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 | | After the accession of the Whigs to office in 1832 he held various impor tant offices in the ministry, and most of the measures of reform for Scotland, such as burgh reform, the improvements in th law of entail, and the reform of the sheriff courts, owed much t his sagacity and energy. |
 | | 860), often described as the first king of Scotland (kingdom of Scone), was the son of the Alpin, called king of the Scots, who had been slain by the Picts in 832 or 834, whilst endeavouring to assert his claim to the Pictish throne. |
 | | The mormaers, or chiefs, of Kenneth were engaged throughout his reign in a contest with Sigurd the Norwegian, earl of Orkney, for the possession of Caithness and the northern district of Scotland as far south as the Spey. |
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