Mark Paul Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle
| Mark Paul Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle | |
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1 February 1975 |
| 🏡 Residence | Scotland, U.K. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
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| 📆 Years active | 2003-present |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Bethan Frances Marion Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle |
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Mark Paul Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle FRAI FRGS FHEA, born 1 February 1975, is a university lecturer, community councillor, and anthropologist. His territorial designation, part of his surname, makes reference to Ballumbie Castle, a ruined castle in Angus, Scotland.
He first came to the attention of the national media in 2003 when, as a student, his campaign for freedom of speech and the editorial independence of the Gaudie newspaper gained the support of then MPs Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland), Lord Jones of Cheltenham, Alistair Carmichael, Angus Robertson and Mike Weir, who backed an Early Day Motion relating to the matter in the Westminster Parliament.
From 2008 to 2010, he was the 14th Baron of Cartsburn. He remains the Lord of the Manor of Wilmington.
In 2016, a traditional African ruler, the Omukama (King) of Bunyoro-Kitara, gave him an award for supporting the kingdom. He runs Bunyoro-Kitara.UK, a voluntary organisation in aid of the community. He is also the founder of the Centre for the Study of the Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.
Biography[edit]
Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle was educated at the universities of Oxford (matriculated under Highfield-Smith), Aberdeen, Edinburgh and the Open University.[1][2] He graduated with two first class honours degrees and a Master of Research (MRes) degree with distinction, before going on to postgraduate research.[1] He was awarded the Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship for his undergraduate performance at the University of Aberdeen[3] and an Economic and Social Research Council studentship for his research into religious conversion in Mexico.[4]
At 21 years of age, he was appointed chairman of a local business club.[5]
From 2008 to 2010, he was the 14th Baron of Cartsburn and he remains Lord of Wilmington.[6][7] Neither is a peerage title. Both originated under feudalism.
He was an elected councillor (unopposed) on Turriff & District Community Council[8], and was co-opted onto Croy and Culloden Moor Community Council in 2018.
As of 25 June 2016[update], he has been Plenipotentiary and Special Adviser of the Association of the Representatives of Bunyoro-Kitara and the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara for Scotland.[9] Also in 2016, he was given an award by the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara for charitable work he does for the benefit of the Banyoro people.[10] He runs Bunyoro-Kitara.UK, a voluntary organisation in aid of the community.[11] He is also the founder of the newly created Centre for the Study of the Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Africa, Oceania and the Americas.[12]
In 2018, Lindley-Highfield became a Sustaining Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology.[13]
On 25 August 2018, he married Bethan, daughter of John Worthy Musselwhite and his wife Frances. The engagement was announced in The Telegraph.[14] He has one son, Alexander, by a previous relationship, and a step-daughter, Jessica.
Media attention[edit]
Freedom of the press campaign[edit]
Lindley-Highfield first came to the attention of the national media in 2003, when editor of Gaudie, the student newspaper of the University of Aberdeen, when he and his editorial team resigned in protest at editorial interference by the University's Students' Association.[15][16][17][18] Their campaign for free speech and the freedom of the press gained the support of then MPs Alex Salmond (First Minister of Scotland), Lord Jones of Cheltenham, Alistair Carmichael, Angus Robertson and Mike Weir, who supported an Early Day Motion in the Westminster Parliament calling on the Students' Association to reconsider their "ill-advised move".[19]
Clarifying Succession to the Kingdom of Rwanda[edit]
As Director of the Centre for the Study of the Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Africa, Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle was approached by the international media to confirm the succession of Prince Emmanuel Bushayija as King of Rwanda.[20][21][22][23] He also appeared in a live radio interview on BBC 5 Live.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle". University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle". Royal Central. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Prize List Session 2003–2004". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Lindley-Highfield, M. P. (2008). ""Muslimization", Mission and Modernity in Morelos: the problem of a combined hotel and prayer hall for the Muslims of Mexico". Tourism, Culture & Communication. 8 (2): 85–96.
- ↑ "Members sought at business club". Express & Star. 21 March 1996. p. 12.
- ↑ "The Register of Feudal Lords and Barons of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". The Armorial Register International Register of Arms. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle (subscription required)". Burke's Peerage. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Prise Porter, N. (17 June 2016). "Community matters". Turriff Advertiser. p. 6.
- ↑ "Official Statement". ARKBK-CLBG. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Davidson, P. (24 August 2016). "Church names Ugandan King as Patron to focus on country's problems". Evening Express. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "Bunyoro-Kitara.UK". Scotland's International Development Alliance. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Who's Who: UGANDA: Mark Lindley-Highfield in the Service of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (subscription required)". The Indian Ocean Newsletter no.1439. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Society for Applied Anthropology". University of the Highlands and Islands. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "M.P. Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle and Ms B.F.M. Core". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ Curtis, P. (16 May 2003). "MPs debate future of Scotland oldest student paper". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Newspaper row to be discussed at Westminster". The Scotsman. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Mackay, H. (21 May 2003). "MPs enter row over new editor of student paper". Press Gazette. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Lindsay, M. (14 May 2003). "Students fight for paper's freedom". Aberdeen Press & Journal.
- ↑ "Early day motion 1242". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Adrian Blomfield (12 January 2017). "Rwanda's new king is former Pepsi salesman residing in Cheshire". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ Paul Byrne (12 January 2017). "New King of Rwanda lives in a rented council house in Manchester". Mirror. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ "New King of Rwanda former Pepsi salesman who lives in Manchester council house". RT. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ Eleanor Barlow (13 January 2017). "New reggae-loving king of Rwanda lives on council estate, hangs up the washing and puts out the bins". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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