DID YOU KNOW??

SIR WILLIAM WALLACE was born between 1260 and 1278 most likely in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, and murdered 23 August 1305.

ROB ROY MACGREGOR [OR MCGREGOR] was born in the old house at Glen Gyle near Loch Katrine on 7th March 1671.

JOHN GRAY - master of Grayfriar's Bobby died 8th February 1858.

GREYFRIAR'S BOBBY died 1872, after remaining with his masters grave for 14 years.

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS was born 8 December 1543 at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian. Mary became queen when she was only 6 days old.
Mary was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire on 8 February 1587.

PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD LOUIS JOHN CASIMIR SILVESTER MARIA STUART was born in Rome on 31 December 1720. Known as BONNY PRINCE CHARLIE or THE YOUNG CHEVALIER. He died in Rome 31 January 1788 and was buried at a church in Frascatti.

FLORA MACDONALD was born 1725, Milton, South Uist. She died 1789.

ROBERT BURNS was born 25th January 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire. He was one of seven children.

WILLIAM CARNEGIE was born 1801, Dunfermline, Fife. He left UK 1848 for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died 1872.