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	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Lord Provost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A Lord Provost is the figurative and ceremonial head of one of the four principal cities in Scotland, having a higher status than an English Lord Mayor.
		Four cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow have the right to appoint a Lord Provost instead of a provost (mayor).
		A privilege beyond that given to Lord Mayors is that the Lord Provost is ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant for that city - allowing the city council to choose their own representative from the Queen.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Lord_Provost (184 words)

	Curiosities of Glasgow citizenship: Glasgow at the Union of the Parliaments, 1707 [ebook chapter] / George Stewart, 1881 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Although this is not applied to Glasgow, we cannot expect much refinement in a town which was the chief mart for a district whose inhabitants - except, perhaps, a few of the wealthiest and best educated - could hold but the scantiest communication with further advanced parts of the kingdom.
		There is no more common subject of conversation in Glasgow than the rapid rise of the city during this century, and people often take credit to themselves or their fathers for the whole of it.
		Glasgow was interested deeply in the Scotch scheme for colonising the Isthmus of Darien, a project which speedily and lamentably failed, and cost many brave lives, through the jealousy of England, and the almost criminal apathy of William III.
	reactor-core.org /mirror/glasgow-1707.html (4989 words)

	Clan Dinwiddie - Dinwoodie History
		Several of the family of Robert Dinwiddle of Germiston besides Lawrence, the provost, are of Interest: Matthew, eldest son and eldest child, baptised lst September, 1687, was a merchant in Glasgow, and was served heir to his father on 21st January, 1709.
		Provost Dinwiddie was one of those who was deputed to negotiate with the Young Chevaliers' representative, and was a partner in many enterprises, notably the rope work at Port Glasgow and the tannery which M'Ure calls the Old Tannery.
		The individual entries contain the enumeration number within the list, the name of the head of the family (often there are 2 families sharing one dwelling place), sometimes the name of the residence, and lastly the number of hearths.
	www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/dtog/dinwiddie3.html (5386 words)

	Domestic Annals of Scotland - Reign of William III: 1695 - 1702 Part 1
		It is fitting to remember here, that the Lord Advocate, Sir James Steuart, in his address to the jury, holds all those instances of clairvoyance and of flying locomotion which have been mentioned, as completely proved, and speaks as having no doubt of the murders and torments afficted by the accused.
		Tullibardine’s wish was to establish a daughter of the late lord, a child of eleven years old, as the heiress, and marry her to one of his own sons.
		Lord Salton was then hurried northward to the Dowager Lady Lovat’s house of Castle Downie, to woo his child-bride, and arrange for her being brought to safer lodgings in Athole.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/domestic/vol3ch2d.htm (6432 words)

	Glasgow Directory - 1787 - (Reprint of the Nathaniel Jones Directory)
		At a meeting of Council held during the early part of 1609, Provost John Inglis took the opportunity of informing his brethren at the Board that the city was sorely pressed for a debt of a hundred pounds Scots, or £8 6s.
		Campbell, MP for the Glasgow District of Burghs, was attacked and sacked by a mob, in consequence of that gentleman voting for the extension of the malt tax to Scotland.
		It was patronized by the Lords of Justiciary on circuit, and by the nobility of several counties, including the sporting Duke of Hamilton.
	www.amostcuriousmurder.com /Jones.htm (5923 words)

	Offshore Company
		The Lord Mayors and Provosts of Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, City of London, and York all have the further right to be styled "The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor" (or Provost), though they are not members of the Privy Council as this style usually indicates.
		Note that the Cathedral column lists the diocesan cathedrals that were the grounds for the granting of city status, that is, cathedrals of the established Church of England, and the formerly established Church in Wales or Church of Ireland, in cities recognised prior to 1888.
		The Provost of Inverness is the Area Convenor of the Inverness Area Committee of Highland Council.
	uimag.com /?title=City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom (4527 words)

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		Lord (80) Carteret for his/Perusal relating to the Interest in the Quit Rents his Lordship is intitled to Adjourn'd 31 (81) Mr.
		Councellor to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations for his Opinion thereupon And which Lavs are Intituled, An Act for Establishing the Tenures of Lands in Georgia, and reducing the Quit Rents thereof.
		Digby Lord Tyrconnel Resolved a That it be recommended to the Common Council that the Exchanges of Lots recommended by the President and Assistants between Peter Bailleu and John Greedy should be confirmed b That it be recommended likewise that the purchase of Daniel Nunez's Lot by Is sac Young should be confirmed.
	fax.libs.uga.edu /egmont/1f/egmont_papers_14213.txt (13352 words)

	Aberdeen
		Aberdeen Grammar School, (now comprehensive, despite its name) founded in 1263 and one of the oldest schools in Britain, was removed in 1861-1863 from its old quarters in Schoolhill to a large new building, in the Scottish baronial style, off Skene Street.
		The park was named after a former Lord Provost of the city, Sir David Stewart, and is laid out as an 18 hole golf course; a section is reserved for Cricket and football.
		In the 1890s when the College was extended, the obelisk was moved to the Duthie Park.There is also a statue commemorating Lord Byron in Aberdeen Grammar School in the front grounds.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ab/Aberdeen.htm (4696 words)

