Royal Caledonian Ball Magazine 2008

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THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN BALL

2008 ANNUAL REVIEW

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TheRoyalCaledonianBall2008 The Ball will be held under the patronage of: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ROYAL THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT

President: IONA, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL

Vice Presidents: THE EARL OF ERROLL Mrs HAY DRUMMOND

Chairman: VISCOUNT DUPPLIN

Members of the Executive Committee: Mrs NICHOLAS BARDSWELL The LORD BIDDULPH Mr PATRICK COLQUHOUN Mr GUY DAWSON Miss ANNABEL GLYNNE-PERCY Mr HENRY LOWSON

Col ALASTAIR MATHEWSON Mr ANDREW MURRAY Mr FRASER ROBERTSON Mr JOHN SHIELDS Miss ALEXANDRA TWEEDIE

Members of the Scottish Committee: Mrs JAMES FRASER Mr BRIAN ROSS

Mr RODDY MARTINE Mrs JON STRICKLAND

Ball Secretary: Mrs BENEDICT GOODALL 35 Colehill Gardens, Fulham Palace Road, London SW6 6SZ Tel: 07506 650 181 Email: secretary@royalcaledonianball.com www.royalcaledonianball.com

In aid of The Royal Caledonian Ball Trust Registered Charity No. 213074 Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London W1 Friday 2nd May 2008

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Patronesses Jane, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensbury The Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensbury Iona, Duchess of Argyll The Duchess of Argyll The Marchioness of Huntly The Marchioness of Lothian Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute Lady Louise Burrell The Countess of Dysart The Countess of Erroll The Countess of Buchan The Countess of Eglinton and Winton The Countess of Moray The Dowager Countess of Strathmore DL The Countess of Kinnoull The Countess of Dalhousie The Countess of Lindsay The Countess of Mansfield and Mansfield The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine Lady Strathnaver Lady Doune Viscountess Stormont Viscountess Dupplin Lady Dalmeny Viscountess Chelsea Lady Louisa Stewart Howitt Lady Diana Godfrey-Faussett Lady Melissa Edwards

Lady Iona Ind Lady Anne-Louise HamiltonDalrymple Lady Georgina Bullough Yr of Culcreuch Lady Elspeth Hordern HIRH Archduchess Sigismund of Austria The Lady Saltoun The Lady Kinnaird The Lady Mary Biddulph Sian, Lady Biddulph Jean, Lady Tweedsmuir Joan, Lady Clydesmuir The Lady Eden of Winton Baroness Alexandra von und zu Guttenberg The Hon. Mrs Thomas Lindsay The Hon. Mrs Humphrey Drummond of Megginch The Hon. Mrs Nicolson

The Hon. Charlotte Drummond of Megginch The Hon. Mrs Herdman The Hon. Mrs Fraser The Hon. Mrs Macnab of Macnab The Hon. Mrs Montagu Erskine The Hon. Mrs Jonathan Forbes The Hon. Mrs Robin Gurdon 2

The Hon Mrs David Dalrymple Lady Hope of Craighall Lady Agnew of Lochnaw Lady Colquhoun of Luss Lady Grant of Monymusk Lady Edmonstone of Duntreath Fanny, Lady MacGregor of MacGregor Lady MacGregor of MacGregor Lady Campbell of Succoth Lady Lowson Lady Innes of Edingight Lady Macpherson of Biallid Lady Butter of Pitlochry CVO Lady Stirling

Mrs Christopher Arkell Mrs Richard Baillie Mrs Nicholas Bardswell Mrs Nicholas Bastin Mrs Christopher Boyle Mrs Evan Bruce-Gardyne Mrs Anthony Brumwell Mrs Ewan Cameron Mrs David Campbell of Strachur Mrs Nigel ChamberlayneMacdonald Mrs Angus Cheape Mrs Roderick Corrie Mrs Charles Craig Mrs Mark Cubitt

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Mrs Guy Dawson Mrs Richard de Klee Mrs Mark Fairbanks Smith Mrs Nicholas Fane Mrs Colin Farquharson of Whitehouse Mrs James Fraser Mrs Simon Fraser Mrs Robin Garrett-Cox Mrs Alexander Galitzine Mrs Angus Gilroy Mrs Gladstone of Capenoch Mrs Gordon of Lude Mrs Andrew Gordon Mrs Dominic Grieve Mrs Hay Drummond Mrs Alexander Hay of Duns Mrs Humphrey of Dinnet Mrs Micky Ingall Mrs Jamie Landale

Mrs Alastair Leslie Mrs Karen Liddell-Grainger Mrs Ranald Macdonald Yr of Clanranald Mrs Macdonald of Tote Mrs Charles Macdonald of Tote Mrs Andrew Macdonald Mrs Iain Macdonald Mrs Guy Macpherson-Grant

