September 10 is known as ‘’Black Saturday’ as the 10^th of September 1547 was a Saturday, and the 10^th is the anniversary of Pinkie Cleugh, (Pynkieclewcht is the 16^th century spelling) because of the awful number of Scots lost at the Battle of Pinkie (1547).

2006 ANIMAL TALES FDC WITH THE BATTLE OF PINKIE 1547 FIRST DAY OF ISSUE SHS. ‘Heritage of Britain Famous Battle Series of Covers’ which were produced by Group Captain W.S.O. Randle under the name of The Veterans Charities Consortium (VCC).

1315 Battle of Connor, First War of Scottish Independence. Tannybrake, County Antrim, Ireland. Edward Bruce defeats the Anglo Normans.

1419 John the Fearless died, In 1385, John married Margaret of Bavaria, daughter of Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland and Hainaut, John fought in the battle of Nicopolis (25 September 1396) with such enthusiasm and bravery that he was given the nickname of Fearless (Sans-Peur). John and Margaret are great grand parents of Maria Guelders Queen of Scots to James 2^nd Stewart King.

1436 Battle of Piperdean (1436) Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland. An English force led by George de Dunbar, 11^th Earl of March and Henry Percy, 2^nd Earl of Northumberland attempted to take the forfeited Dunbar’s Castle of Dunbar, back from William Douglas, 2^nd Earl of Angus who as Warden of the Scottish Marches, Adam Hepburn of Hailes, Alexander Elphinstone of that ilk and Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie. Border War.

1436 the Battle of Piperdean, near to Coldstream. An English force led by George de Dunbar, 11^th Earl of March and   Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland attempted to take the forfeited Dunbar’s Castle of Dunbar,  back from    William Douglas, 2^nd Earl of Angus who as Warden of the Scottish Marches had invested the castle the previous summer. Percy and Dunbar came north with some 4000 men. Angus did not want to undergo a siege, and decided to pre-empt the English by attacking them en route. An army of roughly he same force surprised the English, under Angus, Adam Hepburn of Hailes, Alexander Elphinstone of that ilk and Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie.

1513 Edinburgh, the metropolis, or capital city of (TG25-375) Scotland, hears news all was lost at Flodden. George Towrs, and the other presidents,published on that day a proclamation, which would do honour to the annals of any country. “Whereas, news have arrived, which are yet uncertain, ofmisfortune which hath befallen the King and his army, we strictly command and charge all persons within the city to have their arms in readiness, and to be ready to assemble at the tolling of the common bell of the town, to repel any enemy who may seek to attack the city. We also dischargeall women of the lower class, and vagabonds of every description, from appearing on the street to cry and make lamentations; and we command women of honest fame and character to pass to the churches, and pray for the King and his army, and for our neighbours who are with the King’s host.” Margaret (nee Tudor), the Queen Dowager, became Regent of Scotland, and guardian of the young King, James V, who, as had been too often the case on former similar occasions, ascended the throne when a child of not two years old. [TG25-377]

Queen Margaret’s Defiance of the Scottish Parliament. Artist John Faed 1859. After King James IV was killed at the Battle of Flodden, his widow, Queen Margaret, outwitted the Scottish Lords in their bid to gain possession of her children, including the heir, King James V. She confronted the Lords at the gates of Stirling Castle, forced them to declare their errand, and then shut the portcullis between herself and them. Unfortunately for Margaret, her defiance was short lived. She renounced her position as regent by marrying Archibald Douglas, 6^th Earl of Angus, and as a result her children were taken from her and placed in the care of their uncle John Stewart, Duke of Albany. Interestingly, Faed set his scene at the gates of Edinburgh Castle, but his reason for doing this is unknown.

1524 – Henry Stewart, 1^st Lord Methven made Principal Master of Arltillery, (“Magnalium nostrorum seu machinarum bellicarum, videlicet: artailzery”), His wife Margaret Tudor was dowager Queen of Scotland. Mararet and Henry have a son, styled Master of Methven, who dies at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (same date 23 years later), leavnig an heir and grandson for the 1^st Lord and Dowager Queen.

1542 The Duke of Orléans captured Luxembourg on 10 September, but the French conquest was useless, and Luxembourg was recaptured by the Imperial troops under the Prince of Orange.

