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Armorer, Sir Nicholas (c. 1620–1686), royalist army officer, conspirator, and courtier  

Geoffrey Smith

Armorer, Sir Nicholas (c. 1620–1686), royalist army officer, conspirator, and courtier, was born at Belford, Northumberland, a younger son of Thomas Armorer (d. 1642), of Belford, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Robert Clavering of Callaly in the same county. Like his brother ...

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MacDonnell, Alasdair Ruadh, of Glengarry [alias Pickle the Spy] (c. 1725–1761), spy and chief of clan Macdonnell of Glengarry  

Hugh Douglas

MacDonnell, Alasdair Ruadh, of Glengarry [alias Pickle the Spy] (c. 1725–1761), spy and chief of clan Macdonnell of Glengarry, was the eldest son of John MacDonnell (d. 1754), chief of Glengarry, and his wife, the daughter of Colin Mackenzie of Hilton...