Bagpipes And Drums Music St John's College Pipe Band In Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the bagpipes and drums music of the St John's College Pipe Band. St John's College was founded in 1986 and is a leading independent secondary school for boys aged 12 to 18 in Harare, Zimbabwe. The College's Pipe Band was formed in 1996. The band wears the Murray of Atholl Ancient Tartan kilts. Clan Murray is a Highland Scottish clan. The chief of the Clan Murray holds the title of Duke of Atholl. Their ancestors who established the family in Scotland in the 12th century were the Morays of Bothwell. In the 16th century descendants of the Morays of Bothwell, the Murrays of Tullibardine, secured the chiefship of the clan and were created Earls of Tullibardine in 1606. The first Earl of Tullibardine married the heiress to the Stewart earldom of Atholl and Atholl therefore became a Murray earldom in 1626. The Murray Earl of Atholl was created Marquess of Atholl in 1676 and in 1703 it became a dukedom. The marquess of Tullibardine title has continued as a subsidiary title, being bestowed on elder sons of the chief until they succeed him as Duke of Atholl.

John Murray, a Scottish convict from Glasgow, was transported aboard the America on April 4, 1829, settling in New South Wales, Australia; John Murray, aged 24, a ploughman, arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship Blenheim in 1840; Margaret Murray, landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1773; Donald Murray, aged 25, arrived in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1815; Barbara Murray, landed in Cape Fear, North Carolina, America, in 1737; Charles Murray, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1746; Garret Murray, arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, in 1746; Elizabeth Murray, landed in Boston, Massachusetts, America, in 1755; Archibald Murray, aged 17, arrived in New York, America in 1755.

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