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When Thomas unexpectedly inherited the Selkirk title and estates in 1799, he used his money and political connections to purchase land and settle poor Scottish farmers in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in 1803 and Baldoon, Upper Canada in 1804. (See Highland Clearances for more on the emigration of poor Scots.)
Scottish politics in the late 18th century was dominated by the Whigs, with the benign management of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761), who was in effect the "viceroy of Scotland" from the 1720s until his death in 1761. Scotland generally supported the king with enthusiasm during the American Revolution.
The grave of John Dalrymple 1779, Greyfriars Kirkyard. John Dalrymple (1734–1779) was a Scottish writer who twice served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1770 and 1779).. He wrote numerous political tracts, among which Answers for the Right Honourable John Dalrymple, Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh, and others; to the petition of James Stoddart, Esq; late old Provost, and James Stirling ...
The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest in Scotland, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed during the long Napoleonic Wars.
Events from the year 1800 in Scotland. Incumbents. McDowall's & Co. mills at Milton of Campsie in 1800 [1] Law officers. Lord Advocate ...
James Hogg was born on a small farm near Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland in 1770 and was baptised there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded. [1] [2] His father, Robert Hogg (1729–1820), was a tenant farmer while his mother, Margaret Hogg (née Laidlaw) (1730–1813), was noted for collecting native Scottish ballads.
Early Scottish golfers wore heavy tweed jackets and knickerbockers to deal with the region’s cold, rainy climate, he said — which explains his multilayered tartan ensemble in the humid Hilton ...
John Pinkerton (17 February 1758 – 10 March 1826 [1]) was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy theory. He was born in Edinburgh , as one of three sons to James Pinkerton and Mary (nee Heron or Bowie) Pinkerton.