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William Dampier (1651 - 1715)
Dampier (5 September 1651 - 8 March 1715) was the first man of English descent to explore sections of New Holland (Australia) and also the first person to circumnavigate the world three times. Dampier ...
John Hay, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Tweeddale (1625 - 1697)
Statesman and politician. The son of John Hay, 8th Lord of Yester (1593 - 1653), who became the Earl of Tweeddale in 1646, Hay was a remarkable survivor in stormy times. Initially fighting for Charles ...
Col. Samuel Vetch (1668 - 1732)
"Veitch"
Vetch came from a respected Edinburgh family, the second son of William Vetch, a leading Presbyterian minister. He and his older brother William gained military experience against the French in the fie...
Sir John Stewart of the Darien Expedition (b. - 1698)
SIR JOHN STEWART Sir John Stewart, here treated, is identified in Glasghu Facies as the great-grandson of Sir Matthew Stewart of Minto The names of his father and grandfather are not mentioned in this ...