Prince Edward. It was announced in 1999, at the time of the wedding of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, that he would eventually follow his father as Duke of Edinburgh. It was expected that a new, fourth, creation would be bestowed on Prince Edward after the third creation reverted to the Crown when Charles III …
Viscount Melbourne had 2 lives – the first as the cuckolded husband in one of the most scandalous affairs of the 19th century, and the second as senior statesman and mentor to Queen Victoria. Born William Lamb, in 1805 he succeeded his elder brother as heir to his father’s title. What happened to Lord Melbourne …
They were expected to be a model example to other women; acting like a jealous wife was certainly not seen as a demonstration of good behaviour. It was allowed – and expected – for a king to have mistresses, but for a queen, completely the opposite because she was the dynastic progenitor. Were Queens allowed …
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Fun fact: Philip was born a prince to both the Greek and Danish royal families but renounced his right to those thrones and titles to marry Elizabeth, and presumably as an incentive to do so, was designated His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the wedding, a title he retained until …
Robert Francis Mone. Robert Francis Mone (born 1948) is a Scottish double murderer who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1977. In 1967 he shot a teacher at his old school, and in 1976 he and another man escaped from the State Hospital, Carstairs, killing three people in the process. He is Scotland’s longest-serving prisoner. …
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Dunedin Dunedin Ōtepoti (Māori) Settled by Māori c. 1300 Settled by Europeans 1848 Incorporated 1855 Named for Dùn Èideann – Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh Which Southern NZ settlement is named after a resort town in Scotland? From New Edinburgh to Otago The planned settlement on the shores of Otago Harbour was to be called …
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Inveraray Castle. Downton Abbey. Inveraray Castle was the chosen location for the Downton Abbey Christmas 2012 episode. In a nail-biting two hour special, the Grantham family and staff travelled north to the home of their cousins, the Marquess and Marchioness of Flintshire in their mythical Scottish home, ‘Duneagle Castle’. Where was the Scottish castle in …
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811) … was the Scottish Lord Advocate and an MP for Edinburgh and Midlothian, and the First Lord of the Admiralty …. While Home Secretary in 1792 and first Secretary of State for War in 1796 he was instrumental in deferring the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Who is …
Monument to the Duke of Gordon, erected on top of the site of Elgin Castle (NJ26SW0007) in 1839. Designed by architect William Burn, Edinburgh, the Roman Doric column rises to 80 feet (24.4 metres), and is topped by a statue of the Duke of Gordon in his robes as Chancellor of Marischal College, Aberdeen. What …
The 6th Viscount Melville, Charles Saunders Dundas, lies opposite his wife, Mary Hamilton Dundas, in the small north cemetery in Lasswade, adjacent to the old kirkyard. Who is the current Lord Melville? Earl of Melville Earldom of Melville Created by William I Peerage Peerage of Scotland First holder George Melville Present holder Alexander Ian Leslie-Melville …
