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The Darien scheme is probably the best known of all Scotland's colonial endeavours, and the most disastrous. In 1695, an act was passed in the Parliament of Scotland establishing The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies and was given royal assent by the Scottish representative of King William II of Scotland (and III of England ...
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The Unionists and Conservatives merged in 1912, [205] usually known as the Conservatives in England and Wales, they adopted the name Unionist Party in Scotland. [266] Scots played a major part in the leadership of UK political parties producing a Conservative Prime Minister in Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) and a Liberal one in Henry Campbell ...
Lowland Scots is still a popular spoken language with over 1.5 million Scots speakers in Scotland. [114] Scots is used by about 30,000 Ulster Scots [115] and is known in official circles as Ullans. In 1993, Ulster Scots was recognised, along with Scots, as a variety of the Scots language by the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages. [116]
Clan Gregor, also known as Clan MacGregor, [2] is a Highland Scottish clan that claims an origin in the early 9th century. The clan's most famous member is Rob Roy MacGregor of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. [2]