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    National Party) - First SNP Lord Provost of Aberdeen "Memorials of the aldermen, provosts, and Lord provosts of Aberdeen, 1272–1895". 1897. Retrieved 7...
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    advice of government ministers. Provost (civil) List of provosts of Aberdeen List of provosts of Dundee List of provosts of Edinburgh List of provosts of Glasgow...
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    Medieval burgh of Glasgow was administered on behalf of the Bishops of Glasgow by officials known as Bailies or Provosts. The office of Provost as a single...
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    (Scotland) Act 1994. In total, there have been 256 provosts and lord provosts. The current lord provost is Robert Aldridge. The first named individual overseeing...
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  • Map of places in Aberdeen compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This List of places in Aberdeen is a...
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    Provost Skene's House is a house in Aberdeen, built in 1545 and now housing a museum. It is named after Provost Skene, who bought it in 1669 and is thought...
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    Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's...
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    James Blaikie (category Lord Provosts of Aberdeen)
    there is also an engraving of the portrait by J. E. Coombs, executed in 1838. List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen Munro 1897. Munro, Alexander...
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    officials known as "Bailies", Provosts and the office of "Constable of Dundee". The office of Provost as the single chief official of the burgh was not created...
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  • The provost of Peterhead was the head of the Peterhead burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman...
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    Thomas Blaikie (category Lord Provosts of Aberdeen)
    likely the sister-ship of the more famous ship, the Agnes Blaikie, named after his wife. List of Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen Dod, Robert P. (1860)...
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    of Saint Andrew, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church situated in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. It is the see of the Bishop of Aberdeen and...
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  • Kingdom List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom List of provosts of Aberdeen List of mayors of Belfast List of mayors of Birmingham...
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    for the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, though a sense of Aberdeen as a city, with...
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    with portraits of Prince Albert, the 4th Earl of Aberdeen, various Lord Provosts and other distinguished citizens. In the vestibule of the entrance corridor...
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    Sir George Skene of Fintray (1619–1708) was a Scottish merchant in the Baltic trade who served as Provost of the city of Aberdeen from 1676 to 1685. He...
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  • The Provost of Elgin was the head of the Elgin burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman of that...
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    elected Lord Provost unanimously. In total, there have been 258 Provosts and Lord Provosts. "The Lord Provost". "In Pictures: First Lord Provost garden party"...
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    Aberdeen Town House is a municipal facility in Castle Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. The town house, which is the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council,...
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    The Aberdeen Maritime Museum was built in 1593 by master-mason Andrew Jamieson, and was extended to the south in 1710. In 1702 Provost John Ross of Arnage...
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    The Kirk of St Nicholas is a historic church located in the city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland. Up until the dissolution of the congregation on 31 December...
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  • lieutenants of Aberdeen are commissioned by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen who, since 1899 by virtue of office, is also Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen. The Lieutenancy...
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  • City of London, and Dublin had lord mayors, and only Edinburgh and Glasgow had lord provosts. The first four were styled The Right Honourable. Aberdeen was...
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    Scotland have Lord Provosts. In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part...
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  • The Provost of Montrose was the head of the Montrose burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman...
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  • William Henderson (philanthropist) (category Lord Provosts of Aberdeen)
    philanthropist. He served as Lord provost of Aberdeen from 1886 to 1889. Henderson was born in Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, the son of a farmer, and his first job...
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    (secondary coordinates) This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Aberdeen, Scotland. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or...
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  • Macdonald (1897). Memorials of the aldermen, provosts, and Lord provosts of Aberdeen, 1272-1895. Robarts - University of Toronto. Aberdeen, Privately printed....
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  • merchant who twice served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen. He was born in the parish of Strichen in northern Aberdeenshire the son of a William Cruden (b.1703) a...
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  • The University of Aberdeen has produced leading figures in the UK, Scottish, and foreign governments, including the Lord Chancellor George Gordon, former...
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