Robert Cunninghame-Graham (1852-1936) – Born in London, Don Roberto, as he was known, was a Liberal MP and prolific writer and a founder with Keir Hardie of the Scottish Labour Party. He is buried at Inchmahome (NN 574005) in Perthshire. Robert Bontine, the son of Major William Bontine of the Scots […]
William Cleland (c1661-1689) – Scottish Covenanting poet and soldier educated at St Andrew’s University and at Utrecht. He fought at Drumclog, Bothwell Brig and in Argyll’s expedition, when, as colonel of the Cameronians, he fell in the successful defence of Dunkeld against the Jacobite (Highland) clansmen in 1689. Also noted for […]
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908) – Liberal MP for Stirling, Secretary of the War Office, Secretary for Ireland, Prime Minister 1905-8 – buried in the churchyard of Meigle Parish Church, Perthshire, near his home, Belmont Castle.“Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime […]
Robert the Bruce died in 1329 and Edward III of England conspired with Edward Balliol to seize the Scottish crown. [Find out about Robert the Bruce with these great You Tube videos by Bruce Fummey: https://youtu.be/4JlTIqn7Tb8– https://youtu.be/P_RmyYh3s1I -https://youtu.be/sOfmvks7jI4 Together with several barons intent on regaining lost Scottish estates, Edward Balliol […]
Edward Braddock (1695-1755) was been born in Perthshire. He signed up for the Coldstream Guards in 1710, became a Major-General in 1754 and by 1755 was given command against the French in America. He had previously served in France with Admiral Lesstocks’ expedition to L’Orient (1746) and in the Netherlands under […]
Born in Logierait, Perthshire. First Liberal Prime Minister of Canada in 1873 and the country’s second Prime Minister. A stonemason by trade (“His mark can continue to be seen in the buildings he helped erect working as a stonemason. Some of which include: the Welland Canal, Martello Towers at Fort […]
Vernon ‘Woody’ Woodward, one of Canada’s top fighter aces of World War Two, learnt to fly at Perth Aerodrome. As a British Columbian from Victoria, born 22 December 1916, Woodward was able to join the Royal Air Force (20 August 1938) as an Acting Pilot Officer. His elementary flying lessons […]
Mary Brooksbank (Soutar) (1897-1978) was born 15 December 1897 in Aberdeen. Her father, Alexander Soutar (1867-1953) had help to found the Aberdeen Dockers’ Union. By 1907 the Soutars were in Dundee but living in poverty. Mary’s youngest brother died of diphtheria during this time and she was often taken out […]
Hugh MacDiarmid ~ poet and political activist (Scottish nationalist and communist) – was born Christopher Murray Grieve, in the Scottish Borders town of Langholm in 1892. His father was a postman and the family lived above the town library, so, from childhood, Grieve (or MacDiarmid as he became known from […]
From 1617-21 the old bridge at Perth crossed the River Tay at the foot of the High Street. It is described as an “uneven bow brig”. It was designed and built by John Mylne Master Mason to James VI of Scotland. He was the lineal descendent of John Mylne, Master Mason […]