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ROB See also:ROY (1671-1734) , the popular designation of a famous Highland outlaw whose prowess is the theme of one of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott's novels, was by descent a See also:Macgregor, being the younger son of Donald Macgregor of Glengyle, See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in the See also:army of 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 II., by his wife, a daughter of 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:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell of Gleneaves. He received the name Roy from his red See also:hair, and latterly adopted Campbell as his surname on See also:account of the acts proscribing the name of his See also:clan. Though in stature not much above the See also:middle height, he was so See also:muscular and thickly set that few were his equals in feats of strength, while the unusual length of his arms gave him an extraordinary See also:advantage in the use of the See also:sword. His eyes were remarkably keen and piercing, and with his whole expression formed an appropriate See also:complement to his powerful See also:physical See also:frame. He inherited a small See also:property on the Braes of See also:Balquhidder, and at first devoted himself to the rearing of See also:cattle. Having formed a See also:band of armed clansmen, he obtained, after the See also:accession of William III., a See also:commission from James II. to See also:levy See also:war on all who refused to acknowledge him as 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, and in the autumn of 1691 made a descent on See also:Stirlingshire to carry off the cattle of See also:Lord See also:Livingstone, when, being opposed by the villagers of Kippen, he also seized the cattle from all the byres of the See also:village. Shortly afterwards he married See also:Helen See also:Mary, daughter of Macgregor of Comar. On the See also:death of Gregor Macgregor, the See also:chief of the clan, in 1693 he managed, though not the nearest See also:heir, to get himself acknowledged chief, obtaining See also:control of the lands stretching from, the Braes of Balquhidder to the shores of See also:Loch See also:Lomond, and situated between the possessions of See also:Argyll and those of See also:Montrose. To assist in. carrying on his See also:trade as cattle-dealer he borrowed See also:money from the 1st See also:duke ,of Montrose, and, being unable to repay it, he was in 1712 evicted from his property and declared an outlaw. Taking See also:refuge in the more inaccessible See also:Highlands, Rob Roy from this 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 forward supported himself chiefly by depredations committed in the most daring manner on the duke and his tenants, all attempts to See also:capture him being unsuccessful. During the See also:rebellion of 1715, though nominally siding with the Pretender, he did not take an active See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Sheriffmuir except in plundering the dead on both sides. He was included in the See also:Act of See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
Attainder; but, having for some time enjoyed the friendship of the duke of Argyll, he obtained, on making his submission at See also:Inveraray, a promise of See also:protection. He now established his See also:residence at Craigroyston, near Loch Lomond, whence for some time he levied See also:blackmail, as formerly upon Montrose, escaping by his wonderful address and activity every effort of the See also:English See also:garrison stationed at Inversnaid to bring him to See also:justice. Ultimately, through the See also:mediation of Argyll, -he was reconciled to Montrose, and in 1722 he made submission to See also:General See also:Wade; he was carried off, and imprisoned in Newgate, and in 1727 was pardoned just as he, was to be transported to See also:Barbados. He then returned to See also:Scotland.
According to a See also:notice in the Caledonian See also:Mercury he died at Balquhidder on the 28th of See also:December 1i34. He was buried in Balquhidder See also:churchyard.
The best lives are K. Macleay, See also:Historical See also:Memoirs of Rob Roy (1818; new ed., 1881) ; A. H. See also:Millar, See also:Story of Rob Roy (1883). See also Sir W. Scott's introduction to the novel Rob Roy. An See also:early account, The Highland See also:Rogue, &c. (1723), is ascribed to See also:Defoe.
End of Article: ROB ROY (1671-1734)
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