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    Sir William Collins (1817–1895) was a Scottish publisher, prominent in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880...
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    The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Glasgow is the convener of the Glasgow City Council. The Lord Provost serves both as the chair of the city council...
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  • York City William Collins (publisher) (1789–1853), Scottish founder of the William Collins, Sons publishing house William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895)...
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  • stained glass by Daniel Cottier. In 1880, he succeeded Sir William Collins as Lord Provost of Glasgow. During his term in office, he organised the building...
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    Sabbath, 2 January 1853, Mr Collins died. His son Sir William Collins served as Lord Provost of Glasgow. He was portrayed by William Wallace. Trevitt 2008....
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  • publishing house William Lucas Collins (1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of England William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895), Scottish...
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  • Provost of Perth, and ranked second in precedence after the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. With the reorganisation of local government, it became Provost...
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  • James Bain (Whitehaven MP) (category Lord provosts of Glasgow)
    and was elected Lord Provost in 1874 and knighted by Queen Victoria in 1877 when he was replaced as Lord Provost by William Collins the famous Scottish...
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  • 1693–1760, an 18th-century Head Master of Harrow William George (c.1698 – 1756) Dean of Lincoln, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, Head Master of Eton...
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    First mentioned in 1275, it became a collegiate church before 1511, with a provost, ten prebendaries and two choristers, and was enclosed within the city...
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    politician, university professor, and Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Francis Blackburne (Classics, 1801), Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Roy Bradford (Modern...
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    Perth from their Huntingtower Castle. In 1544, Patrick, Lord Ruthven, was elected as Provost of Perth but at the intervention of Cardinal Beaton, Ruthven...
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    "William Murray, Lord Mansfield". Westminster Abbey. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2009. "William Murray (Lord Mansfield)...
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    (1826–1908), Town Clerk of Glasgow, Glasgow City Museum Sir William Collins (1817–1895), Lord Provost of Glasgow 1877-80, Glasgow City Museum Rev George S....
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    Watson of Neilsland James Watson of Broomknowe, Lord Provost of Glasgow Lord William Watson, Baron Watson, Lord Advocate Watson of Langley House, near Slough...
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    a growing population, with fewer and fewer attending church. Led by Lord Provost James Ewing of Strathleven, the planning of the cemetery was started...
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    many public charities and the general welfare of Edinburgh, serving as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1804 to 1806 (two elected sessions). He became a baronet...
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    Sir James King, 1st Baronet (category Lord provosts of Glasgow)
    July 1830 – 1 October 1911) was a Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1886 to 1889. He was Director of the Clydesdale Bank for over...
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  • Samuel Collins (1576–1651) was an English clergyman and academic, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Provost of King's College, Cambridge. He...
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    Chartres in France. William, a son of the Lord Chartres, is said to have come over with the Norman conquest of England. William's son or grandson came...
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    procurator for William Munro, 12th Baron of Foulis who led the royal forces at this battle. During the Anglo-Scottish Wars, John Ross, 2nd Lord Ross of Halkhead...
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  • served as acting dean of the college of arts and sciences in 1977, vice provost, 1989–1991, and department chair in 1993–1997, before leaving to become...
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    Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie David, 2nd Lord Drummond Patrick Lindsay, Master of Lindsay William Douglas, Laird...
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    Appointment with Venus (1951) as Provost The Magic Box (1951) as The Bath Doctor Plymouth Adventure (1952) as William Brewster Hamlet (1953) as Polonius...
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    Redmayne, Arthur Hallam, William Ewart Gladstone, Stafford Northcote, Lord Rosebery and Tom Hiddleston. The former Provost Lord Waldegrave was both the...
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    narrows, were marked. The commissioners, whose first president was the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Sir James Hunter-Blair, advertised for building estimates...
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    George Salmon (category Provosts of Trinity College Dublin)
    career was spent at Trinity College Dublin, having served as the 32nd Provost of the university from 1888 to 1904. Salmon was born in Cork in 1819, to...
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    over Perth from their Huntingtower Castle. In 1544 Patrick, Lord Ruthven was elected as Provost of Perth but at the intervention of Cardinal Beaton, Ruthven...
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  • Horrell Provost Guard 104th New York: Cpt William W. Graham MG Horatio G. Wright Escort 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company E: Cpt William H. Royd, jr...
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  • sheriff-depute of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. He later became Provost of Inverness. William Paterson was a founder of the Bank of England, but he is better-remembered...
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