33-1047: John McNeill may refer to: Sir John McNeill (diplomat) (1795–1883), Scottish surgeon and diplomat John McNeill (Australian politician) (1868–1943), Australian politician John McNeill (Alberta politician) , municipal politician from Calgary, Alberta, Canada John McNeill (New South Wales politician) (1872–1916), New South Wales state politician John McNeill (Ontario politician) (1848–1924), Ontario farmer and political figure John McNeill (lawyer) (1899–?), lawyer and judge John McNeill (footballer) (1910–2002), Maltese footballer who played for Hull City and Bury John McNeill (botanist) (born 1933), British and Canadian botanist and museum director J. R. McNeill (John Robert McNeill, born 1954), American environmental historian John McNeill (speedway rider) (born 1955), Australian speedway rider John McNeill (actor) (born 1956), Australian actor and teacher Sir John McNeill (British Army officer) (1831–1904), Scottish recipient of
66-625: A territorial designation as a part of their name by the Lord Lyon. The Lord Lyon is the ultimate arbiter as to determining entitlement to a territorial designation, and his right of discretion in recognising these, and their status as a name, dignity or title, have been confirmed in the Scottish courts. A study in 2003 by academics at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen concluded that: The modern Scottish Highland sporting estate continues to be
99-495: A territorial designation by the Lord Lyon King of Arms . They are usually styled [ name ] [ surname ] of [ lairdship ]. However, since "laird" is a courtesy title , it has no formal status in law. Historically, the term bonnet laird was applied to rural, petty landowners, as they wore a bonnet like the non-landowning classes. Bonnet lairds filled a position in society below lairds and above husbandmen (farmers), similar to
132-404: A descriptive title premised on landownership. The Lord Lyon, Scotland's authority on titles and heraldry, has produced the following guidance regarding the current concept of a "souvenir plot" and the use of the term "laird" as a courtesy title: The term "laird" has generally been applied to the owner of an estate, sometimes by the owner himself or, more commonly, by those living and working on
165-565: A laird is traditionally accorded the courtesy title Lady ; in the UK television series Monarch of the Glen (based on the 1941 novel by Compton Mackenzie ), the wife of "Hector Naismith MacDonald, Laird of Glenbogle" is referenced as "Lady of Glenbogle". King George V and his wife Queen Mary were reported as being "The Laird and Lady of Balmoral " by the Scottish press in the 1920s and 1930s. A contemporary popular view of lairdship titles has taken
198-402: A place owned by an absentee landowner who uses its 15-20,000 acres for hunting and family holidays. While tolerating public access, he (82% of lairds are male) feels threatened by new legislation, and believes that canoeing and mountain-biking should not take place on his estate at all. The use of the honorific " The Much Honoured " by lairds is archaic, although technically correct. The wife of
231-626: A surgeon on 1 May 1824 and retired from the medical service on 4 June 1836, thereafter concentrating on the diplomatic aspects of the East India Company. He was attached to the field force under Colonel East in Kutch and Okamundel in 1818–19 and was afterwards deputy medical storekeeper at the presidency. From 1824 to 1835, he was attached to the East India Company's legation in Persia , at first in medical charge, and latterly as political assistant to
264-500: A unique twist in the 21st century with sales of souvenir plots from sellers who obtain no legal right to the title. A souvenir plot is defined in the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012 as "a piece of land ... of inconsiderable size or no practical utility". Several websites, and Internet vendors on websites like eBay , sell Scottish lairdships along with minuscule "plots of land" – usually one square foot . The Court of
297-576: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John McNeill (diplomat) Sir John McNeill GCB PC FRSE FRAS DCL (1795 – 17 May 1883) was a Scottish surgeon and diplomat. McNeill was born on 12 August 1795 at Oronsay House on the island of Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides . He was the third of the six sons of John McNeill, laird of Colonsay and Oronsay (1767–1846) and his wife, Hester McNeill (died 1843). He
330-467: Is the Scottish equivalent to an English squire , in that it is not a noble title, more a courtesy designation meaning landowner with no other rights assigned to it. A laird possessing a coat of arms granted by the Lord Lyon prior to 2008 is a member of Scotland's noblesse . Such a person can be recognised as a laird, if not a chief or chieftain , or descendant of one of these, by the formal recognition of
