Act against luxury, 61
Africa:
Mungo Park’s explorations of Niger, 170–72; David Livingstone is found, 258–61; Mary Slessor’s mission in Calabar, 264–5
African Association of London, 170
Albert, Prince Consort, see Victoria, Queen
American Independence War, 148–50
American War of Independence, see American Independence War
Andrew, Rob, 404
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The, 17–18
animals and wildlife:
St Columba’s horse, 14; infected birds, 39; wolves, 42; wild birds, 44; rooks, 44; Mary, Queen of Scots’s dog, 69; rats, 102–3; dogs in church, 211–12; Glorious Twelfth, 247–8; black house occupants, 270; pit ponies, 286–7; evacuation of St Kilda’s livestock, 315–16; Loch Ness Monster, 318–21; flies and bedbugs, 347–50; Dolly the sheep, 416–18
Arbroath, Declaration of, 36–8
Argyll, Earl of, see Campbell, Archibald
Arkwright, Robert, 191
Arras, 296
arts:
Ben Jonson meets William Drummond, 80–81; John Home’s Douglas, 138–9; James Boswell meets Voltaire, 139–41; James Craig’s winning plan for Edinburgh’s New Town, 141–2; the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 143–5; bagpipes, 158–9; Robert Burns’s talent is recognized, 159–61; Burns and Scott meet, 162–4; Henry Raeburn at work, 172–3; Ossian fraud, 176–7; the first historical novels, 183; Mendelssohn is inspired, 217–19; origins of photography, 231–2; John Lavery’s young sitter, 261–3; Treasure Island, 276–9; Sherlock Holmes is born, 279–81; Harry Lauder braves London, 283–6; Peter Pan, 289–90; The Wind in the Willows, 291; origins of Miss
Jean Brodie, 312–14; Burns criticized, 318; Edinburgh Festival, 350–51; folk singing, 357–9; Billy Connolly, 384–8; death of Hugh MacDiarmid, 388–9; Glasgow’s cultural credentials, 396–9; Trainspotting, 405–7; James Kelman wins Booker Prize, 411–14; Sean Connery, 424–8
Athelstane, see Aethelstan
Atholl, Walter Stewart, Earl of, 59, 440
Ayr, 292
Balcarres, Colin, Earl of, 92–4
Balliol, Bernard de, 22
Balliol, John, 33
Bannockburn, Battle of, 34–6, 38
Barbour, John, 34
Barlinnie Prison, 292–4, 345, 378, 387
battles and wars:
battles, in general, 5; Roman occupation, 11–12; Viking invasions, 16–17; Battle of Brunanburgh, 17–18; English war cry, 20–21; Scottish raid on England, 21–2; Scottish Wars of Independence, 26; Battle of Stirling Bridge, 32; Battle of Falkirk, 33; Edward I’s violence towards Scotland, 37; Battle of Bannockburn, 34–6, 38–9; Battle of Byland, 38–9; Scottish-French campaign against England, 40–42; Wapinshawings, 43–4; Battle of Flodden, 48–50; Battle of Langside Field, 57, 63, 439; Carberry, 57, 439; Battle of Dunbar, 85–8; Battle of Pentland, 90–91; Border reivers, 75–6; Battle of Killiecrankie, 92–4; Massacre of Glencoe, 94–101; Battle of Sheriffmuir, 113; Battle of Prestonpans, 124–7; Battle of Culloden, 127–31; Siege of Boston, 148–50; Battle of Waterloo, 184–7; Battle of the Braes, 273–5; First World War, see separate entry; May Days (Spanish Civil War), 327–30; Second World War, see separate entry; Calton Tongs v The Young Team, 369–71
Baxter, Jim, 371
Beaton, Cardinal David, 52–3, 53–4,
Beckett, Margaret, 410
Bede, the Venerable, 21
