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    Sir Thomas Blaikie of Kingseat (11 February 1802 – 25 September 1861) was a Scottish businessman who twice served as Lord Provost of Aberdeen, from 1839...
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    Thomas Blaikie (11 February 1750 – 19 July 1838) was a Scottish botanist and gardener born on Corstorphine Hill, which was at the time just outside Edinburgh...
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  • Blaikie is a Scottish surname. Blaikie derives from "blaik" (adj.), a word in the Scots language meaning black, plus the common Scots diminutive suffix...
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    hiring landscapers and horticulturalists from Britain. These included Thomas Blaikie, a Scottish horticultural expert, another Scottish gardener, Alexander...
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    time, the Chairman of their board of directors, Sir Thomas Blaikie, was the Managing Director of Blaikie Bros. Therefore, there was a conflict of interest...
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    Ogilvie Blaikie of Craigiebuckler (20 May 1786 – 3 October 1836) was Provost of Aberdeen from 1833 until 1836. James Blaikie was a son of John Blaikie, plumber...
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    William Alexander "Bill" Blaikie PC OC (June 19, 1951 – September 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979...
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    James Blaikie (1836–1839) James Milne (1839–1847) Sir Thomas Blaikie (1847–1850) George Thompson Jnr (1850–1853) George Henry (1853–1856) Sir Thomas Blaikie...
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    William Garden Blaikie FRSE (5 February 1820, in Aberdeen – 11 June 1899) was a Scottish minister, writer, biographer, and temperance reformer. His father...
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    traditional English landscape style by the Scottish landscape gardener Thomas Blaikie. In 1787, a new city wall, the Wall of the Farmers-General, was built...
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  • the society, the Corstorphine hill site was a nursery, once owned by Thomas Blaikie, who planted many of the great French parks such as 'La Bagatelle'....
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    naturalistic English landscape style by the Scottish garden-designer Thomas Blaikie, and dotted with sham ruins, an obelisk, a pagoda, primitive hermits'...
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    Bélanger, while the garden was made by the Scottish landscape designer Thomas Blaikie. The garden was built at the same time as the Parc Monceau, and, like...
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    honour of the wife of the Lord Provost of Aberdeen of Sir Thomas Blaikie. The Agnes Blaikie was first registered in Aberdeen in 1841, owned by George...
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    probably the well-established Scottish gardener and landscape designer, Thomas Blaikie, who put her in touch with Lee and Kennedy; her relation with a London-based...
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    upgraded. His heir, Philippe-Égalité, engaged the Scottish gardener Thomas Blaikie to replace the formal gardens with a more natural landscape, one of...
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    the sister of Sir Thomas Blaikie, the Scottish magistrate. Three of Thomas Keith's brothers entered the medical profession. Thomas Keith was educated...
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    1902 (aged 69) he was married to Mary Constance (1851-1921), widow of Thomas Blaikie. They had no children. Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Masons...
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    museum. It opened in 1997. Scale Model of Thermopylae Wooden figure of Thomas Blaikie "Port Jackson" by Alexander Hall & Sons First aid kit Diver's boot underwater...
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    Henry Anderson Wizard of the North Rev Dr Thomas Blackwell, principal of Marischal College Sir Thomas Blaikie Rev Prof William Laurence Brown (inside kirk)...
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    bathing room with a vaulted ceiling and divans. The Scottish gardener Thomas Blaikie described the Folie this way: "This garden is, without doubt, an example...
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    Aberdeen 1852–1857 Succeeded by William Henry Sykes Civic offices Preceded by Sir Thomas Blaikie Provost of Aberdeen 1847–1850 Succeeded by George Henry...
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    votes to 3260 in the riding of Interlake. In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.[citation...
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    text from a publication now in the public domain: Blaikie, William Garden (1887). "Chalmers, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National...
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    Nineteenth Centuries". The Essex Review. LVII: 8–13. Patricia Taylor (2001). Thomas Blaikie (1751–1838): The 'Capability' Brown of France. Tuckwell. p. 150....
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    daughter of John Blackie, plumber, Aberdeen, (and sister of James Blaikie and Thomas Blaikie and had issue— Alexander, his assistant and successor George Skene...
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    Tom Longboat (redirect from Thomas Longboat)
    Batten. The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone. Tundra Books, 2002. David Blaikie. Boston, the Canadian Story. Seneca House Books, 1984 ISBN 0-920598-04-8...
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    Richard John Blaikie (born 25 August 1965) is a physicist who works in the field of nano-scale optics. He is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research...
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    replacement was Francis Blaikie, a Scottish man who had previously been employed as estate steward for Lord Chesterfield. Blaikie paid close attention to...
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  • shipping solicitors, and of Agnes Dingwall Bateson, daughter of Sir Thomas Blaikie. A brother was the English rugby union player Harold Dingwall Bateson...
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