363-506: The Middle English version of Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales , specifically in the Reeve's Tale , Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o , a difference still found in standard English two and Scots twa . The Scots and Northern English dialectal variant laird has been recorded in writing since the 13th century, as a surname, and in its modern context since
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#1732891507779396-465: The commissariat and the method of keeping accounts, and to the causes of the delays in unloading and distributing clothing and other stores sent to Balaklava . The commissioners started at once for the seat of war. They took no shorthand writer with them, as the remuneration sanctioned by the Treasury was insufficient to secure a qualified person. The McNeill–Tulloch inquiry was the most effective of
429-415: The yeomen of England. An Internet fad is the selling of tiny souvenir plots of Scottish land and a claim of a "laird" title to go along with it, but the Lord Lyon has decreed these meaningless for several reasons. Laird (earlier lard ) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord . As can be seen in
462-451: The Lord Lyon considers these particular titles to be meaningless because it is impossible to have numerous "lairds" of a single estate at the same time, as has been advertised by these companies. However, despite the law and guidance by the Court of the Lord Lyon, the sellers view the contract purporting to sell a plot of Scottish souvenir land as bestowing the buyer with the informal right to
495-581: The Minister, John Macdonald Kinneir , in which post he displayed great ability. For instance, in 1829 he was probably one of the instigators of the murder of Alexander Griboyedov by Persian mob in Teheran . On 30 June 1835, he was appointed secretary of the special embassy sent to Tehran under Henry Ellis to congratulate Mohammad Shah Qajar on his accession to the Persian throne. McNeill received permission to wear
528-646: The Persian Order of the Lion and the Sun of the first class, and on his return home in the spring of 1836, he anonymously published a startling anti-Russian pamphlet, Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East . From 1836 to 1844, McNeill was an envoy to Persia. See Siege of Herat . In 1845, McNeill was appointed chairman of the Board of Supervision , entrusted with the working of
561-766: The Victoria Cross John Hanson McNeill (1815–1864), Confederate officer during the American Civil War John J. McNeill (1925–2015), priest, former Jesuit, psychotherapist and academic theologian John S. McNeill (1829–1924), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada John T. McNeill (1885–1975), Canadian theological historian See also [ edit ] John McNeil (disambiguation) John MacNeill (disambiguation) Ian Niall (1916–2002), pen name of Scottish writer John McNeillie [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
594-616: The commissariat by the Royal Warrant of October 1858. Very unusually, the Commons , irritated by executive obfuscation, passed a resolution in 1857 calling for special honours and McNeill soon became a Privy Councillor and Tulloch was appointed a KCB . The University of Oxford made McNeill a Doctor of Civil Law and the University of Edinburgh chose him as chairman of its amalgamated societies; his inaugural address on competitive examinations
627-413: The designation was applied to the head chief of a highland clan and therefore was not personal property and had obligations towards the community. The laird might possess certain local or feudal rights. A lairdship carried voting rights in the ancient pre-Union Parliament of Scotland , although such voting rights were expressed via two representatives from each county who were known as commissioners of
660-406: The estate. It is a description rather than a title, and is not appropriate for the owner of a normal residential property, far less the owner of a small souvenir plot of land. The term "laird" is not synonymous with that of "lord" or "lady". Ownership of a souvenir plot of land is not sufficient to bring a person otherwise ineligible within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon for the purpose of seeking
693-570: The middle of the 15th century. It is derived from the Northern Middle English laverd , itself derived from the Old English word hlafweard meaning "warden of loaves ". The Standard English variant, lord , is of the same origin, and would have formerly been interchangeable with laird ; however, in modern usage the term lord is associated with a peerage title, and thus the terms have come to have separate meanings. (In Scotland,
