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Cover Crichton, James [the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582)

Crichton, James [the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582)  

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James Crichton [the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582) by unknown artist The Royal Collection © 2004 HM Queen Elizabeth II

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Crichton, James [called the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582), rhetorician and soldier  

J. H. Burns

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Crichton, James [called the Admirable Crichton] (1560–1582), rhetorician and soldier, was born on 19 August 1560, probably at Eliock near Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, the son of Robert Crichton (d. 1582), lawyer.

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Forbes, Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762), philosopher and Jacobite army officer  

Murray G. H. Pittock

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Forbes, Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762), philosopher and Jacobite army officer, only son of the third lord, Alexander Forbes (c.1655–1690), and Lady Sophia Erskine (fl. 1676–1734), third daughter of John, twentieth earl of Mar, was born on 24 May 1678. He succeeded to the estates and title on the death of his father in 1690. ...

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Cover Forbes, Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762)

Forbes, Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762)  

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Alexander Forbes, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762) by Alexis-Simon Belle, 1720 [detail] private collection