Bennett, James Gordon, 261
Berwick, South, 24
bird flu, 39
Black, Robert, 415
Black Death, 40
Blind Harry, 32
Bonnie Prince Charlie, see Stewart, Prince Charles Edward
Book of Common Prayer, 83
Botany Bay, 168
Bothwell, James Hepburn, Earl of, 59, 60, 440
Bouch, Thomas, 268
Braxfield, Lord, 168
Breadalbane, Earl of, 95
Brechin, 24
Brewster, Dr David, 231
Bridge of Tummel, 217
Bridie, James, 350
Brown, John (essayist), 172
Brown, John (Queen Victoria’s gillie), 237–8
Bruce, Robert the, 34, 36, 37, 38–9
Buchan, 265
Buchan, Tom, 387
Burghley, Lord, 64
Burns, Robert, 4, 159–61, 162–4, 318, 401
Burrell Collection, see Glasgow:
nomination for European
Capital of Culture
Calton Tongs, see Glasgow: gangs
Cambuslang, 335
Cameron, Donald, of Lochiel, 127, 129
Campbell, Archibald, Earl of Argyll, 97
Campbell, Colonel Archibald, 148–50
Campbell, Captain Robert of Glenlyon, 97–101
Cannon, Major-General, 92
Carberry, 57
Carling, Will, 404
Carlyle, Reverend Alexander, 121–7, 138–9
Carswell, Catherine, 318
Castle of Blair, 92
Chalmers, Thomas, 228
Chambers, Robert (traitor), 47
Chambers, Robert (publisher), 256–8
Chapman, George, 81
Chariots of Fire, 309
Charles II, 83
Charles, Prince, Duke of Wales, see Windsor, Prince Charles
Childe, Professor Vere Gordon, 9–11
Children’s Employment
Chronicle of Lanercost, The, 26–8
Church of Scotland, petition for women to be ordained, 361–2
Claverhouse, John Graham of, 92–4
clergy, advice for, 23
Clyde Shipyards, 386
Clydeside, Red, see Red Clydeside
Cockburn, Lord Henry, 183, 196–7, 219–22
Cockburnspath (‘Copperspath’), 86
Coldstream, 24
Cook, Robin, 410
Crabbe, George, 201
Craig, James (architect), 141–2
Craig, James (advocate), 174–5
Cranstoun, George, 183
Crofters’ War, see Braes, Battle of the Cromwell, Oliver, 85–8
Croy, 129
Culloden, Battle of, 127–31, 131–3
Cumbernauld, 387
Cunningham, John (accused of witchcraft), see Fian, Doctor
Cunningham, John, 398
Cupar, 24
Daily Record, 318
Daily Telegraph, 362
Dale, David, 191
Darnley, Henry Stewart, Lord, Earl of Lennox, 58–9, 60, 62, 440–41
Davos, 278
Denmark, Anne of, 69
Devine, Professor Tom, 2, 432, 433
Diana, Princess of Wales, 418–20
Dickson, Sergeant-Major, 184–7
diet:
oatcakes, 51–2; Scottish in general, 76–7; how to eat, 117–18; haggis, 205–6; porridge, 401–2
disease and health:
bird flu, 39; Black Death, 40; unusual cures, 101–2; starvation, 104–5; smallpox, resistance to inoculation, 164–5; lunatics, 189; cholera, 222–3; coal workers’ conditions, 223–5; noxious living conditions, 225–7; use of chloroform, 234–5; the mental asylum, 265–8; opthalmia, 270; force-feeding suffragettes, 292–4; hospital conditions on Western Front, 300–302; rape and pregnancy, 334–6; diptheria, 339–40; survivors of Clydebank Blitz, 340–43; conditions for prisoners of war, 347–50
Disruption of the Church of Scotland, 5, 228–31
Docherty, Madgy (also Campbell and M’Dougal), 212–16
Donne, John, 81
Douglas Home, Sir Alec, 383, 389
Drummond, Lord John, 129
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, 80–81
Dryburgh, 24
Duke of York’s Theatre, 289–90
Dundee, Viscount of, see
Claverhouse, John Graham of
Dundee Advertiser, 306
