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This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Andrew Beaton (died 1577) was a Scottish courtier, and Master of the Household to Mary, ... Mary wrote to him from Sheffield Castle on 22 August 1577, ...
Andrew and Elizabeth were married on New Year's Day, or the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, in the Church, in 1896.St. Joseph's Church in Dundee was the venue for the wedding, but Margaret's parents left Dundee within a year, so that Andrew returned to Edinburgh with his wife.
The Scottish poet William Fowler reported to Francis Walsingham that the Laird of Ferniehirst had arrived secretly in London in May 1583, and was expected to go to France again. [7] His second wife, Janet/Jean Scott, was politically active. In October 1583 she wrote to Mary Queen of Scots from Ferniehirst with news from the Scottish court.
Mary told him to be of good cheer and bade him farewell with a kiss. [15] [16] A Renaissance style ostrich egg cup, 1570s, made in Prague Waddesdon Bequest, British Museum. After Mary's execution, Andrew Melville, Jean Kennedy, and the queen's physician were placed in joint custody of Mary's remaining jewels and silver plate.
Mary Anne MacLeod was born in the village of Tong on the Isle of Lewis. [3] [4] Raised in a Gaelic-speaking household, she was the youngest of ten children born to Mary Ann MacLeod (née Smith; 1867–1963) and Malcolm MacLeod (1866–1954). [5] Her father was a crofter, fisherman and compulsory officer at Mary's school.
The Queen and her mother, the Queen-Dowager wrote several letters to George Durie while in distress and sent him on diplomatic missions to the court of France. [2] Durie later fled there taking with him the relics of Queen Margaret for safe keeping. [2] George Durie's brother was Andrew Durie who was Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Galloway. [2]
Mary of Guise (French: Marie de Guise; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, was Queen of Scotland from 1538 until 1542, as the second wife of King James V. She was a French noblewoman of the House of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine and one of the most powerful families in France.