click image for close-up John Murray, the fourth earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia at the start of the American Revolution, was simultaneously one of the most hated and most revered ...

By November 14, 1775, when John Murray, Earl of Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia, issued his proclamation, his plan to offer freedom to slaves who would leave their patriot masters and join ...

Fortunately I won’t need to travel out of Falkirk district because nestling on the River Forth just north of Airth is one of the most delightful villages in Scotland. Set around a village green ...