Written by John Eaton Reid, and
originally published in 1864, this 288 page on the history of Bute is a standard
work on the subject.
Covering Bute, Arran, the two Cumbrays
and Inchmarnock, plus the Holy Isle and Pladda, all situated in the Firth of
Clyde together constitute the old county of Bute. Argyle and Ayrshire flank this
county and determine much of its history and character. As is common with county
histories of the 19th century, this study describes the natural features and
prehistoric remains before moving on to a chronological account of the pre-Norse
and Norse centuries, the rise of the Stewart family and historical occurrences
from the time of Robert Bruce until the death of James V, English interests in
the 16th century, the religious reformation and the civil wars of the 17th
century, and then onward into the 19th century. There is as well much material
on the borough of Rothesay, the nature of the proprietary control of the county,
parochial history, various pieces of statistical information � lists of MPs,
sheriffs, magistrates, etc., and finally, genealogical accounts of the peerages
associated with the county - Hamilton, Bute, Eglinton, Glasgow - and information
on such landowning families as Stuart, Bannatyne, MacKirdy, Glass and Jamieson.
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