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    John Bissett, Lord of Lovat (died 1260) was a Scottish nobleman. His father John, Lord of the Aird fled to Ireland and then to England, with his uncle...
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  • John Bisset or Bissett may refer to: John Byset (died 1257), Scoto-Norman nobleman John Bissett of Lovat (died 1260), his son, Scottish nobleman Sir John...
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  • have had a son John Bissett of Lovat. According to some sources it was Byset who founded Beauly Priory in the year 1230. Clan Bissett Way, pp. 362. AU1257...
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    Lord Lovat (Scottish Gaelic: Mac Shimidh) is a title of the rank Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser...
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    included amongst others: Lovat Castle, original seat of the chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat after they succeeded the Clan Bissett in the estates. Castle Dounie...
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    possession of such arms. The surname Bissett is also considered a sept of the Clan Fraser of Lovat. The surname Bisset is believed to be of Norman origin...
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    William de Fenton (category Scottish people of the Wars of Scottish Independence)
    Andrews. His coat of arms was "Argent, three crescents gules". Through his marriage to Cecilia, a co-heiress of John Bissett of Lovat, Beaufort passed...
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  • Andrew de Bosco (category Year of birth unknown)
    Lord of Redcastle and Kilvarock was a 13th-century Scottish noble and soldier. Through his marriage to Elizabeth, a co-heiress of John Bissett of Lovat, Redcastle...
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  • female heirs of John Bissett of Lovat and their husbands. The extent of the lordship is uncertain. It can be shown to have included the parishes of Convinth...
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  • Countess of Atholl 1260 – John Bissett of Lovat 1263 – William Comyn, Lord of Kilbride c. 1263 – Walter de Moravia 1265 – Hugh Crawford, Sheriff of Ayrshire...
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    Beaufort Castle, Scotland (category Clan Bissett)
    traditional seat of the Lords Lovat, Chiefs of Clan Fraser of Lovat. The earliest mention of the site, as Downie or Dounie Castle, occurs in the reign of Alexander...
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    Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat was buried at Beauly Priory after he was killed at the Battle of the Shirts in 1544. Kenneth Mackenzie, 7th of Kintail who died...
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    Marine) Commando CO General Simon Fraser of Lovat, 78th Fraser Highlanders Major-General Simon Fraser, 14th Lord Lovat Brigadier Raymond Love Commander R.A...
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    Council of Scottish Chiefs. Retrieved 9 June 2008. Way of Plean; Squire (2000), p. 106. Way of Plean; Squire (2000), p. 108. "Fraser of Lovat". MyClan...
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    son William Watson. A John Watson is recorded owning lands in Edinburgh in 1392. Early Scottish records note that Thomas Watson of Stenhous was party to...
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    Clan Armstrong (category Gaelic families of Norse descent)
    the Earl of March and Dunbar, then the principal defender of the Scottish border. Fourteen years later, John Armstrong fought in the army of James, second...
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    Clan Blair (category Culture of Scotland)
    is generally accepted that John Francis de Blair’s grandson, William de Blair, married one of the daughters of King John of England. Alexander de Blare...
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  • Manrent (redirect from Bond of manrent)
    of Lovat. Earlier contracts survive, but use terms such as "letters of retinue" or "rentinencia". In 1588, William Macleod of Macleod, 13th chief of Clan...
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    chiefship of a clan, such as the late chief of the Clan MacLeod who was born John Wolridge-Gordon and changed his name to the maiden name of his maternal...
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    Fraser Black lists Andersons as being burgesses of Peebles as well as in the county of Dumfries. In 1585 John Anderson was a commissioner to Parliament for...
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    covenanting preacher John Blackadder (1622–1685) was legally the heir. The preacher's son Colonel John Blackadder later became governor of Stirling Castle...
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    For the support of his clan, Jardine was to receive a pension from the Archbishopric of Glasgow, but it was never paid. Another John Jardine, fourth in...
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    the last of the Calder chief's family in the direct line. She was brought up as a Campbell and married Sir John Campbell, son of the Earl of Argyll. Murial...
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    ambitions and instead supported the claim of John Balliol. Balliol was descended from the Celtic Princes of Galloway through his mother, Lady Devorgilla...
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  • Independent Highland Companies (category History of the Scottish Highlands)
    Fraser of Lovat who by this time were largely Jacobites. In 1740, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat had been stripped of his Independent Company of Frasers...
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  • Bingay, Royal Engineers Captain and Brevet Major Frederic William Lyon Bissett MC Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Lieutenant Archie Vyvyan Board MC Essex...
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    William Leask of that Ilk was accosted by John Gordon of Ardlogy and a party of men with pistolets and hagbuts. In 1672 Alexander Leask of that Ilk was...
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  • Captain John Henry Bevan, Hertfordshire Regiment. Captain Frederick William Bewsher, London Regiment. Captain Frederic William Lyon Bissett, Duke of Cornwall's...
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