Mrs MacGregor of Cardney Mrs Antony Mackenzie Smith Mrs Jeremy Marsden Mrs Alastair Mathewson Mrs Jeremy Mead Mrs Methven Way Mrs Houston Morris Mrs Andrew Murray Mrs Harry Nickerson Mrs Fiona Olesen Mrs Oliphant of Oliphant

Mrs Niel Redpath Mrs David Reid Mrs Fraser Robertson Mrs Oliver Russell of Ballindalloch Mrs Iver Salvesen 3

Mrs John Stansfeld Mrs Robert Stansfeld Mrs Thomas Steuart Fothringham Mrs Walter Steuart Fothringham Mrs Ralph Stewart-Wilson of Balnakeilly Mrs Jon Strickland Mrs Robin Stormont Darling Mrs Alastair Struthers Mrs Barnaby Swire Mrs Mark Tennant Mrs Roger Tym Mrs Charles Vyvyan Mrs Paul Wakefield Mrs Charles White Mrs Justin Young

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Her Majesty The Queen

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

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The Royal Caledonian Ball History

by Auriol Hay Drummond

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he Royal Caledonian Ball started sometime in the 1840s as a private gathering given by the Duke and Duchess of Atholl for their Scottish friends who resided in London. By 1849, still at their invitation, it became a subscription dance for the purposes of collecting funds for Scottish charities, albeit with a decidedly Highland bias. Records show that the ball has been held annually ever since; cancellations only occurring with events beyond the committee’s control! No balls took place during the Boer War, following the death of Edward VII in 1910 and during the First and Second World Wars.

Over more than one hundred and fifty years it has grown into one of the highlights of the London Season and a most successful vehicle for raising large sums of money. It must by now have a good chance of ranking as the oldest charity ball in the world.

Since the days of Edward VII the ball has been honoured with the Patronage of the reigning Monarch, and the ball can celebrate over 50 years of Patronage by Her Majesty The Queen. Our president had traditionally always been the current Duke of Atholl, who annually attended the dance and usually brought with him his own private army, The Atholl Highlanders, to play before the ball and to pipe onto the floor everyone taking part in the ceremonial set reel before performing an eightsome reel. This is a dance of Atholl origin and was introduced in 1890, before when it was the practise to arrange quadrilles. However, as the present Duke of Atholl lives in South Africa, we have been fortunate in securing the services of firstly the Earl of Erroll as our president and now Iona, Duchess of Argyll.

From 1930 the ball has been held at Grosvenor House, this hotel having the largest ballroom in London and capable of dealing with up to a thousand Scots who descend on the capital to reel the night away. A record attendance was achieved in the 1980s of more than thirteen hundred, but this is unlikely ever to be overtaken with the modern fire regulations in place. Indeed at the time everyone agreed that it was rather too many for the Great Room to cope with, rather a squash, leaving many participants hot and bothered.

In the 1930s, as a treat, it was a very popular custom for children with their nannies to be allowed on the balcony to watch their parents dancing in the set reel, which formally opened the ball, in the Great Room below.

The money raised by the Royal Caledonian Ball allows a substantial sum to be given to Scottish charities each year.

The Committee feels that it is more important to give aid to people rather than things and so it is the young, the elderly, the homeless, the cancer sufferers and the disabled and disadvantaged, who receive help to improve their lives through our donations.

An article on charity balls published in a leading daily newspaper some years ago gave the impression that only about ÂŁ10 from every ticket sold actually went to good causes. For many years the ball has succeeded in giving the majority of the cost of a ball ticket to chosen charities and, thanks to gifts towards the expenses of this dance from generous sponsors, we hope to be able to continue to improve on this percentage.

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Charities supported by The Royal Caledonian Ball Trust n 2007 the Committee of The Royal Caledonian Ball Trust is proud to have supported a number of incredibly worthwhile causes. It chose this year to particularly focus its support on military causes to reflect the exceptional burden upon these charities at this time.

when their need is greatest. SVR provides accommodation and support to over 300 veterans each year.

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Donations to Drumpark School have been directed towards learning experiences where pupils have the opportunity to participate in a range of leisure and sporting activities, which would not be available within their normal budget. Such activities include extra support whilst on Outward Bound courses and the purchase of additional technology to enhance their learning.

Amongst others, the Trust has supported: The St Catherine’s Sisters of Mercy Homeless Project, to support them as they tirelessly support Edinburgh’s increasing homeless population. As well as serving over 90,000 free meals a year, they offer a huge range of services from guidance with job applications, to support groups for addicts, counselling and help in seeking medical assistance.

