Marquess of Tweeddale (sometimes spelled Tweedale) is a title of the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1694 for the 2nd Earl of Tweeddale.Lord Tweeddale holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Tweeddale (created 1646), Earl of Gifford (1694), Viscount of Walden (1694), Lord Hay of Yester (1488), and Baron Tweeddale, of Yester in the County of Haddington (1881), all but the …

History. Jedburgh began as Jedworð, the "worth" or enclosed settlement on the Jed.Later the more familiar word "burgh" was substituted for this, though the original name survives as Jeddart/Jethart. Bishop Ecgred of Lindisfarne founded a church at Jedburgh in the 9th century, and King David I of Scotland made it a priory between 1118 and 1138, housing Augustinian …

He was appointed as Secretary of State for Scotland by Boris Johnson on 24 July 2019. Jack was the first MP of the 2017 intake to join the Cabinet. Jack retained his seat at the 2019 general election with an increased share of the vote but with a reduced majority.. He was reappointed to the Truss ministry in September 2022.. On 10 September 2022, Jack attended the Accession …

The Cuillin (Scottish Gaelic: An Cuiltheann) is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin (na Beanntan Dearga), which lie to the east of Glen Sligachan.. The peaks of the Black Cuillin are mainly composed of gabbro, a very rough igneous rock which provides a …

History. The Townshend family descends from Roger Townshend, who in 1617 was created a baronet, of Raynham in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England.He later represented Orford and Norfolk in the House of Commons.His younger son, the third Baronet (who succeeded his elder brother), played an important role in the restoration of the monarchy after the Civil …

Boundaries. The constituency was first defined by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and first used in the 1918 general election, as one of two county constituencies covering the county of Kinross and the county of Perth.The other was the Perth constituency.. Prior to the 1918 election the county of Kinross was covered, nominally, by Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, which …

The order of precedence in Scotland was fixed by Royal Warrant in 1905. Amendments were made by further Warrants in 1912, 1952, 1958, 1999 to coincide with the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government and most recently in 2012. The relative precedence of peers of Scotland is determined by the Act of Union 1707

The constituency consists of the northern half of East Ayrshire and contains the town of Kilmarnock and the Irvine Valley.. In 2005, the constituency was expanded to include part of the disbanded Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency.. There was a Kilmarnock and Loudoun local government district covering a similar area, from 1975 to 1996. At the 1983 …

North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Wendy Chamberlain of the Liberal Democrats since the 2019 general election.. The seat was created in 1983, and was held by the Conservative Party for four years, before being represented by Menzies Campbell from 1987 to 2015. Campbell was elected as a …

Ranks. The ranks of the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.. The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1900, and the last marquessate was created in 1936. Creation of the remaining ranks, except baronies for life, mostly ceased once Harold Wilson's Labour government took office in 1964, and only thirteen (nine non-royal and four royal) people have …