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505:Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven
461:John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
1167:Office is either vested in the Crown, or vacant.
571:
499:Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
480:Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
8:
767:Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
188:1483: David Livingston, Provost of Lincluden
842:(see Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)
511:Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane
431:William Johnston, 1st Marquess of Annandale
66:Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane
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912:
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578:
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702:Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon
731:Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
407:James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
394:James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
357:Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline
182:, Bishop of Moray and half-brother to
388:George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville
370:Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar
80:Keepers of the Privy Seal of Scotland
7:
1201:Political office-holders in Scotland
1140:Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
1057:Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
437:Archibald Campbell, 1st Earl of Ilay
382:John Carmichael, 2nd Lord Carmichael
344:John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland
331:Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Melrose
1206:Lists of office-holders in Scotland
492:Fox Maule Ramsay, 2nd Baron Panmure
400:John Murray, 2nd Marquess of Atholl
150:James Lindsay, Provost of Lincluden
413:James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
73:Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817
25:
351:William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal
338:Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe
270:William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
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443:James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
265:, later Archbishop of St Andrews
48:, first appears in the reign of
1076:Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
425:John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe
419:John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
376:John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore
363:John Murray, 2nd Earl of Atholl
325:Richard Cockburn of Clerkington
276:Alexander Seton, 1st Lord Fyvie
683:Leader of the House of Commons
642:Secretary of State for Justice
494:, later 11th Earl of Dalhousie
365:, later 1st Marquess of Atholl
333:, later 1st Earl of Haddington
1:
1191:Political history of Scotland
1035:Resigned to the Crown in 1703
1006:Lord President of the Council
671:Lord President of the Council
475:, later 1st Viscount Melville
346:(appointed by the Parliament)
979:Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian
706:Leader of the House of Lords
1169:Status is currently debated
18:Lord Privy Seal of Scotland
1227:
1152:First Minister of Scotland
402:, later 1st Duke of Atholl
56:its holder was normally a
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1053:William, Duke of Rothesay
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253:Archbishop of St Andrews
105:, Provost of Lincluden,
62:Keeper of the Great Seal
787:(in right of the Crown)
602:Great Officers of State
587:Great Officers of State
455:Lord Frederick Campbell
46:Great Officers of State
1196:Government occupations
717:Lord Great Chamberlain
467:James Stuart-Mackenzie
449:James Stuart-Mackenzie
41:Privy Seal of Scotland
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1027:Lord High Chamberlain
996:Officers of the Crown
953:Lord Treasurer-depute
530:The Book of Dignities
248:, Abbot of Arbroath,
115:, Provost of Bothwell
98:, Provost of Bothwell
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925:Lady Elish Angiolini
830:Lord High Chancellor
630:Lord High Chancellor
1068:Lord High Constable
917:Lord Clerk Register
852:Lord High Treasurer
741:Lord High Constable
653:Lord High Treasurer
546:Keeper of the seals
293:Prior of Coldingham
199:William Elphinstone
193:Prior of St Andrews
971:Lord Justice Clerk
231:and from 1526 the
213:Bishop of Aberdeen
203:Bishop of Aberdeen
160:Bishop of Aberdeen
138:Bishop of Galloway
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878:Vacant since 1921
813:Officers of State
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612:Lord High Steward
317:, commendator of
233:Bishop of Dunkeld
229:Abbot of Holyrood
219:Abbot of Arbroath
107:Bishop of Glasgow
71:Section 3 of the
54:Act of Union 1707
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1086:Knight Marischal
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120:William Turnbull
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473:Henry Dundas
246:David Beaton
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156:Thomas Spens
134:Thomas Spens
103:John Cameron
96:Walter Foote
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998:of Scotland
815:of Scotland
785:Charles III
679:Lucy Powell
307:, Prior of
144:John Arouse
60:, like the
1185:Categories
604:of England
528:J. Haydn,
323:1595: Sir
309:Coldingham
280:1563: Sir
681:MP (also
184:James III
158:(again),
68:in 1922.
1150:MSP (as
726:In gross
595:Scotland
540:See also
319:Blantyre
250:Cardinal
174:of Moray
172:, later
50:David II
822:Greater
640:MP (as
591:England
523:Sources
128:Glasgow
909:Lesser
749:Vacant
704:(also
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620:Vacant
532:, 1894
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486:vacant
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