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Abolished in 1707 (see Lord High
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95:(heritably from 1603) until resigned to the Crown
1534:Office is either vested in the Crown, or vacant.
293:, Sheriff of Dumfries, son of Sir John Maxwell.
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91:Thereafter the office was held by successive
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1134:Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
881:The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen
1209:(see Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)
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254:1231-41: Sir John de Maccuswel (or Maxwell)
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398:Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie
1558:Members of the Privy Council of Scotland
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1098:Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
601:James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston
589:James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston
400:(who married Mary, the King's sister)
305:1269: Sir Thomas Randolph, father of
131:Edmund, witnessed a charter granting
7:
1573:Political office-holders in Scotland
1507:Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
1424:Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
360:Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland
321:Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland
1563:Lists of office-holders in Scotland
636:David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford
289:1257-60: Aylmer de Maxwell lord of
1578:Lord high chamberlains of Scotland
905:a list of Chamberlains of Scotland
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492:1364-1371: Walter of Biggar, again
468:c.1350-1357: Sir Robert de Erskine
307:Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray
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913:A History of the House of Douglas
907:to 1406 only. See also p.cxxiii.
688:Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming
630:James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan
473:Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus
459:1341-1342: William Bullock, again
296:1260: William, Earl of Mar, again
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775:, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.v, p.250.
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362:(Second Interregnum) (1296-1306)
74:Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
1443:Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
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1009:Secretary of State for Justice
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1073:Leader of the House of Lords
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533:Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife
423:1327-1329: Robert de Peebles
27:Political office in Scotland
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1154:(in right of the Crown)
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954:Great Officers of State
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724:James VI of Scotland
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1284:Lord Clerk Register
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