The Islay and Jura Sick Children’s Fund continues with its ongoing provision of support for families on the islands should they have the misfortune of having a child in hospital on the mainland. The Fund assists families by providing financial assistance with the cost of travel to the mainland and accommodation.

We once again sponsored a Riding for the Disabled pony called Cally, who works at an RDA centre in Glasgow enabling over 225 disabled adults and children to enjoy riding therapy each year. In 2007 Cally suffered from a series of horrific medical problems and despite having had 17 staples in her cheek is now “back in the business of making dreams come true”.

The Dumfries and Galloway Befriending Project was this year able to send another seven disadvantaged young local people to a nearby Adventure Camp. For all but one of them it was their first ever holiday. This is one of many such projects organised by the project, whose main objective is to recruit, train and match adult volunteers with vulnerable young people who benefit hugely from a positive and stable relationship with a supportive adult.

The Trust were also delighted to buy new carpets for the Whitefoord House for Scottish Veterans, ensuring that the residents (homeless exservicemen and women) can find themselves in a warmer and more comforting environment

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year are to support the more immediate welfare needs of their pupils, whilst they launch their capital fundraising appeal to open a much needed Hall for assembly, music and drama. QVS is a school where the parents of pupils must be, or have been, members of the regular forces serving in Scottish Regiments, or regiments serving in Scotland.

Capability Scotland’s Upper Springland Centre has chosen to put the donation towards a sensory garden within the c e n t r e ’s grounds. The project will provide much needed enjoyment once completed. Capability Scotland works with children, adults and families who live with disability, to support them in their everyday lives.

Borderline is another regular beneficiary of the Trust – a charity that supports homeless Scots in London. In the past year they have accommodated an average of 3 people per week, helped 2 people per week return to Scotland and helped 111 people travel to visit family, attend interviews and view accommodation. This is an incredible achievement given that they only have a staff of five.

And finally, The Trust supported the Army Benevolent Fund at a time when the ongoing crises in Iraq and Afghanistan are making a significant dent in their funds. Although it is Army policy to retain injured soldiers in the services where possible, obviously some need to be discharged due to their injuries, and others have chosen to leave. It is at this point that the Fund assists with the provision of mobility aids and house adaptations, amongst many other things. The Trust’s donation went specifically to the Scottish Veterans’ Garden City Association, which provides sheltered housing to veterans all over Scotland.

The Skye and Lochalsh Young Carers Project is currently supporting 55 young carers in the area. Our donation helped provide respite care leading up to Christmas, a particularly difficult time for these young people.They are all taking care of someone who is chronically ill, has a disability, is experiencing mental ill health or is affected by alcohol or substance abuse.

Treasurer’s Report Drumpark School

et out below is a brief summary of the results for the Royal Caledonian Ball in 2007. We are delighted to report that the Royal Caledonian Ball Trust has donated £72,170 to charity over the last three years.

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Scottish Veteran Residences – Whitefoord House £3,000

The ticket price was £90 of which 42% was distributed as follows: Queen Victoria School, Dunblane

£5,000

Riding for the Disabled (Glasgow Group)

£1,000

Borderline

£6,000

£5,000

St Catherine’s Homeless Project

£3,000

Queen Mother’s Memorial Fund

£2,000

Army Benevolent Fund (Scotland)

£3,000

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£28,000

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The Royal Caledonian Ball 2008 GENERAL PROGRAMME

DANCE PROGRAMME

10.00 pm The Pipes and Drums of The London Scottish

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10.30 pm The processional march of the Set Reel into the Great Room 12.30 am Breakfast will be served

Dashing White Sergeant Reel of the 51st Division Waltz Eightsome Reel Mairi’s Wedding Foxtrot Hamilton House

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THE PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH, BY KIND PERMISSION OF MAJOR STUART YOUNG THE SIMON HOWIE BROADCASTING BAND

Duke of Perth Waltz Inverness Country Dance* Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh Quickstep Reel of the 51st Division John Peel

*Also known as Speed the Plough

Carriages

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TheRoyalCaledonianBall2008 SET REEL ARRANGED BY Mr GUY DAWSON Order of Procession and Plan President’s Reel Viscount Dupplin The Earl of Erroll Mr Louis Greig Mr Anthony Fraser

PATRONE

Iona, Duchess of Argyll The Countess of Erroll Jennifer, Marchioness of Bute The Hon Mrs Fraser

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Highland Reel 1 Lord Dalmeny Mr James Brooke Mr Giles Herdman Mr Randle White Mr Alexander Crawford Mr Houston Morris Mr Harry Nickerson Mr Jon Strickland

