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unusual facts about Croy, North Lanarkshire


Will Starr

Will Starr was born William Starrs in the mining village of Croy in Central Scotland.


Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort

Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort, known as Clotagenium ("Clyde-mouth") to the Romans is the remains of a Roman legionary fort in North Lanarkshire near Glasgow.

Chic Calderwood

Chic Calderwood (1 September 1937 – 12 November 1966) was a Scottish light-heavyweight boxer from Craigneuk in North Lanarkshire, Scotland who was active from 1957 to 1966.

Dunbartonshire

Cumbernauld was not included in either of the new Dunbartonshire councils, instead being placed in the North Lanarkshire area.

Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre

The only son of Philippe-Alexandre-Emmanuel de Croy, he was born a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ

Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ (26 August 1620, Finstingen (Fénétrange) – 6 February 1684, Königsberg) was a Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin and official in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia.

Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Ellen Walters Delano (a first cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Frederick Baldwin Adams, he married as his second wife on July 23, 1969, the Swedish princess Marie-Luise Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla Nancy Julie, Prinzessin von Croÿ, daughter of Nancy Louise Leishman and Karl Rudolf Engelbert Phillipp Leo, Herzog von Croÿ.

Gordon J. Lithgow

Lithgow grew up in Newarthill in North Lanarkshire, traditionally a mining village, and attended Newarthill Primary School and Braidhurst High School, Motherwell.

Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre

Gustave Maximilien Juste de Croÿ-Solre (September 12, 1773 Château de l'Ermitage, near Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Nord - January 1, 1844 Rouen) was a French cardinal, Archbishop of Rouen, and a member of the House of Croy.

Hillend Loch

Hillend Loch is a lake located to the east of Caldercruix in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Ian McKechnie

Ian Hector McKechnie (born 4 October 1941 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

Jean I de Croÿ

Jean I de Croÿ, Seigneur de Croÿ et d'Araines, Baron de Renty et de Seneghem (around 1365 – Agincourt on October 25, 1415) was the founder of the House of Croÿ .

Jean-Baptiste de Croÿ

Jean-Baptiste François de Croÿ (1686–1727) was a French nobleman of the House of Croÿ and the 5th Duke of Havré.

John of Burgundy, Bishop of Cambrai

John of Burgundy (1404 – 27 April 1479), also known as Jean de Bourgogne, was the illegitimate son of John the Fearless, through his mistress Agnes de Croy, daughter of Jean I de Croÿ and was appointed Archbishop of Trier, served as Bishop of Cambrai from 1439–1479, Provost of St. Donatian's Cathedral and St. Peter's Cathedral at Lille.

Lanarkshire

The old area of Lanarkshire is now mainly occupied by the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Lust for Justice

Cases captured in words and images in the book include Huey Newton and the Black Panthers, the White Panthers, Russell Little, Kathleen Soliah with the SLA, the Hells Angels, Chol Soo Lee, Hooty Croy, Bear Lincoln, Judi Bari, and Rick Tabish in the Ted Binion homicide case.

Margaret Herbison

She was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire at the 1945 general election, defeating the Conservative incumbent, future Deputy Speaker of the House William Anstruther-Gray.

Martyn Croy

Martyn Gilbert Croy (born 23 January 1974 in Hamilton) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Otago Volts in the State Championship and the State Shield.

Needham, Norfolk

The television series The West Wing had a recurring character named, "Lord John Marbury, Earl of Croy, Marquess of Needham and Dolby, Baronet of Brycey."

Pauline de Tourzel

Pauline de Tourzel, was the Daughter of the Marquise de Tourzel, Louise-Félicité-Joséphine de Croŷ d'Havré, the last governess of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's children, who later, as Comtesse de Bearn, became a lady-in-waiting to the only survivor of the immediate royal family, Madame Royal, Marie Thérèse.

Princess Isabella of Croÿ

A decade later, Archduchess Isabella created a similar furor when her nephew, Karl, 13th Prince von Croÿ, of the House of Croÿ, sought to marry Nancy Leishman, the charming young daughter of United States Ambassador to Germany John George Alexander Leishman, the former president of Carnegie Steel.

Richard Fröhlich

Richard, also called "Richie", played from 2006–2008 for head coach Rick Croy at Citrus College in

Shottskirk

Shottskirk otherwise known as Kirk O' Shotts Parish Church is a local parish church located in Salsburgh North Lanarkshire and serves the village of Salsburgh, town of Shotts and the hamlets in between.

Tilloy-lès-Conty

This is the ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.

William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

William Henry was the son of Prince Walrad of Nassau-Usingen and his wife, Catherine Françoise, comtesse de Croÿ-Roeulx


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