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Stephen Philp and the Barchester Chronicles Connection
18 May 1843 The Great Disruption and the other splits in the Reformed Scottish Church
Captain Robert Philp MC and Bar
John Oal, Distiller in Caithness and Nova Scotia
Robert Philp, creator of the Lochgelly Tawse
The Appin Murder of 14 May 1752
The Silver King of Bolivia Part 2: Andrew Penny’s contested estate.
The Silver King of Bolivia Part 1: Andrew Kirk Philp
Robert Flockhart Vickers and the Gorebridge Murders
Rudolph Hess flight to meet the Duke of Hamilton, 10 May 1941
HRH the Duke of Kent in Dunbar, 10 May 2019
The Earls of Selkirk, the most complicated peerage
The Lord Selkirk of Douglas and the 39 Steps
Young Bob Kirk, Scottish Champion and three times runner-up at the British Open
Old Bob Kirk, a forgotten Master of Golf
Fidra – the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island
Craigengelt – what’s in a name? and the Wingate connection
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, the Port Seton and Tasmanian connection
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