Tour Scotland Photograph Duncan MacDiarmid Gravestone Kippen

Tour Scotland photograph of the Duncan MacDiarmid Celtic Cross gravestone in the cemetery in Kippen, Scotland. Kippen is a village in west Stirlingshire. It lies between the Gargunnock Hills and the Fintry Hills and overlooks the Carse of Forth to the north. The village is 9 miles west of Stirling and 20 miles north of Glasgow. It is 4.5 miles south east of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first National Park.

The Scottish clan MacDairmid, the surname also being spelt MacDarmid, MacDearmid, MacDearmaid, MacDiarmid, MacDearmont, MacDairmond, MacDermand, and all the short forms commencing " M c", derives from the ancient pre 7th century Gaelic Mac Dhiarmaid, meaning " the son of Dermid ". Church register recordings include the marriage of Neil McDermid and Isabella Brown on July 23rd 1857, at Glenmuick, Aberdeen, whilst Daniel McDiarmed married Jane Doherty at Londonderry, Ireland, on December 16th 1865. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Nemeas Mactarmayt, vicar of Kilchoman in Islay, in 1427, during the reign of King James 1st of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph John Cairns Gravestone Fintry

Tour Scotland photograph of the John Cairns gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Fintry, Strathendrick, Scotland. Fintry is a small village in central Scotland, nestled in the strath of the Endrick Water between the Campsie Fells and the Fintry Hills, some 19 miles north of Glasgow.

The surname Cairns is derived from the Scottish Gaelic carn, meaning " cairn ", which is a human made pile, or stack, of stones.. It is a topographic name for someone who lived near a cairn. The lands of Cairns are located in the parish of Mid Calder, near Edinburgh. The lands of Cairns are located in the parish of Mid Calder, near Edinburgh. The first Cairn to be recorded is William de Carnys, who was recorded as witnessing a charter in 1349. William de Carnys and his son Duncan held the baronies of Easter and Wester Whitburn. Many Cairns are also recorded in the counties of Midlothian and West Lothian. Today many Cairns are still located around Edinburgh and Glasgow.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sir Walter Menzies Gravestone Fintry

Tour Scotland photograph of the Sir Walter Menzies, Celtic Cross, gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Fintry, Scotland. Sir Walter Menzies born 24th July 1856, died 26th October 1913, was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southern Lanarkshire from 1900 to 1913. He unsuccessfully contested the Glasgow Central constituency at the 1892 general election. He switched to the Southern Division of Lanarkshire for the 1900 election, a Conservative Liberal marginal seat. He lost by 452 votes, but in the Liberal landslide at the 1906 election he won the seat with a majority of 1,275. He was re elected at both the January 1910 and December 1910 elections, and held his seat in the House of Commons until his death in 1913, aged 57.



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Tour Scotland Photograph James Tennent Gravestone Fintry

Tour Scotland photograph of the Doctor James N. Tennent gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Fintry, Scotland. Fintry is a small village in central Scotland, nestled in the Strath of the Endrick Water between the Campsie Fells and the Fintry Hills, some 19 miles north of Glasgow.

Recorded as Tenant, Tenaunt and Tennant, this is an English. It originally described a husbandman, the later description being a farmer, or one who held lands from an overlord. The derivation is from the pre 10th century Olde French word " tenant ", introduced by the victorious Normans after the Invasion of 1066.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sir George Home Speirs Memorial Celtic Cross Fintry

Tour Scotland photograph of the Sir George Home Speirs Memorial Celtic Cross in the churchyard cemetery in Fintry, Strathendrick, Scotland.

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