Dundee Courier, 306
Dunkeld, 24
Eccles, 24
Edinburgh:
University of Edinburgh, 1, 9; abbacy, 24; peace treaty, 38; Grammar School mutiny, 74–5, 442; visitor’s poor impression of, 81–2; disturbance over use of Book of Common Prayer, 83; Daniel Defoe acts as spy, 110; riots over proposed Union of Parliaments, 111–13; Porteous Riot, 121–4; militia prepare for Jacobites, 124; New Town is conceived, 141–2; Dr Johnson arrives, 145–6; twenty years of dramatic change, 165–8; High School, 219–20; genteel society, 220–21; and habits of the Bench, 221–2; Victorian detective, 248–52; Gillespie’s School for Girls, 312–14; prostitutes, 323; Edinburgh Castle, 344–5; Edinburgh Festival, 350–51; School for Scottish Studies, 357; nudity at Edinburgh Festival, 363–4; Edinburgh College of Art, 425–6
Edinburgh Evening News, 309
Edinburgh Herald and Chronicle, 174–5
Edinburgh Review, 197
education:
schooldays, 56–7, 438–9; grammar school shoot-out, 74–5, 442; directory of manners, 116–18; Encyclopaedia Britannica, 143–5; children’s education at New Lanark,192–3; playground behaviour, 198–200; Edinburgh Royal High School, 219–20; island school, 270; Queen Elizabeth II’s governess, 321–2; a traveller’s experience of school, 338–9; Prince Charles’s schooldays, 362; Gordonstoun School, 364–7
Edward, II, 28 (as Prince), 34, 35, 38
Elcho, Lord David, Earl of Wemyss, 125
Elder, Dorothy Grace, 423
Electric Telephone Company, 262
Elizabeth I, 55, 60, 63, 78, 437–8
Elizabeth II (as Princess Elizabeth), 321–2
emigration, see Highlands and Islands Encyclopaedia Britannica, 143–5
England and the English:
Battle of Brunanburgh, 17–18; Scottish king insults English king, 18–19; English fashion mocked, 19–20; English hatred of Scots, 20–21; English capture Scottish king, 21–3; William Wallace and the fight against English domination, 32–4; Battle of Bannockburn, 34–6; Declaration of Arbroath, 36–8; Robert the Bruce, 38–9; the Auld Alliance, 40–42; Battle of Flodden, 48–50, 433–5; Queen Elizabeth I makes John Knox crawl, 55, 437–8; Mary, Queen of Scots, appeals to Elizabeth I, 60; Border reivers, 75–6; an Englishman’s view of Scottish food, 76–7; Ben Jonson spreads his wisdom, 80–81; a Puritan’s opinion of Scottish hospitality, 81–2; Battle of Dunbar, 85–8; a champion of the National Covenant risks a trip to England, 83–4; the Union of Parliaments, 109–13; George I’s plans for a Jacobite, 113–16; Dr Johnson’s visit to Scotland, 145–6; George IV visits Scotland, 201; Queen Victoria and Balmoral, 237–9; tax inspectors in London, 240–42; an Englishman watches fish gutters, 242–4; an Englishman on the Glorious Twelfth, 246–8; an English journalist’s view of Abbotsford, 252–3; Keir Hardie’s reception in the House of Commons and the English press, 282–3; London takes Harry Lauder to its heart, 283–6; Churchill’s uphill struggle in his Dundee constituency, 305–6; the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret’s Scottish governess, 321–2; stealing the Stone of Destiny from Westminster, 351–6; England trounce Scotland at Wembley, 359–60; Prince Charles and the cherry brandy, 362; SNP’s second MP arrives at Westminster, 376–8; the Grand Slam (1990), 402–5; Labour Party’s mixed emotions during Blair–Brown leadership race, 409–10; Kelman’s Booker win disgusts an English journalist, 411–14; Princess Diana’s funeral, 418–20
