Thank you, guys, for the links.

I was aware that he was a real man and that he has been fictionalised beyond the scope of history but I see very few threads on here about History (odd, since the kilt and its accoutrements are the garb of living history).

I have heard some far-fetched stories about him. Some turned out to be true, some are utter kak.

He seems like a person who always had his wheels turning.