Tour Scotland Photograph Liddell Stained Glass Window

Tour Scotland photograph of the Liddell Memorial stained glass window, Auchtertool Kirk, Fife, Scotland. The windows in the east wall of the church showing St. Andrew and St. John are dedicated to the memory of the Liddell family. Inscription reads, " In affectionate remembrance of our grandparents and other families of Kirkton and Milton of Auchtertool. In loving memory of our father Major General John Liddell, CB, and mother Francis Robina Liddell and our brother John their eldest son. "

The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard de Lidel, a charter witness at Largs, Scotland, which was dated around 1202, in the " Records of Northberwick ", during the reign of King William, known as " The Lion " of Scotland, born 1165, died 1214. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax.

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