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The chiefs of Clan Dunbar are of ancient Celtic origin. [2] The town and port of Dunbar have featured prominently in Scottish history on various occasions. [2]Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria received from Malcolm III of Scotland, the lands of Dunbar as well as other parts of Lothian. [2]
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
The title Earl of Dunbar, also called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March, applied to the head of a comital lordship in south-eastern Scotland between the early 12th century and the early 15th century. The first man to use the title of Earl in this capacity was Gospatric II, Earl of Lothian , son of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria .
Other Scottish titles associated with this creation are: Lord Abernethy and Strathearn (created 1562), Lord Doune (1581) and Lord St Colme (1611). Furthermore, Lord Moray holds the title Baron Stuart (1796), of Castle Stuart in the County of Inverness; since it is in the Peerage of Great Britain , it entitled the Earls of Moray to sit in the ...
Gospatric fled into exile in Scotland and not long afterwards went to Flanders. When he returned to Scotland he was granted the castle at "Dunbar and lands adjacent to it" and in the Merse by King Malcolm III, his cousin. [10] This earldom without a name in the Scots-controlled northern part of Bernicia would later become the Earldom of Dunbar.
James Murray, Earl of Dunbar (c. 1690 –1770) was a Scottish Tory politician who became a Jacobite agent and courtier. He served as the Jacobite Secretary of State in exile in Rome from 1727 to 1747.
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly was the king's lieutenant in the north and also supported Ranald and Fraser of Lovat, who together with the Clan Grant and Clan Chattan marched against John of Moidart. On this occasion William Mackintosh, chief of Clan Mackintosh and Clan Chattan, was followed by 1500 men.
The Scottish Parliament set about rapidly recruiting an army to support the new king and Charles set sail to Scotland, landing on 23 June. [20] Scotland was actively rearming and the leaders of the English Commonwealth felt threatened. They pressured Thomas Fairfax, lord general of the New Model Army, to launch a preemptive attack. [21]