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The Merchant Guild of Perth was chartered in 1210, and the post of provost may have originated at this point. [1] The first holder whose name is known is John Mercer, who served in 1368. [2] Until 1975, the post was Lord Provost of Perth, and ranked second in precedence after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
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Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, QC (24 December 1933 – 19 February 1995) was a Scottish politician and advocate.He was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Kinross and Western Perthshire from October 1974 to 1983, and then for Perth and Kinross until his death in 1995.
Greyfriars Burial Ground is an historic cemetery in Perth, Scotland. Dating to 1580, it is now Category A listed , [ 1 ] with its collection of gravestones considered one of the best in Scotland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The cemetery closed to burials in 1978.
However, his older brother died in childhood, leaving him as heir to the family titles and estates, and from then until his father's death in 1830 he was known by the courtesy title of Marquess of Tullibardine. He was educated at Eton and in 1797 was commissioned as an ensign into the 61st Regiment of Foot. However, in 1798 he was declared of ...
Meggernie Castle is a castle in the heart of Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland. It is located halfway up Glen Lyon, where the river Lyon flows through on its way to join the river Tay, shortly below Loch Tay. From 1920, until his death in 1958 the castle was owned by Sir Ernest Wills, 3rd Baronet JP, CStJ. From 1958, until its sale in 1979 ...
She stood for the Liberal Democrats in the 1995 Perth and Kinross by-election, finishing fourth. [3] She was created a life peer as Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, of Riemore in Perth and Kinross, in the 1997 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours. [4] She retired in February 2016 [5] following the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
The 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election of 7 November 1963 was a by-election to the UK House of Commons.It was unique among by-elections since 1918 in that one of the candidates was the sitting prime minister, Alec Douglas-Home; he was nominated for the constituency after disclaiming a peerage, as he felt he needed to be a member of the Commons rather than the House of Lords during ...
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