What was the nickname of the Scottish landowner from which Edinburgh Napier University took its name?
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Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh Napier University is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university was founded in 1964, taking its name from Scottish mathematician John Napier. It gained university status in 1992 and was renamed Napier University.
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John Napier John Napier of Merchiston ( ; 1 February, 1550 – 4 April 1617); also signed as Neper, Nepair; nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston) was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. His Latinized name was Ioannes Neper.
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Scotty Scotty is a common nickname for a Scottish man.
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Macvey Napier Macvey Napier (born Napier Macvey) {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'FRSE FRS WS', '4': "} (11 April 1776, Kirkintilloch – 11 February 1847, Edinburgh) was a Scottish solicitor, legal scholar, and an editor of the "Encyclopædia Britannica". He was Professor of Conveyancing at Edinburgh University.
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Laird Laird ( ) is a generic name for the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate, roughly equivalent to an esquire in England, yet ranking above the same in Scotland. In the Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranks below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank is only held by those lairds holding official recognition in a territorial designation by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. They are usually styled ["name"] ["surname"] of ["lairdship"], and are traditionally entitled to place "The Much Honoured" before their name.
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Felix Hope-Nicholson (Charles) Felix Otho Victor Gabriel John Adrian Hope-Nicholson (21 July 1921 – 15 September 1990) was a British aristocrat and genealogist. "The Herald" of Scotland called him a "tall, imposing figure known as the Squire of Chelsea, and noted that after attending Eton College and the war he had "dedicated his life to the greater glory of his ancestors, in particular the Linlithgow family and the Hopes of Hopetoun House."
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David Napier (precision engineer) David Napier (1785–1873) was a Scottish engineer, notable for founding Napier & Son, an early automotive and aero-engine company.
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James Hope (1807–1854) Honourable James Hope (7 June 1807 – 7 January 1854), later known as James Hope-Wallace, was a Scottish soldier, landowner and Conservative Party politician.
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The Devil's Point The Devil's Point (Scottish Gaelic: Bod an Deamhain) is a mountain in the Cairngorms of Scotland, lying to the west of the Lairig Ghru pass. The Gaelic name means "Penis of the Demon". The English name is a result of a visit to the area by Queen Victoria. She asked her local ghillie, John Brown, to translate the name; to avoid embarrassment he gave a euphemistic answer.
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Donald Campbell (abbot) Donald Campbell (Scottish Gaelic: "Dòmhnall Caimbeul" ) (died 1562) was a 16th-century Scottish noble and churchman. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox. From 1522, he was a student of St Salvator's College, at the University of St Andrews. After graduation, he became a cleric in his home diocese, the diocese of Argyll.
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John Hope, Lord Hope Right Hon John Hope PC FRSE (1794–1858) was a Scottish judge and landowner.
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Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet Sir William Alexander Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet (20 July 1848 – 20 May 1930) was a Scottish landowner, soldier, adventurer and socialite. A notorious womaniser, he is best known for being the central figure in the royal baccarat scandal of 1891. After inheriting a baronetcy he joined the Army and saw service in South Africa, Egypt and the Sudan; he served with distinction and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Something of an adventurer, he also spent time hunting in the US and India.
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John Armstrong (of Carrick) John Armstrong of Carrick (1909 - 1984) was a farmer, huntsman, stick dresser and traditional musician from near Elsdon, in central Northumberland. His nickname refers to High Carrick, his hill farm on the edge of the Otterburn Army ranges, near Elsdon; Armstrong is a common name in the Borders. He claimed descent from the Border reiver Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie. His wife was descended from Muckle Jock Milburn.
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Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross, 7th Baronet ("c." 1763 – 8 February 1814) was a Scottish landowner, politician, and officer in the British Army.
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William Forbes of Callendar Sir William Forbes of Callendar (1756–1823) was a prosperous coppersmith and landowner who lived in Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland.
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Godfrey Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald Godfrey James Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald of Slate (born 28 November 1947), is a Scottish nobleman, landowner and head of Clan Donald.
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John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness (c. 1580 – January 1626) was an important Scottish aristocrat of the Jacobean era, best known in history as the first favourite of James I when he became king of England as well as Scotland in 1603.
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Douglas (surname) Douglas (occasionally spelled "Douglass") is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic "dubh glas", meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name "Douglas". "Douglas" is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is "Dùbhghlas"; the Irish language form it is "Dúghlas", and "Dubhghlas", which are pronounced ] . According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames "MacLucas", "MacLugash" (which are derived from the Gaelic "Mac Lùcais").
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Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, of Newington and Fountainhall (1595 – 2 April 1692) was a notable Scottish baillie and Treasurer of the City of Edinburgh, who was raised to a Nova Scotia baronetcy in 1688.
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David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven David Melville, later Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven and "de jure" 2nd Earl of Melville (5 May 1660 – 6 June 1728) was a Scots aristocrat, politician, and soldier.
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Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Ilay (June 1682 – 15 April 1761) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman, and soldier. He was known as Lord Archibald Campbell from 1703 to 1706, and as the Earl of Ilay from 1706 until 1743, when he succeeded to the dukedom. He was the dominant political leader in Scotland in his day, and was involved in many civic projects.
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Philip Kington Philip Oliphant Kington (17 December 1832 – 2 July 1892) was an English businessman and landowner who inherited a Scottish clan chiefdom and also played a single first-class cricket game in Australia. From 1867, when he inherited Ardblair Castle in Scotland from his maternal Oliphant relatives, he took the triple-barrelled name "Kington-Blair-Oliphant". He was born at Clifton, Bristol and died at Datchet, then in Berkshire, now in Buckinghamshire.