Tour Scotland Video Brigadier Henry Pelham Burn Gravestone Biallidbeg Burial Ground Newtonmore Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of the Brigadier Henry Pelham Burn, gravestone in Biallidbeg Burial Ground on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip near Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. He lived at Biallaid, and was decorated with the award of Companion, Distinguished Service Order. He was also invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George.

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Tour Scotland Video Alexander Macintyre Sheep Manager Gravestone Biallidbeg Burial Ground Newtonmore Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Macintyre, Sheep Manager, gravestone in Biallidbeg Burial Ground on ancesty, genealogy, family history visit and tripnear Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. This notable surname recorded in a number of spellings including MacIntyre, McIntyre, McAteer and McInteer, is of early medieval Scottish origin. The McIntyre clan were hereditary foresters to the Stewarts of Lorn, Argyllshire, and later to the Campbells of Lorn, and historically they appear always to have been subordinate to the chiefs of Upper Lorn. Glen Coe, also known as Glencoe, near Bunawe, Nether Lorn, was the county of this sept. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Nicholas Mac in tsair, which was dated 1268.

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Tour Scotland Video Lieutenant Alexander Macpherson Gravestone Biallidbeg Burial Ground Newtonmore Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of the Lieutenant Alexander Macpherson gravestone in Biallidbeg Burial Ground on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip near Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland. The grave is at the foot of Craig Dhubh hill, 2 miles West of Newtonmore.

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Tour Scotland Video Angus MacDonald Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of the Angus MacDonald gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. Clan MacDonald is the most famous and numerous of the long line of Scottish Highland Clans. The surname is now recorded in every part of the world, the origination of the chiefs being from one Donald of the Isles in the 10th century a.d. The derivation is from the Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, translating as The son of Donald. It is said that the personal name Donald translates as world rule, a meaning which is perhaps not coincidental as the clan have long assumed the unofficial title of Lords of the Isles. This assumption took place in the time of King David 11 of Scotland in circa 1369 and made the king exceedingly angry, since they also claimed title to all tithes and taxes. He went to considerable, if unsuccessful, lengths to dispossess them. Amongst the many famous MacDonalds are Flora MacDonald, born 1722, died 1790, the rescuer of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745, and Sir John MacDonald, the founder and premier of the Dominion of Canada, born 1815, died 1891.

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Tour Scotland Video John Gray Gravestone Newtonmore Highlands

Tour Scotland travel video of the John Gray gravestone in the cemetery on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Newtonmore in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highlands. Recorded as Gray, Graye, Grey, Greye, de Grey, MacGray, McGray, McGrah, McGreay, McGrey, and possibly others, this ancient Anglo Scottish surname has at least two possible origins. The first was Old English and a nickname or personal name for a man with grey hair or beard, from the pre 7th century word " graeg ", meaning grey. Although the name means the same in Scotland and Ireland,name holders there took their name from the early Gaelic word " riabhach " which also means brindled or grey.

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