1547 Battle of Pinkie date according to Sir Walter Scott. Battle of Pinkie Cleugh At river Esk, Musselburgh, 6 miles from Edinburgh. The last great defeat which the Scots received from the (TG29-69) English, was also one of the most calamitous. Death of MASTER of MEFFEN, son of Henry Stewart Lord Methven and Margaret Tudor. After Henry 8^th’s (Tudor King of England) death, Lord Protector Duke of Somerset, [Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford] uncle to Edward VI sought to compel the Scots to give young Queen Mary [Stewart] in marriage to Edward 6^th, and invaded with 18,000 English vs 35,000 Scots under Regent Hamilton Earl of Arran. (TG29-67) Scots formed close phalanx, with broadsword, a coarse handkerchief was worn in double and triple folds round each man’s neck, — “not for cold,” says an old historian, “but for cutting.” Especially, each man carried a spear eighteen feet long. First close rank kneeled pointing the spears towards the enemy, the second stooped, the others upright kept lances over heads of comrades. Lord Gray’s English cavalry rushed, the Scots stood fast calling “Come on, ye heretics!”. (TG29-68) But Earl of Warwick’s English archers and musketeers, threw missiles. When Angus’ vanguard made an oblique movement to avoid the shot, the main body took it for flight, took confusion, and all in flight, and were cut down by the cavalry. Loss forced hasty marriage of Mary Stewart Queen to Dauphin of France, rather than to Edward VI, son of Henry 8^th. (TG29-70) (Both kings of England, Edward and France, Francis, were to die young.)

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Pinkie is marked by the crossed swords, on the coast.

Fabpedigree.com list of Pinkie deaths.

                  Andrew (of Lochnaw) AGNEW  (? – 10/9/1547)

Bartholomew BALFOUR  (? – 10/9/1547)

David (5^th of Colairnie) BARCLAY  (? – 7/9/1547)

Christopher CONINGSBY  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  (shown k. Battle of Musselburgh, same date as Pinkie ?)

Gabriel (3^rd of Craigends) CUNINGHAME  (? – 10/9/1547)

Robert (Sir; of LOCHLEVEN) DOUGLAS  (? – 10/9/1547)

Alexander (of Fingask) DUNDAS  (? – 10/9/1547)

Alexander (2^nd Baron) ELPHINSTONE  (1510 – 10/9/1547)

Malcolm (3^rd Lord) FLEMING  (1495? – 10/9/1547) ;  Chamberlain of Scotland; (FLEMMING)

                  Alexander (6^th of Tolquhoun) FORBES  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (of Meadowfield) FORRESTER  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  (later of Corstorphine)

George (of Cairnburrow) GORDON  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (3^rd of Abergeldie) GORDON  (? – 10/9/1547)

John GORDON (2^nd Lord of PITLURG)  (? – 10/9/1547)

Robert (Lord) GRAHAM  (1526? – 10/9/1547) ;  Master of Montrose

David (2^nd of Broomhill) HAMILTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (5^th of Innerwick) HAMILTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

Thomas (2^nd of Priestfield) HAMILTON  (1507 – 10/9/1547)

George (2^nd of Fordell) HENDERSON  (1485? – 10/9/1547 ?)

William HENDERSON  (1518 – 10/9/1547)

Patrick (of Waughton) HEPBURN  (? – 10/9/1547)

George (of Wedderburn) HOME  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (2^nd of Cromey) INNES  (1537? – 10/9/1547) 

Alexander (of Lonmay) IRVINE  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  younger of Drum; (Ogilvie’s 2^nd husband)

William JOHNSTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

Alexander (of Haltoun) LAUDER  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (Sir; 1^st of BALCOMIE) LEARMONTH  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  Provost of St. Andrews; (of Dairsie)

James LIVINGSTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

         James GORDON (4^th Lord) of LOCHINVAR  (1501? – 10/9/1547)

Alan LOCKHART  (? – 10/9/1547)

John MacDOWALL  (1506 – 10/9/1547) ;  9^th of GARLAND (Garthland)

Stewart, Master of Methven (Meffen) (1527-1549) eldest son of Margaret Dowager Queen of Scots (nee Tudor) and Henry Stewart Lord Methven Master of the Ordinaunce and Sherif of Linlitheu. Uterine brother of James 5th King of Scots

         Findlay MOR  (1512? – 10/9/1547) ;  aka Finla Mor FARQUHARSON

Robert (14^th of FOULIS) MUNRO  (Foulis, Scotl. 1508? – 8/9/1547)

Mungo (Sir; of Rowallan) MURE  (? – 10/9/1547)

Archibald (6^th   of Merchistoun) NAPIER  (? – 1547) ;  (Alexander ?)