Enlightenment, 3
directory of manners, 116–18; John Home’s play goes to London, 138–9; Boswell meets Voltaire, 139–41; Edinburgh’s New Town conceived, 141–2; Encyclopaedia Britannica, 143–5; Wealth of Nations, 150–51; death of David Hume, 151–4; Burns’s reputation is made, 159–61; James Hutton’s theory of the earth, 161–2; trial of Thomas Muir, ‘the Pest of Scotland’, 168–70; New Lanark experiment, 191–3
Erik, King of Norway, 28
Erskine, William, 183
Ewing, Fergus and Margaret, 423
Ewing, Dr Winifred (‘Winnie’), 376–8, 421–2
exploration:
Skara Brae excavated, 9–11; Agricola sails round Scotland, 11–12; Viking invaders, 16–17; the Darien Venture, 105–9; James Boswell goes to Europe, 139–7; Johnson and Boswell’s journey, 146–7; geological discoveries, 161–2; Mungo Park explores Niger, 170–72; plant hunting in the Rockies, 206–8; Mendelssohn in Scotland, 217–19; Queen Victoria in the Highlands, 237–9; David Livingstone at the Great Lakes, 258–61
Falkirk, 33
Farne Islands, 272
Farry, Jim, 419
Ferguson, Adam, 162
Fian, Doctor (alias John Cunningham), 70, 72–3
First World War, 292, 302, 314, 357
trench warfare, 294–8; Glasgow rent strike, 298–300; hospital at Front, 300–302; industrial unrest, 302–4; scuttling of German Grand Fleet, 304–5
Fletcher, John, 81
Flodden, Battle of, 48–50, 433–5
football, see sport
Fort William, 128
Franco, General Francisco, 327
Free Church of Scotland, 228
Galloway, 119
Galloway, George, 410
Garioch, Robert (Robert Garioch Sutherland), 347–50
Gemmell, Tommy, 374
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 84, 229–30, 306–9, 361–2, 444
George I, 113
George IV, 201
Gibson, Sir Alexander, 398
Gillespie’s School for Girls, see
Edinburgh
Glasgow:
bishopric, 25; Presbytery of, 74; as seen by visitor from St Kilda, 103–4; first official football match, 255–6; John Lavery’s studio, 263–4; rent strike, 298–300; Red Clydeside, 302–4; hungry prostitute, 324–7; Orange March, 332–4; Clydebank Blitz, 340–43; gangs, 368–71; Ibrox disaster, 380–82; Upper Clydeside Shipyards’ Work-In, 382–4; nomination for European Capital of culture, 396–9
Glasgow Boys (artists), 261
Glasgow Herald, 262, 298–300, 314–18, 340–43, 345–7, 380–82
Gordonstoun School, 362, 364–7
Goudie, Alexander, 398
Gould, Lieutenant-Commander
Graham, H. G., 2
Graham, John, see Claverhouse, John
Graham of
Graham, Tommy, 410
Grahame, Kenneth, 291
Granita restaurant, 409
Gray, Alasdair, 398
Great Disruption, see Disruption of the Church of Scotland
Great North of Scotland Railway
Greaves, Jimmy, 360
Gregory X, Pope, 26 Grieve,
Christopher Murray, see
MacDiarmid, Hugh
Grieve, Valda, 389
Grigor, Barbara and Murray, 427
Grossart, Angus, 430
Guardian, 412
Hall, Sir John, 47
Hamilton, James Douglas, Duke of, 111
Harewood, George Lascelles, Earl of, 363
Harvey, Tam, 387
Hastings, Scott, 404
Havergal, Giles, 398
Hawthornden Castle, 80
Henri III, 63
Henry IV, 44
Henry VIII, 48
Henry, Professor Joseph, 267
Highlands and Islands:
