The Keeper of Dumbarton Castle and the Governor of Edinburgh Castle are non-hereditary offices. Holyrood Palace The Palace of Holyroodhouse, more commonly known as Holyrood Palace, originally founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the 15th century. ... The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton sits in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace in Hamilton The Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1643. ... Falkland Palace is a former Scottish royal palace in Falkland, Fife. ... Stirling Castle (southwest aspect) Stirling Castle is an historic castle in Stirling, Scotland. ... The title Earl of Kellie is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Thomas Erskine. ... Arms of the Duke of Argyll since 1406 The title Duke of Argyll was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1701 and in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1892. ... Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean, Baronet of Dunconnel, (March 11, 1911 - June 15, 1996) was a Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer and politician, as well as rumoured to be one of the inspirations for James Bond although throughout his life he neither confirmed or denied this. ... Dumbarton is a town in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde. ... Edinburgh Castle and NorLoch, around 1780 by Alexander Nasmyth Edinburgh Castle, an ancient stronghold on the Castle Rock in the centre of the city of Edinburgh, has been in use by assorted military forces since prehistoric times and only transferred from the Ministry of Defence recently. ...
The Lord Chancellor has the greatest range of functions: he is the Keeper of the Great Seal, the Speaker of the House of Lords, the most senior judge in England and Wales, and a cabinet minister responsible for the Lord Chancellor's Department (now the Department for Constitutional Affairs).
The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, but the Act provided that the Lord Great Chamberlain and Earl Marshal be exempt from such a rule, so that they may continue to carry out their ceremonial functions in the House of Lords.
The Dukes of Argyll are the Hereditary Masters of the Household.
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