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DYSART , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:shore of the See also:Firth of Forth, 2 M. N.E. of See also:Kirkcaldy by the See also:North See also:British railway. Pop. (1901) 3562. It has a See also:quaint old-fashioned See also:appearance, many See also:ancient houses in High See also:Street bearing See also:inscriptions and See also:dates. The public buildings include a See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, library, cottage See also:hospital, See also:mechanics' See also:institute and memorial hall. Scarcely anything is See also:left of the old See also:chapel dedicated to St See also:Dennis, which for a 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 was used as a
smithy; and of the chapel of St Serf, the See also:patron See also:saint of the burgh, only the See also:tower remains. The See also:chief See also:industries are the manufacture of See also:bed and table See also:linen, towelling and woollen See also:cloth, See also:shipbuilding and See also:flax-See also:spinning. There is a steady export of See also:coal, and the See also:harbour is provided with a wet See also:dock and patent slip. In See also:smuggling days the " canty See also:caries " of Dysart were professed " See also:free traders." In the 15th and 16th centuries the town was a leading seat of the See also:salt See also:industry (" salt to Dysart " was the See also:equivalent of " coals to See also:Newcastle "), but the salt-pans have been abandoned for a considerable See also:period. See also:Nail-making, once famous, is another See also:extinct industry. During the time of the See also:alliance between Scotland and 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, which was closer in Fifeshire than in other counties, Dysart became known as Little Holland. To the See also:west of the town is Dysart See also:House, the See also:residence of the See also:earl of See also:Rosslyn. With See also:Burntisland and 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-See also:horn Dysart forms one of the Kirkcaldy See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs. The town is mentioned as See also:early as 874 in connexion with a Danish invasion. Its name is said to be a corruption of the Latin desertum, " a See also:desert," which was applied to a See also:cave on the seashore occupied by St Serf. In the cave the saint held his famous colloquy with the See also:devil, in which Satan was worsted and contemptuously dismissed. From 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 V. the town received the rights of a royal burgh. In 1559 it was the headquarters of the Lords of the See also:Congregation, and in 1607 the See also:scene of the meetings of the See also:synod of See also:Fife known as the Three Synods of Dysart. Ravensheugh See also:Castle, on the shore to the west of the town, is the Ravenscraig of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's ballad of " Rosabelle."
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 See also:- MURRAY
- MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
- MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
- MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
- MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
- MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
- MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
- MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
- MURRAY, JOHN
- MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
- MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
- MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
- MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
- MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )
Murray, a native of the See also:place, was made earl of Dysart in 1643, and his eldest See also:child and See also:heir, a daughter, See also:Elizabeth, obtained in 167o a regrant of the See also:title, which passed to the descendants of her first See also:marriage with Sir Lionel See also:Tollemache, See also:Bart., of Helmingham; she married secondly the 1st See also:duke of See also:Lauder-See also:dale, but had no See also:children by him, and died in 1698. This countess of Dysart (afterwards duchess of See also:Lauderdale) was a famous beauty of the period, and notorious both for her amours and for her See also:political See also:influence. She was said to have been the See also:mistress of See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell, and also of Lauderdale before her first See also:husband's See also:death, and was a See also:leader at the See also:court of See also:Charles II. See also:Wycherley is supposed to have aimed at her in his Widow Blackacre in the See also:Plain Dealer. Her son, Lionel Tollemache (d. 1727), transmitted the earldom to his See also:grandson Lionel (d. 1770), whose sons Lionel (d. 1799) and Wilbraham (d. 1821) succeeded; they died without issue, and their See also:sister Louisa (d. 1840), who married See also:John See also:Manners, an illegitimate son of the second son of the and duke of See also:Rutland, became countess in her own right, being succeeded by her grandson (d. 1878), and his grandson, the 8th earl.
The earldom of Dysart must not be confounded with that of Desart (Irish), created (See also:barony 1933) in 1793, and held in the Cuffe See also:family, who were originally of See also:Creech St See also:Michael, See also:Somerset, the Irish See also:branch dating from See also:Queen Elizabeth's time.
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