Alexander is a name that has been handed down for centuries. There was one Alexander III who ruled Scotland from 1249 to 1286. Naming children after a minister or someone else whoever was also a naming practice and more recently after a parent or grand parent and it has been so in the United Kingdom as a whole, and, I guess, elsewhere after an affectionate relationship.. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "elizabeth mcdonald" <moshi94@hotmail.com> To: "isle of mull roots" <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus McLean - Duke of Argyll > Dear Dana, > I believe the tachsman was the one who collected the rents for the Duke. But, > perhaps he was a civil servant for the government. Ian could probably tell you. > > I don't know who Sandy would be, only that Sandy is short for Alexander for the > Scots. I once asked why so many Alexanders and Hectors in Scotland and the answer I was > given was that probably they were the suggestions of the Presbyterian ministers, who, > being the only literate or educated people in the community, (till the 1790's) favoured > the heroes of old Greece, once the traditional names were exhausted - ie the paternal > grandfather, the maternal grandfather and then the father. Your Angus McLean was > mentioned only in the sentence I quoted. No further info was given on him. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

There was also and Alexander I and Alexander II, who preceded Alexander III I hesitate to offer Wikipedia as a source? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs On 26 November 2013 10:12, Janet <cilurnum@googlemail.com> wrote: > Alexander is a name that has been handed down for centuries. There was > one Alexander III > who ruled Scotland from 1249 to 1286. Naming children after a minister or > someone else > whoever was also a naming practice and more recently after a parent or > grand parent and it > has been so in the United Kingdom as a whole, and, I guess, elsewhere > after an > affectionate relationship.. > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "elizabeth mcdonald" <moshi94@hotmail.com> > To: "isle of mull roots" <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:03 PM > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus McLean - Duke of Argyll > > > > Dear Dana, > > I believe the tachsman was the one who collected the rents for > the Duke. But, > > perhaps he was a civil servant for the government. Ian could probably > tell you. > > > > I don't know who Sandy would be, only that Sandy is short for > Alexander for the > > Scots. I once asked why so many Alexanders and Hectors in Scotland and > the answer I was > > given was that probably they were the suggestions of the Presbyterian > ministers, who, > > being the only literate or educated people in the community, (till the > 1790's) favoured > > the heroes of old Greece, once the traditional names were exhausted - ie > the paternal > > grandfather, the maternal grandfather and then the father. Your Angus > McLean was > > mentioned only in the sentence I quoted. No further info was given on > him. > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Sláinte, Lachaidh *Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan?*