	Happy Dogs Clup, The biggest dog resource center,breeds,cloths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is a separate post to the historic and honorific Lord Mayor of London and may be characterised as a strategic, regional, role rather than as anything analogous to previous local government in England.
		The right to appoint a Lord Mayor (or in Scotland, a Lord Provost) is a rare honour, even less frequently bestowed than city status; a Lord Provost also acts as Lord Lieutenant of their city.
		The Lord Mayors of London, Cardiff, Belfast, York and Bristol and the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow are styled The Right Honourable.
	www.happydogsclup.com /sdmc_Mayors_in_the_United_Kingdom (527 words)

	Wikinfo \| List of cities in the United Kingdom
		Some cities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have the further distinction of having a Lord Mayor (as opposed to a Mayor).
		There are currently 66 cities (including thirty Lord Mayoralties or Lord Provostships) in the UK: 50 cities (23 Lord Mayoralties) in England, 5 cities (2 Lord Mayoralties) in Wales, 6 cities (4 Lord Provostships) in Scotland and 5 cities (1 Lord Mayoralty) in Northern Ireland.
		Exeter was awarded Lord Mayoralty status in a separate application.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=List_of_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom (560 words)

	WebEdition 20/4
		Glasgow), who have been either born or are the descendants of parents born in the district from which the Club takes its title." From this original resolution the Club was properly constituted with its formal rules and regulations, and these remained substantially the same throughout the life of the Club.
		Club membership reflects not only the many business connections between Glasgow and Campbeltown, but also the far flung influence of Kintyre in the 19th Century in the Dominions, America, India and other overseas territories, Again, the Kintyre connection will be recognised by the older generation, but there are mysteries.
		Not only were Campbeltown and Kintyre prominent in the Glasgow business community in the 19th century, but they sent merchants, professional men and administrators to almost every part of the world; and in numbers out of proportion to their size.
	www.kintyremag.co.uk /1998/20/page4.html (3817 words)

	Septs of Clan Campbell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In part, this is because the initial drive to compile lists of septs came from the mill industries, in an effort to provide a tartan for everyone, and thus increase the sale of tartan..
		A Johanne de Hastings was Lord of Dun in Angus and sheriff and forester of the Mearns circa 1178, when he appears as a witness.
		One of the Campbell Provosts of Glasgow was descended from a cadet of the Melfort family who had been obliged to leave Argyll and for a time, early in their exile, took their patronymic of MacOran as a surname.
	home.comcast.net /~ccsreg1/septs.html (4851 words)

	Works Of Wilkie
		Lord Ronald Gower says: "It is in every sense a master-piece; it is redolent of the finest humor, and the technique is as admirable as the humor.
		Lord Ronald Gower says: "It was in giving effect, and portraying such a scene as this, that he gained the popularity that, with all the changes of fashion and feeling of nearly a century, makes his name still a household word, and places him amongst the well-remembered of his countrymen.
		In the foreground, to the left of the picture, are a number of supporters of the reformed faith, among them the Earl of Morton leaning on his sword, Lord James Murray, afterwards Regent Murray, dressed in red, seated near, and the Earls of Argyll and Glencairne.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles34/sir-david-wilkie-5.shtml (2911 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - Publications - Forms of Address (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are judges who sit in the House of Lords.
		Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General are Privy Counsellors and should be addressed as follows:
		Lord Provosts of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee
	www.dca.gov.uk /dept/titles.htm (2372 words)

	sca: A little research - The Right Honorable Lord Mayor of London
		Of the 66 Cities in the United Kingdom, the City of London is among the 30 that have Lord Mayors (or, in Scotland, Lord Provosts).
		The Lord Mayor is entitled to the style The Right Honourable; the same privilege extends only to the Lord Mayors of Bristol, York, Cardiff and Belfast, and to the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
		I'm still unconvinced that "The Honorable Lord" or "The Honorable Lady" would be appropriate in period for any "middle title" nobility, nor am I yet convinced that the SCA formally demands it.
	community.livejournal.com /sca/480201.html (2732 words)

	Rampant Scotland Newsletter - 26 October 2002
		The enthusiasm shown by Glasgow to get ahead with the project has led to predictions that the completion date could be 2008, two years earlier than originally suggested.
		When the 100-year-old Bower building at Glasgow University was destroyed by fire exactly a year ago, there was concern that the damage caused was so severe that the shell would have to be demolished.
		But the Lord Provost was acting in his role as representative of the Queen as "Lord Lieutenant" of the city.
	www.rampantscotland.com /let021026.htm (5373 words)

	fcccp Partnerships & Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Below is a list of some of the organisations The Project works in partnership with.
		Glasgow North Ltd is a local economic development company.
		The project is working in conjunction with them, to implement a scheme where by residents from the North of Glasgow will get the opportunity to learn new skills on the canal which will make them more employable to local companies.
	www.fcccp.org.uk /links.html (721 words)

