Recent colour photo of the famous Firth of Forth Railway Bridge which was completed in 1889 and opened in 1890 by the then Duke of Rothesay ( the future Edward VII ), the bridge is double tracked and also figured in the 1935 film “The 39 Steps”, a Hitchcock thriller, based on the 1915 book of the same name by John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Introduction
For some years we have desired to have and build our own armorial. In mid 2007, the opportunity arose where an heraldic artist agreed to work with me to create the shields we desired and to create masters for table banners
Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, DCVO an American lady born to John Barry Ryan, Jr. (1901-1966) and Margaret Kahn (1901-1995) on 9 Feb 1933 in London.
Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck) (KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, KStJ, PC, ADC & FRS), was a British Army commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and as Governor General of Canada.
Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Bt. & 1st Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL was born 22 Feb 1857
Pierre du Terrail de Bayard was born in 1473 at Château Bayard, Dauphiné of a noble family where in every generation whose head of the family had fallen in battle for nearly two centuries
These are the fictional arms of Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp, born 20 October 1918, known as “Sassenach” one of the two chief characters of the best seller “Outlander” Series by Miss Diana Gabaldon.