A Dean of Guild, under Scots law, was one of a group of burgh magistrates who, in later years, had the care of buildings. The leader of the group was...
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Burgh (category Types of subdivision in the United Kingdom)
the office of Dean of Guild are still made in some areas: for instance the Lord Dean of Guild of Glasgow is described as the "second citizen of Glasgow"...
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In February 2015 the Lord Lyon of Scotland bestowed the title of Lord Dean of Guild to the Aberdeen Burgesses of Guild, Colin Taylor being the first to...
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Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland "Ayr Guildry", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland "The Guildry of Brechin", The Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland...
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Merchants of the City of Edinburgh | Court of Deans of Guild of Scotland". "Our History". "Burgess Road". "Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, May 1890"...
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arched openings. Dean of Guild Court retains drawings of a "stone and lime wall and granite tower, with freestone dressings" dated 1895, and of "stone and lime...
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contested in each of the 12 wards. The 37th seat was that of the Dean of Guild, a member of the council appointed by the guilds of the city, who affiliated...
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office of Lord Dean of Guild now operates from the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, and continues to issue Burgess tickets to create Burgesses of Edinburgh...
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September 1893) was a Scottish lawyer, industrialist and Dean of Guild of Glasgow. The son of John Walls and Elizabeth (née Flett), he was born in Kirkwall...
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Edinburgh City Archives. Dean of Guild Court papers, warrant granted to John Adam on 27 June 1764 when he presented a full set of building accounts. Koch...
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