Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders
An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Lord James Douglas, The Royal Scots and Louis XIV.
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Lord James Douglas, who died in 1645 aged just 28, is buried in the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Wandering through the church re...
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Flodden 1513
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The most recent Scots Heritage Magazine has a piece on the feud between the Montgomery and Cunningham families in the 15th/16th centuries. ...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016
The Scots who migrated to Bath.
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The mineral-rich hot springs of Bath, Somerset, England still bubble away, as they did in Roman times. As they did in 1687 when Mary of Mod...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
General Hugh Mercer: Jacobite, Doctor, Symbol of the American Revolution
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General Hugh Mercer was a Jacobite who fought at the Battle of Culloden (1746) as a 20 year old surgeon and died as a general in George Was...
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Clashing Cultures
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I watched episode nine of the Outlander TV series last night... where Jamie takes his belt to Claire for her disobedience: "You've ...
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