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(New page: {{Whale}} ==History of Clan Whale== Though founded as a Scottish Clan in 1146, early 21st Century geneological research have shown that the Whale family actually originated in, appropriat...) |
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*'''Gylys Whale''' (1280-??) - member of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon] who fled home to Scotland during the supression of the order in 1307. | *'''Gylys Whale''' (1280-??) - member of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon] who fled home to Scotland during the supression of the order in 1307. | ||
*'''Wallace Whale''' (1629-1651) - killed defending [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_castle Stirling Castle] during the siege by the army of Oliver Cromwell. | *'''Wallace Whale''' (1629-1651) - killed defending [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_castle Stirling Castle] during the siege by the army of Oliver Cromwell. | ||
*'''Murchadh Whale''' (1684-1721) - British Navy officer and captain of the brigantine ''HMS Gloriana'' who served as a pirate hunter in the Carribean. | |||
*'''Edward Whale''' (1895-1917) - member of the Canadian 3rd Divison at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_vimy_ridge Battle of Vimy Ridge] (9-12 April 1917) in World War I. Seriously wounded during the battle and died 15 April 1917. His name is engraved on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial Canadian National Vimy Memorial]. | *'''Edward Whale''' (1895-1917) - member of the Canadian 3rd Divison at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_vimy_ridge Battle of Vimy Ridge] (9-12 April 1917) in World War I. Seriously wounded during the battle and died 15 April 1917. His name is engraved on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial Canadian National Vimy Memorial]. | ||
*'''Eleanor Whale-Barclay''' (2010-2102) - long-time employee of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service Metropolitan Police Services] at Scotland Yard who served as Assistant Commissioner of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_Crime_Directorate Specialist Crime Directorate] 2066-2080. | *'''Eleanor Whale-Barclay''' (2010-2102) - long-time employee of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service Metropolitan Police Services] at Scotland Yard who served as Assistant Commissioner of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialist_Crime_Directorate Specialist Crime Directorate] 2066-2080. | ||