Highland clearances, 3; Agricola’s journey to the north, 11–12; burning of a bishop in Caithness, 25–6; habits of Highlanders, 62–3; Battle of Killiecrankie, 92–4; Massacre of Glencoe, 94–101; a Gael’s view of the Islands, 101–4; Battle of Culloden, and its aftermath, 127–36; Highland emigrants, 146; Samuel Johnson visits, 146–7; bagpipes, 158–9; emigration, 174–5; law and justice, 188–90; Sutherland clearances, 194–6; emigrants, 209; Sutherland after clearances, 211–12; minister leaves his parish at Disruption, 228–31; rioting during potato famine, 235–6; Victoria and Albert at Balmoral, 237–9; fish gutting, 242–4; scavenging, 245–6; shooting game, 246–8; black houses, 269–70; Battle of the Braes, 273–5; evacuation of St Kilda, 314–18; Loch Ness Monster, 318–21; travellers, 338–40; Prince Charles and the cherry brandy, 362; Gordonstoun School, 364–7; Munro-bagging, 393–5
Hill, David Octavius, 7, 231–2
Hopkins, Harry, 302
Horticultural Society of London, 206
House of Commons, 169, 204, 282, 307, 376–8
Howard, Lord Edward, 49–50, 433–4
Howe, General, 148
Hunter, A, 209
Huntley, George Gordon, Earl of, 59, 440
Hutcheson, George, 88
Independent on Sunday, 412
Inglis, Elsie, 300
invention and innovation, 3
the New Town, 141–2; condensing steam engine, 142–3; Encyclopaedia Britannica, 143–5; lighthouse pioneers, 177–9; historical novel, 183; the Scotsman is launched, 196–7; photography, 231–2; chloroform, 234–5; telephone, 261–3; television, 310–12; Dolly the sheep, 416–18
Inverary, 155
Inverkeithing, 28
Inverness, 95, 128–30, 132, 133–4, 147, 188–90
Iona, 25
Iona Community, 12
Irving, Washington, 277
Jacobites, 92–4, 113–16, 124–7, 127–33, 133–6
James III, 44
James VI and I, 60, 69 (as James VI), 78, 79–80
Jedburgh,24
Jeffrey, Francis, 183
John XXII, Pope, 36
Johnson, Dr Samuel, 101, 139–40 145–7, 176
Johnstone, Jimmy, 373
Jones, John Paul, 3
Kelso, 24
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, see Glasgow: nomination for European Capital of Culture
Kent, Henry Grey, Earl of, 65–9
Ker, Colonel, of Gradyne, 127–31
Killiecrankie, Battle of, 92–4
Kilmarnock, 159
King, Elspeth, 398
Kinloss, 24
Kipling, Rudyard, 289, 402, 405
Kirkcaldy, 153
Kirkcudbright, 83, 118–21, 444
Knox, Dr Robert, 212
Langside field, 57
Larkin, Philip, 413
Lennox, Matthew Stewart, Earl of, 59, 440
Lerwick, 136
Leslie, General David, 85
Levison, Mary, see Lusk, Mary
Lindores, 24
Lindsay, Lord Patrick, 59, 440
Livingstone, John, 83–4, 444–5
Lochhead, Liz, 398
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath, 111–13
Lockhart, John Gibson, 201
Logan, Jimmy, 386
Lossiemouth, 292
Lyndsay, Sir David, 350
MacDiarmid, Hugh (Christopher Murray Grieve), vii, 388–9, 424
MacDougall, Carl, 398
Mackenzie, Henry, 4, 159–61, 183
Mackintosh, Mary, 209
MacLean, Neil, 302
MacLeod, Donald, 194–6, 211–12
MacLeod, George, 12
Macpherson, James, 176
McAllion, John, 410
McCue, Bill, 398
McInnes, Hamish, 394
McTaggart, William, 263
Maes Howe, 5
Magus Muir, 89
Maid of Norway, see Margaret, Maid of Norway
Mar, John Erskine, Earl of, 113
Margaret, Maid of Norway, 5, 28–32
Margaret, Queen, 28
Martin, David, 172
