Peterloo Massacre
Cavalry charge on 16 August 1819 into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 gathered at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, England to demand the reform of parliamentary representation
Power-loom riots
Rioting by hand loom weavers in 1826 in Lancashire, England, protesting against the introduction of the much more efficient power looms.
Leighth Feight
Clash between Chartists and police in Leigh, Lancashire in August 1839.
Cluny Castle
Originally built in about 1604 as a Z-plan castle, replacing either a house or small peel tower. Sited in the parish of Cluny, it is south of Monymusk and north of Sauchen in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
Udny Castle
Tower house in the parish of Udny, southwest of Pitmedden and northeast of the hamlet of Udny Green, Aberdeenshire
Jamie Fleeman
Probably the last Scottish family jester, better known as “the Laird of Udny’s Fool” or “the Laird of Udny’s Fule”
George Arthur Ferguson, 6th Laird of Pitfour
6th and final laird of the Pitfour estate in Aberdeenshire, the Blenheim of the North
Manchester Blitz
Heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe.
George Ferguson, 5th Laird of Pitfour
Scottish naval officer and Tory politician; also known as “The Admiral” or “The Sailor” to differentiate him from his father.
George Ferguson (Lt Governor of Tobago)
George Ferguson (1748 – 29 December 1820) was the fourth Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland which became known as The Blenheim of the North.