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Knights Hospitaller Malta 1686
Fort Tekcki Terki Terka Terek 1686
Virgil's Aeneis 1697
Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine 1813
Big Sam MacDonald 1838
Captain James Burnet 1838
Shropshire Militia 1838
Grant or Strathspey Fencibles 1838
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Sergeant Samuel MacDonald (1762-1802). Born in Lairg, Sutherland, he served with the 2nd Sutherland Fencibles from 1779-83. Famous for his exceptional height and large frame, with many sources giving his height as six feet ten inches of buff build.
Etching by John Kay dated 1796, published in A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the late John Kay, miniature Painter, Edinburgh. Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder, Edinburgh. 1838.
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