Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a road trip drive to Balmerino on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to North Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. Weather forecast was for the warmest day of the year with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Centigrade. Balmerino, Scottish Gaelic: Baile Mearna, meaning settlement of St Mearnaig, is a small farming village and former monastic centre. The first Lord Balmerino was appointed a lord of session on 4th March, 1586. In 1595 he was constituted one of the eight commissioners of the treasury, called from their number Octavians, who were intrusted with the management of the public revenue, and who became, from their office, exceedingly unpopular; and he was one of the intended victims to the fury of the people, in the remarkable riot in Edinburgh, in December 1595, which afterwards cost the city so much. In 1598 he was appointed secretary of state, and on the 20th February 1604, he was created a peer of parliament by the title of baron Balmerinoch, in Fife. John, the second Lord Balmerino, distinguished himself by the opposition which he displayed in parliament in 1633, to the act establishing the royal prerogative of imposing apparel on churchmen. On the 18th August 1641 he was nominated president of parliament, on the 17th September a privy councillor, and on the 13th November following an extraordinary lord of session. He died of apoplexy on the 28th February 1649. John, the third Lord Balmerino, was engaged in several lawsuits, and was obliged to dispose of almost the whole of his landed property. For his compliance with the ruling powers during the usurpation, and for non conformity, he was fined in the sum of £6,000 Scots, by the parliament in 1662. He died 10th June 1704, aged 82 John, the fourth Lord Balmerino, born 26th December 1652, was very expert in the knowledge of the Scottish constitution. He was admitted a privy councillor 16th August 1687, and strenuously opposed the Union. At the general election in 1710, he was elected one of the sixteen representatives of the Scottish peerage; the same year he was appointed general of the mint, and sheriff of the county of Edinburgh, and in 1711 he was named one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord chamberlain. He was also one of the lords of police. In 1713 he was rechosen a representative peer. On the accession of King George I. he was removed from all his offices, and no longer elected one of the sixteen peers. Notwithstanding this harsh treatment he continued faithful to the house of Hanover during the rebellion of 1715. He afterwards lived retired, and died at his house at Leith, Edinburgh, on 13th May 1736, aged 84. John, the fifth Lord Balmerino, born 24th November 1675, applied to the study of the law, and was admitted advocate in 1703. In June 1714, a few weeks before the death of Queen Anne, he was appointed a lord of session, and took his seat on the bench as Lord Coupar. He died at Leith, Edinburgh, on 5th January 1746, aged 71, and having no issue by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, daughter of David, fourth earl of Northesk, he was succeeded in both his titles of Balmerino and Coupar by his half-brother, Arthur, sixth and last Lord Balmerino. Spring in the United Kingdom depends on whether you are following the astronomical or metrological calendar. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March 2022, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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