Download or read book The Brave Sons of Skye written by John Macinnes (Lieut. Col., V.D.) and published by London : Eyre and Spottiswoode. This book was released on 1899 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brave Sons of Skye Scotland written by John MacInnes and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Isle of Skye, off the northwestern coast of Scotland, is the largest of the Inner Hebrides. "Be the many marvelous tales regarding Skye's heroes and heroines of prehistoric times true or not, a spirit of warlike enterprise has existed in the island from the earliest period of which we have any authentic record, and has been fostered by passing events (involving the strife of arms) century after century up to the present day. But it is with the share that 'the Brave Sons of Skye' took in Britain's great wars in foreign lands that this work more particularly deals." Biographical sketches, of varying length and primarily focused on military careers, are grouped by surname and place of residence. Surnames include: Beaton or Bethune, Campbell, Elder, MacAlister (tracing "their origin to Alasdair, or Alexander, a son of Angus Mor of the Clan Donald"), MacDonald, MacInnes, MacIvor, MacKinnon, MacLean, MacLeod, MacQueen, Martins, and Nicholson. Dr. John Grant, Sgt. John MacBeth, Col. Sir John MacRa, Dr. Alexander Morrison, Pvt. Hugh Robertson, the Battle of Mahidpore, the Battle of Moodkee, and the Battle of Inkerman are covered. Numerous portraits, a list of original subscribers, brief excerpts from letters and other documents, and a full-name index augment this work.

Download or read book The Brave Sons of Skye written by John MacInnes (Lieut.-Col.) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brave Sons of Skye written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an account of the most celebrated sons of Skye who served in the British military in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It includes representatives of such families as: Bethune, Campbell, Chisholm, Elder, Fraser, Gardiner, Gilstrap, Grant, Lindsay, MacAlister, MacBeth, MacCaskill, MacCrimmon, MacDonald, MacGilvray, MacInnes, MacIntosh, MacIntyre, MacIvor, MacKenzie, MacKinnon, MacLean, MacLeod, MacLure, MacNabb, MacPherson, MacQueen, MacRa, MacRae, MacSween, Martin, Matheson, Morrison, Munro, Nicolson, Ramsay, Robertson, Ross, Smith, Stewart, Tarrington, and Tolmie. The list includes not only distinguished high-ranking officers, but also enlisted men whose valiant deeds had become part of imperial lore. For many of these individuals, there is extensive historical and genealogical information, and the whole is a thorough account of those men who left Skye to take part in the great imperial adventures of the British military in North America, in India, and throughout the world"--Container.

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Download or read book The Clans Septs Regiments of the Scottish Highlands written by Frank Adam and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1970 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given by Eugene Edge III.

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Download or read book Pretty Young Rebel written by Flora Fraser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPECTATOR AND SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'So well researched, pacily written and sympathetic to the Auld Cause that it almost makes one a Jacobite' Andrew Roberts, Spectator 'Enthralling . . . Throws us straight into the fresh air, heather, rain and midges of the Hebrides, followed by the swamps and creeks of North America . . . Full of unforgettable glimpses' The Times The year is 1746. The Jacobite rebellion has failed catastrophically and Scotland is reeling in the devastating aftermath of the battle of Culloden. Far to the west, on an island in the Outer Hebrides, twenty-four-year-old Flora Macdonald is woken in the dead of night by a messenger with urgent intelligence. Bonnie Prince Charlie is outside, begging for her help. With Flora's assistance, the Stuart prince is disguised as an Irish maid and smuggled to the Isle of Skye, evading government troops. Flora's bravery and determination will see her immortalised in ballads and proclaimed a Scottish heroine. But her efforts also result in her capture and detention in London. Released the following year and returning to Skye, Flora goes on to marry and emigrate to North Carolina, only then to be caught up in the American Revolutionary War. In Pretty Young Rebel, award-winning biographer Flora Fraser tells the remarkable story of Flora Macdonald. It is a tale of adventure and daring, wit and charm, struggle and survival, and of a woman who showed extraordinary courage in the face of great danger.

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Download or read book Catalogues of Sales written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Transactions written by Gaelic Society of Inverness and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each vol.

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Download or read book University Library Bulletin written by Cambridge University Library and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book More Fruitful Than the Soil written by Andrew MacKillop and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the origins, development and impact of British Army recruiting in the Scottish Highlands in the period from 1739 to 1815. It examines the interaction of government, landlords and tenantry. Recruiting is analysed within the context of rapid socio-economic change. The emphasis is on tenant reactions to recruiting, and the study concludes that this was a vital factor in bringing about change in the tenurial structure in the region. Both the decline of the tacksman and the emergence of crofting are linked to the process of regiment raising. Military recruiting involved a clear recognition on the part of the Highland landlords and tenantry that the Empire and the 'fiscal military state' offered alternative sources of revenue. Both groups 'colonised' various levels of the state's military machine. As a result of this close involvement, the government remained a vital influence in the area well after 1745, and a major player in the region's economy. Recruiting was not simply a residue of clanship, rather it was a form of commercial activity, analogous to kelping.