VIEWS: 220K. Top 10 Most-Read Posts

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Thank you for reading my Oxford blog. 

As of June 25, 2017 it has had more than 220,000 page views (two million views for all my blogs).

More than 10% of the Oxford blog views were directed at one post, which seeks answers to the question: "Why Didn't Hitler Bomb Oxford?"

The subjects of the other nine posts were: boat races, heraldry, biographies/obits and Oxford colleges in fiction. Please keep reading and send comments to john@cityeconomist.com.

1 HITLER: Why Didn't He Bomb Oxford? (23K Views, Jun... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

2 OXFORD IN FICTION: Top Six Fictional Colleges (Upd... Jul 2, 2016

3 SUMMER EIGHTS: May 19-27, 2017 Jan 31, 2017

4 HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Feb. 24, 2017) Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments

5 BOAT RACE: Dinners 2015 Mar 1, 2015

6 THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

7 R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016

8 BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1... Jul 14, 2016

9 HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated Mar 24,... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

10 R.I.P.: Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Poet Jul 2, 2016

VIEWS: 200K. Top 10 posts since 2013.

This Oxford-Cambridge blog has reached 200,000 page views. 

Thank you for reading. 

Comment, please, or contact the blog owner directly at jtmarlin@post.harvard.edu.

Here are the top ten most-read posts since May 2013.

Entry

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (21K Views, Feb. 11... Jun 8, 2013, 3 comments

OXFORD IN FICTION: Top Six Fictional Colleges (Upd... Jul 2, 2016

HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Feb. 24, 2017) Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments

BOAT RACE: Dinners 2015 Mar 1, 2015

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated Sep. 16... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

R.I.P.: Peter V. Darrow (1950-2013) May 20, 2013

BRITISH PMs: Universities Attended (Updated Aug. 1... Jul 14, 2016

THERESA MAY: Time at Oxford (Updated Oct. 29, 2016... Jul 27, 2016

R.I.P.: July 11–Oxonian John Brademas, NYU Preside... Jul 25, 2016

R.I.P.: Oxonian Geoffrey Hill, Poet Jul 2, 2016

DOUGLAS: Two Questions

Coats of arms used by the Douglas (L) and Moray-
Murray Clans. Both are descended from a Flemish 
settler, Freskin, and both use three five-pointed 
silver (argent) stars on a blue (azure) field.

My quest for origins of the stars in the American Stars and Stripes led me to the Douglas and Murray families (clans) of Scotland. 

Their shields of white (argent) stars on a blue (azure) background are the closest approximation to the white stars on a blue field in the canton of the Stars and Stripes.

George Washington's ancestor William de Hertburn in 1183 acquired the Wessyngton/Washington property in Durham County, near the Scottish border. He was of Scottish ancestry. The Washingtons moved to Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire much later, in 1539.

My theory has been that the Washington arms were modeled on the Douglas arms with the tincture changed from blue (azure) to red (gules), as the Washington estate was on the British (red cross of St. George) side of the border.

Arms showing St Andrews saltire (white X on blue
field) and St George cross (red + on white field).

My two questions are:

1. Is the blue field in the canton of the Stars and Stripes derived from the blue field of the St. Andrew's saltire via the Douglas arms? 

2. What might have inspired the five-pointed stars in the Douglas arms?

Related posts:

The Douglas Arms in France . Oxford Stars

BLOG VIEWS: Sep 10, 2016–140K Views

On Sep 10 2016 this blog passed 140,000 page views. Thank you for reading. Here are the most-viewed posts in August 2016. WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (Jun 22, 2016–16K Views) Jun 8, 2013, 2 comments

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated June 1,... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated May 15, 2016) Nov 21, 2014, 2 comments

OXFORD COLLEGES: Top Six Fictional Sites (Updated... Jul 2, 2016

HERALDRY: St Benet's Hall, Oxford (Updated Aug. 22... Dec 5, 2015

ROWING BLAZERS: Ralph Lauren Launch, Carlson's Boo... Sep 24, 2014

OXFORD-USA: Oct. 18–Oxons Create Mason-Dixon Line ... Oct 18, 2015

HERALDRY: The College of Arms and Windsor Herald Aug 15, 2015

COLLEGE ARMS: Oxford Shop (Updated July 6, 2016) May 13, 2016

HERALDRY: St Edmund Hall, Oxford Dec 2, 2015

BLOG VIEWS | 130K–Most-read posts

This blog just passed 130,000 page views. Total views for all my blogs–1.2 million.

The blog includes 200 posts since inception, an average of 650 views per post.

Thank you for reading.

Here are the most-read posts during the past few weeks:

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (June 22, 2016–16,0... Jun 8, 2013, 2 comments

POPULISM | Swinging Back in USA and Britain Jun 29, 2016

ROWING BLAZERS: Ralph Lauren Launch, Carlson's Boo... Sep 24, 2014

OXFORD IN AMERICA 3: Making Independence Inevitabl... Sep 20, 2012

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray, de Vere (Updated June 1,... Nov 23, 2014, 2 comments

HERALDRY: "What's Your Blazon?" in "Oxford Today" ... Oct 15, 2015

COLLEGE ARMS: Oxford Shop (Updated May 21, 2016) May 13, 2016

OXFORD: Gargoyles and Grotesques May 30, 2014

BOAT RACE: The First Race and History of the Boats... Oct 28, 2014

RHODES: Oxford Monument-Trashing (Comment) (Update... Dec 25, 2015

OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE: 120K Views; Top Posts

Thank you for reading.

