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374:Grampian, Highland and Islands
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210:Sheriffdom of Renfrew and Bute
208:and Bute becoming part of the
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243:"Epitome of the News".
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98:Walter Bailloch Stewart
179:Sheriffs-Depute (1748)
148:Walter Buchanan (1407)
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306:"Legal Appointment".
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88:William Bisset (1237)
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69:adding missing items
18:Sheriff of Dumbarton
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312:. 1 February 1854.
309:The Dundee Courier
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515:Kincardine
500:Haddington
230:References
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643:Dumbarton
505:Inverness
475:Edinburgh
460:Dumbarton
450:Caithness
44:in 1881.
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585:Stirling
575:Roxburgh
465:Dumfries
410:Aberdeen
218:See also
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595:Wigtown
580:Selkirk
560:Renfrew
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520:Kinross
440:Berwick
362:Current
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495:Forfar
420:Argyll
403:Former
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540:Nairn
480:Elgin
435:Banff
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570:Ross
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