	[No title]
		ROBERT BAILLIE: Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow (formerly minister of Kilwinning in Ayrshire): _ætat._ 4l.--Baillie also had been on the former Scottish Commission to London; and it way sorely against his will that he was appointed on this second one.
		The House of Lords, in particular, though still retaining all its nominal dignity and keeping up all its stately forms, was a mere shred of its former self.
		Six were to be a quorum, always in the proportion of one Lord to two Commoners, and of the Scottish Commissioners meeting with them two were to be a quorum.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04/8mlt310.txt (13842 words)

	Peter Suber, Open Access News
		Kemp lists the Caltech archive but doesn't mention Caltech's finding that set-up costs are less than $1,000.
		Lord Sainsbury is the UK Minister of Science and Innovation.
		The list below shows some of the major statements already publicised and you will see that there is a truly international concensus on the value of this development.
	www.earlham.edu /~peters/fos/2005_10_30_fosblogarchive.html (12220 words)

	Peter Suber, Open Access News
		The data are accurate lists of addresses, essential for public services and collecting council tax....Councils say they provide lists of street names and numbers for free - but Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail treat their data as a commercial asset and charge other public bodies to make it available to the wider public.
		The list includes phoning, faxing or e-mailing your senator to support the bill, faxing a letter of support to Senators John Cornyn and Joe Lieberman, the sponsors of the bill, and issuing a public statement of support....
		Jamshed Bharucha, Provost & Senior Vice President of Tufts University, has added his signature to the SPARC list of U.S. university presidents and provosts endorsing open access to publicly-funded research and the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 (FRPAA).
	www.earlham.edu /~peters/fos/2006_11_12_fosblogarchive.html (12152 words)

	House of Commons PQs \| Margaret Thatcher Foundation
		However, I understood that in the last General Election campaign particularly, the SNP was totally opposed to anything of the kind and wanted to hand over all the profits to private enterprise.
		Lady regards that advice as wrong, I am surprised that she did not raise the matter when she was a Cabinet Minister.
		Gentleman and the former and present Lord Provosts about the great qualities and attractiveness of Glasgow for such work to be established there.
	www.margaretthatcher.org /speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=102957 (2272 words)

	Aberdeen - World Travel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One famous alumnus of the Grammar School is Lord Byron.
		The park was named after a former Lord Provost of the city, Sir David Stewart; a section is reserved for cricket and football.
		It is possible to take the longest scheduled rail journey in the whole of the British Isles from Aberdeen.
	www.morecityhotels.com /travel_guide/index.php?title=Aberdeen (5204 words)

	List of Lords Provost of Edinburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lord Provost of Edinburgh is the convener of the City of Edinburgh local authority.
		Each of the 32 Scottish local authorities elects a Provost, but it is only in the four main cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee that have a Lord Provost.
		List of Lord Provosts in Edinburgh City Chambers
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Lord_Provosts_of_Edinburgh (242 words)

	The Arcane Schools - Part 6 - by John Yarker
		They were the real Grand Lodge, with secret Rites and tokens, they formed a Court of Award, as they united the Geomatic and Domatic Sections, until the law and the Grand Lodge rendered their functions obsolete; chiefly held in cathedral towns, we may find the sacred name over its gates.
		Thory points out, in writing of the times of Lord Bacon, what he calls the singular fact that here and there in works of the time are found allusions to the Templars, and that Alchemical works have references to their red-cross banner.
		They sought and obtained from Lord Blaney, 22nd July, 1767, a Charter of Institution and Protection, formulated a "Charter of Compact" in 1778, and printed an "Abstract of Laws for the Society of Royal Arch Masons in London," 1778, and followed by a 2nd edition in 1782.
	www.phoenixmasonry.org /arcane_schools/part_6.htm (10914 words)

	Lord Provosts message
		Glasgow also has high quality accommodation, and excellent shops, restaurants and entertainment venues, making us one of the top tourism destinations in the U.K. Indeed, Glasgow has been named as the only U.K. city in the BBC's list of top movers and shakers in British culture - quite an accolade!
		Further information on the History of the office of the Lord Provost and Previous Lord Provosts of Glasgow is available on this Web site.
		You can also read about the Lord Provost's work for Malawi, a cause that's close to her heart.
	www.glasgow.gov.uk /en/AboutGlasgow/LordProvostsmessage (278 words)

	Sources
		For the county as a whole, there appears to be more source data for the area south of Cavan town and east of the Erne, which probably accounts for the focus on these areas in Breifne, the county historical Journal.
		There is a distinct contrast between the energy and extravagances of this family and the lethargy of the Lanesboroughs of Belturbet.
		The latter reports the death of Stephen Butler in 21 September 1638 (?) and lists the townlands inherited by his son, James, a ward of the King (Jac.
	www.belturbet.org /sources.htm (4551 words)

	edinburgh
		A fortnightly publication, The List, is dedicated to life in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and contains listings of all Nightclubs, as well as music, theatrical and other events.
		The council is led by the Lord Provost.
		The current Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lesley Hinds (who replaced Eric Milligan on May 8, 2003), and the current Majority Leader of the Council, Donald Anderson, are both Labour Party members.
	www.halindia.com /wiki/?title=Edinburgh (5583 words)

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