For the Covenanter and prisoner, William Govan, see St. Michael of Scarborough.
William Govan
Born
1623
Died
1 June 1661 (aged 38) Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, Kingdom of Scotland
Allegiance
Covenanters
Rank
Captain
Battles/wars
Scottish Civil War
Battle of Carbisdale
Battle of Hieton
Captain William Govan (1623–1661).[1] was a Scottish officer who fought for the Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was awarded the honour of presenting Montrose's standard to the Scottish Parliament in 1650. He was accused of deserting the Scottish army later the same year and supporting the English New Model Army under the command of Oliver Cromwell, which was at that time invading Scotland. On 1 June 1661, the year after the restoration of the monarchy, and a few days after he was found guilty of treason, he was hanged as a traitor next to the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh and his head was put on a spike and displayed at West Port, Edinburgh.
^His date of birth can be ascertained from the speech he made on the day he was executed: "As for myself, it pleased the Lord, in the fourteenth year of my age, to manifest his love to me; and now it is about twenty-four years since".(M'Gavin 1846, p. 74)
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to WilliamGovan and his wife Margaret Rattray Arthur. They lived at a villa "Southpark" in Hillhead and his father owned and ran a company William Govan...
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execution of Presbyterian minister James Guthrie, followed by Captain WilliamGovan, takes place at the Mercat Cross at Parliament Square, days after both...
execution of Presbyterian minister James Guthrie, followed by Captain WilliamGovan, takes place at the Mercat Cross at Parliament Square, days after both...
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Glasgow Academy and then apprenticed to Robert Napier, a shipbuilder in Govan. However, he instead decided to study Chemistry at the University of Glasgow...
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