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Clan Nesbitt, the Glossary

Clan Nesbitt (or Clan Nisbet) is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders that is recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.^[1]

45 relations: Alexander Nisbet, Anglo-Scottish border, Archerfield Estate and Links, Battle of Philiphaugh, Berwickshire, Charles I of England, Clan Haldane, Clan Mackintosh, Coldingham Priory, Covenanters, David II of Scotland, David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, Dean Village, Dirleton, Dirleton Castle, Dunfermline, Earl of Dunbar, Edgar, King of Scotland, Edrom, Edward I of England, English Civil War, Glasgow, Ireland, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Malcolm III of Scotland, Newark-on-Trent, Newmilns, Nisbet House, North America, Oak, Oxford, Ragman Rolls, Relief of Newark, Robert the Bruce, Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Scottish Borders, Scottish clan, Scottish clan chief, Scottish Tartans Society, Sobieski Stuarts, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, Vestiarium Scoticum, Victorian era.
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Alexander Nisbet

Alexander Nisbet (bapt. 23 March 1657; died 7 Dec. 1725) was a Scottish lawyer and antiquarian.

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The Anglo-Scottish border is an internal border of the United Kingdom separating Scotland and England which runs for 96 miles (154 km) between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west.

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Archerfield Estate and Links

Archerfield and Archerfield Links are a country house (now hotel) and pair of golf courses in the parish of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Battle of Philiphaugh

The Battle of Philiphaugh was fought on 13 September 1645 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.

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Berwickshire

Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig) or the County of Berwick is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Clan Haldane

Clan Haldane is a Lowland Scottish clan. Clan Nesbitt and clan Haldane are Scottish clans.

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Clan Mackintosh

Clan Mackintosh (Clann Mhic an Tòisich) is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Clan Nesbitt and clan Mackintosh are Scottish clans.

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Coldingham Priory

Coldingham Priory was a house of Benedictine monks.

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Covenanters

Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who claimed to have a "Covenant", or agreement with God.

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David II of Scotland

David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371.

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David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark (–) was a Scottish military officer and peer.

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Dean Village

Dean Village (from dene, meaning 'deep valley') is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Dirleton

Dirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately east of Edinburgh on the A198.

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Dirleton Castle

Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Dunfermline

Dunfermline (Dunfaurlin, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish, former Royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth.

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Earl of Dunbar

The title Earl of Dunbar, also called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March, applied to the head of a comital lordship in south-eastern Scotland between the early 12th century and the early 15th century.

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Edgar, King of Scotland

Edgar or Étgar mac Maíl Choluim (Modern Gaelic: Eagar mac Mhaoil Chaluim), nicknamed Probus, "the Valiant" (c. 1074 – 8 January 1107), was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1097 to 1107.

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Edrom

Edrom is a parish and small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland.

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Edward I of England

Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612 – 21 May 1650) was a Scottish nobleman, poet, soldier and later viceroy and captain general of Scotland.

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John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton

John Nisbet, Lord Dirleton (c. 1609–1687) was a Scottish judge remembered for his prosecution of the Covenanters.

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Lord Lyon King of Arms

The Right Honourable the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest heraldic court in the world that is still in daily operation.

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Malcolm III of Scotland

Malcolm III (label; Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh; c. 1031–13 November 1093) was King of Alba from 1058 to 1093.

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Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Newmilns

Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Nisbet House

Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.

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Oxford

Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Ragman Rolls

The Ragman Rolls are the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland subscribed allegiance to King Edward I of England, during the time between the Conference of Norham in May 1291 and the final award in favour of Balliol in November 1292; and again in 1296.

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Relief of Newark

The Relief of Newark (21 March 1644) was a Royalist victory during the First English Civil War.

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Robert the Bruce

Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.

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Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Between 1639 and 1652, Scotland was involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of wars starting with the Bishops' Wars (between Scotland and England), the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the English Civil War (and its extension in Scotland), the Irish Confederate Wars, and finally the subjugation of Ireland and Scotland by the English Roundhead New Model Army.

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Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders (the Mairches, 'the Marches'; Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Scottish clan

A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clan Nesbitt and Scottish clan are Scottish clans.

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Scottish clan chief

The Scottish Gaelic word clann means children. Clan Nesbitt and Scottish clan chief are Scottish clans.

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Scottish Tartans Society

The Scottish Tartans Society (STS) was a society committed to the recording and preservation of woven tartan designs from around the world; it maintained the Register of All Publicly Known Tartans.

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Sobieski Stuarts

In the 1820s, two English brothers, John Carter Allen (1795–1872) and Charles Manning Allen (1802–1880) adopted the names John Sobieski Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, moved to Scotland, converted to Catholicism, and about 1839 began to claim that their father, Thomas Allen (1767–1852), a former Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, had been born in Italy the only legitimate child of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his wife Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern.

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Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs

The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs (SCSC) is the organisation that represents the Chiefs of many prominent Scottish Clans and Families. Clan Nesbitt and Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs are Scottish clans.

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Vestiarium Scoticum

The Vestiarium Scoticum (full title, Vestiarium Scoticum: from the Manuscript formerly in the Library of the Scots College at Douay. With an Introduction and Notes, by John Sobieski Stuart) is a book which was first published in 1842 by William Tait of Edinburgh in a limited edition.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Nesbitt

Also known as Clan Nisbet.

Clan Nesbitt, the Glossary

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Boars in heraldry

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