The end of an auld sang

Wondering what all the lack of fuss is about? These sites may help.

Scottish Parliament
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/history/treatyofunion/index.htm

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/themes/96/96282.html

All on the day that England won a cricket match.

Source: Darien Skene