September 9 1439 sometime in, pestilence in Scotland. According to Wynton’s “Orygynal Cronicles” (Andrew Wynton, writing from the 1390s onwards) in 1439, he says, an illness occurred that was so virulent that “there died more that year than ever there died under the pestilence or yet in any other sickness in Scotland.” He called this the Land-ill of Wame-ill, “and that same year the pestilence came in to Scotland and began at Dumfries, and it was called “the pestilence without mercy”. Anyone catching it died within about 24 hours.

‘Repent, repent ye, Hear the words of that God who made you, by the voice of pestilence.’ Jesus Christ in Doctrine and Covenants section 43.

Dumfries, where the pestilence of 1439 began, is both a town and a shire on the border with England and Solway Firth. The pestilence entered Scotland here, either by sea or over land.

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

1488 Francis II died on September 9. Anne of Brittany became duchess in January 4 months later. An amnesty was granted to Lescun, Dunois, and the majority of the combatants. Louis of Orléans was locked up in a fortress, but eventually pardoned by Charles VIII when he reached his majority in 1491. Louis later succeeded Charles as king Louis XII and married Anne.

1513 Battle of Flodden Field, 500th anniversary! near Branxton, Northumberland, England. War of the League of Cambrai James IV, King of Scots dies. Earl of Surrey [later Duke of Norfolk], distressed for provision, was obliged to resort to another mode of bringing the Scots to action (9 Sept.). Surrey moved northward, sweeping round the hill of Flodden, keeping out of the reach of the Scottish artillery, until, crossing the Till near Twisell castle, SURREY placed himself, with his whole army, betwixt James IV and Scotland. The King suffered him to make this flank movement without interruption, though it must have afforded repeated and advantageous opportunities for attack. But when he saw the English army interposed betwixt him and his dominions, he became alarmed lest he should be cut off from Scotland. The battle commenced at the hour of four in the afternoon. The first which encountered was the left wing of the Scots, commanded by the Earl of Huntly and Lord Home, which overpowered and threw into disorder the right wing of the English, under Sir Edmund Howard. Sir Edmund was beaten down, his standard taken, and he himself in danger of instant death, when he was relieved by the Bastard Heron, who came up at the head of a band of determined outlaws like himself, and extricated Howard. Upon the extreme right of James IV’s army, a division of Highlanders, consisting of the clans of MacKenzie, MacLean, and others, commanded by the Earls of Lennox and Argyle, were so insufferably annoyed by the volleys of the English arrows, that they broke their ranks.

Flodden Field on the southeast border of Scotland.

       The men of Cheshire and Lancashire, England, under Uncle Sir Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (1460-1523) defeated the Highlanders. Stanley ODNBxviii936 knghted by Edward IV, K.G., fought at Flodden and with “his own hand” killed James IV Stewart King of Scotland. List of notable battle dead in Section 14.

[LADY JOAN GOUSHILL ODNBxviii962 married SIR THOMAS STANLEY, K.G. 1st Lord Stanley (1406-1458) ODNBxviii962 had (1) brother. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl Derby married 1st Eleanor Neville,

Sir Thomas Stanley Knight of the Garter 1435-1504 had Sir Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (1460-1523) ODNBxviii936 knghted by Edward IV who was Knight of the Garter. By Henry viii, fought at Flodden and with “his own hand” killed James IV Stewart King of Scotland ; (2) sister, LADY ELIZABETH STANLEY Molineaux had Sir Thomas, had Sir William, had Sir Richard, had Lady Margaret Molineaux married John Warren, had sir Edward, had John, had Edward, had Humphrey, had Thomas, had Barton, had Robert, had Charles, had Charles, Had Henry, had Monta Pearl Warren married Charles E. Mehew, had Vena Lenore Mehew married Homer Luther, had Gretchen Ann Luther married Choate]

The English lost very few men of distinction. The Scots left on the field their King, two bishops, two mitred Abbots, twelve earls, thirteen lords, and five eldest sons of peers (Masters). The number of gentlemen slain was beyond calculation; –there is scarcely a family of name in Scottish history who did not lose an ancestor there. (TG24-371 Scott’s Tales of a Grandfather)

Notable men who died included:

James IV , King of Scots (11 June 1488–9 September 1513); died in battle. James IV STUART (40th King) of SCOTS  (1473 – 9/9/1513) ;  (the last King in Britain to die in battle)

Andrew ANSTRUTHER  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (2nd husband)

Richard (younger of Lamington) BAILLIE  (? – 9/9/1513 ?)

