James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was born on April 9th 1649, the illegitimate son of Charles II. He married Anne Scott, countess of Buccleuch, whose name he adopted, and was created a duke in 1663. Monmouth became captain-general of the armed forces in 1678.
The Monmouth Rebellion
May 30, 2008 at 4:00 am (History)
Tags: Beaminster, Bridport, Broadwindsor, Chettle, Corscombe, Lyme Regis, Minterne Magna, Monmouth, Shaftesbury
John Tregonwell Napier, Rector of Chettle
April 21, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Chafin, Chettle, Napier, Rideout, Skinner
In 1820 an obituary for the Rev. John Tregonwell Lewis Napier. The hunting, shooting and fishing Rector of Chettle, Dorset, England was published in Volume 5 of the Sporting Magazine.
Chettle, Dorset, England
April 19, 2008 at 4:00 am (Location)
Tags: Chaffin, Chafin, Chettle, Dorset, West
Chettle, one of the villages of Cranborne Chase situated in the rolling foothills between Tarrant Hinton and Farnham, is built, as its name suggests in a secluded, wooded hollow. It has two ancient long barrows, dug over 2,000 years ago as the final resting place of Neolithic Stone Age farmers.
