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See also:BUCHAN, EARLS OF . The earldom of See also:Mar and Buchan was one of the seven See also:original Scottish earldoms; later, Buchan was separated from Mar, and among the See also:early earls of Buchan were See also:Alexander See also:Comyn (d. 1289), See also:John Comyn (d. c. 1313), both constables of See also:Scotland, and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Beaumont (d. 1340), who had married a Comyn. John Comyn's wife, See also:Isabel, was the countess of Buchan who crowned See also:Robert the See also:Bruce See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king at See also:Scone in 1306, and was afterwards imprisoned at See also:Berwick; not, however, in a cage hung on the See also:wall of the See also:castle. About 1382 See also:Sir Alexander See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart (d. c. 1404), the " See also:wolf of See also:Badenoch," a son of King Robert II., became See also:earl of Buchan, and the Stewarts appear to have held the earldom for about a See also:century and a See also:half, although not in a See also:direct See also:line from Sir Alexander.' Among the most celebrated of the Stewart earls were the Scottish See also:regent, Robert, See also:duke of See also:Albany, and his son John, who was made See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of See also:France and was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Verneuil in 1424. In 1617 the earldom came to See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Erskine (d. 1640), a son of John Erskine, 2nd (or 7th) earl of Mar, whose wife See also:Mary had inherited it from her See also:father, James See also:Douglas (d. 16o1), and from that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time it has been retained by the Erskines.
Perhaps the most celebrated of the later earls of Buchan was the See also:eccentric See also:David See also:Steuart Erskine, 11th earl (1742–1829), a son of Henry David, loth earl (d. 1767), and See also:brother of Henry Erskine (q.v.), and of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, See also:Lord Erskine (q.v.). His pertinacity was instrumental in effecting a See also:change in the method of electing Scottish representative peers, and in 1780 he succeeded in See also:founding the Scottish Society of Antiquaries. Among his correspondents was See also:Horace See also:Walpole, and he wrote an See also:Essay on the Lives of See also:Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet See also:Thomson (1792), and other writings. He died at his See also:residence at Dryburgh in See also:April 1829, leaving no legitimate See also:children, and was followed as 12th earl by his See also:nephew Henry David (1783–1857), the ancestor of the See also:present peer. The 11th earl's natural son, Sir David Erskine (1772–1837), who inherited his father's unentailed estates, was an See also:antiquary and a dramatist.
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