Alexander Dalrymple Orr (November 6, 1761 – June 21, 1835) was an American farmer and politician from Maysville, Kentucky. Orr was born in Alexandria, Virginia and in 1782 moved to Bourbon County, KY, which then remained a part of Virginia. His...
This is a list of grand master masons of the Grand Lodge of Scotland: 1736–1737: William St Clair of Roslin 1737–1738: George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) 1739–1740: James...
This is a list of members of the United States Congress who enslaved Black and Indigenous peoples. Slavery was legal in the United States from its beginning as a nation, having been practiced in North America from early colonial days. More than...
Padraig or Patrick of Atholl was Mormaer of Atholl, from 1236/7 until 1241. The Chronicle of Melrose tells us that while he was lodging in Haddington, East Lothian, his enemies, "most wicked men," torched his lodging, killing both him and his two...
Helen Kirkland Dalrymple (1882 or 1883 – 16 April 1943) was a New Zealand botanist, author and school teacher who wrote two books on Otago flora.
Stair is a parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies at the bottom of a glen beside the River Ayr at the north-west border of the 5,376 acre (22 km2) Parish of Stair where the River Ayr is joined by the Glenstang Burn.
This js a list of Scottish poets in English, Scottish Gaelic, Lowland Scots, Latin, French, Old Welsh and other languages. This lists includes people living in what is now Scotland before it became so.
Joseph Lea Gleave (5 August 1907 – 16 January 1965) was a British architect. In 1931, when he was 23, he won the international architectural competition for the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic, a memorial monument that...
The chancellor is the titular head of the University of Glasgow and president of the general council, by whom they are elected. The office is intended to be held for life. Their principal duty is to confer degrees upon those presented to them by the...
Saint Margaret of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Naomh Maighréad; Scots: Saunt Marget, c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was Queen of Alba from 1070 to 1093 as the wife of King Malcolm III. Margaret was sometimes called "The...