James (Master) OGILVY  (? – 10/9/1547)

Robert (Master of) ROSS  (? – 10/9/1547)

Gabriel (of Cathcart & Ladymure) SEMPLE  (Scotland 1460? – 10/9/1547)

Gilbert (younger of Parbroath) SETON  (1515? – 10/9/1547) ;  (Leslie’s 1^st husband)

James (of Wester Corse) SKENE  (1505? – 1547)

John (Master of Buchan) STEWART  (? – 10/9/1547)

Thomas WODEHOUSE  (? – 10/9/1588)

Scottish casualties (Master refers to an eldest son, 1^st in line to inherit title or lands.)

Lord Fleming, Malcolm Fleming, 3^rd Lord Fleming (c. 1494 – 10 September 1547), was Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to King James V, from 1524. Malcolm (3^rd Lord) FLEMING  (1495? – 10/9/1547) ;  Chamberlain of Scotland; (FLEMMING).

Robert, Master of Graham, killed in the naval bombardment. Robert (Lord) GRAHAM  (1526? – 10/9/1547) ;  Master of Montrose Son of William Graham, 2^nd Earl of Montrose, (died 24 May 1571) grandson of William Graham, 1^st Earl of Montrose by Annabel Drummond, a daughter of John Drummond, 1^st Lord Drummond.

Robert, Master of Erskine, son of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine who succeeded to the title of 16^th Earl of Mar de jure, [S., c. 1115], on 9 September 1513 (Flooden). In 1535 5^th Lord Erskine travelled to England to collect the collar of Order of the Garter from Henry VIII of England on behalf of James V of Scotland. John’s daughter Margaret Erskine was a mistress of King James V of Scotland and the mother of Regent Moray,

James, Master of Ogilvy, son of James Ogilvy, 4^th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie. James (Master) OGILVY  (? – 10/9/1547)

Master of Avondale, a son of Andrew, 1st Lord Ochiltree, 2^nd Lord Avondale, cousin to Master of Methven.

Master of Ruthven, eldest son of William, Lord Ruthven

The names of a number of other Scottish casualties are known from legal records or the Scottish chronicles, and include;

Andrew (of Lochnaw) AGNEW  (? – 10/9/1547)

Andrew Anstruther of that Ilk

David (5^th of Colairnie) BARCLAY  (? – 7/9/1547)

Alan, Lord Cathcart

Christopher CONINGSBY  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  (shown k. Battle of Musselburgh, same date as Pinkie ?)

Gabriel (3^rd of Craigends) CUNINGHAME  (? – 10/9/1547)

William Cunninghame of Glengarnock – Glengarnock (Gaelic: Gleann Gairneig) is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland.

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Robert Douglas of Lochleven, Robert (Sir; of LOCHLEVEN) DOUGLAS  (? – 10/9/1547) husband of Margaret Erskine, father of William Douglas, 7^th Earl of Morton

Alexander Dundas of Fingask, Alexander (of Fingask) DUNDAS  (? – 10/9/1547)

Alexander Elphinstone, 2^nd Lord Elphinstone Alexander (2nd Baron) ELPHINSTONE  (1510 – 10/9/1547)

Finla Mor, Findlay Farquharson of Braemar and Inverey, said to have carried the royal banner

Alexander (6^th of Tolquhoun) FORBES (? – 10/9/1547)

James (of Meadowfield) FORRESTER  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  (later of Corstorphine)

George (of Cairnburrow) GORDON  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (3^rd of Abergeldie) GORDON  (? – 10/9/1547)

John GORDON (2^nd Lord of PITLUr)  (? – 10/9/1547)

James GORDON (4^th Lord) of LOCHINVAR  (1501? – 10/9/1547)

David (2^nd of Broomhill) HAMILTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (5^th of Innerwick) HAMILToN  (? – 10/9/1547)

Thomas (of Priestfield) HAMILTON  (1507 – 10/9/1547)

George (2^nd of Fordell) HENDERSON  (1485? – 10/9/1547 ?)

William HENDERSON (1518 – 10/9/1547)

Patrick (of Waughton) HEPBURN (? – 10/9/1547)

George Home of Wedderburn, George (of Wedderburn) HOME  (? – 10/9/1547)

James (2^nd of Cromey) INNES  (1537? – 10/9/1547).

Innes Crest: A boar’s head erased Proper. Motto: BE TRAIST. Badge: great bulrush. The Duke of Roxburghe is undoubtedly the Chief of Clan Innes, however he cannot be so recognised as retains the name Innes-Ker.

Alexander Irvine, Master of Drum, Alexander (of Lonmay) IRVINE  (? – 10/9/1547) ;  younger of Drum; (Ogilvie’s 2nd husband)

William JOHNSTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

Thomas Kennedy, Vicar of Penpont, (1516-1547) a son of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis and Lady Isabel Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll. Grandson of David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis (1478-1513) and Agnes Borthwick, daughter of Sir William Borthwick, 2nd Lord Borthwick,

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James LIVINGSTON  (? – 10/9/1547)

John, Master of Livingston, son of Alexander Livingston, 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar (c. 1500–1553) was the guardian of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Alan LOCKHART  (? – 10/9/1547)

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John MacDOWALL  (1506 – 10/9/1547) ;  9^th of GARLAND (Garthland)

Richard Melville, father of Andrew Melville

Mungo Muir of Rowallan, Mungo (Sir; of Rowallan) MURE  (? – 10/9/1547)

Robert Munro of Fowlis, Robert (14^th of FOULIS) MUNRO  (Foulis, Scotl. 1508? – 8/9/1547)

Alexander Napier of Merchiston Archibald (6^th of Merchistoun) NAPIER  (? – 1547) ;  (Alexander ?)

Robert (Master of) ROSS  (? – 10/9/1547)

Gabriel (of Cathcart & Ladymure) SEMPLE  (Scotland 1460? – 10/9/1547)

James (of Wester Corse) SKENE  (1505? – 1547).

Skene Crest: A dexter arm issuing from the shoulder out of a cloud, holding forth in the hand a triumphal crown, Proper. Motto: VIRTUTIS REGIA MERCES. [from Latin: “A palace the reward of bravery”]. Chief: Danus Skene of Skene

John Stewart, Master of Buchan, John (Master of Buchan) STEWART  (? – 10/9/1547 only son of John Stewart, 3^rd Earl of Buchan (d 1551) Buchan was therefore succeeded by his granddaughter, Christina, suo jure Countess of Buchan, the daughter of the Master of Buchan. She married Robert Douglas, son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven and brother of William Douglas, 6^th Earl of Morton.

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Robert assumed the title of Earl of Buchan in right of his wife. He was succeeded by his daughter, Mary, suo jure Countess of Buchan. She married James Erskine, younger son of John Erskine, 18^th Earl of Mar (see Earl of Mar). James assumed the earldom in right of his wife. Erskine was concerned in the seizure of James VI in 1582 (a plot known as the raid of Ruthven).

John Vans of Barnbarroch

Vans. Crest: On a chapeau Azure furred Ermine a lion rampant Proper holding in his paws a balance Gules. Motto: BE FAITHFUL. Seat: Dirleton Castle, East Lothian. The Chiefly line was originally “de Vaus of Dirleton”, but changed to “Vans of Barnbarroch” after the loss of Dirleton

Pinkie is marked by the small crossed swords on the south side of the Firth of Forth.

