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M E M I E
OF
MARSHAL KEITH,
WITH
• INTRODUCTION.
Scarcely any district in the whole empire can lay claim
to greater honour than Buchan. For centuries it was the
residence of two of the highest dignitaries in the state —
the Marischal and the Constable of the kingdom, — the one
vested in the Keiths of Inverugie, the other in the Hays of
Slains. It also gave birth, at no very distant period, to
two of the greatest warriors of modern times ; men who
helped, in a very considerable degree, to form two of the
most powerful empires of Europe — Russia and Prussia.
The former of these was General Gordon, born in the
bleak, treeless, and clayey district of Cruden, and brought
up at its parish school. Like the place from which he
came, he was, in character, stern and severe ; and, on this
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Memoir of Marshal Keith
DescriptionWith a sketch of the Keith family. By 'a Peterheadian' [i.e. Norman N. Maclean]. Peterhead: D. Scott, 1869.
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DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.