Lady Dalmeny Viscountess Dupplin The Hon Mrs Herdman Mrs Nicholas Fane Mrs Alexander Crawford Mrs Houston Morris Mrs Harry Nickerson Mrs Jon Strickland

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Highland Reel 2 Mr Guy Dawson Mr Ross Illingworth Mr Adrian Hogarth Mr Christopher Sanger Mr Dominic Bayne Mr David Maitland-Makgill-Crichton Mr Alexander Miller-Bakewell Mr Bruce Clitherow

Mrs Guy Dawson Miss Helen Hutton Mrs Adrian Hogarth Mrs Christopher Sanger Mrs Dominic Bayne Miss Caroline Ratcliff Mrs Sarah Illingworth Miss Jennifer DeWitt

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Highland Reel 3 Mr Jack Nott Bower Mr Alaistair Keir Mr Philip Richards Mr Alan Roxburgh

Mrs Robin Pearse-Wheatly Miss Elizabeth Mason Miss Jessica Beattie Miss Eleanor Bainton

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STAIRS

Borderers’ Reel The Lord Biddulph Mr Arthur Blair Mr Adair Anderson Mr Niel Redpath

Mrs Karen Liddell-Grainger Mrs Alexander Hay of Duns Mrs Adair Anderson Mrs Niel Redpath

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Order of Procession 2 Highland Reel 1 3 Borderers’ Reel 5 Scots Guards 1 7 Highland Reel 2 9 NewYork Reel

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Scots Guards 1 Major Andrew Speed Major Marcus Elmhurst Captain William Maitland-Makgill-Crichton Captain Hamish Barne

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Miss Alannah Mcdonald Mrs Marcus Elmhurst Miss Nilene Hennessey Lady Rose Alexander

Scots Guards 2 Captain Charles Turner Mr Peter Rous Mr James Murly Gotto Mr Graham Bardy

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Miss Rachel Cameron Dick Miss Lucinda Lee Bapty Miss Till Gardner Miss Laura Williams

Black Watch

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Captain David Boulter Mr Harry Gladstone Mr Andrew Colquhoun Mr Robert Colquhoun

Miss Lucy Corby Miss Katie Riddell Miss Eleanor Remnant Miss Shuna Readman

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Miss Alexandra Tweedie Miss Rosie Wintour Miss Fiona Mitchell Miss Julianne Hicks

NewYork Reel Mr Christopher Gow Mr Henrique Faria Mr Richard Killick Mr Charles Morgan

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Miss Nan Chisholm Miss Joan Gow Mrs Richard Killick Miss Jeanette MacDonald

President’s Reel Black Watch Scots Guards 2 Highland Reel 3 Durham University

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Acknowledgements

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he Executive Committee of The Royal Caledonian Ball Trust would like to thank all those who have so kindly donated prizes and sponsorship:

Thanks also to Spitfire Technology Group for hosting the website and Areta Breeze at Abacus for managing the database.

Ballantine’s whisky supplied by Chivas Brothers Ltd. Natural Mineral Water supplied by Hildon Ltd. Tesco plc for their sponsorship of the Pipes and Drums Grosvenor House The Scottish Ball of New York Patrick Colquhoun and the Loch Lomond Golf Club The Shields Family for the week’s fishing on the Deveron Mrs Barbara Still for the week’s accommodation in Newstead

Photograph of Her Majesty The Queen by Mark Lawrence © www.royalimages.co.uk Photograph of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal by Ian Coates Photographs of The Royal Caledonian Ball by Dafydd Jones www.dafjones.com

Printed by The Colourhouse

If you would like to be added to our mailing list, have moved or changed your name, please contact the Ball Secretary: Mrs Benedict Goodall (Emily) Telephone 07506 650 181 Email: secretary@royalcaledonianball.com www.royalcaledonianball.com

Particular thanks to: Major Stuart Young and Pipe Major Jim McLucas for kindly allowing the Pipes and Drums of The London Scottish regiment to play at the Ball.

We should also like to thank the following companies and individuals who have given their generous support through donations and gifts: Iona, Duchess of Argyll Axa Framlington Investment Management Limited Mr Euan Baird Mr Nicholas Bardswell His Honour William Crawford Crossflight Limited Mr Michael Forbes Smith Mrs Benedict Goodall Hiscox plc The Countess of Kinnouall Lady Macdonald Captain Maitland-Makgill-Crichton Reverend P L Majcher Mrs Jeremy Marsden Mr David Reid Mr and Mrs Norman Robertson Mr Oliver Russell Mrs Robin Stormont Darling Miss Jenny Southgate The Pat Ripley Charitable Trust Mr John Warden McKimm Miss A.Wareing Mr Randle White 16

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The Killing Times: The Last Phase of the Struggles of the Covenanters

by William Crawford n December 1679, the Duke of York, the future James VII and II, an avowed and devout Roman Catholic, replaced Lauderdale as Commissioner for Scotland. It is hard to think of a more provocative appointment. Six months later, the Rev. Richard Cameron and the Rev. Donald Cargill, with a band of followers, affixed to the Sanquhar mercat-cross a Declaration, disowning Charles II as King, on the ground of his “perjury and breach of covenant to God and His Kirk”. This small sect of extremists became known as the Cameronians. They took to the hills. A month later, on 22nd July 1680, 60 of them were surprised by Capt. Bruce of Earlshall, leading 100 Government troops, near Airds Moss. A savage fight ensued, in which the Rev. Cameron was killed, and Hackston of Rathillet, who had been present at Archbishop Sharp’s murder, was captured. He was executed, with foul barbarity. A year later, the Rev. Cargill, with five of his followers was captured at Dunsyre by Irvine of Bonshaw, and suffered the same fate with the same high courage.

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anything the Government might direct. Many refused to take the oath involved, including the great Argyll. He was as a result charged with treason, tried and convicted, and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle whilst awaiting sentence. Having a shrewd idea of what that might be, he escaped by disguising himself as a pageboy, whilst his step-daughter Lady Sophia Lindsay was visiting him, and, holding up her train, walked out of the Castle past the guards. After various adventures, he reached Holland. As matters turned out, he should have stayed there rather longer than he did.

With tensions thus high, it might be thought that the Duke of York would tread carefully.

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Bible. “Your kye will need to find a new herd”, said Lag, “for your life is now forfeit as a rebel”, and then drew his pistol and shot him dead.

Dalrymple, the Lord President, also refused to take the oath, as did the Earl of Nithsdale, who was as a result deprived of his office of Steward of Kirkcudbright. This was transferred to Sir Robert Grierson of Lag. Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw and Viscount Kenmure both declined the Test, and were succeeded as Sheriffs of Galloway by Claverhouse and his brother David Graham.A further Test Act was passed in 1683, making agreement with the Covenant, or giving unsatisfactory answers about Bothwell Bridge, or the death of Archbishop Sharp, capital offences, and directing that all such sentences should be carried out within 3 hours of being passed.Those who took part in convecticles were already subject to these penalties. Outlaws by their own choice, the Covenanters were now hunted, in their own phrase, like partridges on the mountains.

Grierson of Lag pursued one known Covenanter, John Dempster, over the hills near Carsphairn with troops and dogs, and shot him where he was caught, high up on a hill called the Meaul. Lag saw another Covenanter, MacCroy, sitting by his cattle and reading a

The Covenanters began to fight back. In the Apologetical Declaration of 1684, drawn up by the brilliant James Renwick of Moniaive, they warned that anyone who sought the life of a Covenanter did so at his own peril. The government responded by empowering the military as well as the civil courts to enforce the Acts of repression.

When a suspect was captured, he was simply asked if he abjured the Apologetical Declaration. If he answered Yes, he was retained for further examination. If he answered No, he was shot on the spot. In 1683, 3 Covenanters were hanged for refusing to say God Save the King without reservation; in the early months of 1684, a further 12 were executed for similar refusals, including Captain John Paton, a veteran of all the Covenanting battles, who was aged 80. In July 1684, troops escorting Covenanter prisoners from Dumfries to Edinburgh were ambushed at Enterkinfoot by a group of Covenanters from Nithsdale. All the prisoners made good their escape, but 2 troopers were killed. Reprisals were instituted immediately; 6 Covenanters were arrested by Claverhouse near Dumfries, and were subsequently executed for involvement in the ambush.

In February 1685, Charles II died, and James Duke of York succeeded. For the rest of that year, the killings of Covenanters reached a new and higher level.

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make common cause with the Covenanters. In the event, when Argyll did land, he received very little of the support he had been promised, and was soon captured and executed. Those most active on the Government side included General Tam Dalyell of Biunns, by now 70, and soon to die at supper, wine-glass in hand, whilst admiring the painted ceiling of his town house in Edinburgh. Capt. Bruce of Earlshall, though he was victorious at Airds Moss, and Col. Douglas, Queensberry’s brother, who shot the Ingleston Martyrs, seem both to have been regarded by the Covenanters themselves as fair. No such respect was granted to John Graham of Claverhouse, known as Bluidy Clavers, still less to Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, who was, and continued to be for centuries thought of as the embodiment of cruelty and wickedness, in league with Satan.

slaughter, and helped to bring the Killing Times to an end. The last to suffer was James Renwick, captured in the Royal Mile at the age of 26; again, the execution of one so young, able and charismatic horrified all Scotland. In all, 78 Covenanters died in the Killing Times, fewer perhaps than is generally thought, but 78 too many all the same.

Throughout 1686 and 1687, James made it clear not only that Roman Catholicism was to be the religion of the nation, but that he required absolute power as well. By 1688, the Army had turned against him, and in December 1688 he fled, never to return.

William of Orange arrived at Torbay, promising, and granting, religious freedom.

On Christmas Day, 1688, the Curates who had occupied the manses in Scotland were all turned out, happily without any serious violence, and the Ministers returned. The Persecution of the Covenanters was at an end.

Claverhouse was directly responsible for the deaths of 3 Covenanters, including John Brown, whom he shot in front of his wife. Lag was directly responsible for the deaths of 11 Covenanters, all in 1685, when he was 29.

They included the hanging without trial of Gordon and McCubbin at Irongray; the shooting of John Bell of Whiteside, the stepson of Viscount Kenmure, without permitting him time to say his prayers, or granting him Christian burial; and perhaps worst of all, presiding over the Court at Wigtown which ordered the drowning of the Wigtown Martyrs, Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson.This last, the details of which are too harrowing to relate, created a nation-wide revulsion against the

All illustrations are of John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee

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The Scots Guards byWilliam Maitland-Makgill-Crichton The Regiment was raised by King Charles I in 1642 for service in Ireland under Archibald, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and first became known as ‘Scots Guards’ in 1688. Now the oldest infantry regiment in the British Army, the Scots Guards have won a total of 94 Battle Honours and 11 VCs.They are fiercely proud of their unbroken history of service and loyalty to the Monarch, and of their dual reputation for excellence in battle and in the performance of ceremonial duties.

Left: 1st Battalion Pipes & Drums attending Ghana’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2007.

Recently deployed on operations on two fronts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 1st Battalion is a warrior battalion comprising over 100 Armoured Fighting Vehicles, the Javelin Anti-Tank Weapon System and 81mm Mortar, which combine to make it one of the most potent fighting forces within the British Army. During the past year the Battalion has trained for operations with arduous exercises in Canada and Bavaria, whilst the Pipes and Drums have represented the Regiment at Ghana’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations and the Moscow State Tattoo. In 2008 the Battalion will move to Catterick.

Right: Members of the 1st Battalion on patrol in southern Iraq.

Stationed at Wellington Barracks, F Company Scots Guards provides an entry point into the Regiment for all new Guardsmen, giving every man the opportunity to guard HM The Queen and take part in state ceremonial before joining the 1st Battalion.

Despite heavy ceremonial commitments, the Company spends much time honing military skills, achieving Gold, Silver and Bronze medals on the Cambrian Patrol, the British Army’s most arduous competition. The Company provided Her Majesty’s Guard at Balmoral in 2007, escorted the Crown from Edinburgh Castle for the opening of the Scottish Parliament, and has recently returned from a six week deployment in the Falkland Islands.

Left: Members of Right Flank, 1st Battalion Scots Guards prepare to clear a Taliban compound in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.

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Scottish Food

by Claire Macdonald his is the simplest of menus.We are so lucky, here in Skye, in having three producers of herbs and salad leaves of a wide variety, as well as soft fruits and vegetables throughout the summer months. And this has always been my abiding theme for cooking - to eat seasonally. We must support our local food producers - farmers, fishermen – and the closer to home that we shop, the better. I urge you to support your local farmers' markets. I should declare my hand here, I am patron of Scottish Farmers' Markets – but if we are to keep the individual shops in villages and small towns throughout rural Britain, then we must eschew the convenience of the supermarket car park and give our support to these shops. Food is the single most important subject in all our lives. It unites people from all walks of life – I find this over and over again at my cooking demonstrations. And food is, or should be, fun!

that it can be made a couple of days in advance, and kept in the fridge. The horseradish and chives in the mousse go so well with smoked and air-dried meats produced by small specialist individuals the length and breadth of the UK, such as the Rannoch Smokehouse.

The mousses are delicious too with all types of smoked fish, as well as beef, pork and duck.

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The Roast Red Pepper and Fish Stew is convenience in itself, but awfully good. And I realise that we can buy delicious puds similar to the recipe I give you for Baked Dark Chocolate Puddings, but these taste better than any bought puds ever do! They are incredibly quick to make, and to cook, and when you divide the ingredients between the number of people who will eat them, you realise that this recipe could be a diet recipe, so little in amount is the chocolate, butter and sugar per person! But then, they do benefit from whipped vanilla cream to eat with them.....

