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See also:CLELAND, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1661?-1689) , Scottish poet and soldier, son 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 Cleland, gamekeeper to the See also:marquis of See also:Douglas, was See also:born about 1661. He was probably brought up on the See also:marquess of Douglas's See also:estate in See also:Lanarkshire, and was educated at St See also:Andrews University. Immediately on leaving See also:college he joined the See also:army of the See also:Covenanters, and was See also:present at Drumclog, where, says See also:Robert See also:Wodrow, some attributed to Cleland the manoeuvre which led to the victory. He also fought at See also:Bothwell See also:Bridge. He and his See also:brother 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 were described in a royal See also:proclamation of the 16th of See also:June 1679 among the leaders of the insurgents. He escaped to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, but in 1685 was again in. See also:Scotland in connexion with the abortive invasion of the See also:earl of See also:Argyll. He escaped once more, to return in 1688 as See also:agent for William of See also:Orange. He was appointed See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel of the Cameronian See also:regiment raised from the minority of the western Covenanters who consented to serve under William III. The See also:Cameronians were entrusted with the See also:defence of See also:Dunkeld, which they held against the fierce See also:assault of the Highlanders on the 26th of See also:August. The repulse of the Highlanders before Dunkeld ended the Jacobite rising, but Cleland See also:fell in the struggle. He wrote A Collection of several Poems and Verses composed upon various occasions (published posthumously, 1697). Of "Hullo, my fancie, whither wilt See also:thou go ? " only the last nine stanzas are by Cleland. His poems have small See also:literary merit, and are written, not in pure See also:Lowland Scots, but in See also:English, with a large admixture of Scottish words. The longest and most important of them are the"` See also:mock poems " " On the Expedition of the Highland See also:Host who came to destroy the western shires in See also:winter 1678 " and " On the clergie when they met to consult about taking the Test in the See also:year 1681."
An Exact Narrative of the Conflict of Dunkeld . collected from several See also:officers of the regiment . . . appeared in 1689.
End of Article: CLELAND, WILLIAM (1661?-1689)
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