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See also:HOME, EARLS OF . See also:Alexander Home or See also:Hume, 1st See also:earl of Home (c. 1566-1619), was the son of Alexander, 5th See also:Lord See also:Herne (d. 1575), who fought against See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, at Carberry 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 at Langside, but was afterwards one of her most stalwart supporters, being taken prisoner when defending See also:Edinburgh See also:castle in her interests in 1573 and probably dying in captivity. He belonged to an old and famous border See also:family, an See also:early member of which, See also:Sir Alexander Home, was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Verneuil in 1424. This Sir Alexander was the See also:father of Sir Alexander Home (d. 1456), See also:warden of the See also:marches and the founder of the family fortunes, whcse son, another Sir Alexander (d. 1491), was created a lord of See also:parliament as Lord Home in 1473, being one of the See also:band of nobles who defeated the forces of 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:- 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 III. at the battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. Other distinguished members of the family were: the first lord's See also:grandson and successor, Alexander, 2nd Lord Home (d. 1506), See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of See also:Scotland; and the latter's son, Alexander, 3rd Lord Home (d. 1516), a See also:person of See also:great importance during the reign of James IV., whom he served as chamberlain. He fought at See also:Flodden, but before the See also:death of the king he had led his men away to See also:plunder. During the minority of the new king, James V., he was engaged in quarrelling with the See also:regent, See also:John 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, See also:duke of See also:Albany, and in intriguing with See also:England. In See also:September 1516 he was seized, was charged with treachery and beheaded, his See also:title and estates being restored to his See also:brother See also:George in 1522. George, who was killed in September 1547 during a skirmish just before the battle of Pinkie, was the father of Alexander, the 5th lord.
Alexander Home became 6th Lord Home on his father's death in See also:August 1575, and took See also:part in many of the turbulent incidents which marked the reign of James VI. He was warden of the See also:east marches, and was often at variance with the Hepburns, a See also:rival border family whose See also:head was the earl of See also:Bothwell; the See also:feud between the Homes and the Hepburns was an old one, and it was probably the See also:main See also:reason why Home's father, the 5th lord, sided with the enemies of Mary during the See also:period of her intimacy with Bothwell. Home accompanied James to England in 1603 and was created earl of Home in 16o5; he died in See also:April 1619
His son James, the and earl, died childless in 1633 when his titles passed to a distant kinsman, Sir James Home of Coldingknows (d. 1666), a descendant of the 1st Lord Home. This earl was in the Scottish ranks at the battle of See also:Preston and lost his estates under the See also:Commonwealth, but these were restored to him in 1661. His descendant, 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, the 8th earl (d. 1761) fought on the See also:English See also:side at See also:Prestonpans, and from his brother Alexander, the 9th earl (d. 1786), the See also:present earl of Home is descended. In 1875 Cospatrick Alexander, the 1th earl (1799-1881), was created a peer of the See also:United See also:Kingdom as See also:Baron See also:Douglas, and his son See also:Charles Alexander, the 12th earl (b. 1834), took the additional name of Douglas. The See also:principal strongholds of the Homes were Douglas castle in See also:Haddington and Home castle in See also:Berwickshire.
See H. See also:Drummond, Histories of See also:Noble See also:British Families (1846).
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