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...
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Infamous Scots. William Beggs.
Warning. contains some sensitive information. A.K.A.: “Limbs-in-loch murderer” Classification: Murderer Characteristics: Rape – Dismemberment Number of victims: 2 Date of murders: 1987 / 1999 Date of arrest: December 28, 1999 (in Amsterdam, Netherlands) Date...
Infamous Scots. William Armstrong.
William Armstrong of Kinmont or Kinmont Willie was a Scottish border reiver and outlaw active in the Anglo-Scottish Border country in the last decades of the 16th century. He lived at the Tower of Sark, close...
Infamous Scots. William Manson.
No relation to me lol. A GANGSTER’S overdose death is being reinvestigated – amid claims he was forced to kill himself. William Manson, who was implicated...
Scotland and its History. (Excecution)
Hello friends, I think and hope many of you will have watched Braveheart, although not all factually true it was pretty accurate when it came to...
Scottish Cities and Towns. Fort William.
Fort William (Scottish Gaelic: An Gearasdan [ən ˈkʲɛɾəs̪t̪ən]; “The Garrison”, Scots: The Fort) is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe. As of the 2011 Census, Fort...
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