tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post12076208194055184..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Day 3. Creag an Amalaidh (Princess Cairn)Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-72269094610638751702020-12-17T08:29:26.479+00:002020-12-17T08:29:26.479+00:00Unknown - I'm not sure if you are the same &qu...Unknown - I'm not sure if you are the same "unknown" who comments from time to time but all comments are welcome. That is an interesting bit of genealogy. Looks like he did well out of marrying into the sugar empire.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-87207655213500492012020-12-17T07:04:29.198+00:002020-12-17T07:04:29.198+00:00Frederick William Wignall was the Deputy Lieutenan...Frederick William Wignall was the Deputy Lieutenant of Sutherland. He was married to Edith Marguerite Tate the granddaughter of Henry Tate who was the founder of the Tate and Lyle sugar empire. Their son Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Edwin Barton Wignall was married to Margaret Susan Ferguson who was the great aunt of Sarah Duchess of York.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173751523032971686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-15898649671301116172015-04-25T09:16:09.506+01:002015-04-25T09:16:09.506+01:00RR - I have looked at phonetic spellings and they ...RR - I have looked at phonetic spellings and they are not all that easy to interpret anyway. It is hard enough doing these posts on the hoof without cross referencing backwards and forwards between sources I have no idea of pronunciations so you will just have to suffer with me.<br /><br />I am currently sat outside a café in Golspie that has free Internet but is still not open, bu wi fi is receivable. That is five miles from my caravan site. Fortunately today it is on the way to the hill that I want to climb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-41870744610130197512015-04-25T07:29:28.540+01:002015-04-25T07:29:28.540+01:00Doctor of Law? Are you sure you weren't talkin...Doctor of Law? Are you sure you weren't talking to the Duke of Sutherland in mufti?<br /><br />As a measure of the collective wealth of the Tate family (and, just conceivably, their accumulated guilt) they did endow the eponymous gallery in London, where we are now able to view the Turners.<br /><br />You may do your readers a great service by rendering phonetic pronunciations of all these places you visit. Otherwise it looks distinctly snobbish, as if you've taken on your Sgurr Nan Gillean mode.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-57535951570355752192015-04-24T08:08:40.108+01:002015-04-24T08:08:40.108+01:00The Crow - thanks for that. I eventually go there ...The Crow - thanks for that. I eventually go there myself but using the iPad with poor signal is SO SLOW. It looks like this guy married into the wealth of the Tate and Lyle sugar magnate family, although he was no pauper himself.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-69004997589994189642015-04-23T21:16:41.690+01:002015-04-23T21:16:41.690+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-20518875835194290832015-04-23T16:23:12.514+01:002015-04-23T16:23:12.514+01:00Deputy Lieutenant. Was also a Justice of the Peac...Deputy Lieutenant. Was also a Justice of the Peace. Listed in Peerage books.<br /><br />Enjoying following your trip, Conrad.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com