The Haldanes of Gleneagles : a Scottish history from the twelfth century to the present day / Neil Stacy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stacy, Neil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Scotland--Glen Eagles--History.

Families.

Haldane family.

History.

Scotland--Genealogy.

Scotland.

Scotland--Glen Eagles.

Glen Eagles (Scotland)--History.

Glen Eagles (Scotland).

Genre:

Genealogy.

History.

Biographies.

Family histories.

Physical Description:

xvi, 333 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited, 2017.

Summary:

"The Haldanes have been in Scotland for over 800 years, and their story illustrates many of the defining themes of Scotland's history. Haldanes played significant roles in the Bruce war of independence, the political upheavals which accompanied the establishment of the Stewart dynasty, the religious struggles of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Darien Scheme and the Act of Union, the Jacobite rebellions, the development of the East India Company, and in the theological controversies of the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, Haldanes are still to be found in the public eye with some influence on matters of national significance. In this book, Neil Stacy follows the fortunes of the family, highlighting the extraordinary contribution they have made in so many areas as well as uncovering some of the more colourful episodes in the family's history, such as long-buried secrets of romance in the teeth of parental opposition, a military career threatened by a youthful liaison with a blackmailing barmaid, and an attempt to run a temperance hotel in the western Highlands which ended in high farce."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

I Arrival; Border barons; Arrival at Gleneagles; Appendix: The name 'Gleneagles'; II Expansion and Advancement; Losses and gains, c.1330-1456; The Lennox inheritance, 1456-93; Consolidation and calamity, 1493-1513; III Romance, Reformation, and Revolution; Marjorie Lawson, William Meldrum, and James (II) Haldane, 1513-47; Navigating Reformation politics: John (IV) and George Haldane, 1547-74; Financial and political straits: Mr John (V) Haldane, 1574-91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Stacy, Neil. Haldanes of Gleneagles.

ISBN:

9781780274720

1780274726

OCLC:

986872931

Publisher Number:

99980367993