James Brown

James Brown

male, deceased (1939)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, labour party, obe, freedom, University of Glasgow, labour…ayrshire, SouthAyrshire, North Ayrshire
Rt. Hon. James Brown (16 December 1862 - 21 March 1939) was a Scottish Labour politician. Educated at Annbank Public School, he was Secretary of...

James Barr

male, deceased (1860)
composer, Scottish, waltzing matilda, SouthAyrshire, Renfrewshire, Kilbarchan
James Barr (1779 - 1860) was a Scottish composer who composed the tune which inspired the tune now used for the unofficial Australian anthem...
Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh

male
Scottish Parliament constituency, from South Ayrshire, SouthAyrshire, Councillor in Scotland, subsequent by-election, Ayr…ayrshire, Board Member of Enterprise Ayrshire, South Ayrshire Council
Ian Welsh is a Scottish politician and former Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament. He was born and brought up in Prestwick, Ayrshire, and has...
Peter Howson

Peter Howson

male, 51 years old
The Heroic Dosser, SouthAyrshire, Asperger's syndrome, Glasgow School, Glasgow Boys, Royal Highland Fusiliers…from South Ayrshire
Peter Howson (born 1958) is a Scottish painter. Howson was born in London and moved with his family to Prestwick, South Ayrshire, when Peter was...
William Arrol

William Arrol

male, deceased (1913)
Houston, Renfrewshire, from Renfrewshire, factory, member of parliament, Scottish, bridge…SouthAyrshire
William Arrol (1839 - 1913) was a Scottish civil engineer, bridge builder, and Liberal Party politician. The son of a spinner, he was born in...
William Burn

William Burn

male, deceased (1870)
Lucker, northumberland, angus, buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, Adderstone Hall, Balintore Castle…SouthAyrshire
William Burn (20 December 1789 - 15 February1870) was a Scottish architect, pioneer of the Scottish Baronial style. He was born in Edinburgh, the...
Margaret McMurray

Margaret McMurray

female, deceased (1760)
Galloway variety, Ayr, Scottish Gaelic, Celtic languages, Maybole, Carrick, Scotland…SouthAyrshire, ayrshire, from South Ayrshire
Margaret McMurray (died 1760) appears to have been one of the last native speakers of a Lowland dialect of Scottish Gaelic in the Galloway variety....
Emrys Hughes

Emrys Hughes

male, deceased (1969)
labour party, member of parliament, whip, welsh, labour, member of the United Kingdom Parliament…SouthAyrshire
Emrys Hughes (10 July 1894 - 18 October 1969) was a Welsh Labour politician, best known for being the biographer and son-in-law of Keir Hardie, the...
Simon Neil

Simon Neil

male, 30 years old
from South Ayrshire, Ayr, SouthAyrshire, Simon Alexander Neil, East Ayrshire, Songwriter
Simon Alexander Neil (born 31 August 1979 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland) is a Scottish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his...

George Foulkes Baron Foulkes of Cumnock

male, 67 years old
Scottish Union of Student, Old Haberdasher, Anglo-Scot, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Scottish Parliament, under secretary…SouthAyrshire
George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock, PC (born 21 January, 1942 in Oswestry, Shropshire) is a politician in the United Kingdom. His political...