The CaiThness influenCe The CaiThness influenCe Diverse lives of distinction ValeRie CaMPBell Whittles Publishing Published by Whittles Publishing Ltd., Dunbeath, Caithness, KW6 6EG, Scotland, UK www.whittlespublishing.com © 2011 Valerie Campbell All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publishers. The author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information, dates and events presented in this book are accurate. Any inadvertant inaccuracies should be reported to the publishers for correction when possible. ISBN 978-184995-039-8 Printed by For Doug ConTenTs Acknowledgements ....................................................................... ix Introduction .................................................................................. xi Alexander Bain ..................................................................... 1 Andrew Geddes Bain ........................................................... 7 James Bremner ................................................................... 16 Robert Brown .................................................................... 26 Anstruther Davidson ......................................................... 33 Robert Dick ....................................................................... 39 Neil Miller Gunn ............................................................... 56 James McKay ..................................................................... 63 Elizabeth Oman Yates ......................................................... 66 Alexander Henry Rhind ..................................................... 70 William Ross ...................................................................... 80 David Graham Scott .......................................................... 90 Ian Charles Scott ............................................................... 96 Sir John Sinclair ............................................................. 100 William Alexander Smith ............................................... 107 Arthur St Clair ................................................................ 114 John Francis Sutherland .................................................. 131 Donald Sutherland Swanson ........................................... 137 Walter Ross Taylor ........................................................... 149 Selected Bibliography ................................................................ 161 aCKnoWleDGeMenTs would like to express my deepest thanks to the following for their help: Cora Ovens Ia t the Van Riebeeck Society in South Africa; Irene at the Boys Brigade in Scotland Headquarters; Paul Dew at the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard; Gary Gleeson at Wanganui District Council; Denise Anderson at the University of Edinburgh; Derek Lamont, Minister at St Columba’s Free Church; Susan Mills at Clackmannanshire Council; Graham Cormack, Coaching and Development Manager for the Camanachd Association; and Lisa Snider at AABC. I would especially like to thank David Graham Scott and Ian Charles Scott for their time and patience in answering my many questions. I would also like to extend my deepest thanks to the following: Colette Robertson, Leanne Kempton, Lorna McPartlan, Morag McMillan Wilson, John Allan, Morag Anderson, Julia Lee-Taylor, Maria Gallagher Shankland, Pauline Hurst, and Amanda Dawson. Lastly I want to thank my husband, Doug, and my children Sam, Lauren and Kirsty for allowing me the space and time to write this. ix