Michael (Sir) BALFOUR  (? – 9/9/1513 ) ;  9th Lord of STRATHORE

Michael (Sir; 1st of MONQUHANNY) BALFOUR  (? – 9/9/1513)

James (of Gartley) BARCLAY  (? – 1513?) Barclay Crest: (On a chapeau doubled Ermine) a hand holding a dagger Proper.

Motto: AUT AGERE AUT MORI.
[from Latin: “Either to do or die”].

Chief: Peter Barclay of Towie Barclay and of that Ilk

Seat: Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire.

12th century Red Castle built by Barclay family east of Inverkeilor, Angus overlooking Lunan Bay, North Sea.

John (of Settrington) BIGOD  (1475? – 9/9/1513)

Sir Alexander Boswell of Balmuto; died in battle.

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Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck; died in battle – YYMA 41 – The freehold, of which the Sampsons are very proud, is unusual in an area where most farms and villages are tenant-occupied and belong to the Marquess of Bute. Dumfries House, seat of the Marquess’ eldest son, the Earl of Dumfries, is close to the village of Cumnock, southeast of Ochiltree. Earlier, these holdings were the seat of the Boswell family: the village northwest of Holmheed- Cumnock, named Auchinleck, was given by James IV to Thomas Boswell who fell at Flodden Field in 1513; his descendant, Alexander Boswell, father of Samuel Johnson’s biographer, took the name of Lord Auchinleck when named to the bench in 1754. Auchinleck House is due north of Ochiltree. The village church at Auchinleck contains a number of Boswell memorials; when the new kirk at Ochiltree was begun in 1797, James Boswell, the biographer, laid the cornerstone. (Cf. Helen Stevens’ Auchinleck: its History and Associations.) Lord de Bosville, is said to have been one of the Norman commanders at the Battle of Hastings.

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Robert (Sir; of Airth & Stenhouse) BRUCE  (1472? – 9/9/1513)

Lieutenant General Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll;          Archibald CAMPBELL  (by 1468 – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd Earl of ARGYLL

died in battle

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John Campbell of Auchreoch; died in battle

Donald Campbell of Duntroon; said to have died in battle

Sir Duncan Campbell, 2nd of Glenorchy; died in battleDuncan (Sir) CAMPBELL  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd Laird of GLENORCHY

George Campbell of Cessnock; died in battle

Niall Campbell of Melfort; died in battle

John Carnegie, 5th of Kinnaird; died in battle

John (of LAWERS & Auchreoch) CAMPBELL  (? – 9/9/1513

Iver CAMPBELL  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (Ewer)

John (4th of KINNAIRD) CARNEGIE  (? – 9/9/1513)

Robert (Sir; of Hiltoun & Ochiltree) COLVILLE  (Scotland ? – 9/9/1513)

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John (11th of Craufurdland) CRAUFURD  (? – 9/9/1513)

Robert (Sir) CRICHTON  (? – 1513) ;  2nd Lord of Sanquhar

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William Craig, of Craigfintray Castle, Aberdeenshire; died in battle

Robert Elwold (Elliott, leader of the Elliott Clan); died in battle

Alan Cathcart, Master of that ilk; died in battle

George Douglas, Master of Angus; died in battle George DOUGLAS  (1467? – 9/9/1513) ;  Master of ANGUS

Robert (Sir; of Lochleven) DOUGLAS  (? – 9/9/1513)

Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig William DOUGLAS (6th Laird) of Drumlanrig  (? – 10/9/1513)

Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie; died in battle William (Sir; of GLENBERVIE) DOUGLAS  (? – 9/9/1513)

John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton; died in battle

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John (of MOCHRUM) DUNBAR  (? – 9/9/1513)

Alexander (of Fingask) DUNDAS  (? – 9/9/1513)

William (Sir; 15th of Dundas) DUNDAS  (? – 9/9/1513)

