GLENCOE 



HI for the extirpation of the Mac- 

 donalds as being dangerous irrecon- 

 cilables. 



The order was carried out by the 

 Campbells, also the inveterate 

 enemies of the Macdonalds, who, 

 arriving in the glen on Feb. 13, 

 1692, as friends, were given hos- 

 pitality by the unsuspecting in- 

 habitants. In the night they rose 

 and treacherously murdered their 

 hosts, while many Macdonalds who 

 escaped actual massacre perished in 

 the mountains. In extenuation of 

 William's part in the tragedy it is 

 said that he signed the order with- 

 out reading it. See Paradoxes and 

 Puzzles, J. Paget, 1874; The Mas- 

 sacre of Glencoe, G. Gilfillan, 1912. 

 . Glencoe. Village of Natal, S. 

 Africa. It is 231 m. N. of Durban 

 by rly., on the main line to 

 Johannesburg and branch line to 

 Vryheid and Ermelo. Its altitude 

 is 4,303 ft. Near here the opening 

 operations of the South African 

 War took place in the autumn of 

 1899. 



Glenconner, EDWARD PRIAULX 

 TENNANT, IST BARON (1859-1920). 

 British politician. Born May 31, 

 1859, the eldest 

 surviving son 

 of Sir Charles 

 T e n n a n t, 

 Bart., he was 

 educated at 

 Eton and 

 Trinity College, 

 Cambridge. He 

 travelled in 

 Africa, Asia, 

 and America, 

 and gained 

 some political 

 experience as assistant private 

 secretary to Sir George Trevelyan. 

 In 1906 he was returned as Liberal 

 M.P. for Salisbury, but lost his seat 

 in 1910. He succeeded to his 

 father's baronetcy in 1906, and in 

 1911 was made a peer. He died 

 Nov. 21, 1920. 



Lord Glenconner was chairman 

 of the Glasgow firm of Charles Ten- 

 nant, Sons & Co., and the Union 

 Bank of Scotland. In 1895 he 

 married Pamela, daughter of the 

 Hon. Percy Wyndham. Their eldest 

 son, Edward Wyndham Tennant, 

 was killed in action in 1916. His 

 Worple Flit and other poems were 

 published after his death. 



Lady Glenconner wrote Windle- 

 straw (in verse), 1905 ; a Memoir 

 of her son, 1919. 



Glencorse. Parish of Mid- 

 othian, Scotland. It stands on 

 jlencorse burn, 14 m. from Edin- 

 3urgh, and has a station on the 

 ^.B. Rly. There are barracks and 

 a reservoir from which Edinburgh 

 draws part of its water supplv- 

 1,400. 



Edward Tennant, 



1st Baron Glen- 



connei 



Ruaell 



3558 



Glencorse 

 Wood. Wood of 

 Belgium, in the 

 p r o v. of W. 



Flanders. It is 

 4J m. E. of Ypres, 

 a little to the N. 

 of the Ypres- 

 Menin road. It 

 was the scene of 

 severe fighting in 

 the third battle of 

 Ypres, 1917. On 

 Aug. 10 this 

 strongly fortified 

 region was at- 

 tacked by Lanca- 

 shire troops, 



Bedfords, and West Surreys, who 

 inflicted heavy losses on the Ger- 

 mans. It was captured by the 

 British, Sept. 20, 1917. See Ypres, 

 Third Battle of. 



Glendalough. Valley of Ireland, 

 in co. Wicklow. It is 8 m. N.W. of 

 Rathdrum, a station on the Dublin 

 & S.E. Rly., and is famous for its 

 beauty and its eccles. ruins. The 

 glen, 2 m. long, is enclosed by mts. 

 which in places reach over 2,000 ft. 

 It is traversed by the Glenealo, 

 which in it forms two lakes. Glen- 

 dalough was the seat of a bishop 

 from the 6th century to the 13th, 

 after which, having been plun- 

 dered, the city, which some think 

 was of considerable size, fell into 

 decay. The ruins are known as the 

 Seven Churches, these being the 

 cathedral, Our Lady's Church, S. 

 Kevin's Kitchen, the ivy church, 

 the priory, and two others. S. 

 Kevin's Kitchen is the most com- 

 plete. Most of them were founded 

 by S. Kevin. There is also a fine 

 round tower and a cross, while 

 here was a monastery. 



Glendower, OWEN (c. 1359- 

 1416). Welsh rebel, who claimed 

 descent from the old Welsh princes. 

 He studied law at Westminster, 

 fought for Richard II against the 

 Scots in 1385, and entered the ser- 

 vice of Henry of Lancaster. After 

 Henry IV's accession he became 

 the champion of Welsh indepen- 

 dence, assuming the title of prince 

 of Wales and summoning a Welsh 

 parliament, and spent the rest of his 

 life in resistance against English 

 domination. 



He made an offensive alliance 

 with France against England, but 

 suffered serious reverses. The date 

 and manner of his death are un- 

 certain. He figures in Shakespeare's 

 Henry IV. See Owen Glyndwr and 

 the Last Struggle for Welsh Inde- 

 pendence, A. G. Bradley, 1901. 



Glenelg. River of Victoria, 

 Australia. It drains the S.W. 

 corner of that State from the Gram- 

 pians and debouches at the head of 

 Discovery Bay at Nelson, near the 



GLENESK 





Wendalough, Ireland. The glen and old city, with the 

 ancient Round Tower 



South Australian border. Its length 

 is 260 m. ; it is unnavigable and in 

 dry seasons its bed is bare through 

 evaporation. 



Glenelg. Seaport and watering- 

 place of South Australia. It stands 

 on Holdfast Bay, 6 m. by rly. S.W. 

 of Adelaide, with whose inhabitants 

 it is a favourite resort. Pop. 4,849 



Glenelg, CHARLES GRANT, BARON 

 (1778-1866). British statesman. 

 Born at Kidderpore, Bengal, Oct. 

 26, 1778, and r 

 educated at ! 

 Magdalene 

 College, Cam- 

 bridge, he was ' 

 called to the 

 bar, and en- 

 tered Parlia- 

 ment in 1811 



as member for 'LJ&B&ftHStB 

 the Inverness Charles Grant, 

 and Fortrose 1st Baron Glenelg 



burghs. Made After J.Slater 



a lord of the treasury in 1813, a 

 privy councillor and Irish secretary 

 in 1819, he became vice-president 

 in 1823, and president of the board 

 of trade in 1827, and of the board 

 of control in 1830. In 1835 he was 

 raised to the peerage and made 

 colonial secretary, but was forced to 

 resign in 1839 on account of his va- 

 cillating Canadian policy. He died at 

 Cannes, April 23, 1866. His title was 

 taken from his estate in Scotland. 



Glenesk, ALGERNON BORTH- 

 WICK, BARON (1830-1908). British 

 journalist. Born at Cambridge, 

 : .. , Dec. 27, 1830, 



1 eldest son of 

 Peter Borth- 

 wick, M.P., 

 editor of The 

 Morning Post, 

 he was Paris 

 correspondent 

 of that paper 

 in 1850, and 

 succeeded t o 

 the editor- 



Bainei shjp in 1852> 



and to the proprietorship in 1876. 

 He suggested the formation of 

 the Primrose League, 1883, and 



Algernon Borthwick, 

 1st Baron Glenesk 



