The Lord Chancellor of Scotland, formally the Lord High Chancellor, was a Great Officer of State in the Kingdom of Scotland. Holders of the office are...
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Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The lord chancellor is appointed by the sovereign...
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and was abolished in 1679. The Lord Chancellor of Scotland. The canghellor of medieval Wales administered the peasantry of the king's demesne and was charged...
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Chancellor, a senior functionary in the government of the United Kingdom Lord Chancellor of Ireland Lord Chancellor of Scotland Lord High Chancellor of...
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associate justice of the United States Supreme Court Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord Avandale (c. 1420–1488), Lord Chancellor of Scotland George H. Stewart (1858–1914)...
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1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1537 – 3 October 1595), of Lethington, Knight (1581), was Lord Chancellor of Scotland. He was the second son of Sir...
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from 1598 to 1604, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1604 to 1622 and as a Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland. Born at Seton Palace, East...
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The Lord High Constable is a hereditary, now ceremonial, office of Scotland. In the order of precedence of Scotland, the office traditionally ranks above...
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of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1696 to 1702 (the baronetcy had been created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1637 for his...
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1st Earl of Aberdeen (3 October 1637 – 20 April 1720), was a Lord Chancellor of Scotland. Gordon, born on 3 October 1637, the second son of Sir John Gordon...
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