Mary, Queen of Scots, 3, 57–60, 62, 63–9, 439–41
Maxton, Jimmy, 376
Maxwell, William, see Earl of Nithsdale
May Island, 24
Melville, Andrew, 56
Melville, Sir James, 4, 58–9, 439–41
Mendelssohn, Felix Bartholdy, 217–19
midges, 247
mining:
conditions, 180–82; mine workers’ testimonies, 223–5; down the mine in Fife, 286–8; miners’ strike, 395–6
Mitchell, Joseph, 188–90, 232–4 Monk, Colonel George, Duke of Albemarle, 87
Montrose, 56–7, 438–9 Moray, 24
Moray, James Stewart, Earl of, 60, 63
Morpeth, 78
Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 59, 440
Mowbray, Roger de, 23
Muir, Edwin, 323
Muir, John, 3
Mull, 92
Murray, Jessie, 358
Murrayfield stadium, 402–3, 405
Napoleon, Bonaparte, 184
National Covenant, 83–4, 444–5
Nazi Party, 345
Neagle, Anna, 426
New York Herald, 261
Newbattle, 23 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 21, 23, 33
Nithsdale, William, Earl of, 113–16
Nithsdale, Winifred, Countess of, 113–16
Norham, 78
North, Christopher (pseudonym of John Wilson), 248 North of Scotland Bank, 233
Old Pretender, see Stewart, James Francis
Orange, William of, see William III
Orkney, 9–12, 11–12, 28, 304–5
Partick Thistle, 398
Peel, Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Peel, 282–3
Peel, Sir Robert, 191–3 People’s Palace, see Glasgow:
nomination for European
Capital of Culture Perth, 24, 34, 45, 134
Perth, George Murray, Duke of, 125, 129–30
pipe-playing, 74
Ponsonby, Sir William, 184, 187
Prescott, John, 410
Privy Council, 75, 77, 81, 88–9, 112
Queensferry, 27
Raeburn, Sir Henry, 172–3, 231
Rafferty, Gerry, 387
railways:
speculation in, 232–4; Tay Bridge disaster, 268–9
Ramsay, Sir Alf, 371
Ramsay, Allan, 160
Rangers FC, 380
Reid, George, 423
reivers, see Border reivers
religion:
death of St Columba, 12–15; guidelines for clergy, 23; religious houses, 24–5; Church corruption, 26–7; Reformation, 52; burning of George Wishart, 52–3; murder of Cardinal Beaton, 53–4; North Berwick witches, 69–74; no pipes on Sundays, 74; the National Covenant, 83–4; Battle of Dunbar, 85–8; murder of Archbishop Sharp, 89–91; how to behave in church, 118; a minister’s diary, 136–7; Disruption of the Church of Scotland, 228–31; Mary Slessor, missionary, 264–5; Church of Scotland calls for restriction on Irish immigrants, 306–9; Glasgow Orange March, 332–4; petition for women to become ministers, 361–2; Pope John Paul II visits Scotland, 391–2
Restoration, 89
Riccio, David, 4, 57, 58–9, 439–41
Richmond, 23
Rizzio, David, see Riccio, David
Robert I, see Bruce, Robert the
Roslin, 24
Ross, 25
Rosslyn Chapel, 3
Royal Army Medical Corps, 344
Royal Scottish Academy, 231
rugby, see sport
Rum, 209
Ruthven, William, Baron, 59, 440
St Kinewin, 25
Salmond, Alex, 422, 424, 432–4
School for Scottish Studies, see Edinburgh
Scone, 24
Scone Abbey, 351
Scotsman, 196–7 (launch of), 256–8, 263, 330–32, 363–4, 409–10
Scott, Thomas, 183
Scott, Walter, of Buccleugh, 75, 443
Scott, Sir Walter, 162–4, 176–7, 183, 201, 205, 419
Scottish Conservative Party, 421–4
Scottish Darien Company, 105
Scottish Ecclesiastical Statutes, 23
Scottish Football Association, 419
Scottish Liberal Democrat Party, 421–4
