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...home is Bowhill in Selkirk, between which and Boughton House, the Northamptonshire residence of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, her parents, she is often seen driving...
Died. Sir John Charles Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 71, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, holder of 14 peerages, chieftain of the clan Scott, prospective father-in-law of George V's third son, the Duke of Gloucester (TIME, Sept. 9); in Selkirk, Scotland...
...monopoly of the fur trade in the regions touching directly on the Bay. The initiative for further exploration and expansion was lacking. At the close of the 18th Century came the conflict with the newly established "Nor' Westers", which led to the famous Red River dispute of Lord Selkirk's time. For all practical purposes the younger company absorbed the older one and took it over together with the charter and the name. The retention of the latter has led to the endless discussion and misinterpretation of the new established facts. Since 1822, when the Company control became fundamentally Canadian...
...second visiting debater is Andrew Haddon of the University of Edinburgh. Haddon is 23 years old and was born at Howick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. He is a grand-nephew of J. B. Selkirk, one of the best known of Scotland's minor poets, while his father is Lieutenant Colonel Haddon, a lawyer by profession, and a soldier by virtue of a lifelong connection with the Volunteer and Territorial Armies...
...Selkirk lived 1676-1721, was marooned...