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11 ore fa · THOMAS Boyd was made Earl of Arran before the marriage but James III considered that the Boyds had insulted his sister and the family fell spectacularly out of favour, the king imprisoning his sister in Kilmarnock Castle until the marriage could be annulled.
11 ore fa · Did you know that Robert Burns’s poetry was first published in Kilmarnock? Read on and find the answers to these questions. First, though, a wee correction to my recent column on Renfrew. I do not claim to be infallible and am always pleased to hear from anyone spotting a mistake. Apparently I m
11 ore fa · EVER wondered why Kilmarnock FC, one of the oldest football clubs in Scotland, play their home games at Rugby Park?
3 giorni fa · Understands that the Guises continue in their purpose for the Queen of Scotland's marriage with the Prince of Spain, and that the King of Navarre and the Constable are as earnest for the Earl of Arran.
6 giorni fa · Sir Thomas Lovell rebuilt the house. It was supposed, from the armorial bearings in one of the stained glass windows, that this chosen residence had been at one time the abode of the great Earl of Leicester, the most favoured of all Elizabeth's suitors. It afterwards became the property of Sir Robert Ducy, Bart., the banker of Charles I.
11 ore fa · Major-General Sir Gerald Boyd (1877–1930), Military Secretary; Brigadier Sir John Boyd (1891—1981), Director of Pathology, War Office. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd (c. 1710–1794), Governor of Gibraltar; Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter (1938— ), Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel and Training)
1 giorno fa · As Mary was an infant when she inherited the throne, Scotland was ruled by regents until she became an adult. From the outset, there were two claims to the regency: one from the Catholic Cardinal Beaton, and the other from the Protestant Earl of Arran, who was next in line to the throne.