Scottish National Party, 376–8, 421–4, 432–4
Scottish Parliament, 421–4, 428, 432
Scottish Socialist Party, 421–4
Scrymgeour, Edwin, 305
Seaforth Highlanders, 294–8 Second World War:
sinking of the Arandora Star, 4, 336–7; Clydebank Blitz, 340–43; conscientious objector, 343–5; Rudolf Hess lands in Scotland, 345–7; prisoner of war, 347–50
Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 174–5
Sellar, Patrick, 194
Seton, David, 70
Shankly, Bill, 375
Sharp, James, Archbishop of St Andrews, 1, 89–91
Sheriffmuir, Battle of, 113
Shirley, John, 45
Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of, 66–7
Siddons, Mrs, 138
Sidney, Sir Philip, 81
Smithsonian Institute, 267
Smout, Professor T. C., 1–2, 8
SNP, see Scottish National Party
Solemn League and Covenant, 83
Somerville, Alexander, 198–200
Somme, 297
Spanish Inquisition, 7
sport:
Wapinshawings, 43–4; Glorious Twelfth, 246–8; first official football match, 255–6; Tom Morris v Willie Park, 256–8; Eric Liddell at Olympics, 309; Benny Lynch retains triple crown, 330–32; Flodden of football, 359–60; Scotland beats
sport – cont.
English World Cup team, 371–2; Celtic win European Cup, 372–5; Ibrox disaster, 380–82; Allan Wells at Olympics, 390–91; Munro-bagging, 393–5; Scotland wins Grand Slam, 402–5; Graeme Obree breaks world hour record, 407–9
Staffa, 219
Stair, Master of, 95
Stanley, Henry Morton, 258–9, 261
Statistical Account of Scotland, 165–8, 174
Steel, Sir David, 421, 423 Stein, Colin, 381
Stevenson, Robert, 177–9 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 276–9 Stewart, Dugald, 162
Stewart, James Francis (‘James VIII’, the Old Pretender), 113
Stewart, Prince Charles Edward
(Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender), 3, 127–31, 133, 134, 135
Stewart, Robert, 45
Stirling, 24, 34, 94, 110, 445
Stirling Bridge, Battle of, 32
Stornoway, 362
Strahan, William, 151
Strand, 280
Sumburgh, 137
Sunday Herald, 433
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, see Garioch, Robert
Sutherland:
clearances, 194–6; after clearances, 211–12
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 231–2
telephone, invention of, 261–3
television, invention of, 310–12
Telford, Thomas, 188
Thurso, 236
Tobruk, 347
Tompson, Agnes, 70
Tynemouth, 272
UCS, see Upper Clydeside Shipyards
Union of Parliaments, 109–13, 118, 421
Upper Clydeside Shipyards, 382–4, 427
Van Dieman’s Land, 205
Victoria, Queen, 234, 237–9, 263
Waddell, William, 382
Wallace, Jim, 422
Washington, General George, 148
Waverley novels, 183
Weld, Charles Richard, 242–4, 246–8
Welsh, Jane Baillie, see Carlyle, Jane
Wemyss, Earl of, see Elcho, Lord
White, Reverend Dr John, 306, 308
Whithorn, 25
William III, of Orange, 92, 94, 95
William of Malmesbury, 4, 18–19
Wilson, Andrew, 121
Wilson, John (man of letters), see North, Christopher
Wilson, John (school inspector), 269–70
Windsor, Prince Charles, 362
Windsor, Princess Margaret Rose, 321–2
Windsor, Prince William, 1
Winning, Thomas, Cardinal, 391
Wishart, William, 26
World War I, see First World War
World War II, see Second World War
Yarrow, 170
Yeoman, Louise, 8
Young Communist League, 334
Young Team, see Glasgow: gangs