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HORSERADISH AND CHIVE MOUSSE, WITH SMOKED TROUT

Cut each pepper in half and put them, skin side uppermost, on a baking tray under a red-hot grill.

Leave them until black blisters form, then put them into a polythene bag for 10 minutes. The skin should then peel off easily. Chop the skinned peppers.

4 leaves of gelatine soaked in cold water ¼pt/150 ml cold water

Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan and cook the shallots until they are very soft. Stir in the garlic and the tomatoes. Add the chilli, and the red peppers. Season with the salt, and let the sauce simmer gently for 10-15 minutes. Stir in the lime zest and the coriander, then add the fish and simmer gently until it turns opaque – this should take no longer than 5 minutes. Serve in soup plates or bowls with warm garlic bread as an accompaniment.

2 heaped tsp grated horseradish Juice of ½ lemon 1 rounded tbsp chopped chives ½ pt /300 ml crème fraîche 2 egg whites 1 packet smoked trout To prepare the mousse, warm the ¼ pt /150 mls water, then dissolve the drained gelatine in it. Mix the horseradish into the gelatine mixture and stir in the lemon juice and chives. Stir this into the crème fraiche.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff and, with a metal spoon, fold them into the horseradish cream.

BAKED DARK CHOCOLATE PUDDINGS WITH CHILLED VANILLA WHIPPED CREAM Serves 4 4oz/112g butter

Serve the mousse with slices of smoked trout.

2tsp self raising flour 4oz/112g dark chocolate

ROAST RED PEPPER, CHILLI AND TOMATO FISH STEW

2 large whole eggs 2 large egg yolks

Serves 6

2oz/56g caster sugar

3 red peppers

Butter 4 ramekins and dust out each with sieved icing sugar. Melt the butter and chocolate, stirring until it is all smoothly combined.

4-5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 6 banana shallots, or smaller ones, skinned and chopped

Whisk together the eggs, yolks and caster sugar, whisking until the mixture is very thick and pale. Stir the melted chocolate and butter into the well whisked eggs, yolks and sugar combination and carefully and quickly fold in the sieved flour. Divide this between the 4 prepared ramekins, put them on a baking tray and bake in a very hot oven 420’F/22’C/Gas Mark 7, and bake for 9-10 minutes.

1-2 cloves garlic, skinned and finely chopped 2 x 14oz/400g tins chopped tomatoes 1-2 bird’s eye chillies, seeded and chopped, or 1 rounded tsp dried chilli flakes Sea salt Finely grated zest of 2 limes

Serve with vanilla flavoured, very slightly sweetened whipped cream, which has been chilled, or a good vanilla ice cream.

1 tbsp chopped coriander 2½lb/1.2 kg cod, skinned, filleted and cut into 1in/2cm chunks

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A Brief History of Crown Court Church of Scotland, London

by Reverend P L Majcher Crown Court Church of Scotland, London Crown Court Church is not an easy church to find, but it is only a one minute walk from the Piazza at Covent Garden and can be found in Russell Street opposite the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. A long corridor to the church leads from an inconspicuous entrance on Russell Street, right next to Fortune Theatre, with side entrances on Crown Court.

the Royal Caledonian Schools. Known as the Caledonian Church, it was merged with Crown Court in 1950.

A man for change, in 1841 Cumming persuaded the Kirk Session to change from tallow candles to gas lighting. He was also the first minister to reverse the practice of sitting for singing and standing for prayers.

Crown Court Church of Scotland is unique in several respects. It is unique as the ‘Kirk of the Crown of Scotland’, being the longest-established Presbyterian Church south of the border, dating from 1711. It is also unique in its location, a site in Covent Garden.

The Church of Scotland has been active in London and Scotland since the time of James VI of Scotland, who became King James I of England in 1603. There has been a Scottish Kirk on the present site in Covent Garden since 1719, the current building being completed in 1909.

John Cumming was also a reformer. In 1845 he opened day (‘ragged’) and Sunday schools for the local people. The day school was for 500 needy children in the neighbourhood who were taught in an extension to the church building. By 1879 it was noted that ‘no fewer than 16,250 children had attended’ the schools. (K. Macleod Black, The Scots Churches in England).

The original congregation met in St Peter’s Court, St Martin’s Lane and gradually became more Scottish as the number of Scots living in London increased. By 1710 the congregation was ‘thoroughly Scottish in character’ and ‘united upon the principles of discipline and church government practiced in the Church of Scotland’ (K Macleod Black,The Scots Churches in England).

