Kenmure

There ne'er was a coward o 'Kenmure's blude, [blood]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

_I am deeply in the debt of my friend, Mr. Andrew Lang, for the ballad of 'Kenmure' which he has written to grace my bare boards and spice the plain fare here set out in honour of the ancient Free Province_.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

The Earl of Mar had a gallant army in Scotland, and Lord Derwentwater, with Forster, Kenmure, Winterton, and others, were assembling forces on the Border.

Rob Roy 2005

Impeachment of Jacobite leaders, execution of Dernwentwater and Kenmure (Feb. 24).

1715, Sept.-1716, Feb 2001

William Gordon, sixth Earl of Kenmure, was descended from a younger son of the ducal house of Gordon; in 1633 Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar was created Viscount Kenmure and Lord of Lochinvar; and the estates continued in an unbroken line until they descended to William, the sixth

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson

A requiem completed the devotions of the unfortunate Kenmure.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson

Earl of Nithsdale, the Viscount of Kenmure, and others of their friends in those parts; the Earl himself went down that same day to meet them, in order to forward their measures; and after some time spent in preparing others, whose inclinations they knew, to embark with them in that bloody project, they repaired to Lothian; and 'twas then given out, that they were gone to a hunting in the north.

The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson

After her husband's death, the energies of Lady Kenmure were directed to secure the estates of Kenmure to her eldest son.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson

Derwentwater, Kenmure, Nithsdale, Carwath, Wintoun, and men less exalted in rank by the score and the hundred.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

Kenmure was connected with Sir William Murray of Stanhope, and with his singular, and yet accomplished son, Sir Alexander Murray of Stanhope, who was taken prisoner at Preston, fighting for the Jacobites.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Mrs. Thomson