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#1732891507779726-676: The new Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 , a post he occupied for twenty-three years. In 1851, during the Highland Potato Famine – nearly as disastrous as the Great Famine of Ireland – he conducted a special inquiry into the condition of the western Scottish Highlands and Western Isles , during which he personally inspected twenty-seven of the most distressed parishes. During his stay in Scotland he lived at Granton House in Edinburgh . He
759-579: The progress of events since 1836, and insisting on the importance to Britain and to Christendom of the autonomy of Turkey and Persia. At the beginning of 1855, when the Crimean disasters had roused public indignation, McNeill and Colonel Alexander Tulloch , an officer of great administrative experience at the War Office , were sent to the Crimea with instructions to report on the whole arrangements and management of
792-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_McNeill&oldid=955956754 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
825-500: The same, like the English term lord of the manor , laird is not a title of nobility . The designation is a "corporeal hereditament" (an inheritable property that has an explicit tie to the physical land), i.e. the designation cannot be held in gross , and cannot be bought and sold without selling the physical land. The designation does not entitle the owner to sit in the House of Lords , and
858-420: The shires , who came from the minor noble class (including lairds) and were chosen by their peers to represent them. A certain level of landownership was a necessary qualification (40 shillings of old extent). A laird is said to hold a lairdship. A woman who holds a lairdship in her own right has been styled with the honorific "Lady". Although "laird" is sometimes translated as lord and historically signifies
891-462: The south-east wall of Liberton Cemetery in Edinburgh, at the grave of his third wife, Emma Augusta. Laird Laird ( / ˈ l ɛər d / ) is a designation that applies to an owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a baron and above a gentleman . This rank was held only by those holding official recognition in
924-453: The title baron is not a peerage; the equivalent of an English baron is a Lord of Parliament , e.g. Lord Lovat .) In the 15th and 16th centuries, the designation was used for land owners holding directly of the Crown, and therefore were entitled to attend Parliament. Lairds reigned over their estates like princes , their castles forming a small court. Originally in the 16th and 17th centuries,
957-466: The title of Laird. This is despite the fact that the buyer does not acquire ownership of the plot because registration of the plot is prohibited by Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012, s 22 (1)(b). As ownership of land in Scotland requires registration of a valid disposition under Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012, s 50 (2), the prohibition on registration of a souvenir plot means the buyer does not acquire ownership, and accordingly has no entitlement to
990-467: The various inquisitions into the Crimean débâcle. It sharply criticised Lord Raglan's personal staff in the Crimea and Commissary-General Filder, and it led to many recriminations as officers sought to clear their names when the report was published in 1856. A board of general officers was convened to clear the army, but despite its protestations, the McNeill–Tulloch report led to professional reform of
1023-645: Was cofounder in 1851, with Sir Charles Trevelyan , of the Highland and Island Emigration Society which during the Highland Clearances supported an exodus of nearly 5,000 people to Australia between 1851 and 1856. At the outbreak the Crimean War in 1854, McNeill published revised editions in French and English of his pamphlet Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East , with supplementary chapters dealing with
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1056-640: Was published in 1861. McNeill married, firstly, in 1814, Innes Robinson, fourth daughter of George Robinson of Clermiston , Midlothian – she died in 1816; secondly, in 1823, Eliza Wilson, third daughter of John Wilson – she died in 1868; thirdly, in 1871, Lady Emma Augusta Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll . McNeill was the brother-in law (by his 2nd marriage) of the author John Wilson , and (by his 3rd marriage) of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll . McNeill died at Poralto near Cannes in France , on 17 May 1883. A memorial to his memory lies on
1089-529: Was the younger brother of the law lord Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay and Oronsay . He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh , where he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1814, at the age of nineteen. On 6 September 1816 he was appointed assistant surgeon on the Honourable East India Company 's Bombay establishment. He was moved to Persia in 1819. He received his licence as
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