William (Sir; 4th of Duntreath) EDMONSTONE  (? – 9/9/1513)

Alexander Elphinstone the Younger; died in battle

Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone Alexander (1st Baron) ELPHINSTONE  (? – 9/9/1513)

John (younger of Dun) ERSKINE  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (Ruthven’s 2nd husband)

John (4th of Dun) ERSKINE  (? – 9/9/1513)

Robert (4th Lord) ERSKINE  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  16th Earl of MARR

Gerald (Geroit) `More’ FitzGERALD  (1456 – 3/9/1513 Kildare) ;  Lord Deputy of IRELAND; K.G.; 8th Earl of KILDARE; (succeeded Poyning’s as King’s Deputy despite disloyal….

Robert (of Crew) FOULESHURST  (? – 9/9/1513)

Lord Stuart Garry, 3rd captain of Clan Garry

Alexander (Sir; younger of Lochinvar) GORDON  (? – 9/9/1513)

John GORDON  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd of AUCHLEUCHRIES

William (Sir; of SCHIVAS; 1st of Gight) GORDON  (? – 9/9/1513)

William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose; led part of the Scottish vanguard; died in battle William (3rd Lord) GRAHAM   (1450? – 9/9/1513) ;  1st Earl of MONTROSE; (vanguard divisional commander at Flodden)

Roger (of Windiehill) GRIERSON  (? – 9/9/1513)

Grierson Crest: A fetterlock Argent. Motto: HOC SECURIOR.
[from Latin: “More secure by this”]. Chief: Sir Michael Grierson of Lag, 12th Baronet of Lag & Rockhall (deceased)

Sir Alexander Guthrie of that ilk. Alexander (Sir) GUTHRIE  (1474? – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd of Guthrie, 3rd of Kincaldrum

John (Sir; 5th of GLENEAGLES) HALDANE  (? – 9/9/1513)

Alexander (4th of Cambuskeith) HAMILTON  (? – 9/9/1513)

Guiscard (Sir; of Beamish) HARBOTTLE  (1485 – 9/9/1513)

John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester; presumed died in battle, body not recovered John HAY (2nd Lord Hay of YESTER)  (1470? – 9/9/1513) ;  of Snaid

Gilbert (Sir; of DELGATY & Ardendraught) HAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

Thomas (of Logie) HAY  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (of Logy Almond)

Walter HAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

William HAY (4th Earl of Erroll)  (? – 9/9/1513)

James Henderson (or Henrysone), Laird of the barony of Fordell, Fife; Lord Justice Clerk; killed along with his eldest son, see below.

James (1st of Fordell) HENDERSON  (Fife ? – 9/9/1513) ;  King’s Advocate

(Robert) Henderson, eldest son of above; killed with his father.

James HENDERSON  (? – 9/9/1513)

Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell Adam HEPBURN  (1492? – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd Earl of Bothwell

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Adam (Sir; of Craigs) HEPBURN  (? – 9/9/1513)

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Andrew Herries, 2nd Lord Herries of Terregles Andrew (2nd Lord) HERRIES of TERREGLES  (1477? – 9/9/1513)

Cuthbert Home of Fast Castle

David (Sir; of Wedderburn) HOME  (? – 9/9/1513)

William HONFORD  (? – 9/9/1513)

Sir Peter Houstoun, of Houston, Lanark, Knight, died defending James IV Peter (Sir; of Houston) HOUSTON  (? – 9/9/1513)

Cuthbert (of Fastcastle) HUME (HOME)  (? – 9/9/1513)

William (of That Ilk & of Caskieben) JOHNSTON  (? – 9/9/1513)

John (of Craig) KEITH  (? – 9/9/1513)

Robert (Lord) KEITH  (1483? – 9/9/1513?) ;  Master of Marischal

David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis David KENNEDY (? – 9/9/1513) ;  1st Earl of Cassillis

John (of Inchture) KINNAIRD  (? – 1513?) Kinnaird clan.

Crest: A crescent arising from a cloud having a star issuing from between its horns, all within two branches of palm disposed in orle Proper. Motto: ERRANTIA LUMINA FALLUNT.
[from Latin: “Wandering lights deceive”].

