John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee. John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee (c. 21 July 1648 – 27 July 1689), known as the 7th Laird of Claverhouse until raised to the viscountcy in 1688, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, a Tory and an Episcopalian.
Claverhouse was responsible for policing south-west Scotland during and after the religious unrest and rebellion of the 1670s and 80s. After his death, Presbyterian historians dubbed him "Bluidy Clavers". Contemporary evidence for the fairness of this soubriquet in the Covenanting tradition is mixed. Tales of the Covenanters and Covenanter monuments hold Claverhouse directly responsible for the deaths of adherents of that movement. However, Claverhouse's own letters frequently recommended lenient treatment of Covenanters,[1] and in 1684 he married into a prominent Covenanter family. Early life[edit] Military service abroad[edit] Military Service in Scotland[edit] John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland. John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee, (also remembered as "Bonnie Dundee") lived from 1648 to 27 July 1689.
He was a Scottish nobleman and professional soldier and is best known for leading the Jacobite cause in the first Jacobite uprising of 1689. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. John Graham of Claverhouse - Union of Crowns to Union of Parliaments. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee became known as both ‘Bonnie Dundee’ and ‘Bloody Clavers’.
To the Jacobites he was ‘Bonnie Dundee’, a hero who led the supporters of the exiled James against the Government forces of William and Mary. Supporters of the Presbyterian Covenanters however dubbed John Graham of Claverhouse as ‘Bluidy Clavers’ on account of the reputation that he ruthlessly persecuted Covenanters. In 1685 Graham of Claverhouse captured a Covenanter named John Brown. When John Brown refused to pray for the King, Graham of Claverhouse drew a pistol and shot him dead in front of Brown’s wife and children.
However the year before this, John Graham had married Lady Jean Cochrane who was from a Covenanter family. John Graham. GRAHAM, JOHN, viscount of Dundee, was the elder son of Sir William Graham of Claverhouse, an estate with an old castle attached near Dundee.
The family of Claverhouse was a branch of that of Montrose, and the mother of the subject of his memoir was lady Jean Carnegie, third daughter of John, first earl of Northesk. Young Graham was educated between 1660 and 1670, at St Andrews university, where he distinguished himself by a proficiency in mathematics, by an enthusiastic passion for Highland poetry, and the zeal inherited from his family in behalf of the then established order of things in church and state. Overview of John Graham of Claverhouse. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee.
The eldest son of Sir William Graham, John Graham belonged to a family which was descended from King Robert III and had acquired the estate of Claverhouse near Dundee.
He was a distant relative of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. He was educated at St Andrews University and served King Louis XIV with other Scots in France and Holland. John Graham, Viscount Dundee. John Graham of Claverhouse (1649 - 1689) was educated at St Andrews University before leaving Scotland for France and the Netherlands.
He joined the Prince of Orange's horseguards in the Netherlands in 1672. He returned to Scotland in 1677 to serve in a cavalry troop and was later employed in Charles II's government to enforce Episcopacy and suppress the Covenanters. He was made Viscount Dundee by James VII in 1688 and after the 'Glorious Revolution' in 1689 which saw William of Orange replace James VII on the throne, Dundee raised a troop in support of James. Dundee led the Jacobite army to victory at Killicrankie but was killed in the process. He was revered by Jacobites, who named him Bonnie Dundee, but hated by the Covenanters who called him Bloody Claverse. This portrait was taken from 'A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments vol. 1' ed. by John S. If you would like to view the original item please see the library's website for opening hours.
John Graham of Claverhouse Viscount of Dundee. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, 1648-1689.
By Charles Sanford Terry, M.A., Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History and Archaeology in the University of Aberdeen. Pp. viii, 377. M. 8vo. London: Constable & Co., 1905. 12s. 6d. nett. Bonnie Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse. Bonnie Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, led the Jacobites in the Rising of 1689 and was killed at the battle of Killiecrankie on July 27th.
The night before the battle Graham had a vision of a man lying in his bed, blood dripping from a head wound. The terrible figure pointed at Graham and cried:"Remember Brown of Priesthill! ". Brown of Priesthill was a man called John Brown, a Covenanter who was killed for his beliefs. It is said that when the men in the firing squad saw Brown's steadfast courage and unfailing religious conviction in the face of imminent execution, they faltered, and Viscount Dundee himself fired the fatal shot. Graham was greatly disturbed by the blood-soaked spectre of Brown who warned him not to descend from the high ground with his troops to attack the English.
Wrapped in tartan plaids, his body was carried from the battlefield and buried in the churchyard at Blair Atholl. About the Author William Shand is webmaster and writer. Bonnie Dundee. Orange take his place - Claverhouse, now with the title Viscount Dundee attached, quickly became active within the Jacobite movement, the campaign to restore a Stewart King to the throne.
In reaction to a convention called in Edinburgh, he made for the Highlands to assemble a Jacobite army to participate in the numerous rebellions and risings throughout Scotland, the most famous of which, and the one for which he is best remembered, was the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. William of Orange’s government troops, primarily made up of Lowland Scots rather than English and led by Major General Hugh MacKay of Scourie, a Highlander himself, were making their way north when they were intercepted by Claverhouse’s 2,000 strong Jacobite army at the dramatic pass of Killiecrankie in Highland Perthshire. Claverhouse’s Highlanders were outnumbered by almost two-to-one by an enemy armed with modern-day muskets. The battle was notorious for its savagery. Bonnie Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse. Bonnie Dundee - John Graham of Claverhouse "Bonnie Dundee" or "Bluidy Clavers", depending on which side of the English/Scottish religious and civil war you were on.
