Angus was historically a county ( known officially as Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1928, when it reverted to its ancient name ) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region.

In 1996, two-tier local government was abolished and Angus was established as one of the replacement single-tier Council Areas.

The campaign seeks to gain World Heritage Status for the iconic Angus landmark that was the birthplace of one of Scotland's most significant documents, the Declaration of Arbroath.

It was addressed by Labour MPs Jon Trickett, Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell ( politician ) | John McDonnell, Michael Meacher, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, and Elfyn Llwyd of Plaid Cymru and Angus MacNeil of the Scottish National Party.

Unlike the report of 918, on this occasion the title mormaer is attached to a geographical area, but it is unknown whether the Angus of 938 was in any way similar to the later mormaerdom or earldom.

Lyell was born in Scotland about 15 miles north of Dundee in Kinnordy, near Kirriemuir in Forfarshire ( now in Angus ).

According to Samuel Angus ( 1920 ) gnosis in these early sects was distinct from the secret teachings revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression akin to arcanum.

After Somerled's death in 1164 his kingdom was split between his three sons, Ragnall in Islay and Kintyre, Dughall in Lorne and the other Argyll islands, and Angus holding Arran and Bute.

Published in August 2010, the third edition was edited by Angus Stevenson and Christine A. Lindberg.

Angus MacIntyre of the University of London stated about Cohen: " He was dauntingly clever, and one would have had to be naive or exceptionally altruistic to put one's " hardest problem " to the Paul I knew in the ' 60s.

The most recent premier to die was Sir Angus Bethune ( 1969 – 72 ), on 27 August 2004.

The following year, Bruce finally resigned as joint Guardian and was replaced by Sir Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus.

Comyn had been much more resolute in his opposition to the English ; he was the most powerful noble in Scotland and was related to many more powerful nobles both within Scotland and England including relatives that held the earldoms of Buchan, Mar, Ross, Fife, Angus, Dunbar and Strathearn.

Jon Haraldsson who was murdered in Thurso in 1231, was the last of an unbroken line of Norse jarls, and thereafter the earls were Scots noblemen of the houses of Angus and St. Clair.

Angus McDuck was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1829 to Dingus McDuck and Molly Mallard.

She was the wife of Dingus McDuck and had three sons: Angus McDuck, Jake McDuck, and Fergus McDuck.

Born in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, Watson-Watt was a descendant of James Watt, the famous engineer and inventor of the practical steam engine.

The Rt Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, who died in 2004, was the husband of Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy and a first-cousin-in law of The Queen.

The most irreconcilable of Bruce's Scottish enemies also came: Ingram de Umfraville, a former Guardian of Scotland, and his kinsman the Earl of Angus, as well as others of the MacDougalls, MacCanns and Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, the only son of the Red Comyn, who was born and raised in England and was now returning to Scotland to avenge his father's killing by Bruce at Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries in 1306.

The show ended with an unchanging sign-off song which Bill Oddie performed as " Angus Prune " and was referred to by the announcer as " The Angus Prune Tune ".

At the General Election of that year his seat was gained by the Labour Party from the SNP and was consequently held until the 2005 general election when it was regained by the SNP's Angus Brendan MacNeil.

He was previously a councillor and Convenor of the General Purposes Committee of Angus District Council.

He has also served as a member of the national executive of the Young Scottish Nationalists and from 1984 to 1988 he served as a councillor on Angus District Council, where he was Convenor of General Purposes.

The roads to Coupar Angus and Braemar form part of General Wade's military road from Perth to Fort George.

* John Erskine of Dun ( 1509 – 1591 ), Superintendent of Angus and Mearns, Scotland, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Lord Airlie has also served as the Lord Lieutenant of Angus in Scotland, and as the Captain General of The Royal Company of Archers and Gold Stick for Scotland.

Hopkins also received the first " Canadian " patent from the Parliament of Lower Canada in 1791, issued " by the Governor General in Council to Angus MacDonnel, a Scottish soldier garrisoned at Quebec City, and to Samuel Hopkins, a Vermonter, for processes to make potash and soap from wood ash.

In 1982 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland by Margaret Thatcher and became Lord Advocate in 1989, when he was made a life peer as Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, of Carmyllie in the District of Angus and a member of the Privy Council.

This left him as the only Conservative MP representing a Scottish constituency at the 2005 General Election, with other Conservative targets in Scotland such as Dumfries & Galloway and Angus ending in failure.

In 1936, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, in a private session, shelved charges levied against Dr Samuel Angus in order to ensure " the peace of the Church ".

The Prince Edward Island General Election, 1982 saw the re-election of the Progressive Conservative government ( under new Premier James Lee, who succeeded Angus MacLean in 1981 ), with a majority of seats and votes cast.

" ( Cummings and Assistant Solicitor General Angus D. MacLean argued the Gold Clause Cases, which eventually marked some of the first successes for New Deal economic policies.

* Confederate Col. Angus McDonald was in command at Romney when it was attacked by Federals on September 23 ; McDonald had been advised by General Robert E. Lee on September 18 that the Federals were withdrawing from Romney.

When the decision was made to add budget sleeping cars, the Budd order was supplemented by 22 existing heavyweight sleepers that CPR refurbished in its own Angus Shops, each fitted out with Budd-style stainless steel cladding.

The CPR Angus Shops were named for him, as was one of the later CP Ships.

The construction of the CPR was fraught with financial peril, testing the resilience of the syndicate-Hill resigned in 1883, followed by Angus ' close friend Duncan McIntyre the next year.

Angus would serve as a director and committee member of the CPR for over 40 years, necessitating frequent trips to the Canadian Pacific Offices on Trafalgar Square in London.

Angus also played a role in maintaining the close relationship between the CPR and the Bank of Montreal, whose growth in the Canadian West ran side by side that of the railway.

* Edith Margaret Angus ( d. 1907 ), married Frederic Lumb Wanklyn ( 1860 – 1930 ), CPR executive, vice-president of the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, President of the Montreal Terminal Railway

Although Lord Mount Stephen is generally credited as the genius that created the CPR empire, with his banking and administrative experience Angus was an indispensable lieutenant.

In 1904, the CPR named it's new repair complexes in Montreal the CPR Angus Shops in his honour.