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unusual facts about Elphinstone, East Lothian


George Wishart

At Ormiston in East Lothian, in January 1546, he was seized by the Earl of Bothwell on the orders of Cardinal Beaton, taken to Elphinstone Castle, and transferred by order of the privy council to Edinburgh castle on 19 January 1546.


B. G. Horniman

The Horniman Circle Gardens in Mumbai, formerly the Elphinstone Circle, were named in his honour.

Christian Dalrymple

She inherited the Newhailes estate in East Lothian, Scotland, in 1792 (where she lived for forty-six years) but the title of Baronet passed to her cousin, James Dalrymple, who became 4th baronet, of Hailes.

Elphinstone, Manitoba

The Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation reserve is located just to the north, around the former Riding Mountain House trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).

First Anglo-Afghan War

Theodor Fontane's poem, Das Trauerspiel von Afghanistan (The Tragedy of Afghanistan) also refers to the massacre of Elphinstone’s army.

Haldanes

The first store opened on Wednesday 18 November 2009 in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

Horniman Circle Gardens

The whole complex was then renamed Elphinstone Circle after the Governor, Lord John Elphinstone.

Jock Taylor

John Robert Taylor was born in Pencaitland, East Lothian, and entered his first sidecar race at the age of 19, as the passenger to Kenny Andrews (1974).

John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone

He succeeded his father as Lord Elphinstone in May 1813, and entered the army in 1826 as a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards.

John Elphinstone, 17th Lord Elphinstone

He was a son of Sidney Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone, a nephew of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

King's College, Aberdeen

As a former professor at the University of Paris, Elphinstone modelled the university very much on the continental European tradition.

Lily Brayton

After Asche's death in 1936, Brayton married Dr. Douglas Chalmers Watson and moved to Drem in East Lothian.

Local Nature Reserve

The first LNR in Scotland was established in 1952 at Aberlady in East Lothian.

Matthias Dunn

In 1830 he sunk a new shaft, the "Great Seam Pit", at Prestongrange Colliery in East Lothian, now the site of the Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum.

Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park

YMCA Camp Elphinstone is located within the park boundaries.

Musselburgh Athletic F.C.

Musselburgh Athletic Football Club are a Scottish junior football club based in the town of Musselburgh, East Lothian.

Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes

Sir Patrick Hepburn of Dunsyre, 1st Lord Hailes (died 1483) was the feudal lord of Hailes and its castle in East Lothian and a Lord of Parliament.

Penshiel Tower

Penshiel Tower, or Penshiel Grange, is a ruin located by Whiteadder Reservoir in the parish of Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland.

Preston Lodge RFC

Preston Lodge Former Pupil Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side based in Prestonpans in East Lothian, Scotland.

Red Bay Castle

The Bissett family were forfeited of their lands in Scotland and fled for their lives to Ireland after Walter de Bisset was accused of the murder of Patrick, Earl of Atholl, at Haddington, East Lothian in 1242.

Red Note Ensemble

The ensemble is renowned for their site-specific work and collaborations with other companies including 1000 Airplanes on the Roof with the National Theatre of Scotland, Pass the Spoon with Magnetic North Theatre Company and Tantallon! These Lands, This Wall with the Lammermuir Festival in East Lothian.

Scottish Aviation Bulldog

;Bulldog Series 1: One prototype built by Beagle Aircraft (G-AXEH), one built by Scottish Aviation; now in the collection of the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, East Lothian.

Sir Francis Kinloch, 3rd Baronet

The son and heir of Sir Francis Kinloch, 2nd Baronet, of Gilmerton, by his spouse Mary, daughter of David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, he succeeded his father in 1699, and married circa 1705, Mary (d. 2 April 1749, Gilmerton House, East Lothian), daughter and co-heiress of Sir James Rocheid, Baronet, of Inverleith (d. after 1704).

Sir Howard Elphinstone, 1st Baronet

Promoted regimental lieutenant-colonel on 21 July 1813, after the battles of Nivelle and the Nive, Elphinstone commanded the engineers at the crossing of the Adour and the siege and battle of Bayonne.

The Stoneman Murders

The director Manish Gupta and his team combed the Asiatic Library, the Government Archival Library at Elphinstone College, the Times of India archives and the archival departments of Indian Express, Maharashtra Times, Navbharat Times and other newspapers.

Thomas Erskine Perry

He also lectured on law outside of court, and his support for educational and employment opportunities for Indians meant a professorship, the Perry Professorship of Jurisprudence, at the Government Law School at Elphinstone was established in 1855 in his honour.

Whittingehame

In 1817 they sold Whittingehame and Stoneypath, near Garvald, to James Balfour (father of the Politician Arthur James Balfour, Whittingehame, East Lothian, Scotland, 1848 - Woking, Surrey, 1930), second son of John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie in Fife, who had made a large fortune in India.

William Abernethy Drummond

Drummond, born in 1719 or 1720, was descended from the family of Abernethy of Saltoun in East Lothian.


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