Famous Scots. Albert Armitage.
Albert Borlase Armitage (2 July 1864 – 31 October 1943) was a Scottish polar explorer and officer in the Merchant Navy. Early life. Armitage was born...
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Famous Scots. William Cunninghame.
William Cunninghame of Lainshaw (1731–1799) was a leading Tobacco Lord who headed one of the major Glasgow syndicates that came to dominate the transatlantic tobacco trade. Most of the tobacco...
Famous Scots. Robert Aitken.
Robert Aitken (1734–1802) was a Philadelphia printer and the first to publish an English language Bible in the newly formed United States. He was born in...
Famous Scots Sir Matt Busby.
Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE, KCSG (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second...
Famous Scots Charles Kennedy.
Charles Peter Kennedy (25 November 1959 – 1 June 2015) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006, and a Member of Parliament (MP)...
Famous Scots Tom Weir.
Tom Weir was born in Glasgow in 1914. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War 2, followed by work for the Ordnance Survey. Tom’s...
Famous Scots. Andrew. Bonar-Law
“If I am a great man, then a good many great men of history are frauds.” Andrew Bonar Law was the Canadian-born son of a Scottish...
Famous Scots. John Boyd Dunlop.
John Boyd Dunlop, (born Feb. 5, 1840, Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scot.—died Oct. 23, 1921, Dublin), inventor who developed the pneumatic rubber tire. In 1867 he settled in Belfast...
Famous Scots. Sir Ralph Cochrane.
Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) GBE, KCB, AFC (24 February 1895 – 17 December 1977) was a British aviator and Royal Air Force officer, perhaps best known for his role in Operation Chastise,...
Famous Scots. Tony Blair.
Famous Scots. Tony Blair. Tony Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. He was the leader of the Labour Party...
William Sinclair Manson