Celtic Cross Memorial To James Douglas Dunbar On Visit to Kirkcudbright Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the Celtic Cross Memorial to James Douglas Dunbar on visit to Kirkcudbright. James, the son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn Colville, was born on 22 April 1809 in London, England, and known as The Lord Daer from birth until 1820. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Selkirk on 8 April 1820, and the title of 6th Lord Daer and Shortcleuch. He was first educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, between 1823 at Eton College, in Berkshire, England, matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxfordshire, England, on 17 October 1827. He graduated from Oxford University, in 1830 with a Bachelor of Arts, graduating with First Class honours in Mathematics, following this, at Oxford, with in 1834 a Master of Arts. He was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 13 January 1831. He was a Representative Conservative Peer from 1830 until his death, in 1885, and was twice Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from August 1852 until December 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859. He held the Office of Lord-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright between 1844 and 1885. The memorial was erected by his wife on his death in 1885 ,there is also a plaque commemorating his wife Ceciley Lousia his wife who died in 1920 . Built in local granite and designed by J Aldam Heaton with sculpture by Farmer and Brindley of London, England.

The surname Dunbar was first found in the barony of Dunbar in the Lothians where they held a family seat from very ancient times; ever since the 11th century, when Cospatrick was deprived of his Earldom of Northumberland by William the Conqueror, and fled to Scotland. Dunbar has had many spellings including; Dunbarr, Dumbar, Dumbare, Dumber, Dounber, Dunbar, Dounbar and many more. Clan Dunbar is a Lowland Scottish clan.
Anne Dunbar, aged 17, a domestic servant, arrived in South Australia in 1860 aboard the ship Grand Trianon; John Dunbar, aged 54, a labourer, arrived in South Australia in 1860 aboard the ship Grand Trianon; William Dunbar, aged 43, a Scottish settler born in Renfrewshire arrived as Detachment of the Royal New Zealand Fencibles aboard the ship Sir Robert Sale from Gravesend via Cork, Ireland, arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 11th October 1847; George Dunbar settled in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1784; William Dunbar landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1784; Robert Dunbar arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, America, in 1655; William Dunbar settled in Virginia, America, in 1650.

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