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www.nrscotland.gov.uk National Records of Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic : Clàran Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government . It is responsible for civil registration , the census in Scotland , demography and statistics , family history , as well as the national archives and historical records.
The early history of the national archives of Scotland reflects Scotland's own troubled history. Many records were lost as a result of being taken out of the country first in the 13th century by Edward I during the Wars of Independence and later by Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century.
The Church of Scotland has a Presbyterian structure, which means it is organised under a hierarchy of courts. Traditionally there were four levels of courts: the Kirk Session (at congregational level), the Presbytery (at local area level), the Synod (at a regional level) and the General Assembly (the Church's highest court).
The National Galleries of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sometimes also known as National Galleries Scotland) is the executive non-departmental public body that controls the three national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries, forming one of the National Collections of Scotland.
Registers of Scotland (RoS) (Scottish Gaelic: Clàran na h-Alba) is the non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government responsible for compiling and maintaining records relating to property and other legal documents.
Note a: ^ Royal Burgh of Aberdeen absorbed Aberdeenshire burghs of Old Aberdeen burgh (burgh of barony 1489, police burgh 1860), Woodside (police burgh 1860) in 1891. Note b: ^ Royal Burgh of Glasgow absorbed the following Renfrewshire burghs in the years shown:
Muriel Eleanor Scott was born in 1888 in Dum Dum, India, but her family home was Dunoon, Scotland.Her father Captain William Scott served in India for 25 years and her mother was Harriet Scott née Buchanan.
Walter Scott Dalgleish (25 March 1834 – 15 February 1897) was a British historian and author. His publications include Great Speeches from Shakespeare's Plays: with Notes and a Life of Shakespeare (1891), Great Britain and Ireland, 1689–1887 (1895) and Mediaeval England, from the English Settlement to the Reformation (1896).