The building in Alloway which is now known as Burns Cottage was built by Robert’s father, and the family lived there until he was seven. They then sold the house and took tenancy of a 70-acre ...

All living descendants of Robert Burns and Jean Armour descend from their granddaughter Sarah Elizabeth Maitland Tombs Burns (1821-1909), daughter of their fourth son James Glencairn Burns (1794 ...

Scotland Now; Robert Burns; Ten things about Robert Burns you might not know from his secret 'porn' poetry to his famous descendants He's Scotland's favourite son, and his work is admired across ...

Two hundred years ago in 1817, Robert Burns’s bones were dug up, ... Australia and New Zealand, Scots settlers and their descendants soon followed suit. open image in gallery.

The building in Alloway which is now known as Burns Cottage was built by Robert’s father, and the family lived there until he was seven. They then sold the house and took tenancy of a 70-acre ...

I WAS intrigued, and somewhat surprised, by the assertion in the obituary to Elizabeth Burns (The Herald, August 29) that Elizabeth Burns was a”‘direct descendant of our national Bard, Robert ...

In Scotland, many of us grew up learning about Robert Burns' work. We know and love poems like To A Mouse, songs like A Red, Red Rose and stories like Tam O'Shanter.