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Author: Captain Craigengelt

Captain Craigengelt, an adventurer-soldier, companion of Frank Hayston. From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott.
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From the Sudan to Dunbar: General Sir Reginald Wingate

30th Apr 20218th May 2023 Captain Craigengelt

Janet Dalrymple – the inspiration for Lucy Ashton and Lucia di Lammermoor

28th Apr 202129th May 2021 Captain Craigengelt

From Poldark to Mustique

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Sir Chris Hoy – Going For Gold

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Rev. John Witherspoon and his reputed Reece and Knox connections

25th Apr 202111th Feb 2022 Captain Craigengelt

Murder Most Foul: from Miss Marple to the House of Lords

24th Apr 202112th Apr 2022 Captain Craigengelt

Dame Margaret Kidd, QC (14 March 1900 – 22 March 1989)

23rd Apr 202116th Apr 2022 Captain Craigengelt

The Corn King and the Spring Queen: From the Haldanes of Gleneagles to the sons of Naomi Mitchison

22nd Apr 202129th May 2021 Captain Craigengelt

The Mysterious Affair at Saint Cuthbert’s – an Agatha Christie Mystery

21st Apr 202129th May 2021 Captain Craigengelt

Dunbar’s most famous son- celebrating the birth of John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914)

20th Apr 20219th Jun 2021 Captain Craigengelt

It’s All Coming Back to Me Now – Jim Steinman (01 November 1947 – 19 April 2021)

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Scottish Association of Family History Societies SAFHS Conference

15th Apr 202129th May 2021 Captain Craigengelt

The Curse of the Pharaohs

14th Apr 202114th Jun 2022 Captain Craigengelt

“Fear not to kill the king” and the Pryde Petition of circa 1746

13th Apr 202119th Jan 2024 Captain Craigengelt

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks

13th Apr 202115th Jul 2026 Captain Craigengelt

The Dunglass connection to Wagner and Listz

8th Apr 202110th Mar 2023 Captain Craigengelt

The Rev. Dr John Hogg – from East Lothian to Egypt

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Our Penston to Egypt connection

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Edinburgh Artillery Militia Sergeant

5th Apr 202129th May 2021 Captain Craigengelt

From Noggin the Nog to Death on the Nile

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