Baronage of Angus and Mearns

By David Peter. Originally published 1856. 396 pages. Book on CD-ROM or downloadable pdf.

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This work provides historical descriptions for 360 families, with comment on the family, its descent, arms, current seat (as of 1856), and related information. Most entries average one page; some are more extensive. Families include: Adam, Allardice, Anderson, Baird, Barclay, Bethune, Blair, Brodie, Cameron, Campbell, Carnegie, Chisholm, Crichton, Davidson, Dickson, Douglas, Drummond, Duncan, Edgar, Erskine, Farquharson, Fletcher, Forbes, Fraser, Gibson, Gordon, Graham, Guthrie, Hay, Henderson, Hume, Hunter, Irvine, Keith, Ker, Knox, Leith, Lindsay, Lyon, Macaulay, MacDonald, MacGregor, Mackenzie, MacLaren, MacPherson, Melville, Menzies, Munro, Napier, Neish, Nicolson, Ochterlony, Ogilvy, Patterson, Ramsay, Robertson, Shaw, Simpson, Sinclair, Skene, Stirling, Strachan, Stuart, Thomson, Turnbull, Wallace, Watson, Wemyss, Wishart, Yeoman, and Young, to name but a few. The region is in northeast Scotland, in the area of Forfarshire and Kincardineshire.