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163:. Munro had poured scorn on the quality of their forces and Glencairn had defended them, challenging Munro, who lost but was only wounded. Middleton initially placed the Earl under arrest, but the Earl left the army a fortnight later.
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132:of 1488. (This was rescinded at the Restoration).
280:John, who succeeded his brother Alexander as Earl
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93:and chief of clan Cunningham from 1405 to 1796.
645:Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1661–1663
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308:Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton
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394:Cowan, Samuel (1911).
289:Margaret, who married
200:Chancellor of Scotland
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211:University of Glasgow
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489:6th Earl of Cassilis
479:Lord Justice General
295:Anne, who died unwed
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89:was the seat of the
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561:Peerage of Scotland
536:The Earl of Loudoun
452:The Scottish Nation
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230:St. Giles Cathedral
135:Glencairn then led
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528:Political offices
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192:Sheriff Principal
153:General Middleton
116:He was appointed
105:and the Earls of
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186:Upon the
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122:Charles I
68:of 1488.
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