Historical Families of Dumfriesshire and the Border Wars

Johnstone's account is of the long-established families of the Dumfriesshire region of Scotland and secondarily of the so-called Border Wars which were waged from the twelfth century between the dominant Scottish families of South Dumfriesshire and the English in North Cumberland. Our reprint is from the important second edition which contains an expanded chapter on the Border Wars. The author interweaves the stormy saga of Scottish-English wars invasions and intrigues with the fortunes and descents of the following principal families of the region: Armstrong Baliol Bell Boswell Bruce Carlile/Carlyle Carruthers Clark Corry Crichton Cummings Douglas Dunwiddie Fergusson Fleming Gladstone Gordon Graham(e) Irving Jardine Johnstone Kennedy Kerr Kirkpatrick Laird Maitland Maxwell Murray Scott Sharp Stuart/Stewart Trumble and Wallace.