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On 17 June 1567, Sample headlineSample textFollowing the battle of Carberry Hill, Nary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Loch Leven Castle. Mary's imprisonment at Loch Leven was one of the most traumatic periods of her life - during her time at the castle she miscarried a baby (or possibly twins) and was forced to abdicate in favour of her son James. Mary soon made friends with some of her captors and was helped to escape from her prison by George Douglas, the son of Mary's keeper Sir William Douglas. Mary was rowed across the loch dressed as a servant girl, less than a year after her imprisonment, and fled to England, never to return to Scotland again. Read More
Charles Douglas murdered during Indian MutinyIn 1857, Captain Charles Robert George Douglas, 32nd Bengal Native Infantry, the Assistant Resident, and commandant of the Palace Guard, was murdered by mutineers at Delhi
Death of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of AnnandaleIn 1141, Tte death at Skelton Castle, Yorkshire of Anglo-Norman magnate Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale occurred. He was the first of the Bruce dynasty to hold lands in Scotland after he was granted the Lordship of Annandale by David I of Scotland in 1124.
Eilean Donan Castle capturedIn 1719, under cover of a naval bombardment a landing party from Royal Navy warships Worcester and Enterprise attacked and captured Eilean Donan Castle and took the Spanish garrison prisoner during the Jacobite Rising of 1719. BirthsDonec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Donec sed odio dui. DeathsDonec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Donec sed odio dui. EventsDonec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus. Fusce dapibus, tellus ac cursus commodo, tortor mauris condimentum nibh, ut fermentum massa justo sit amet risus. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna mollis euismod. Donec sed odio dui. | |||||||||||
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