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2 unusual facts about Nisbet


Jedburgh Railway

The line closed to passengers on 13 August 1948 the day after large scale flooding took out the bridge over the Teviot at Nisbet.

Nisbeth

Nisbeth is one of the many alternate spellings of the Scottish surname Nisbet.


Alexander Nisbet

Scion of the ancient Borders family of Nisbet of Nisbet House, near Duns, Berwickshire, Alexander Nisbet was a grandson of Adam Nisbet, an Edinburgh lawyer.

Bibliography of conservatism in the United States

Nisbet, Robert A. Conservatism: Dream and Reality. University of Minnesota Press, 1986.

Kyle Bunting

In addition to his own original designs, Bunting has released collaborative collections with noted interior designers, including Geoffrey Bradfield, Amy Lau, Amanda Nisbet, Jiun Ho, Jan Showers, Kris Lajeskie, Neri&Hu, David Rockwell, and DB Kim.

Nisbet Balfour

Major-General Nisbet Balfour (Dunbog, 1743 – 10 October 1823, Dunbog) was a British soldier in the American War of Independence and later a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the British Parliament.

Patrick V, Earl of March

In May 1367 he confirmed to the monks of Coldingham Priory by charter to the Prior and Convent of Durham, the church and manor of Edrom, and Nisbet, with the agreement of his wife.

Philip Dundas

Robert-Adam, who assumed the surnames of Christopher and then Nisbet-Hamilton.

Robert Parry Nisbet

Nisbet's grandson Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) was killed in a mountaineering accident a few hours after taking part in the first ascent of the Matterhorn.

Scottish Council for Research in Education

They found worthy successors in later years — Maxwell, Fraser, Clark, Nisbet, Hope, Dockrell, Patricia Broadfoot, Spencer, John Raven, Ian Deary.

The Sea Lady

The inspiration for the novel was Wells's glimpse of May Nisbet, the daughter of the Times drama critic, in a bathing suit, when she came to visit at Sandgate, Wells having agreed to pay her school fees after her father's death.


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