This by no means a full look at the man's life or events, but it is rather historically accurate summary. Below the history of Dundee, are the words to a poem and now a song about Bonnie Dundee. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee. John Graham of Claverhouse (1649-1689) was brought up around Glen Ogilvie and educated at St Andrew's University. While in the Netherlands he joined the Prince of Orange's horse guards in 1672. On his return to Scotland in 1677 he served in a cavalry troop commanded by a cousin.
He was later employed by Charles II to enforce Episcopacy in Scotland. For his persecution of Covenanters he was nicknamed 'Bloody Clavers'. Viscount Dundee; & Bonnie Dundee - John Graham of Claverhouse. Late seventeenth-century persecutor of Covenanters or Jacobite hero? Viscount Dundee Magnus Linklater & Christian Hesketh (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989, xii+244 pp.) The Contemplator's Short Biography of "Bonnie Dundee" John Graham was the elder son of Royalists, and related to the Marquis of Montrose. Claverhouse spent his childhood in Glen Ogilvy near Dundee. He studied at St. Andrews University. Historically Handsome Men (John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount of Dundee) Viscount Dundee: Scotland's Unsung Hero.
Mairead wrote "Well I suppose you could look at it that way Dave, but that way of seeing things would then apply to monarchy world wide from time immemorial". Well like I said, "it's possible there might be a conservative case for a monarchy on practical grounds (that it's easier to work with what exists and seek to modify that, rather than to risk tearing it all up and starting again)". There are some folk who really are sceptical about monarchy but who are quite prepared to go along with it on these pragmatic grounds.
I suspect that Alex Salmond might be one example of such a pragmatic monarchist. But I'm not. Yes, seeing things like this applies to monarchy world wide from time immemorial. "We should perhaps bring this thread back to topic" - why? "The Covenanting ministers were an evil lot" - First, by referring to "Covenanting ministers", you ignore the simple fact that the great majority of Covenanters were not ministers. Bonnie Dundee. Bonnie Dundee is the of title of a poem and a song written by Walter Scott in 1825 in honour of John Graham, 7th Laird of Claverhouse, who was created 1st Viscount Dundee in November 1688, then in 1689 led a Jacobite rising in which he died, becoming a Jacobite hero.[1] Bonny Dundee: tunes and songs[edit] Bonny Dundee is a very old Scottish folk-tune used for at least fifteen songs,[3] A simpler version of the tune appears in the Skene manuscript around 1630 under the title Adew, Dundee. The title Bonny Dundee for the tune appears in an appendix to John Playford's 1688 edition of The Dancing Master, an English publication.
The tune has been used for the following popular song:[4] O whaur gat ye that hauver-meal bannock? Bonnie Dundee - Folk Songs from Digital Tradition - free sheet music on 8notes.com. Traditional Scottish Songs - Bonnie Dundee. The Corries Bonnie Dundee. McGonagall Online – Bonnie Dundee in 1878. Oh, Bonnie Dundee! I will sing in thy praise A few but true simple lays, Regarding some of your beauties of the present day And virtually speaking, there’s none can them gainsay; There’s no other town I know of with you can compare For spinning mills and lasses fair, And for stately buildings there’s none can excel The beautiful Albert Institute or the Queen’s Hotel, For it is most handsome to be seen, Where accommodation can be had for Duke, Lord or Queen, And the four pillars of the front are made of Aberdeen granite, very fine, And most beautiful does shine, just like a looking glass, And for beauty and grandeur there’s none can them surpass.
And your fine shops in Reform Street, Very few can with them compete For superfine goods, there’s none can excel, From Inverness to Clerkenwell. And your Tramways, I must confess, That they have proved a complete success, Which I am right glad to see … And a very great improvement to Bonnie Dundee. Microsoft Word - ViscountDundee.doc - ObjectFile.aspx. Battle of Killiecrankie - Jacobite Rising - Bonnie Dundee at Killiecrankie. Battle of Killiecrankie - Conflict & Dates: The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought July 27, 1689, during the Jacobite Risings. Armies & Commanders. Iain Laird's Family History Project. Battle of Killiecrankie. The Battle of Killiecrankie (Scottish Gaelic - Cath Raon Ruairidh ) was fought between Highland Scottish clans supporting King James VII of Scotland (also known as James II of England) and troops supporting King William of Orange on 27 July 1689, during the first Jacobite uprising.
VisitScotland Perthshire - The Pass of Killiecrankie. John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee - Full Moon Games. Began in 1672, as a Lieutenant in Sir William Lockhart's Scots Regiment. This regiment was under the command of the Duke of Monmouth in the service of the French King Louis XIV. John Graham, 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee. Clan Graham. Legend has it that the first Graham was one Gramus who forced a breach in the Roman Antonine wall known as Graeme's Dyke in 420 A.D.
However, historians generally believe that the Grahams were of Norman descent. The first record of the name was William de Graham who received the lands of Aberdeen and Dalkeith from David 1 in 1127. From him descend all the Grahams of Montrose. They became numerous in Liddesdale and the Borders and later obtained lands in Strathearn and Lower Perthshi re, the area with which the clan is now associated. Claverhouse by Mowbray Morris. The Grameid : an heroic poem descriptive of the campaign of Viscount Dundee in 1689 and other pieces : Philip, James, ca. 1656-1713.
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Memorials and letters illustrative of life and times of John Graham of Claverhouse, viscount Dundee : Napier, Mark, 1798-1879. The Legend Behind Sir Walter Scott's "The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee" By Regina Jeffers I am currently researching anything and everything Scottish. Being of Scottish descent, this is important to me, but I am also looking for those special “gems” one might add to a story line. Grave of John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee - geograph.org.uk - 1433405. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, about 1649 - 1689. Jacobite leader − Unknown − U. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee (engraving) by Lely, Sir Peter (1618-80) (after) - Bridgeman art images & historical footage for licensing. John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, 1648 - 1689. Jacobite leader − David Paton − P.
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