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The Wallaces are, as we always suspected,
just a bunch of Wallies.
The Waleis, to give the family name
its 10th century Anglo-Saxon spelling, were a tribe of Welsh Britons
who later expanded into Shropshire and all points North.
The name underwent a few changes
along the way. Sometime around the beginning of the 13th century,
Adam Walays had two sons, the youngest of whom, Malcolm, inherited
the small family estate of Elderslie in Renfrewshire. Malcolm of
Elderslie was one of the very few Scottish nobles who refused to
submit or swear loyalty to Edward I of England, for which cheek
he and his eldest son, Andrew, were both executed. His younger son,
however, escaped with his mammy to relatives near Dundee and grew
up to be none other than William Wallace, the legendary Scots patriot
and freedom fighter.
Famous Wallaces include;
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Willie Wallace
One of the"Lisbon Lions",
Glasgow Celtic's all-conquering European Cup winning
team of 1967.
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William Wallace
Old Braveheart himself, "Big
Willie" was renowned for having a massive weapon.
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Jim Wallace
Second-rate leader of a third-rate
political party in Scotland.
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Jock Wallace
Former manager of Rangers football
club who famously liked to make his players sick by
forcing them to run up and down sand dunes in pre-season
training. Also responsible for making Rangers fans sick,
as part of the 1967 Berwick Rangers team that beat them
1-0 in one of Scottish football's greatest ever shock
results.
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Wallace & Gromit
Oscar winning plasticine animated
inventor, Wallace is renowned for his love of Wensleydale
cheese.
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