor House, Transfiguration professor, and later Headmistress at fictional Hogwarts, where she began teaching in December 1956. She is first introduced in the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. McGonagall often wears a Scottish brooch of a specific Scots style set with Cairngorm quartz citrines and Scottish agate. Rowling has said McGonagall’s birthday is 4 October.

Maggie Smith was author J. K. Rowling’s personal choice for the role of McGonagall. Wikipedia.

1976 Alicia Silverstone, born October 4, 1976) American actress, Scottish born, daughter of Deirdre “Didi” (née Radford), a Scottish-born former Pan Am flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate agent born in England.

1978 Ensign. The Saints around the World: Strong Saints in Scotland

https://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/10/the-saints-around-the-world-strong-saints-in-scotland?lang=eng     The Church has recently grown rapidly at Elgin and at Inverness in northern Scotland, opening two new chapels. Despite—perhaps because of—some local agitation, many people there are listening to the missionaries just to find out what we really do believe.

Richard Van Hagen is one of those. Driving through the mountains, he was listening to a favorite radio program when interference caused him to switch to another station. That station was broadcasting a program about the Mormon pioneers. As he listened, he concluded that the pioneers were to be admired. A short time later he saw a television program that presented the Church in an unfavorable light. He didn’t think the program was well done, and his sympathies were with the Church.

When two missionaries knocked on his door a few nights later, he was sufficiently interested to listen to their message. Both he and his wife listened to the discussions, at first with no intentions of joining the Church. However, as his wife began to accept the gospel, Richard had a strong desire to find out if it was true. He climbed Corstorphine Hill, a favorite scenic spot in Edinburgh, and prayed vocally on three or four occasions. He received a sure witness of the gospel’s truthfulness, and he and his wife were baptized.

2002 Sweet Sixteen is a working class Scottish teenage boy, Liam, filmed against the backdrop of Greenock and Port Glasgow

2012 Humor Back in the day of train travel. Three Scots, Hales, Hibburne, and Hepburn and three English travelled by train to a football match.

At the station, the three Englishmen each bought tickets and watched as the three Scots bought only a single ticket.

“How are three Scots going to travel on only one ticket?” asked the three English.

“Watch and ye’ll see,” answered Hales.

They all boarded the train. The English took their respective seats but all three scots crammed into a toilet and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the toilet door and said, “Ticket, please.” The door cracked just a wee and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on.

The English saw this and thought it quite clever. So after the match, the English decided to copy the Scots on the return trip, save some money, and bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Scots didn’t buy a ticket at all.

“How are you going to travel without a ticket,” asked the perplexed English. “Watch and ye’ll see,” said Hepburn. When all boarded the train, the three Scots crammed into a toilet and the three English crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Shortly afterward, Hibburne left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the English were hiding. He knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please.”

http://www.humorsphere.com/humor/scottish_jokes.htm

2011 Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich-And Why Most Don’t.

Donald John Trump, Sr. (clans MacQueen, Macaulay, MacLeod, of Aberdeenshire and Outer Hebrides), (born June 14, 1946). His mother was Mary Anne MacLeod, (born May 10, 1912,– died August 7, 2000), who was married in 1936. Mary Anne was born at Tong, Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, off th e coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.

2012 Liddell was memorialized by Elder Clinton Cook at the 2012 semi annual general conference October 4, 1st session, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, as Liddell was an inspiration to Apostle Cook’s son not to participate in sports on Sundays. Elder Cook quoted Liddell quoting Isaiah.

  • 1924 June 24. Murray, Feg. “”Did You Know That Famous Scotch Sprinter Will Not Run In The Olympic 100 Metres Because The Trials Are Run On Sunday”. Los Angeles Times. 24 June 1924. Eric Liddell. Brother of Jenny Liddell Somerville. Movie Chariots of Fire. 1981 Chariots of Fire Filmed in Scotland tells of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice. Nigel Havers plays Lord Andrew Lindsay, a Cambridge student runner partially based on David Burghley and Douglas Lowe. 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.

Lady Scott’s great nephew in law. John Scott, born, 1923 September 28 – 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th 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.

Film Poster. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), born in China of Scottish missionary parents, is in Scotland. Liddell delivers a sermon at the Paris Church of Scotland that Sunday, and quotes from Isaiah 40, ending with:

  • But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Liddell defeats the American favourites and wins the gold medal. Ian Charleson himself wrote Eric Liddell’s speech to the post-race workingmen’s crowd at the Scotland v. Ireland races.

Eric Liddell went on to missionary work in China. All of Scotland mourned his death in 1945 in Japanese-occupied China.

In the film, Eric Liddell is tripped up by a Frenchman in the 400 metre event of a Scotland–France international athletic meeting. He recovers, makes up a 20 metre deficit, and wins. This was based on fact; the actual race was during a Triangular Contest meet between Scotland, England, and Ireland at Stoke-on-Trent in England in July 1923.

Liddell’s sister, Jenny Liddell Somerville cooperated fully with the making of the film and has a brief cameo in the Paris Church of Scotland during Liddell’s sermon. Some pieces of Vangelis’s music in the film did not end up on the film’s soundtrack album. One of them is the background music to the race Eric Liddell runs in the Scottish highlands. Scottish stage actor Ian Charleson performed the role of Pierre in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Piaf,

2016 flashback to 1505 when the first printing press was brought to Scotland by A. Mylar, who began printing Bibles, later translated from Latin to English causing the 1560 Protestant Reformation, leading to 1830 Scots’ Joseph Smith the Prophet and the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; leading to 2010 and Scots’ Thomas Monson and these New Testament videos.

https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-11-04-chapter-3-john-the-baptist-is-born?category=new-testament/new-testament-stories&lang=eng

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