Old photograph of a cottage in the Den above Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. On August 23, 1826, in the cold light of dawn, two men faced each other across a bleak field in Fife, pistols drawn. On the given signal, Kirkcaldy linen merchant David Landale fired a single fatal shot, killing banker George Morgan and, in the process, preserving his financial reputation, business integrity and, most importantly of all, his personal honour. It was Scotland’s last recorded fatal duel. Landale was subsequently tried and acquitted of Morgan’s murder and later served as Provost of Kirkcaldy while the duelling pistols with their gleaming steel barrels and walnut butts are displayed within the town museum. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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