1547 –   Battle of Pinkie Cleugh banks of the River Esk near Musselburgh, Scotland , as it was the last great defeat which the   Scots received from the   English, was also one of the most calamitous, far from paving the way to a marriage between Queen Mary and of Edward VI, which was the object of Somerset’s expedition, part of the War of the Rough Wooing

Protector Somerset irritated and alarmed the Scots to [TG29-70] such a degree, that they resolved to prevent the possibility of such a union (Queen Mary and Prince Edward) , by marrying their young mistress with the DAUPHIN, that is, the eldest son of the King of France, and sending her to be bred up at the French court. Master of Meffin (Methven) was killed at Pinkie, 2^nd surviving son of Margaret Tudor by Henry Stewart 1^st Lord Methven, (hence one of 3 grandsons of Henry 7^th Tudor King of England) the Master of Meffin (or Meffen) was father of Dorothea Stewart, ancestress of Ruthvens. Catastrophic defeat for the Scots caused by the use of naval artillery by the English for the first time in a land battle in Britain. In Scotland, it was known as Black Saturday. Somerset also had several hundred German mercenary arquebusiers, a large and well appointed train of artillery, and 6,000 cavalry, including a contingent of Italian mounted arquebusiers under Don Pedro de Gamboa. During the battle, the Scots taunted the English soldiers as loons [persons of no consequence], tykes and heretics. Colquhoun clan,

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Clan Hunter, Clan Macfarlane, Clan Munro and Clan Farquharson chiefs died at this battle.   Earl of Arran.

Battle of Pinkie sketch, 1547

Master of Methven, eldest son of Henry Stewart, 1^st Lord Methven and Margaret Tudor, (Dowager Queen as widow of King James IV of Scotland and great grandmother of James I of England). Master ‘Meffin’ as spelled by Bishop Leslie, was also 1^st cousin to Master of Avondale – son of Andrew, 1^st Lord Avondale – Henry Stewart, 1^st Lord Methven’s older brother. Master of Methven was uterine brother to King James V. Master Methven’s daughter would marry William, Lord Ruthven’s grandson, whose son would be cousin to both King James 1^st and Queen Elizabeth of England. Henry Lord Methven was a son of Andrew Stewart, 1^st Lord Avondale and his wife Margaret Kennedy. Henry’s brother was Andrew Stewart, 1^st Lord Ochiltree. Henry was a fifth-generation male-line descendant of Murdoch Stewart, 2^nd Duke of Albany through his son Walter. He was thus a fourth cousin, twice removed of James IV of Scotland, first husband of Margaret Tudor. Margaret Tudor, wife of King James IV of Scotland and great grandmother of James I of England.

1580 Ship with lint and hemp from Danske with 40 persons, and 7 Edinburgh merchants arrived in the Forth and quarantined for many weeks at Inchcolm, the master and several died of the plague,and survivors transferred in NOVEMBER some to Inchkeith and some to INCHGARVIE. September 10. A History of Epidemics in Britain from A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague Charles Creighton, M.A. M.D. Demonstrator of Anatomy University of Cambridge. 1891

1559 Hamilton, the 3^rd Earl of Arran After a midnight ride by the Cheviot Hills, arrived at one or two o’clock in the morning on Sunday 10 September 1559 in Teviotdale, and was re-united with his father at the castle of Hamilton. One of 24 Lords of the Congregation. James Hamilton, 3^rd Earl of Arran (c1532–1609) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought against French troops during the Scottish Reformation. Born in 1532 or 1536, James was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2^nd Earl of Arran who was next in line for the Crown of Scotland after Mary, Queen of Scots. Through his mother Margaret Douglas, 3^rd Earl of Arran was descended from James IV and Joan of Scotland, daughter of James 1^st .

Isle of Arran and relative locations of clan Hamilton.

As a potential royal heir the future 3^rd Earl of Arran was involved in various marriage negotiations which all foundered. James went to France in July 1548, possibly with, or soon after, Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots, where he became Commander of the Scots Guards. When his father, then known as ‘Regent Arran,’ became a French Duke, James was made Earl of Arran. The 1549 French edition of Andrea Alciati’s Emblemes D’Alciat. was dedicated to James. One of his personal devices was a heart pierced with an arrow pointing down. James fought for the Scottish Reformation, but spent the last 45 years of his life in seclusion.

