Donald, I am so impressed with your knowledge of Scottish history! I am still trying to tie my maternal Ross Clan tree together on Ancestry. Do you have any info you could point me to on the Ross Cl...
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Caryl Ann Ross Sanders
Donald, thank you for the history less on the Fraser Clan. My Clan is Ross from Ross and Cromarty Counties.
- April 11, 2016
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On the 9th of April, 1747, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, was executed in London for his role in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. He was the last person to be executed by beheading in Britain.
Last former resident of remote St Kilda dies at 93
Rachel Johnson was eight years old when archipelago 40 miles west of Outer Hebrides was evacuated in 1930

On the 3rd of April, 1603, Scotland's James VI travelled to London to take up the English throne, after the death of his cousin Elizabeth I the previous month.
The 26th of March, 1031, saw the birth of future Scottish king Malcolm III.
On the 24th of March, 1603, Elizabeth of England died without issue leading to James VI of Scotland to become king south of the border, and see a union of crowns between Scotland and England.

The Northern Lights and The Merry Dancers
Recently people living in Scotland witnessed spectacular displays of the Northern Lights far more than previous years. Even here in...

James IV of Scotland was born this 1473. He's seen as one of the most successful and forward thinking of the Stewart monarchs, both politically and culturally, however, his reign came to an end in 151...
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