Alexander Lauder of Blyth

George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes During the Anglo-Scottish Wars George de Lesly was the Leslys’ first Earl. 2nd earl was George’s son, Great uncle to Andrew Leslie, 5th 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 Lindsay, 6th Earl of Crawford, Scottish field commander.

Uchtred MacDowall, 9th of Garthland; died in battle Uchtred (of Machermore) MacDOWALL  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (Uchthred); 7th of Garland (Garthland)

Thomas MacDowall of Renfrewshire son of Uchtred; died in battle Thomas MacDOWALL  (1458 – 9/9/1513) ;  of Garthland

MacDowall. Crest: (issuant from a crest coronet Or) A lion’s paw erased and erected Proper holding a dagger point upwards Proper, hilted and pommelled Or. Motto: VINCERE VEL MORI.
[from Latin: “To conquer or die”].

Chief: Fergus D. H. McDowall of Garthland

Sir Iain MacFarlane, 11th Captain (Chief) of Clan Pharlane; died in battle

Lachlan MacLean, 10th Captain of Clan MacLean Hector Odhar (9th Chief of) MacLEAN  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (of Duart)

Thomas MAISTERSON  (? – 9/9/1513)

William (of Thirlestane & Lethington) MAITLAND (? – 9/9/1513)

Thomas (4th of Panmure) MAULE  (1470? – 9/9/1513) Maule           Perth Scotland MAULE, a surname of Norman origin, assumed from the town and lordship of Maule in France, which, for four centuries, belonged to the lords of that name. In the army of William the Conqueror, on his invasion of England in 1066, was Guarin de Maule, a younger son of Arnold, lord of Maule. From the Conqueror, besides other lands, he obtained the lordship of Hatton, in Cleveland, Yorkshire. One of his sons, Robert de Maule, attached himself to David, earl of Cumberland, afterwards David I., who was educated at the English court, and accompanying him into Scotland, received a grant of lands in Mid Lothian. He died about 1120 The eldest of his three sons, William de Maule of Fowlis in Perthshire, was at the battle of the Standard in 1138, but died without male issue. The second son, Roger de Maule, was the progenitor of the Maules of Panmure. The marriage of his daughter Cecilia to Walter de Ruthven brought the barony of Fowlis into the Gowrie family, of which her husband was the ancestor.

Robert MAXTONE  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  3rd of Cultoquhey

John Maxwell, 4th Lord Maxwell John (of Carlaverock)

Caelaverock Castle Dumfries

MAXWELL  (1454+ – 9/9/1513) ;  3rd /4th Lord Maxwell John (4th Lord) MAXWELL [alt ped]  (1470?? – 9/9/1513)

John (Sir; 9th of That Ilk) MONCRIEFF  (? – 9/9/1513)

Cuthbert (3rd of Skelmorie) MONTGOMErY  (? – 9/9/1513)

John (2nd of Hessilhead; of Corsecraigs) MONTGOMERY  (1469? – 1513 Adam (Sir; 4th of Caldwell) MURE (? – 9/9/1513)

John Mure of Rowallan; died in battle John (of ROWALLAN) MURE  (? – 9/9/1513)

John (of Blackbarony) MURRAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

Patrick MURRAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

William (Sir; of Castleton) MURRAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

Alexander (Sir; younger of Merchistoun) NAPIER  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (of Edinbellie); (dying before his father, some srcs nevertheless show him as 5th Laird, making the later Laird number confused)

James (of Balgally & Inchmartine) OGILVY  (? – 9/9/1513)

Colin (Master of) OLIPHANT  (? – 9/9/1513)

Thomas Otterburn; died in battle Thomas OTTERBURNE  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  Burgess of Edinburgh

Sir Alexander Napier; died in battle

Andrew PITCAIRN  (? – 9/9/1513 )

Seven Sons PITCAIRN  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  (seven brothers who all died the same day as their father)

Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie; died in battle Alexander (Sir; of Dalhousie) RAMSAY  (? – 9/9/1513)

Sir John Ramsay of Trarinzeane;died in battle. John (Sir; of Balmain) RAMSAY  (? – 9/9/1513) ;  Lord BOTHWELL; (of Trarinzean)

