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Kirkpatrick Family History
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1649 - 1715 (66 years)
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Name |
William CARSTAIRS |
Prefix |
The Patriot ,Rev |
Suffix |
,Chaplain and Secretary to King William III |
Born |
11 Feb 1649 |
Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
28 Dec 1715 |
Cause: an apoplectic fit |
Buried |
Greyfriars Churchyard , Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Person ID |
I9486 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
Last Modified |
1 Jan 2017 |
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Notes |
- In 1683 William was imprisoned in Dunbarton Castle,and tortured ,on a charge of complicity in the Ryhouse or Russell plot.He was released in 1685, went to Holland ,finally returning to England with the Prince of Orange(later William III),his patron at the time of the Revolution.After the Revolution William was presented with the thumbscrews that were used to torture him at Dunbarton.
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