Talk:Hamish MacInnes

Dead?

The BBC's "Reporting Scotland" have just described Hamish MacInnes as "the late" when did he die, and why has his page not been updated? 6:20pm 10th January 2013. The article was in relation to the proposed demolition of his old home because it was subsequently owned by Jimmy Savile. Dont hear anyone suggesting the demolition of Stoke Mandeville Hospital! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.26.107.141 (talk) 19:03, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Follow up to the above comment. As of the 11th of January 2013 the Police have stated publically that none of the sexual abuse cases that they have been investigating in regard to Sir Jimmy Savile took place at Alt na Reigh in Glencoe. It is not the fault of the house that it was purchased by Jimmy Savile. Most folk here still refer to the house as "Hamish MacInnes's House" and it is more associated with him and not Savile especially amongst climbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.37.214 (talk) 22:50, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

MacInnes is NOT dead. The BBC were wrong and they should have apologised. As of 20/01/2013Hamish MacInnes is very much alive, I've just seen him!

I've read a lot by and about McInnes, and I've never heard him referred to as "the Fox of Glencoe". I suspect that it's journalistic invention.

Also, why is the Creag Dhu mountaineering club called "notorious"?Manormadman (talk) 12:00, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

That is an obvious referrence to Iain Mac Iain of Glencoe. He was Chief of the Mac Iain MacDonalds of Glencoe at the time of the Glencoe Massacre (17th C) where he was killed. The wily white-bearded Mac Iain was popularly known as "The Old Fox". Subsequently the nickname "fox" is applied to many Scottish figures. However I think you are right, it sounds exactly like journalistic invention here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.39.248 (talk) 16:28, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Proper Name

His birth is registered as Hamish McInnes in 1930. In 1958 he married Mary Catherine Munday in Inverness but she remarried in 1979.

@Sebmelmoth: do you have a citation to support the original spelling of his name, please? I'm currently working to upgrade his article, and this statement stands out as a rather uncited element, which I'm minded to remove if I can't substantiate. Sources to support his marriage/divorce would be helpful too. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:49, 24 April 2020 (UTC) It is now clarified in The Times obituary today: his father was McInnes, and Hamish was also recorded as such at birth. Later he changed it. Sebmelmoth (talk) 15:05, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

The records are all in Scotland's People, the statutory record in Scotland but I know Wikipedia is a bit fussy about such sources.  There is no divorce record, in Scotland, but Mary Catherine Munday does have two marriages (it would be unusual to have 2 people with this fairly uncommon name).    Online there is this.

MCINNES HAMISH M 1930 866/13 Girthon Sebmelmoth (talk) 15:05, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Marriages:

MACINNES HAMISH, MUNDAY MARY CATHERINE, 1958, 098/A 441, Inverness

MUNDAY MARY CATHERINE, MACLEOD DONALD JOHN, 1979, 603/ 83, Glasgow, Martha St

Apologies if any of this is inappropriate.Sebmelmoth (talk) 10:10, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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