James Hamilton 3^rd Earl of Arran. In 1558, with the support of John Knox and John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, 3^rd Earl was his father’s Duke’s aspirations to negotiate the 3^rd Earls marriage to Elizabeth I to seal an Anglo-Scottish alliance. Arran was imprisoned in France as a Protestant 1557–1558. When his father the Duke, changed allegiance from the Catholic to Protestant cause in June 1559, Arran was at his father’s French estates in Châtellerault, which estates were escheated, and Arran became a fugitive from King Henry II of France. Arran’s escape from France was masterminded by Cecil and the English ambassador in Paris, Nicolas Throgmorton. Arran escaped to Switzerland by July 1559 for 15 days hiding in a wood on the way, arrived at Geneva, moved to Zurich where he was the guest of Peter Martyr, and to Lausanne. Arran joined with the English agent Thomas Randolph (alias Barnaby) and they travelled incognito to Scotland via Flanders. In London Arran came to William Cecil’s house at Westminster to interview Queen Elizabeth in the garden at Hampton Court.

At the end of June 1559, Throckmorton (English Ambassador) wrote to Cecil describing how Arran had been unkindly handled in France. After Arran had left some of his Scots guards had fought with some French soldiers. One of the French commissioners charged to arrest Arran had tried to apologise to Mary, Queen of Scots, as he was her close relation. Throckmorton heard that Mary had denounced him as an “arrant traitor,” and he hoped that this news would advance pro-English policy in Scotland. Throckmorton hoped the Scottish bearer of the letter, Sandy Whytelaw, would do this, and though Sandy was not a friend of Arran’s father he would raise support for the marriage of Arran and Elizabeth.

The Earl’s journey to Scotland was noted in the letters of John Jewel to Peter Martyr and Henry Bullinger. In their correspondence, Arran was known by the codename ‘Crito’, Randolph as ‘Pamphilus’ and Elizabeth as ‘Glycerium.’ Arran went first to the castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed and met the Scottish reformer, Henry Balnaves of Halhill.

1584 Colin Campbell, 6^th Earl of Argyll (c. 1541/1546 –10 sept 1584) One of 24 Lords of the Congregation. was a Scottish nobleman and politician. Colin was appointed to the Lord Chancellorship of Scotland. eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 4^th Earl of Argyll and his second wife Margaret Graham. Colin was also a younger paternal half-brother of Archibald Campbell, 5^th Earl of Argyll. Colin maternal grandparents were William Graham, 3^rd Earl of Menteith and Margaret Moubray.

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Argyll was first married to Joan Stewart, daughter of Henry Stewart, 1^st Lord Methven and his second wife Janet Stewart. Her maternal grandparents were John Stewart, 2^nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell. Janet was a daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2^nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart. Elizabeth was a daughter of John Stewart, 1^st Earl of Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie. Margaret was a daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1^st Lord Montgomerie and Margaret Boyd.

Lord Methven, Henry Stewart, was brother to Andrew Stewart, 1^st Lord Ochiltree, making Henry uncle of Andrew Steward 2^nd Lord Ochiltree, one of 24 Lords of the Congregation. Methven was also a fourth cousin, twice removed of King James IV of Scotland, first husband of Margaret Tudor. Thus Argyll’s father in law was uncle to Lord Ochiltree. Methven’s first wife, 1528, was the dowager Queen Margaret Douglas (nee Stewart Tudor) widow of James 4^th, and they had a son about 1526, titled the Master of Methven (died at the Battle of Pinkie, this date in 1547), which ‘Master’ had Dorothea Stewart, which Dorothea married William Ruthven. After Margaret Stewart (nee Tudor Douglas) died in 1541, Lord Methven married Janet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 2^nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell. Janet’s maternal grandparents were Archibald Campbell, 2^nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart. Elizabeth was a daughter of John Stewart, 1^st Earl of Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie. Margaret was a daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 1^st Lord Montgomerie and Margaret Boyd.   Thus Joan Stewart was not only cousin to her husband Colin 6^th Earl, but also to Boyd, and Ochiltree. The term ‘Master’ was bestowed on the oldest son of a Lord, with the expectation he would inherit the Lordship from his father. The oldest son of an Earl or Duke could be called ‘Lord’ while awaiting the inheritance, much like a ‘prince’ or ‘princess’ would be waiting to replace the parent King or Queen.

