Banffshire

He was born in Aberlour in Banffshire and later married Jane Taylor Beck, with whom he had seven children.

The journalist and author James Naughtie was brought up in nearby Banffshire and knows well the area in which Sunset Song is set.

He was recently invited to a special festive service at Aberdeen's St Machar's Cathedral by Andrew Simpson, the lord lieutenant of Banffshire.

Ms Nicholson started the project in 2018 after Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire, Andrew Simpson, asked the community if anyone could think of a way for the town to commemorate WW1's 100th anniversary.

He had been fined the previous year for threatening the then Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP.