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GLAMIS , a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland, 54 M. W. by S. of See also:Forfar by the Caledonian railway. Pop. of parish (1901) 1351. The name is sometimes spelled Glammis and the i is See also:mute: it is derived from the Gaelic, glamhus, " a wide See also:gap," " a vale." The See also:chief See also:object in the village is the sculptured See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, traditionally supposed to be a memorial of See also:Malcolm II., although See also:Fordun's statement that the 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 was slain in the See also:castle is now rejected. About a mile from the station stands Glamis Castle, the seat of the See also:earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, a See also:fine example of the Scottish Baronial See also:style, enriched with certain features of the See also:French See also:chateau. In its See also:present See also:form it See also:dates mostly from the 17th See also:century, but the See also:original structure was as old as the 11th century, for See also:Macbeth was Thane of Glamis. Several of the See also:early Scots See also:kings, especially See also:Alexander III., used it occasionally as a See also:residence. See also:Robert II. bestowed the thanedom on See also:John See also:Lyon, who had married the king's second daughter by See also:Elizabeth See also:Mure and was thus the founder of the existing See also:family. See also:Patrick Lyon became See also:hostage to See also:England for 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 I. in 1424. When, in 1537, See also:Janet See also:Douglas, widow of the 6th See also:Lord Glamis, was burned. at See also:Edinburgh as a See also:witch, for conspiring to procure James V.'s See also:death, Glamis was forfeited to the See also:crown, but it was restored to her son six years later when her innocence had been established. The 3rd earl of Strathmore entertained the Old See also:Chevalier and eighty of his immediate followers in 1715. After discharging the duties of hospitality the earl joined See also:tIle See also:Jacobites at See also:Sheriffmuir and See also:fell on the battlefield. See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott spent a See also:night in the " hoary old See also:pile " when he was about twenty years old, and gives a striking relation of his experiences in his See also:Demonology and See also:Witchcraft. The 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 has an arched See also:ceiling and several See also:historical portraits, including those of Claverhouse, See also:Charles II. and James II. of England. At Cossans, in the parish of Glamis, there is a remarkable sculptured monolith,and other examples occur at the Hunters' See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and in the old kirkyard of Eassie.
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