Alexander Chancellor

Reasons for feeling Scottish

I was born in England, and this is where I've lived and worked. But that's not the whole story

Shieldhill – the ancestral home of the Chancellor family and the house that links Alexander with Scotland. Photo: Pete Birkinshaw from flickr.com/photos/binaryape/35625924/ (CC BY 2.0)

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