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DelBoy
Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 4858 Location: The County of Angus
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:33 pm Post subject: Clan Lamont Memorial, Dunoon **Photos Required** |
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Clan Lamont Memorial unveiled in 1909 commemorating the slaughter of 200 of the clan by Campbells in 1646.
http://www.aztech.ws/lamont_memorial.htm |
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Brunswick
Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 15 Location: Brunswick, Germany
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: Clan Lamont Memorial, Dunoon **Photos Required** |
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Here are the required pictures of the Lamont Memorial in Dunoon.
and the inscription:
In memory of
their loyal forefathers
who perished near this spot
the clan Lamont
dedicate this monument
September 1906.
During the civil wars of the seventeenth
century the Lamonts espoused the Royalist cause
thereby incurring the hostility of neighboring
clans who laid siege to the castles of
Toward and Escog.
Sir James Lamont of that ilk was forced to
surrender at Toward on 3rd June 1646. When in
violation of articles of capitulation and indemnity
signed by the besiegers, over two hundred
of the Lamonts were bound
carried in boats to Dunoon
and there murdered
Among those who thus perished
were
Neill MacPatrick or Lamont
Archibald Lamont son to Baron MacPatrick of Cowstoume
Robert Duncan and Hugh Lamont his brother
Duncan Ger Lamont in Kilmarnock
Gocie and John Lamont his son
Ewen Lamont in Midtowart
Gilbert Lamont, Duncan Lamont
John Archibald and Donald MackQuein or Lamont, brothers
Duncan and John sons of Walter Lamont, brother to the Laird of Escog
Hugh Lamont in corro of the carrie
Robert Duncan, Angus Donald and Walter Lamont, all in the carrie
Duncan Lamont called MackWalter there
Alexander Lamont in Ardyne of Nethercowall
William Lamont
John MackQuein younger, or Lamont
Patrick Boigle, son of the Minister at Rothesay
Dougall Happer or MacKalaster, servant to Sir James Lamont
John Lamont son to Gilbert Lamont or Khockdow
Gilbert MacKley in Glendardwall
James Lamont in Ardyne
Donald Lamont
James MackQuein or Lamont in Nethercowall
James Lamont his son
John MackPatrick or Lamont in Ardyne
John Lamont in Auchnishelloch
John Jamison Provost of Rothesay _________________ Genealogy is like love. Both use strange ways. |
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Brunswick
Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 15 Location: Brunswick, Germany
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Clan Lamont Memorial, Dunoon **Photos Required** |
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A link for everybody who don't know (incl. me) what was going on in Dunoon in 1646:
http://www.lamont-young.com/lamont/showhistory.php?docID=17 _________________ Genealogy is like love. Both use strange ways. |
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