Windows St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church Birnam Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of stained glass windows in St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Birnam, Highland Perthshire, including; the John MacMillan memorial stained glass window; the Cadogan memorial stained glass window; the Evelyn Mary Low memorial stained glass window; the Evelyn Mary Low memorial stained glass window; the Alexander Low memorial stained glass window.

MacMillan, MacMillen, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan are variants of a Scottish surname. The origin of the name is said to derive from the origin of the Scottish Clan MacMillan. The progenitor of the Clan was said to be Airbertach, Hebridean prince of the old royal house of Moray. Airbertach had a son named Cormac, who was a Bishop, and Cormac's own son Gilchrist or, in Gaelic, Gille Chriosd, the progenitor of the Clann an Mhaoil, was a religious man like his father; and it was because of this that he wore the tonsure which gave him the nickname Maolan or Gillemaol

William Charles Gerald was the 7th Earl of Cadogan.He was born 13 February 1914 and died on 4 July 1997. He was a British peer and professional soldier. He was the eldest son of Gerald Cadogan, 6th Earl Cadogan and his wife Lilian Cadogan. He was educated at Eton College, an all boys public boarding school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Cadogan joined the Army and rose to the rank of captain in the Coldstream Guards. Cadogan married twice; firstly, on 11 June 1936 the Hon. Primrose Lilian Yarde Buller, daughter of John Reginald Lopes Yarde Buller, 3rd Baron Churston of Churston Ferrers and Lupton and secondly Cecilia Margaret Hamilton Wedderburn, daughter of Lt Col. Henry Kellerman Hamilton Wedderburn, on 13 January 1961. With his first wife he had four children, the eldest son of whom was his heir Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan. Of Welsh origin, the family name was spelled Cadwgan until the early 15th century.

The surname Cadogan was first found in Merionethshire, Welsh: Sir Feirionnydd, made a county in Northwest Wales in 1284, and anciently part of the kingdom of Gwynedd, where they claimed descent from the ancient princes of Wales. Cadogan has occasionally been spelled Cadogan, Cadagan, Caddagan, Caddigan, Cadigan, Cadougan, Cadwgan and many more.

The Low surname has no less that four origins. Firstly, it can be a topographical name for someone who lived near a hill, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century " hlaw ", meaning hill or burial mound. Secondly, it may be a nickname for a short man, deriving from the Middle
English " lah ", low or short. Thirdly, it may be from a nickname for a crafty person, deriving from the Anglo-Norman French " lou, leu ", meaning " wolf ", originally from the Latin " lupus ". Finally, it may be a pet form of the personal name " Lawrence ", coming from the Middle English and Old French given name " Lorens, Laurence ", itself deriving from the Latin Lurentius meaning " man from Laurentum ", a town in Italy probably named from it's laurels or bay trees. The surname dates back to the early 13th Century.

Cameron is a Scottish surname and thus somewhat common throughout the English speaking world. There are several possible origins. One is from a Gaelic language nickname, derived from cam, " crooked ", " bent " and sròn " nose ". Another is from any of the various places called Cameron, especially such places located in Fife, Scotland.

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