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Robert Cunningham Graham Speirs or Spiers FRSE (1797 – 1847) was a 19th-century Scottish advocate and prison reformer. In later life he is largely referred to simply as Graham Speirs . He held the offices of Sheriff of Elgin and Moray from 1835 to 1840 and subsequently was Sheriff of Midlothian from 1840 until his death in 1847.
Nov 29, 2020 · Born: January 9 1927 in Burnside, Glasgow. Died: November 17 2020 in Haddington, aged, 93. Graham Speirs was appointed the first chief official of the ‘umbrella’ body set up to represent the ...
Discover life events, stories and photos about Robert Cunningham Bontine Laird Graham (1799–1863) of Gartmore, Perthshire, Scotland.
- Male
- Frances Laura Speirs
Biography. Frances Laura Speirs was born on 26 June 1800 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, her father, Archibald, was 42, and her mother, Margaret, was 27. She married Robert Cunningham Cunninghame Graham on 24 June 1824 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire. They had nine children in 19 years.
- Female
- June 26, 1800
- Robert Cunninghame-Graham
- November 30, 1878
- Early Life
- Ronald’s Parents
- Ronald’s Early Childhood
- Adult Life
Ronald Charles Speirs was born on 20th April, 1920 in the Scottish city of Edinburgh.1 He was the youngest of five children for parents Robert Craig Speirs, Jr and Martha Agnes (McNeil) Speirs, 2but his stay in Scotland was to be short.
Robert Speirs, Ronald’s father, was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1882.3 His engineering career began as a young man when he became an apprentice engineer fitter in the Glasgow area.4 Around this time, Robert met Martha McNeil. They were married in 1908 5and lived in Dalmuir, just outside Glasgow. By this time, Robert was a journeyman engineer. Rob...
Ronald spent his child and early adulthood in Boston, though records show during the summer break, when Ronald was between 8th and 9th grades, he and his parents sailed back back to the UK on the MV Georgic, part of the Cunard White Star line, from Boston.12 The journey took them through New York and Galway in Ireland before docking in Liverpool on...
Ronald Speirs’ first marriage took place on 20th May 1944 to an English girl he met whilst stationed in Aldbourne, Wilshire, England.19 Speirs recalled, “before the invasion, I was sent down to Winchester to set up a camp for an infantry division coming up from Africa. There I met my English wife who was a member of the ATS, the British women’s ser...
Sep 21, 2006 · On the 50th anniversary of Bill Struth's death, Graham Spiers pays tribute to the memory of the Ibrox legend. Herald and Times archive. BILL STRUTH died exactly 50 years ago today, on September...
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Jun 18, 2012 · Graham Spiers pays a Father’s Day tribute to his late Dad. There is a country lane outside our front door which, whatever the season, is often filled with moonlight late at night.