April 26, 2016–The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race NYC blog has passed 120,000 page views.

Total page views for my Google blogs: 1.09 million.

Thank you for reading. Stay in touch.

Most-read posts for this blog in April 2016 were:

Entry

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (Updated Mar. 27, 2... Jun 8, 2013, 2 comments

LORD NORTH: Apr. 15–Hey, I Just Did What Ben Said ... Apr 6, 2016

HERALDRY: St Catherine's College, Oxford (Updated ... Dec 16, 2015

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray and de Vere Arms (Updated... Nov 23, 2014

HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Dec. 17, 2015) Nov 21, 2014, 1 comment

BOAT RACE: Dinners, 2016 (Updated Apr. 5, 2016) Dec 4, 2015

HERALDRY: Trinity College, Oxford (Updated Apr. 15... Dec 7, 2015

ROWING BLAZERS: Ralph Lauren Launch, Carlson's Boo... Sep 24, 2014

HERALDRY: The College of Arms and Windsor Herald Aug 15, 2015

TRINITY: Pitt Society lunch, 2015 Feb 7, 2015

OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE: Blog Has 110K Pageviews

This blog just passed 110,000 Pageviews.

Thank you for reading.

Here are two analytics for you.

First, the geographic sources of readers over the life of this blog:

United States 74,601

United Kingdom 13,826

Russia 2,359

France 2,312

Ukraine 1,648

Germany 1,575

Canada 955

China 675

South Korea 601

India 513

Second, the 10 most-read posts during the past month (February 2016).

WW2: Why Wasn't Oxford Bombed? (Updated Feb. 8, 20... Jun 8, 2013

FREE SPEECH: Bullying by the Left (PS: Yale) Feb 6, 2016

BOAT RACE: 83rd NYC Dinner Tickets on Sale Feb 16, 2016

HERALDRY: Oxford Stars (Updated Dec. 17, 2015) Nov 21, 2014

HERALDRY: Douglas, Moray and de Vere Arms (Updated... Nov 23, 2014

RHODES: Oriel to Keep Statue Jan 30, 2016

OXFORD UNIV PRESS: Feb. 1–OED First Section Out Feb 1, 2016

BIRTH: Feb. 13–Anna Watkins, Cambridge Rower Feb 12, 2016

RELIGION: Oxford v. Cambridge (Updated Dec. 6, 201... Jun 24, 2014

BIRTH: Feb. 21–W. H. Auden (Christ Church) Feb 21, 2016

HERALDRY: Superlink

Coats of Arms of the Oxford Colleges and Permanent Private Halls
(from postcard on sale in Oxford).

2019
May | Talk and slide show on Oxford College Arms to the Oxford University Society of Washington, DC, The Residences at Eastern Market.

2018
Sept 15 | Talk to Alumni Reunion on Coats of Arms, Trinity College, Oxford.
May 12 | Mansfield College
April 16, 17 | Talks, Oxford&Cambridge Club, London on Oxford and Cambridge Arms
Mar 24 | Lincoln College, Oxford (Update)
Mar 17 | April Oxford Birthdays
Jan 21 | U.S. COATS OF ARMS | The American College of Heraldry

2016
Oct. 27 | St Peter's College

2015
Dec. 29 | Oriel College
Dec. 16 | St. Catherine's College (St Catz) 
Dec. 15 | Oxford's Rapid Expansion
Dec. 8 | Regent's Park College, PPH
Dec. 7 | Trinity College
Dec. 5 | St Benet's Hall
Dec. 3 | St Cross College
Dec. 2 | St. Edmund Hall, a College
Nov. 29 | Beer, Branding and Paul Walton
Nov. 23 | "Simple Heraldry" Makes It Fun, gifted by Paul Walton (BNC)
Nov. 22 | Sinister Questions, reply to Hugo Saurny (Harvard '69)
Nov. 6 | O.U. Heraldry Society likes Oxford Today article.
Nov. 5 | Linacre College
Nov. 2 | Harris Manchester College
Oct. 25 | Coat of Arms v. Crest, reply to Robert Parker (Trinity 1967)
Oct. 15 | What's Your Blazon?, article in Oxford Today,  45-50

2014
November 23 | The Arms of Douglas, Moray and de Vere, update
November 21 | Stars in the Oxford College Arms

2013
July 4 | More on George Washington and the Stars and Stripes, from the Sulgrave Manor

2012
September 25 | George Washington's Arms and the Stars and Stripes, Huffington Post

Link to Alphabetical list of colleges and PPHs.

BLOG VIEWS: 70K–May 25, 2015

May 25, 2015–This blog has had 70,000 Pageviews.

The top ten posts in the last month, rated based on number of Pageviews, are shown below.

Thank you for reading!

  

Entry		Rating
Why Did Hitler Not Bomb Oxford? Jun 8, 2013
Boat Race Dinners 2015 Mar 1, 2015, 1 comment
Oxford College Clues to the Stars and Stripes Nov 21, 2014
Douglas, Moray and de Vere (Oxford) Coats of Arms ... Nov 23, 2014
Early Reads on the British Election May 8, 2015
May 20 - W. H. Auden Becomes an American Oxonian May 20, 2015
Rowing Blazers - Ralph Lauren's Launch of Carlson'... Sep 24, 2014
82nd NYC Boat Race Dinner 2015 Apr 23, 2015
Wannabe American Oxonians - Raleeigh, Gilbert and H... May 20, 2015, 1 comment