Sir John Rattray, Lord of that Ilk; died in battle John (Sir; of That Ilk) RATTRAY (? – 9/9/1513)

Rattray Crest: Issuant from a crest coronet Or, a star Or and thereon a flaming heart Proper. Motto: SUPER SIDERA VOTUM.
[from Latin: “My wishes are above the stars”]

Robert (of Duncrub) ROLLOCK (ROLLO)  (? – 9/9/1513)

John Ross, 2nd Lord Ross of Halkhead; died in battle John (2nd Lord of HALKHEAD) ROSS  (1471? – 9/9/1513

William LESLIE (3rd Earl) of ROTHES  (? – 9/9/1513) Grandfather of Andrew 5th 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.

William Ruthven of that ilk; died in battle Clan Ruthven, William (Master of) RUTHVEN  (? – 9/9/1513)

Sir Christopher Savage; died in battle

John Sempill, 1st Lord Sempill of Eliotstoun; died in battle Clan Sempill Semple, The chief was killed in the battle and was succeeded by his son William. John (1st Lord) SEMPLE  (1475? – 9/9/1513) ;  (SEMPILL; SYMPIL)

William’s son Robert was made constable of the King’s Castle Douglas.

Alexander (Sir; 2nd of Touch) SETON  (? – 9/9/1513)

George Seton, 5th Lord Seton; died in battle George (3rd Lord) SETON  (? – 9/9/1513)

Henry (3rd Lord) SINCLAIR  (? – 9/9/1513)

William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness William (2nd Earl of CAITHNESS) SINCLAIR  (? – 9/9/1513)

Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan; died in battle John (Sir; 1st of Cambusnethan) SOMERVILLE  (1457? – 9/9/1513) ;  (of Quothquan)

William (of That Ilk) SPOTTISWOODE  (? – 9/9/1513)

Thomas STEUART (2nd Lord INNERMEATH)  (? – 9/9/1513)

Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Lord Chancellor of Scotland; natural son of King James IV died in battle

Alexander (4th /5th Lord of Garlies) STEWART  (? – 9/9/1513)

Andrew STEWART (2nd Lord AVONDALE)  (? – 9/9/1513)

James Stewart, laird of Traquair; died in battle James STEWART (1st of TRAQUHAIR)  (? – 9/9/1513)

John (5th of Auchingoun, Blackhall & Ardgown) STEWART (1467? – 9/9/1513)

John (Sir; of Minto) STEWART  (? – 1512 (or ’13)) ;  Provost of Glasgow

Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox; died in battle Matthew STEWART (STUART)  (1472? – 9/9/1513) ;  2nd /11th Earl of Lennox

Alexander Strathauchin of Balmady.

Sir Brian Tunstall; died in battle Brian (Sir) TUNSTALL  (1477? – 9/9/1513) ;  `the Shining Knight’

Thomas (of Golborne & Kinderton) VENABLES  (? – 9/9/1513)

Adam (Thomas Hugh) WALLACE  (? – 9/9/1513)

David (Sir; of Wemyss) WEMYSS  (? – 9/9/1513)

1536 James V arrived at Dieppe on 9 September. First he visited Mary of Bourbon. The mission was kept secret from the English, and this secrecy may have led to the Scottish story that he visited that lady in disguise

1543 Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned “Queen of Scots” in the central Scot’s town of Stirling.

1600 WILLIAM WATSON, minister of St Giles.  St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh.

www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk

Doubting the genuineness of the Gowrie Conspiracy, Watson refused to return thanks for the King’s deliverance in the terms which had been prescribed; Watson was summoned to appear before the Privy Council  9th Sept. 1600, and ordered to bc imprisoned, but recanted on the following day, a step Watson ever afterwards regretted. The King was resolved, however, that Wastson should no longer retain his ministry in the city, and he was removed by the Assembly I6th May 1601, and admitted to Burntisland. James 6th remained angry at the comments of disbelief and he summoned ministers before him who were generally cowed into accepting the official version of events (Gowrie’s sloppy attempt at assassination resulted in the murder of Gowrie, his kid brother, and Gowrie’s retinue, witnesses to the murders.)

www.thereformation.info/gowrieconspiracy.htm

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) (for example 24 March 1750 was immediately followed by 25 March 1751). 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 1752 was 14 September 1752), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.

1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state. Scottish place names include Albany, Alhambra, Ben Lomond, Bonny Doon, Burbank, Cheviot Hills, Denny (Falkirk), Downey (ownie), Fairfield, Fullerton, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Inverness, Irvine (Orange County), Kelso, Loch Lomond, Pomona, Scotts Valley, Stewartsville.

Great seal of California, Eureka Bear prospectors gold rush

1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas’s claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas’s pre-annexation debt.

1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1938 Howard Philip “Buck” McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is a former U.S. Representative, serving from 1993-2015. He is a member of the Republican Party, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1960 Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis’s sleeper hit Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). and Notting Hill (1999). Genealogist Antony Adolph described Grant’s family history as “a colourful Anglo-Scottish tapestry of warriors, empire-builders and aristocracy,” including William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan

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and Dr. James Stewart. John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Rt. Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, and a sister of former British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, are a few of his notable maternal ancestors. Grant’s grandfather, Major James Murray Grant, DSO, a native of Inverness in Scotland, was decorated for bravery and leadership at Dunkirk during World War II. Grant’s father, Capt. Grant, was trained at Sandhurst and served with the Seaforth Highlanders for eight years in Malaya, Germany and Scotland. Personal life Grant is a scratch golfer with membership at the Sunningdale Golf Club. Grant has played Scottish golf courses in St Andrews Kingsbarns and Carnoustie.

1994 www.collectgbstamps.co.uk, Golf Course commemoratives. The 15th Hole (‘Luckyslap’), Carnoustie, Angus Scotland.

Grant is also a fan of Scottish side Rangers F.C. thanks to his grandfather who was Scottish. Charity work Grant is a Patron of The DIPEx Charity, founded by the late Ann McPherson. Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast.

Seaforth Highlanders Italy 1944, www.lairdofportabeul.com Second World War

 Defence of Escaut, St Omer-La-Bassee,
Ypres-Comines Canal, Somme 1940, 
Withdrawal to Seine, St Valery-en-Caux,
Odon, Cheux, Caen, Troarn, Mont Picon,
Quarry Hill, Falaise, Falaise Road,
Dives Crossing, La Vie Crossing, Lisieux, 
Nederrijn, Best, Le Havre, Lower Maas, 
Meijel, Venlo Pocket, Ourthe,
Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Moyland,
Rhine, Uelzen, Artlenberg, 
North-West Europe 1940, 44-45, 
Agordat, Keren, Abyssinia 1941, 
Sidi Barrani, Tobruk 1941, 42, 
Gubi II, Carmusa, Gazala, 
El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, 
Mareth, Wadi Zigzaou, Akarit, 
Djebel Roumana, 
North Africa 1940-43, 
Landing in Sicily, 
Augusta, Francofonte, Adrano, 
Sferro Hills, Sicily 1943, 
Garigliano Crossing, Anzio, 
Cassino I, Poggio del Grillo, 
Gothic Line, Tavoleto, Coriano,
Pian di Castello, 
Monte Reggiano, Rimini Line, 
San Marino, Italy 1943-44, 
Madagascar, Middle East 1942,
Imphal, Shenam Pass, Litan, 
Kohima, Relief of Kohima, 
Naga Village, Aradura, Tengnoupal,
Shwebo, Mandalay, Ava,
Irrawaddy, Mt Popa, Burma 1942-45.

 

2014 Joseph Cramer, M.D.: The monuments of Scotland and Ireland

By Deseret News. Americans may not remember World War I, because we were latecomers to the battle. Besides, it was “over there.” Further, it was before television, and nothing really important happened before color TV and the Internet.

As I was traveling recently in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the “over there” became “here.”

Wherever we went, there were memorials to the many fallen of that crazy-beyond-reason slaughter. High schools have plaques dedicated to all the alumni that did not show up for classes. Stone structures dot the countryside. Sculptures of proud soldiers standing forever at attention or with heads bowed draw visitors to the seemingly endless lists of soldiers, sailors and airmen who served. It is as if the whole village was over there. In fact, they were.