In 1881 Donald Macleod took the charge. In 1883 Macleod, together with most of the members and elders of Crown Court, founded St Columba’s, Pont Street.The reason for the ‘migration’ west into Knightsbridge was one of ‘convenience’ for the majority of members, since the general populace had moved to the west of London, with fewer people living in the centre. However, some members decided that they wanted to remain in the area to continue the work that had been carried out over the past hundred years or so.

The Kirk Session of St Columba’s continued to support that of Crown Court for several years in both practical and financial ways and Crown Court Church and St Columba’s remain the two Church of Scotland congregations in London.

Crown Court Church takes its title partly from the Union of the Crowns (which took place in 1603). This site was obtained from the Duke of Bedford at a peppercorn rent for the first year and then £14 per year for sixty years. The original building, completed at a cost of £611.10s. 11d raised by public subscription, was consecrated as the new Kirk on 4 March 1719.

Since its earliest days, Crown Court has been committed to mission and social work in Covent Garden. A good example was John Cumming, minister from 1832 to 1879 . At his initiative, a church in Holloway Road was bought from the Congregationalists in 1848 and used as a place of worship for

K. Macleod Black proposed that the ‘Royal Emblem is embodied in the decoration of one of the great stained glass windows’ (which existed when he wrote in 1906). Black also notes that the existence of a chapel, used for worship by earlier Scottish ambassadors to England (before the Union of the Crowns and parliament), adds credence to the claim. In any event and whatever its origins, the title seems to have lasted the test of time.

After nearly two hundred years, the old church building no longer seemed adequate and it was replaced in 1909 by the present building. The cost of this was £11,000, which was raised by the congregation, heavily supported by the Campbell’s of Stracathro.

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during this time and no longer relied on a contribution from its sister church, St Columba’s.

Dr. Moffett was keen to meet the needs of London’s Scots.

During his ministry he encouraged the quarterly Gaelic Services, which continue to this day. He was chaplain to the Royal Scottish Corporation and also to the Royal Caledonian Schools, which provided education for the children of Scottish service men and women. The colours of the Royal Caledonian Schools now hang in the church.

Dr. Moffett was also involved with the Caledonian Christian Club which was set up during his ministry to provide hostel accommodation for young Scots coming to London. In 1982, the Caledonian Christian Club was renamed COSLAS (Church of Scotland London Advisory Service) and the hostel property sold. The money raised was used to set up an advisory service for young Scots seeking accommodation in London. In 1990, COSLAS set up a project called Borderline which seeks to meet the needs of disadvantaged Scots in London, particularly with regard to finding short and medium term accommodation for the homeless.

Unfortunately, the work of the agency expands, rather than diminishes.

John Miller Scott, whose ministry started in 1963 was as much an innovator as any of his predecessors. Under his leadership the Sunday School was re-established as a weekly part of Church activities. Other activities were introduced, such as the annual Harvest Supper and the ‘Kirking’ of Scots MPs and peers at the beginning of each new parliament, were introduced. Additionally, the Westminster Christian Council was established, as an ecumenical body in the borough of Westminster, and Dr. Scott was the first Chairman of this body.

In 1917 Joseph Moffett arrived, whose ministry lasted 45.

Someone who was a child during the latter part of Dr. Moffett’s ministry has described him as ‘an Old Testament prophet’ and as a seemingly forbidding person. This impression was no doubt due in part to the fact that children stayed in the church for the whole service. His reputation as a preacher, however, belied this rather forbidding image. His own view of the task was ‘like preaching to a procession’ and can still be applied today to describe the ever-changing face of the congregation.

During Dr. Moffett’s tenure, the church membership increased from about 250 in 1917 to over 900 in the late 1950s. Additionally, the church became self-supporting

Since Dr. Miller Scott left to take up the charge of St Andrew’s Jerusalem, there have been three shorter ministries. Kenneth Hughes (1986 – 1990) had previously served in parishes at Port Glasgow, Livingston and East Lothian. Dr Hughes’ particular interest was in forms of worship.

Crown Court called its first woman minister, Sigrid Marten (2001 – 2006). Mrs Marten had previously served in a parish in Glasgow and was a member of the International Relations Committee of the Kirk’s Church and Nation Committee. She had a particular interest in the situation in Palestine.

December 2007 saw the induction of Philip Majcher as Minister of Crown Court. Mr Majcher had previously served as minister of the linked charge of Wigtown and Kirkcowan and then subsequently served for 20 years as an Army Chaplain. During his ministry in the Army he served with Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Scots Guards. The colours of 1st and 2nd Battalion Scots Guards are laid up in Crown Court.

As we approach the centenary of the completion of the current church building in 2009, there is much to be done to raise the profile of Crown Court and to bring the fabric, particularly of the church hall, up to twenty first century standards. The congregation is in good heart and looks forward to the challenge.

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