1715 Raising of the clans. The story was told by Sir Walter Scott as follows; ‘many who conceived it prudent not [TG67-271] to stir without such a degree of compulsion as might, in case of need, serve as some sort of apology for having been in arms at all. On this raising of the clans in the year 1715, the fiery cross was sent through the districts or countries, as they are termed, inhabited by the different tribes. This emblem consisted of two branches of wood, in the form of a cross, one end singed with fire, and the other stained with blood. The inhabitants transmitted the signal from house to house with all possible speed, and the symbol implied, that those who should not appear at a rendezvous which was named, when the cross was presented, should suffer the extremities of fire and sword. There is an intercepted letter of Mar himself, to John Forbes of Increrau, bailie of his lordship of Kildrummie, which throws considerable light on the nature of a feudal levy:(67-271)” Inverauld, Sept. 9, at Night, 1715.

“Jocke, – Ye was in the right not to come with the hundred men you sent up to-night, when I expected four times their numbers. It is a pretty thing my own people should be refractory, when all the Highlands are rising, and all the Lowlands are expecting us to join them. Is not this the thing we are now about, which they have been wishing these 26 years? And now when it is come, and the King and country’s cause is at stake, will they for ever sit still and see all perish? I have used gentle means too long, and so I shall be forced to put other orders I have in execution. I send [TG67-272] you enclosed an order for the Lordship of Kildrummie, which you will immediately intimate to all my vassals. If they give ready obedience, it will make some amends, and if not, ye may tell them from me, that it will not be in my power to save them (were I willing) from being treated as enemies by these that are soon to join me ; and they may depend upon it that I will be the first to propose and order their being so. Particularly, let my own tenants in Kildrummie know, that if they come not forth with their best arms, I will send a party immediately to burn what they shall miss taking from them. And they may believe This only a threat, but by all that’s sacred, I’ll put it in execution, let my loss be what it will, that it may be an example to others. You are to tell the gentlemen that I expect them in their best accoutrements on horseback, and no excuse to be accepted of. Go about this with all diligence, and come yourself, and let me know your having done so. All this is not only as ye will be answerable to me, but to your King and country.” The rising eventually failed.

1752 did not occur in England or British America. The English civil year started on 25 March until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). Eleven days did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland, as well as other British controlled territories – America, (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.

1813 – The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Battle of Lake Erie by William H. Powell, painted 1865, shows Oliver Hazard Perry transferring from US Brig Lawrence to US Brig Niagara Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of Great Britain’s Royal Navy   Robert Heriot Barclay commander. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. British losses ultimately lead to replacement of Commander in Chief on the North American station (Admiral Warren) with Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane the sixth son of the 8th Earl of Dundonald, Cochrane was cousin to his namesake Sir Thomas John Cochrane who also enjoyed a distinguished naval career and became Governor of Newfoundland

1897 William Michael Herbert Greaves FRS (10 September 1897 – 24 December 1955) was 1938-1955, Astronomer Royal for Scotland which was the title of the director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh until 1995. He worked on stellar spectro-photometry.

1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom (England and Scotland), New Zealand and Australia with Poland.

2001 Newsweek cover about the Salt Lake City Winter Olymnpics. Utah has 40% Scots ancestry.

Mormons Religion Gets readyfor its Olympic Close-up

2014 UK leader rushes to fend off Scottish independence.

Grassmarket in Edinburgh. Yes or No? GLASGOW, Scotland — Spooked by recent polls, Prime Minister David Cameron and other British political leaders rushed north to Scotland on Wednesday, where Cameron begged Scots not to break his heart by voting to become independent from the United Kingdom.

Cameron’s personal plea aimed to keep the 307-year-old union between England and Scotland intact and prevent himself from going down in history as the U.K. prime minister who lost Scotland. [Joining North who lost the American colonies.]

Cameron acknowledged his unpopularity, but said the vote was not about giving “the effing Tories” a kicking.

“This is not a decision about the next five years,” he said. “This is a decision about the next century.”

Cameron has ordered the blue-and-white Scottish flag to be flown over his office at No. 10 Downing Street until the vote in a sign of support for Scotland’s place in the union. Standard Life employs 5,000 people in Scotland and has been based there for 189 years, but announced it was ready to move to England.

“Future long-term investments require fiscal stability and certainty,” BP CEO Bob Dudley said. “As a major investor in Scotland — now and into the future — British Petroleum believes that the future prospects for the North Sea are best served by maintaining the existing capacity and integrity of the United Kingdom.”

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