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    officials known as "Bailies", Provosts and the office of "Constable of Dundee". The office of Provost as the single chief official of the burgh was not created...
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    advice of government ministers. Provost (civil) List of provosts of Aberdeen List of provosts of Dundee List of provosts of Edinburgh List of provosts of Glasgow...
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    (Scotland) Act 1994. In total, there have been 256 provosts and lord provosts. The current lord provost is Robert Aldridge. The first named individual overseeing...
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    (Scottish National Party) - First SNP Lord Provost of Aberdeen "Memorials of the aldermen, provosts, and Lord provosts of Aberdeen, 1272–1895". 1897. Retrieved...
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    Medieval burgh of Glasgow was administered on behalf of the Bishops of Glasgow by officials known as Bailies or Provosts. The office of Provost as a single...
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    Lesley Hinds (category Lord Provosts of Edinburgh)
    politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2007. Hinds was born on 3 August 1956 in Dundee, Scotland to Kenneth and Ena...
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    1804). He was born in Dundee on 1 July 1731, the son of Alexander Duncan of Lundie, Provost of Dundee. Adam was educated in Dundee and later joined the...
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    elected Lord Provost unanimously. In total, there have been 258 Provosts and Lord Provosts. "The Lord Provost". "In Pictures: First Lord Provost garden party"...
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  • List of mayors of Bolton List of mayors of Cardiff Mayor of Colchester Mayor of Derry List of provosts of Dundee List of provosts of Edinburgh List of...
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  • The provost of Peterhead was the head of the Peterhead burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman...
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  • The Provost of Elgin was the head of the Elgin burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman of that...
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  • Dundee (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland with a population of around 150,000 people. It is situated on the north bank...
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  • Black, Lord Provost of Dundee, Scotland (1952–1954), see List of provosts of Dundee William P. Black (1842–1916), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient...
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  • of lord provost is reserved for the convener of the four largest of the eight Scottish cities. Four of the lord mayors and two of the lord provosts have...
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    the College of the Holy Spirit, and is open to the public to stay. The Provosts are sometimes referred to as Provosts of the Cathedral of the Isles, and...
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    Scotland have Lord Provosts. In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part...
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    John Graham, 7th of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee (21 July 1648 – 27 July 1689) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, a Tory and an Episcopalian. He...
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  • The Provost of Montrose was the head of the Montrose burgh council in Scotland. Provosts were elected by the council and served not only as the chairman...
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    Bonnie Dundee is the title of a poem and a song written by Walter Scott in 1825 in honour of John Graham, 7th Laird of Claverhouse, who was created 1st...
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  • from other subdivisions of Scotland including sheriffdoms and former regions and districts. The Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow...
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    The Dundee Elephant was an unnamed female Indian elephant, which died on the road between Broughty Ferry and Dundee on 27 April 1706. The elephant was...
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    one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City...
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    John Fleming (Scottish politician) (category Lord Provosts of Aberdeen)
    in Dundee, son of John Fleming and Ann McIntosh. His father was a grocer, living and trading at 53 West Port in Dundee. He was educated in Dundee at Brown...
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  • The High School of Dundee is a private, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just...
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  • "Lord-Lieutenant for Devon: David Fursdon". gov.uk. The Lord Provost of Dundee is the leader of the City of Dundee local authority in Scotland. They are elected by...
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  • Alexander Riddoch (category People from Dundee)
    as Provost of Dundee. His nicknames included the "Old Hawk". "The Gudeman of Blacklunans" and "Archdeacon of the Self-Elected". In his role in Dundee he...
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    The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival-style building, located in the centre of Dundee, Scotland. The building houses a museum...
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    an Anglican cathedral in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is the cathedral and administrative centre of the Diocese of Brechin in the Scottish Episcopal...
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    Dundee Science Centre (formerly known as Sensation) is a science centre located in Dundee, Scotland, and a part of the Scottish Science Centres Network...
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    the four cities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow form separate areas from the surrounding countryside, with the Lord Provost of each city acting...
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