Even in the smallest hamlets, there is invariably a museum. Kilts of clans or rusted Claymores decorate the walls. However, the vast majority of space is devoted to the artifacts of conflict. There are uniforms used in the Great War and letters sent back and forth between friends, family and lovers. There are missives that were never answered. There are photos of the young men before they crossed the English Channel. They are in their ordinary work clothes. Then there are faded shots of a bunch of mates all smiling in their brand-new uniforms. The pictures of smiling mostly ended there.

The British have fought a few wars since then. However, those soldiers are not remembered in the same manner as the men of 1914-1918.

In Scotland, the land of clans and plaids, on the Isle of Skye, there is a tribute listing all of the MacLeods who signed up and were gunned down. Whole villages were wiped out due to the advances in the killing machines that far exceeded the skills of the generals. In spite of the infinite artillery explosions and the continuous sound of the machine gun, the boys were still ordered “over the top.”

The young men, the youngest being 12 and who lied to enlist, joined as a sports team, a school class, fellows from the same village and playmates. While the local fellowship got them into the Army, when the battles failed, all of that generation of that town were wiped out.

Joseph Cramer, M.D., is a board-certified pediatrician, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, practicing physician for 30 years and a hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital and the University of Utah.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865610557/The-monuments-of-Scotland-and-Ireland.html?pg=all

 

 2015 Donald Trump (clan MacLeod, Tong, Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland) Explains Why People Support Him for President: “I’m Owned by the People. I’m no angel, but I’m going to do right by them.”

RollingStone – Taking Trump Seriously, On the trail with the GOP’s tough guy“I bought this [Boeing 757] from Paul Allen and gutted it top to bottom. It’s bigger than Air Force One, which is a step down from this in every way. Rolls-Royce engines; seats 43. Didja know it was featured on the Discovery Channel as the world’s most luxurious jetliner?”  “You know New Hampshire has a huge problem with heroin? Why do ya s’pose that is?”

“Hey, you believe this * ISIS? Chopping people’s heads off, putting people in cages and drowning ’em. We gotta waterboard ’em, don’t you agree?” This past June, [2015] Donald John Trump rode down the escalator in the five-story, pink-marble atrium of Manhattan’s Trump Tower to declare his candidacy for president of the United States.  Since then, he has been mocked and reviled, worshipped and courted, and, till very lately, dismissed as a fever dream of the torch-and-pitchfork segment of the Republican Party. In all the hysteria, however, what’s often missed are the qualities that brought Trump here. You don’t do a fraction of what he’s done in life — dominate New York real estate for decades, build the next grand Xanadus for the super-rich on the far shores of Dubai and Istanbul, run the prime-time ratings table for more than 10 years and earn a third (or sixth) fortune at it – without being immensely cunning and deft, a top-of-the-food-chain killer. * I got to * get a very good look at the man. What I saw was enough to make me take him dead serious. If you’re waiting for Trump to blow himself up in a Hindenburg of gaffes or hate speech, you’re in for a long, cold fall and winter. Donald Trump is here for the duration — and gaining strength and traction by the hour.  Take a look at China. . . . We owe them $1.4 trillion . . . because we’re led by people who don’t have a clue. Honestly, I think we’re led by stupid people.” There, in those words, is his campaign. I am strong; politicians are weak. I speak truth and never retreat; they lie and wave the white flag to our foes. They have stripped us bare; I will build us back, make this country feared the whole world over.  “The other guys, they got marbles in their mouth — you don’t even know what they’re saying.” *  [H]is three grown offspring handle his vast portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts. Polished and restrained where their father is flamboyant, they’ve nonetheless paid him the highest praise by enlisting in the family trade. No less telling, none of them are train wrecks like so many children of billionaires. “When the head of Ford calls me up and he says, ‘Mr. President, we really want to build this plant in Mexico,’ I’ll say, ‘Congratulations  . . .  we’re gonna charge you a 35 percent tax on every car and truck and part that comes in!’ ‘But you can’t dooo that, Mr. President!’ Trust me, I can do it — and what happens is, they probably fold by 5 p.m.”

What counts is that he’s hijacked the party’s base out from under the noses of its bosses, taken it clean away from Jeb Bush and Karl Rove and stashed it in a place they’ll never find it.

Trump, among the world’s most famous Scots. Scotsman candidate for public office.

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