William Gordon (19 December 1683 – 13 July 1720), known by the courtesy title of Lord Strathnaver from 4 March 1703, was a Scottish politician who sat...
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Earl of Sutherland (redirect from Lord Strathnaver)
titled "of Strathnaver" from Iye MacAiodh 1st of Strathnaver (b. about 1210) to at least Sir Donald Mackay who was created as the first Lord Reay in 1628...
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Strathnaver or Strath Naver (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Nabhair) is the fertile strath of the River Naver, a famous salmon river that flows from Loch Naver...
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Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, 14th of Strathnaver (March 1591 – February 1649) was a Scottish soldier and member of Parliament. He played a prominent role...
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William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (1683–1720), MP for Tain Burghs, judged ineligible to sit because he was the eldest son of a Scottish peer William Gordon...
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widow of James Stuart, Lord Doune; and thirdly to Frances Hodgson. He had two children with Helen: William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (19 December 1683 – 13...
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was born as William Gordon, the eldest surviving son of William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver and his wife Catherine Morrison, daughter of William Morrison,...
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neighbouring county of Caithness. The chief of the clan is Lord Reay and the lands of Strathnaver later became known as the Reay Country. Historian Angus...
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John Mackay, 11th of Strathnaver's sisters was married to Alexander Sutherland. According to 17th-century historian Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet who himself...
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Angus Du Mackay (Angus Mackay), 7th of Strathnaver (died 1433) was the seventh chief of the Clan Mackay, a Highland Scottish clan. He is recorded in the...
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resigned his lands to his superior, Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay (Sir Donald Mackay of Strathnaver). Hugh Mackay, 2nd of Scoury. Donald Mackay, 1st of Borley...
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Huistean Du Mackay (Hugh Mackay), 13th of Strathnaver (d. 1614), was the thirteenth chief of Clan Mackay, a Highland Scottish clan. Huistean Mackay was...
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England in 1620. Between 1839 and 1963 the Dukes also held the titles of Lord Strathnaver and Earl of Sutherland, both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Scottish...
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infeft within Inverness-shire. Also in 1542, William Sutherland of Duffus and Donald Mackay, 11th of Strathnaver submitted to the arbitration of James Stewart...
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Iye Roy Mackay, 10th of Strathnaver (died 1517), was the tenth chief of the ancient Clan Mackay, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Iye Roy Mackay...
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Iye Mackay, 4th of Strathnaver (died 1370) was the chief of the ancient Clan Mackay, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. He was murdered along...
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Strathnaver men (Mackays) flowed abroad as soldiers of fortune and some were on the ill-fated Darien scheme. In December 1702 George Mackay, 3rd Lord...
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Scotland granted to William Sutherland, 6th of Duffus the non-entry duties of the lands of Galvell, Armadale, Farr and others in Strathnaver that had previously...
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Mackay, 4th of Strathnaver and the Sutherland family there was a feud that caused much blood-shed on either side. According to Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet...
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Earl Granville (redirect from Lord Granville)
Lord Carteret and Lady Granville were both succeeded by their son, the second Earl. He was a prominent statesman, mainly known under the title Lord Carteret...
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children. The children of Alexander Gordon and Jean Gordon included: Jane Gordon, who married Huistean Du MacKay of Strathnaver and Farr (1562–1614), in December...
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children: John Gordon, Lord Strathnaver, born on 21 November 1632, and died on 14 October 1637 of Smallpox at Dunrobin Castle. George Gordon, 15th Earl of...
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John Donald Publishers. p. 136. ISBN 0-85976-432-X. "Sutherland, William, Lord Strathnaver (1708–50)". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved August 8...
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senior cadet branch of the Clan Mackay and were seated at Achness, in Strathnaver, which is in modern-day Sutherland. In Scottish Gaelic they are known...
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Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (redirect from Lord Robert Stewart)
Caithness (becoming the mother-in-law of John MacKay, Laird of Strathy in Strathnaver) Barbara, who married Hugh Halcro of Halcro Robert Stewart also had a...
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Sutherland and the neighbouring provinces of Assynt to the west and Strathnaver to the north. Shires gradually eclipsed the old provinces in administrative...
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which migrated to 'the real McCoy'. See Huistean Du Mackay, 13th of Strathnaver for information about the dispute. Joseph McCoy (1837–1915) was mayor...
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Mackay of Borley (section William Mackay, II of Borley)
in turn was the second eldest natural son of Iye Du Mackay, 12th of Strathnaver, chief of the Clan Mackay. Donald Mackay, 1st of Borley had “wadset”...
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after the premature death of Alexander Charles Robert Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver, only son of the 25th Earl. The progenitor of the Clan Sutherland was...
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Michael Heseltine (redirect from Lord Heseltine)
Unusually for the time, he employed a full-time researcher, Eileen Strathnaver. Heath allowed his shadow ministers more leeway than would be normal...
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