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    are the Loch of Skene and Skene House. In the 16th and 17th century the local Laird, Alexander Skene, was known as the "Wizard of Skene", and is the subject...
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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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    Earl Fife (redirect from Baron Skene)
    his death in 1857. Later that year, the 5th Earl was created Baron Skene, of Skene in the County of Aberdeen, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In...
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    tells the story of one of Scotland's best known regiments. Provost Skene's House on Flourmill Lane dates from 1545 and is the oldest surviving townhouse...
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    Skene Manor, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Judge Joseph Potter House, is a historic home located at Whitehall in Washington County...
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    William Forbes Skene WS FRSE FSA(Scot) DCL LLD (7 June 1809 – 29 August 1892), was a Scottish lawyer, historian and antiquary. He co-founded the Scottish...
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  • This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Skene in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:...
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    build a second story on Skene House, giving the inn its current shape. Before the conversion of the Soullard and Skene houses, Sinclair had run his inn...
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    Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early...
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    2015, winning that year's RIBA House of the Year Award. The architect was Charlotte Skene Catling, a partner of Skene Catling de la Peña. The stones for...
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  • Skene or Skeyne (1523-1599) was a physician at the Scottish royal court 1522/3 - 1599 He was born at Bandodle, Aberdeenshire. His father James Skene,...
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    James Skene of Rubislaw FSA Scot FRSE FGS (1775–1864) was a Scottish lawyer and amateur artist, best known as a friend of Sir Walter Scott. The second...
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    2018. Skene, Chronicles, p. 91; Hudson, Celtic Kings, p. 65. "Malcolm I (r. 943–954)". royal.gov.uk. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018. Skene, Chronicles...
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    appertain, Where in a little pleasant house doth stand, Painted (as I guess) with its master’s hand…[..] — Skene, A (1685). In it, he recalls an earlier...
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    captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York and ransacked the elder Skene's house. The house is presently owned by the town. National Register of Historic Places...
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    He spent much of his career in South Africa. David Gill was born at 48 Skene Terrace in Aberdeen the son of David Gill, watchmaker and his wife Margaret...
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  • Philip Wharton Skene (5 February 1725 – 10 June 1810) was a British Army officer and landowner. Skene was from the branch of the family associated with...
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    consider the question of whether to replace "Britannia". — Viscount Cranborne, House of Lords Hansard: Written Answers 23 June 1994 In January 1997, the government...
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  • William Baillie Skene (24 April 1838 – 10 June 1911) was a British academic and political agent. The second son of Patrick Skene, of Pitlaw House, Fife, Scotland...
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    Aberdeen Residence Inn by Marriott hotel. This corners the Provost Skene's House museum, with a large public green space separating the two. In addition...
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    Sgian-dubh (redirect from Skene du)
    skee-ən-DOO; Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [s̪kʲənˈt̪u]) – also anglicized as skene-dhu – is a small, single-edged knife (Scottish Gaelic: sgian) worn as part...
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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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    Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm. It is...
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    Skene Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Skene, part of the Presbytery of Gordon. The parish has two places of worship, Skene...
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    George Skene (9 May 1749 – 27 April 1825), of Skene, was a Scottish army officer and politician. The eldest son of George Skene of Skene, George the younger...
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    Orkney Museum People's Palace People's Story Museum Pier House Museum Provost Skene's House Scalloway Museum Scotland Street School Museum Shetland Museum...
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  • Peter Skene Ogden Secondary is a public high school in 100 Mile House in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The school is administered as part...
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    in the early 17th century. Provost Skene's House in Broad Street dates from 1545 and is probably the oldest house in the city. Tullibody Old Bridge, which...
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  • Felicia Mary Frances Skene (23 May 1821 – 6 October 1899), also known by the pseudonyms Erskine Moir and Francis Scougal, was a Scottish writer, philanthropist...
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  • Lillias Margaret Skene, MBE (née Hamilton; 28 March 1867 – 25 March 1957) was an Australian women's rights activist. Lillias Hamilton was born on 28 March...
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