The kirking of the parliament is a modern ceremony, adapted from those performed in the original Parliament of Scotland which was founded in the Middle...
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husband and wife for the first time at their kirking. In Nova Scotia, Kirking of the Tartan ceremonies have become an integral part of most Scottish Festivals...
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St Giles' Cathedral (redirect from The High Kirk of St Giles)
1994, p. 27. Marshall 2009, pp. 191–192. "'Kirking of the Fifth Session of the Scottish Parliament'". parliament.scot. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020...
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The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of...
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Gilleasbuig Macmillan (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
on the Isle of Skye, from 9 May 1969 to 1973. Subsequently, he moved to minister at St Giles Cathedral in 1973. He presided at the Kirking of the Parliament...
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legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyrood. The Parliament is a...
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September 2019. "Kirking of the Parliament". www.parliament.scot. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2019. "MSPs attend Kirking of parliament". 10 May 2011...
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1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952. Complete list of acts is given in link mentioned...
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composition – Yorkshire and the Humber". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 July 2023. "2023 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies Boundary Commission...
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uphold the reformed religion of Scotland and reject any innovations not authorised by Kirk and Parliament. When the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland...
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1974–80, Member of Parliament for Heretaunga 1981–90, brother of John The Kirk family (father-son-great-niece) Norman Kirk – Member of Parliament (1957–1974)...
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was elected to the New Zealand Parliament. He became the leader of his party in 1964. Following a Labour victory in the 1972 election, Kirk became Prime...
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Ian Revell (category Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives)
formerly the patron of the Monarchist League of New Zealand, but resigned in favour of Sir Peter Tapsell in 2000 soon after leaving Parliament. At the 2016...
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The Acts of Union refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. They put...
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English Parliament. The Scottish Royalists, aided by Irish troops, had a rapid series of victories in 1644–45, but were eventually defeated by the Covenanters...
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The Parliament of Scotland (Scots: Pairlament o Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the...
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Haltemprice is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies...
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of the Engagers faction in 1648 at the hands of Oliver Cromwell and the English Parliament. They purged the Covenanters' General Assembly and army of...
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John Knox. The Scottish Parliament legislated for a national Presbyterian church—namely the Church of Scotland or the Kirk—and Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic...
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Scotland (redirect from Maps of scotland)
new Kingdom of Great Britain, with the Parliament of Scotland subsumed into the Parliament of Great Britain. In 1999 a Scottish Parliament was re-established...
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the European Parliament, formed on 10 July 2024 as the smallest group ahead of the 10th European Parliament. Its members previously belonged to the Identity...
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represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister since 2024 and Leader of the Labour...
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at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649. However, England entered the period...
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The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada. The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887, JA Gemmill John Angus Kirk –...
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Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127. Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Peter Kirk v t e v t e...
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in the Yorkshire Wolds. The bulk of the population is centred in the urban villages of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cottingham, which were part of the...
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Alan Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst (category Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
1937), is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented...
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Kirk Yetholm ('kirk yet-ham') is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 8 miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Kelso and less than 1 mile...
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Norman John Kirk (27 June 1947 – before 4 March 2024) was a New Zealand politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Sydenham in the South Island...
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Diana Douglas (category Naturalized citizens of the United States)
(also the name of her great-grandfather, a mariner), was a former Member of the Colonial Parliament (MCP) (representing the Parish of Devonshire in the Parliament...
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