Ormiston
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Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about 276 feet.
Mercat Cross in Main Street, Ormiston
Ormiston Hall, prior to the fire which left it in ruins
Ormiston Mercat Cross, Historic Scotland plaque
Ormiston Mercat Cross
Ninian Cockburn
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Ninian Cockburn was a Scottish soldier and officer of the Garde Écossaise, a company which guarded the French king. He had an ambiguous role in political relations between Scotland, France and England
Ormiston
…in December 1545 by the Earl of Bothwell while hiding at Ormiston Hall. John Cockburn of Ormiston, Protestant laird, (died 1583) and his brother, Ninian Cockburn, (died 1579), political agent. John Cockburn of Ormiston (c. 1685–1758), landowner and agricultural reformer…
Ancient yew tree at the site of Ormiston House
Ninian Cockburn helped Andrew Dudley install an English garrison in Broughty Castle for a £4 reward
Nicholas Throckmorton gave Ninian the codename "George Beaumont"