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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Large island in the Firth of Clyde, lying between the Kintyre peninsula and the mainland of North Ayrshire, Scotland; area 427 sq km/165 sq mi; population (2001) 5,050. The economy is largely based on tourism and craft industries, though other industries include whisky distilling and food processing. The island, which is mountainous to the north and undulating to the south, is a popular holiday resort. The chief town is Brodick. Arran villages include Lamlash, which possesses a fine natural harbour, and Whiting Bay. Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, and is 32 km/20 mi long and 17 km/11 mi broad at its widest part. The highest point is Goat Fell (874 m/2,868 ft). Machrie Moor dates from the Bronze Age (3000–4000 years ago) and has stone circles, single stones, hut circles, and burial cists. Drumadoon Point is the site of an Iron Age fort. Geology The shoreline that encircles the coast of Arran forms a low platform, which rises abruptly to the high peaks in the north and…
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From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Possibly related to the ARAN ISLANDS , but the etymology is unknown. A large island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire (formerly in Buteshire, and then in Argyll and Bute district of Strathclyde). At its closest, it is about 16 km (10 miles) from the mainland of Ayrshire. Some regard it as the…
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Full text Article Arran

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Large island in the Firth of Clyde, lying between the Kintyre peninsula and the mainland of North Ayrshire, Scotland; area 427 sq km/165 sq mi; population (2001) 5,050. The economy is largely based on tourism and craft industries, though other industries include whisky distilling and food…
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Full text Article ARRAN, Fiona, Countess of

From The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
n. Fiona Bryde Colquhoun , born Luss, 20 July 1918, died Castle Hill, Devon, 16 May 2013. Powerboat racer. Daughter of Geraldine Bryde (Dinah) Tennant, champion golfer, and Sir Iain Colquhoun of Luss, army officer. Fiona Colquhoun was introduced to powerboat speed in 1932, aged 13. Her career began…
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(âr'Әn), d. 1595, Scottish nobleman. He spent his early years as a soldier of fortune fighting in the Dutch revolt against Spain, returned to Scotland in 1597, and ingratiated himself at the court of the young James VI (later James I of England). As a reward for his services in accusing the earl of…
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Full text Article Arran, Thomas Boyd, earl of.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
[S] (d. c. 1474). As son of Robert, Lord Boyd, Thomas benefited greatly from the coup of July 1466, when James III (1460–88) was seized at Linlithgow. By his father's influence he was made earl of Arran, given extensive lands, and was married to Mary, elder sister of the king (1467). This was…
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1530–1609, Scottish nobleman; son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He spent some years (1550–58) as a soldier in France, but his espousal of Protestantism brought his recall to Scotland, where his father, with the concurrence of John Knox, unsuccessfully proposed him as a suitor for Elizabeth I…
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Full text Article Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd earl of.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
[S] ( c. 1517–75). Arran was a great-grandson of James II of Scotland and succeeded to the earldom in 1529. On the death of James V in 1542 he was heir presumptive to the Scottish throne, Mary being a tiny infant. From 1543 he was regent on her behalf. At first pro-English and anxious for a marriage…
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d. 1575, Scottish nobleman; son of James Hamilton, 1st earl of Arran. After the death (1542) of James V, he stood next in line to the throne after the infant Mary Queen of Scots . A Protestant and member of the pro-English party, he was chosen regent in preference to Cardinal David Beaton . However, …
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Full text Article Arran, James Stewart, 4th earl of.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
[S] ( c. 1550–95). James Stewart was a second son of Lord Ochiltree [S]. After service with the Dutch he returned to Scotland in 1579 and was soon in favour with James VI, who appointed him a gentleman of the bedchamber in 1580. He took an active part in the prosecution of *Morton for complicity in…
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