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Pitcur is a
hamlet at the
eastern edge of
Perth and Kinross, Scotland,
about 2.5
miles (4.0 km)
southeast of
Coupar Angus. It is home to the
ruined 16th-century...
- (died 1765) of
Pitcur in
Angus and Firth,
Orkney was a
Scottish soldier and politician. The
oldest son of
James Halyburton of
Pitcur (died 1747), he...
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Halyburton (or Haliburton) of
Pitcur was a
Scottish landowner and politician.
Halyburton was the only son of
David Halyburton of
Pitcur and his wife
Agnes Wedderburn...
- (widow of John
Erskine of Dun and
eldest daughter of Sir
James Haliburton of
Pitcur). His
maternal grandparents were
Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of
Panmure and...
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Halyburton or
Haliburton of
Pitcur was a
Scottish landowner and politician. He was the son of Sir
George Halyburton of
Pitcur and a great-nephew of James...
- in
October 1562. On the day
William Kirkcaldy of
Grange and the
Tutor of
Pitcur arrived first and
surrounded the house.
While Kirkcaldy was
talking to the...
- He was
twice married:
firstly to Agatha,
daughter of
James Halyburton of
Pitcur, Forfarshire, by whom he was the
father of
three sons, two of whom died...
- in
October 1562. On the day
William Kirkcaldy of
Grange and the
Tutor of
Pitcur arrived first and
surrounded the house.
While Kirkcaldy was
talking to the...
- most".
Robert Burns wrote in "The
Braes O'Killiecrankie", that "The bold
Pitcur fell in a furr', and Claver'se gat a
clankie -O/ Or I had fed an Athole...
- the
devil and
Dundee On the
braes o' Killicrankie, O. —(Chorus) The
bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, And
Clavers got a clankie, O, Or I had fed an
Athol gled...
