| In Scotland this is generally a very rare butterfly, but has latterly been abundant in Dumfriesshire and kirkcudbrightshire. |
| So, in Dumfriesshire or Perthshire, the hunts still meet and dogs are still used to flush out foxes. |
| When news was brought to King James of the despite done to his authority by the defeat and slaughter of his representative in Dumfriesshire, he was much incensed. |
| The son of a postman, MacDiarmid was born in the Scottish border town of Langholm, Dumfriesshire. |
| In the 2005 general election, Mundell was elected as MP for the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency. |
| His family worked in Dumfriesshire for generations and he set up this competition 20 years ago to try to preserve skills in shoeing horses. |
