Thanks to Craig Elder for sending me selections from the book: For ELDER chapter see Part 2
"THE BRAVE SONS OF SKYE"
Borrowed from the Harold B. Lee Library,
Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
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Library entry:
MacInnes, John, Lieut.-Col.
 The brave sons of Skye :                                                                                                 Skye 4 - Sir George ELDER, as
 containg the military records (compiled from authentic sources) of the              "Native of  KILLEARNAN, Ross and Cromarty"
 leading officers, non-commissioned officers, and private soldiers whom
"Eilean a cheo" has produced, with 100 Portraits,
    by John MacInnes.
  Published/Created:
London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1899.
and Norman MacLeod: Edinburgh
Fascimile edition: Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, 2001.
   xxiv, 230 p., [30] leaves of plates : ports. ; 27 cm.
     Subjects:
     McDonald family.
     McCloud family.
      McKinnon family.
      Scotland--Genealogy.
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Introduction:
 " The Isle of Skye, off the northwestern coast of Scotland, is the largest of the Inner Hebrides.
"Be the many marvelous tales regarding Skye's heroes and heroines of prehistoric times true or not,
a spirit of warlike enterprise has existed in the island from the earliest period of which
we have any authentic record, and has been fostered by passing events (involving the strife of arms)
century after century up to the present day.
But it is with the share that "The Brave Sons of Skye" took in Britain's great wars in foreign lands
that this work more particularly deals."
   Biographical sketches, of varying length and primarily focused on military careers,
are grouped by surname and place of residence.
Surnames listed include:
Beaton or Bethune, Campbell, Elder, MacAlister--tracing "their origin to Alasdair, or Alexander,
a son of Angus Mor of the Clan Donald," MacDonald, MacInnes, MacIbor,
MacKinnon, MacLean, MacLeod, MacQueen, Martins, and Nicholson.
Dr. John Grant, Sgt. John MacBeth, Col. Sir John MacRa,  Dr. Alexander Morrison,
Pvt. Hugh Robertson, the Battle of Mahidpore, the Battle of Moodkee,
and the Battle of Inkerman are also covered.
These sketches contain an abundance of genealogical material.
An abundance of portaits, a list of the original subscribers, numerous
brief excerpts from letters and other documents, and a fullname index augment this work.
Genealogists and historians alike will want to add this book to their libraries. "

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Page 219:
  THE ELDERS OF ISLEORNSAY AND KNOCK,
       IN THE PARISH OF SLEAT

Major-General SIR GEORGE ELDER , K.C.B.
        [Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]
 ."...The Elders had fighting blood in their veins from both sides of the
house, ancestors of theirs (Stuart and Elder) having fought at
Culloden on the side of the Prince."
    "Sir George Elder was a soldier born..."
....he was made Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword by the Regency of Portugal;
and His Royal Highness the Regent of England was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood...
.... decorated with the much-coveted Gold Cross for the general actions and assaults of Busaco,
Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badajoz.
He had received nine wounds in battle, eight of which were considered dangerous
....received the star of a Spanish Order from Ferdinand VII.;
and, finally, was appointed Commander-in-Chief in Madras in August, 1836.

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"Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander MacDonald Elder, of the Bombay Fusiliers,
...was born in the parish of Sleat, as was also his brother,
   Commander Benjamin John Elder."
   Both were nephews of Sir George Elder...."
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Benjamin John Elder  -   Antique Elephant from India
http://www.cinoa.org/art-and-antiques/detail/3148

2nd side of Antique Elephant - Elder Crest
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nancyelder/ed/ElderCrestForIsleofSkye.jpg
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More About ELDER CRESTS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nancyelder/ed/ElderCrests.htm

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More details of Sir George Elder's service found in "Short memoirs"
from United Service Magazine, 1837, Pages 233-239.
Thanks to Miguel Mintzer-Elder.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nancyelder/ed/UnitedSerMag1837.pdf

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In LDS microfiche:
 Old Parish Registers for Inverness (including Skye, SLEAT) See book titled: "THE MEN OF SKYE" 1902 for COLIN
 Colin ELDER and Agnes Mackie are parents of
     Jane         b. 28 May 1835 Sleat
      Eliza       b  23 Oct 1829 Sleat
      Margaret  b. 20 May 1828
     John         b. 19 JAN1831 Sleat
      George    b.  17 APR 1840 Sleat
      Alexander b. 3 DEC 1833 Sleat
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 In "Highland & Island Emigration Society" Scotland.
Search database: ELDER
find ELDER and STEWART women on 7/29/1854 are
 leaving SLEAT, County Inverness (Camuscross "Lord McDonald of Skye)
 for Geelong Australia, Victoria (via Liverpool, on ship Hornet)
STEWART, KATE   age 39 b. 1815
ELDER, JANET      age 19 b. 1835
ELDER, Christian   age 19 b. 1835
http://www.scan.org.uk/_emigration/em_membersadv.asp?Number=781

See Sleat Local History Society:
http://www.sleatlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/index.php/topic/48

Emigration Article refers to Alexander Macdonald Elder and his father, John Elder.
   "MacDonald and Elder, the company that ran the stores in Isle Ornsay in the early 1800s, also acted as emigration agents."
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FIBIS (FAMILIES in British India Society) about inheritance of Sir George Elder, at his death, to John Elder, from Skye.
at
http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=391040
   "Adminstrations relating to India 1830 - 1839"  - Source Repository:  National Archives 1837
Date  31 Apr 1837    - " PROB 6/213, IR 26/245" - TNA Reference   PROB 6/213, IR 26/245
     ELDER, GEORGE
 " Sir, formerly of Waterloo Place, Middlesex, but late of Madras,
Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,  a Major General HM Army, bach. [d 3 Dec 1836,
to John Elder of Knock, isle of Skye, co. Inverness, Esq. the brother, Estate Duty Registers], £9000 in province, Pts"

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Searched for Geelong Australia and found a history page,
http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/greater/history.html
 that mentions
 "1983 - Elders IXL Woolstores complex establishment at Lara"
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About "MERCATOR ATLAS OF EUROPE"
    RE:   "JOHN ELDER, cartographer, born in Caithness in 1500's"

Sailing Directions For The North Coast, by George Watson
at
http://www.caithness.org/history/articles/sailingdirections.htm
 ...."The most likely candidate was John Elder,
 who was born in Caithness and was brought up In Skye and Lewis.
In 1543 Elder sent a letter and a 'plotte' or map of Scotland to King Henry VIII.
 As a cartographer he is  likely to have had the type of information which Lindsay needed."
In 1973 D.G. Moir suggested the John Elder (who signed himself Eldar)
was responsible for the depiction of Scotland on Mercator's map of 1564..."