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unusual facts about Arniston, Midlothian


Clan Dundas

The principal branches of the Clan Dundas were Dundas of Blair Castle, Dundas of Arniston, Dundas of Duddingston and Dundas of Fingask.


Alfie Conn

Alfie Conn, Sr., Scottish international footballer, most famous for his time with Heart of Midlothian, played 1944–1960

Alfred Yuson

Yuson was also a Fellow at the International Writing Program in Iowa City, U.S.A. in 1978; the International Poetry Conference at the University of Hawaii in 1979; the Cambridge Seminar, University of Cambridge, in 1989; the International Writers Retreat at Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, in 1990; The Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2001 and 2006; and the Sydney Writers' Festival in 2006.

Archibald Cockburn

Matilda Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 7 February 1772 - 1842), married at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 13 July 1798 to Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, 1st Baronet Dundas (30 June 1761 - Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 4 January 1835), and had issue

Arniston House

G.W.T Omond, The Arniston Memoirs: Three centuries of a Scottish house, 1571-1838, Edited from the family papers, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1887.

Barney Battles, Sr.

Battles was born in Springburn, Glasgow, he moved to Midlothian when still a boy and played his early football with Bathgate, before joining Hearts in 1894 and then Celtic the following year.

Battle of Magersfontein

Wauchope was well known in Scotland, having stood as a Parliamentary candidate for Midlothian in the general election of 1892.

Bryce Petty

Petty attended Midlothian High School in Midlothian, Texas.

Burnbank

Jim Bett - was a football player with Airdrieonians FC, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (twice), Glasgow Rangers FC, Aberdeen FC, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, Heart of Midlothian FC and Dundee United FC.

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

He was born at Leith, Midlothian to Robert Middleton, a customs collector of Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, and Helen, daughter of Captain Charles Dundas RN and granddaughter of Sir James Dundas of Arniston.

Chick Farr

Athletic were a West Lothian club playing in the Midlothian Junior League (the forerunner to today's East Region Junior League).

Clan Graham

The first lands that the chiefs of Clan Graham appear to have held were around Dalkeith in Midlothian.

Clive Soley, Baron Soley

He went to Downshall Secondary Modern School (eventually ended up as Seven Kings High School) on Aldborough Road in Seven Kings near Ilford, then Newbattle Adult Education College in Newbattle, Midlothian, from 1961-3.

Coleg Harlech

The other long-term, mature students colleges in the UK are Ruskin College at Oxford; Northern College at Barnsley; Hillcroft College in Surbiton; Fircroft College at Birmingham; and Newbattle Abbey College in Midlothian, Scotland.

Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home

Home was born at Dalkeith House, Midlothian (the seat of his maternal grandfather), the son of Alexander Home, 10th Earl of Home, by Lady Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.

David Johnstone Pryde

The youngest son of Matthew James John Maitland Pryde, of Gorebridge, Midlothian, he was educated at Lasswade Secondary School and at the Scottish Labour College.

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car

Dinwiddie County Pullman Car is a historic Pullman car located near Midlothian, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Duncanville Independent School District

This can be due to the Hispanics moving in from areas such as Oak Cliff and South Dallas, and African Americans moving to areas such as Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and to a lesser extent, Midlothian.

Edward Henry Trotter

He was born in London, the son of Major-General Sir Henry Trotter and Lady Trotter, who maintained an estate at Mortonhall, Midlothian.

Forrest baronets

The Forrest Baronetcy, of Comiston in the County of Midlothian, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

George Hutchison

George Aitken Clark Hutchison (1873–1928), Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern

Gilmour baronets

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Liberton and Craigmillar in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 July 1926 for Robert Gilmour, a Brigadier-General in the British Army and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers.

James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline

He died at Collinton House, Midlothian, in April 1858, aged 81, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Sir Ralph Abercromby, KCB, who was Secretary of Legation at Berlin and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sardinia between 1840 and 1851 and to The Hague between 1851 and 1858.

John Archibald Ballard

The Ballards were in Scotland for the birth of both their next two children: Brigadier General Colin Robert Ballard CB CMG on 22 July 1868 in Cockpen, Midlothian; and Joanna E, on 8 January 1870 in Portobello, Midlothian.

Kilsyth Rangers F.C.

Some famous players to have played for the team are Drew Jarvie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, St. Mirren), William Wallace (Heart of Midlothian, Celtic), Frank McGarvey (St.Mirren, Liverpool, Celtic), David Stewart (Leeds United), Pat McMahon (Celtic, Aston Villa), George Mulhall (Aberdeen, Sunderland), Jim Storrie (Airdrieonians, Aberdeen, Leeds United), Gary McStay (Falkirk) plus many more.

McHattie

Kevin McHattie (born 1993), Scottish footballer currently playing for Heart of Midlothian F.C.

Midlothian, Illinois

They came "way out to the country" (147th Street) and found a piece of property with rolling hills that reminded them of the Midlothian described in Sir Walter Scott's book The Heart of Midlothian.

MV Nyon

On 16 November 1958, Nyon was on a voyage from Leith, Midlothian to Dakar, Senegal when she ran aground at St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire.

Myrton baronets

The Myrton Baronetcy, of Gogar in the County of Edinburgh, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

National Dark-Sky Week

This event was founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia, and its popularity and participation increases every year.

Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery

He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian in 1960 and succeeded his father as Earl in 1974.

Nitten

Nitten, the colloquial name for the town of Newtongrange in Midlothian, Scotland

Penicuik RFC

Penicuik Rugby Club is a rugby football club in the Scottish Rugby Union, playing their home games at Public Park, Penicuik, Midlothian.

Pete Waite

Waite also coached one year at Bremen High School in Midlothian, Illinois.

Ross MacKenzie

MacKenzie moved from his native Scotland to the United States with his family as a teenager, settling in Midlothian, Virginia.

Sara Schaefer

Schaefer was raised in Midlothian, Virginia, the daughter of Billie Knight (née Hehl) and William Linwood "Bill" Schaefer.

Thor of Tranent

Around 1150 he witnessed a grant by Robert, Bishop of St Andrews, passing over the church of Lohworuora (later renamed Borthwick, Midlothian) to Herbert, Bishop of Glasgow.

Tom De Haven

De Haven lives in Midlothian, Virginia with his wife of 35 years and has two grown daughters.

Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch

Buccleuch was born at Dalkeith House, Midlothian, Scotland, the fifth child of seven, and second son of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, and the Honourable Harriet Katherine Townshend, daughter of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney and Elizabeth Powys.

William Edmonstone

He married at Zakynthos, Greece, on 13 July 1841, Mary Elizabeth Parsons (Newburn, Fife, 21 June 1823 – Cramond House, Midlothian, 11 August 1902), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. G. Parsons, who was British Resident on the island of Zante, at a time when the Ionian Islands were a British Protectorate.

William McFarlane

Willie McFarlane (born 1923), Scottish football player (Heart of Midlothian)

William Morva

William Morva lived in the Midlothian, Virginia area until his father, Charles Morva, retired and moved the family to Blacksburg.

William Wilkie

On 17 May 1753 he was appointed, under the patronage of the Earl of Lauderdale, assistant to John Guthrie, parish minister of Ratho, Midlothian, on whose death in 1756 he became sole incumbent.

WRVQ

WRVQ-HD2 airs a classic rock format branded as "96.1 The Planet", also heard on FM translator W241AP 96.1 FM Midlothian, Virginia.


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