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2. Andrew Hay, 8th Earl of Erroll - Wikipedia

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   12th Lord High Constable of Scotland; In office 1573–1585: Preceded by: George Hay: Succeeded by: Francis Hay: Personal details; Born: c. 1531 Errol, Perthshire, Scotland: Died: 8 October 1585 Perth, Perthshire: Spouse(s) Lady Jean Hay Agnes Sinclair: Children: 7, including Francis and Helenor: Parent(s) George Hay, 7th Earl of Erroll ...

3. John Tulloch - Wikipedia

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   For three years before Tulloch's death he was convener of the church interests committee of the Church of Scotland, which had to deal with agitation for disestablishment. [4] In 1884, he was a guest at Haddo House for a dinner hosted by John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in honour of William Ewart Gladstone on his tour of ...

4. William Nairne, Lord Dunsinane - Wikipedia

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   William Nairne was born in Perthshire, Scotland in about 1731. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the son of Sir William Nairne, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Emilia Graham of Fintry , Forfarshire . [ 2 ] The Nairne baronetcy was conferred on Nairne's grandfather by Queen Anne on 31 March 1704.

5. Perth, Scotland - Wikipedia

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   The name "Perth" derives from a Pictish word for "wood" or "copse", related to the Welsh "perth", meaning "hedge" or "thicket". [10] During much of the later medieval period, it was known colloquially by its Scots-speaking inhabitants as "St John's Toun" or "Saint Johnstoun" because the church at the centre of the parish was dedicated to St John the Baptist. [11]

6. Perthshire - Wikipedia

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   Perthshire is known as the "big county", or "the Shire", due to its roundness and status as the fourth largest historic county in Scotland. It has a wide variety of landscapes, from the rich agricultural straths in the east, to the high mountains of the southern Highlands .

7. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of ...

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   RCAHMS maintained a database/archive of the sites, monuments and buildings of Scotland's past, known as the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS). A growing proportion of RCAHMS's own survey material and material deposited in the archive by others was made available through online databases such as Canmore.

8. Perthshire (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia

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   The constituency was created to cover the county of Perth, minus the burgh of Perth, which was a component of the Perth Burghs constituency. The Scottish Reform Act 1832 transferred from Perthshire to Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart and the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway.

9. History of Perth, Scotland - Wikipedia

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   The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...