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unusual facts about Arran



3rd Troop of Horse Guards

Charles, Earl of Arran —Earl of Arran's Horse Guards

Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran

Arran was the eldest son of Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran, and Elizabeth Marianne Napier, daughter of General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB.

Carved Stone Balls

As objects they are very easy to transport and a few have been found on Iona, Skye, Harris, Uist, Lewis, Arran, Hawick, Wigtownshire and fifteen from Orkney.

Cut the Wire

Gary Barnacle, Andy Longhurst, Arran Ahmun, Ben Hoffnung, Bernie Clarke, Betsy Cook, Bub Roberts, Chuck Sabo, Danny Thompson, Taif Ball, Dave Knopfler, Forest Thomas, Graham Edwards, Jane James, Joel Bogen, John Munroe, Mick Jackson, Nick Williams, Pino Palladino

Edward Keith

He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John de Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar.

Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton

Moreover, Arran's influence over the king was still supreme, and Arran was strenuously supported by the French party.

Fernaig manuscript

It then passed through the hands of Dr Mackintosh-Mackay, Dr W.F. Skene and the Reverend John Kennedy of Arran who finally bequeathed it to Glasgow.

Gabrán mac Domangairt

The domain of the Cenél nGabraín appears to have been centred in Kintyre and Knapdale and may have included Arran, Jura and Gigha.

George I of Georgia

Around the same year, the easternmost provinces of Kakheti and Hereti, not easily acquired by Bagrat, staged a revolt and reinstated their own government under Kvirike III (1010/1014–1029), who also incorporated a portion of the neighbouring Arran (Ran), allowing him to claim the title of King of the Kakhetians and Ranians.

Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven

He said that Regent Arran had been advised that the modest ("sober") Scottish artillery at St Andrews Castle at the start might have taken the castle, and the prolonged and expensive siege, after Arran had departed, had harmed public opinion.

Islamization of Iran

In almost all the Iranian provinces, according to Al Masudi, fire temples were to be found – the Madjus he says, venerate many fire temples in Iraq, Fars, Kirman, Sistan, Khurasan, Tabaristan, al Djibal, Azerbaijan and Arran.

Islands of the Clyde

After Somerled's death in 1164 his kingdom was split between his three sons, Ragnall in Islay and Kintyre, Dughall in Lorne and the other Argyll islands, and Angus holding Arran and Bute.

Len Arran

Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961, Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer (Skin).

MV Clew Bay Queen

After launch, MV Kilbrannan inaugurated a seasonal crossing of the Kilbrannan Sound, between Claonaig, Kintyre and Lochranza on Arran.

MV Rhum

She entered service on 28 June on the seasonal crossing of the Kilbrannan Sound, between Claonaig, Kintyre and Lochranza on Arran.

Nene Gare

Nene and Frank Gare had four children, Arran (1942–47), Leif Frances (b 1946), Arran Gare (b 1948), and Helen Shelley Gare (b 1952).

Nils Holmer

Nils Holmer (1904–1994) was a Swedish linguist who carried out significant fieldwork into the Scottish Gaelic, in particular the southern dialects of Kintyre, Arran and Argyll and published several key books and articles on the topic.

Reid Jackson

The 2011 documentary film Tipping Barrels by director Ben Gulliver follows Reid Jackson and his brother Arran as they surf through the waves and fauna of the Great Bear Rainforest on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Scottish Gaelic phonology

The survey collected data from informants as far south as Arran, Cowal, Brig o' Turk, east to Blairgowrie, Braemar and Grantown-on-Spey, north-east to Dunbeath and Portskerra and all areas west of these areas, including St Kilda.

Scottish Reformation

In the 1540s Henry sought a treaty for the marriage of his infant son Edward to the infant Mary (by then Queen of Scots): the regent, Arran, approved this match in August 1543 (by the Treaties of Greenwich).

Sleeping Warrior

The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the north Arran hills as seen from the Ayrshire coast.

Upuigma-tepui

The first people to climb Upuigma-tepui were John Arran, Ivan Calderon and Steve Backshall, in 2007.

Vardan I Dadiani

In 1186 or 1187 Vardan fought with distinction in the victorious campaign against the Ildenizid state in Arran, masterminded by Asat Grigolisdze, lord of Gishi, during which the Georgians raided Beylagan and the Araxes plain.


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