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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: John Loudon McAdam, Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick, Robert Burns, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, David Murray, Cathcart Wason, Charles Tennant, William Houston Stewart, Thomas McIlwraith, James Kennedy, Rhona Martin, Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock, John Robertson, John Thomson, Jean Armour, Tommy Bowman, Struan Stevenson, Neil Oliver, Peter Howson, Sam Shearer, Billy Dunlop, John Henry Anstice, Agnes Broun, Archie Hunter, Cailean of Carrick, Sir William Montgomery-Cuninghame, 9th Baronet, Tommy McQuater, Robert MacBryde, Thomas Francis Kennedy, Ian Welsh, Kay Ullrich, John de Carrick, James Brown, Bobby Templeton, Bryden Thomson, Billy Price, Samuel McGaw, Margaret McMurray, Chris Auchinvole, John de Graham, Andrew Barclay Walker, Thomas Dunlop, Tommy Gemmell, Alan Longmuir, Tom McLintock, Thomas Thomson, Jenny Colgan, George Lockhart, Zachary Boyd. Excerpt: Donnchadh (or Donnchad) (Latinised Duncanus, later Anglicised as Duncan) was a Gall-Gaidhil prince and Scottish magnate in what is now south-western Scotland, whose career stretched from the last quarter of the 12th century until his death in 1250. His father, Gille-Brighde of Galloway, and his uncle, Uhtred of Galloway, were the two rival sons of Fergus, "King" or "Lord" of Galloway. As a result of Gille-Brighde's conflict with Uhtred and the Scottish monarch William the Lion, Donnchadh became a hostage of King Henry II of England. He probably remained in England for almost a decade before returning north on the death of his father. Although denied succession to all the lands of the Gall-Gaidhil, he was granted lordship over Carrick in the north-west. Little is known about Donnchadh's life and rule. Allied to John de Courcy, Donnchadh fought battles in Ireland and acquired land there that he subsequently lost. A patron of religious houses, particularly...
