NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lord Clerk Register

The Lord Clerk Register is the oldest surviving Great Office of State in Scotland, with origins in the 13th century. The role has been largely honorific since 1806, when a Deputy Clerk Register was appointed. Most of its remaining functions were removed by Act of Parliament in 1879, although the Lord Clerk Register remained responsible for the election of representative peers of Scotland until these were abolished in 1963. In the United Kingdom, the Great Officers of State are officers who either inherit their positions or are appointed by the Crown, and exercise certain ceremonial functions. ... In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them in the British House of Lords. ...

The Lord Clerk Register is one of the guardian commissioners for Scotland's Crown Jewels. It is combined with the role of Keeper of the Signet, which was given to the Lord Clerk Register in 1817. The Honours of Scotland, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, are the oldest set of Crown Jewels in the British Isles. ...

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Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st Earl of Islay (June 1682 - April 15, 1761) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, lawyer, and soldier. ... The title Lord Polwarth, of Polwarth in the County of Berwick, was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1690 for Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, 2nd Baronet. ... Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1646. ... The title of Marquess of Lothian was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1701 for the 4th Earl of Lothian. ... James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess and 10th Earl of Dalhousie (April 22, 1812–December 19, 1860) was a British statesman, and a colonial administrator in India. ... The title Earl of Glasgow was bestowed on David Boyle, Lord Boyle, one of the commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union uniting England and Scotland into Great Britain. ... The title of Duke of Montrose was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1488 for David Lindsay. ... The title of Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced Bucloo) was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. ... The title Earl of Kellie is one of the peerage titles of in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1619 for Thomas Erskine. ... The title Lord Elphinstone, in the Peerage of Scotland, dates to 1510. ... The title of Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced Bucloo) was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch. ...

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