Publications, Volume 7Published for the Grampian Club, 1874 |
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Page 193
... elected M.P. for Ayrshire , and became Colonel of the Yeomanry Cavalry , in the same county . He originated the proposal of erecting a public monument to the poet Burns , on the banks of the Doon , and raised £ 2,000 on behalf of the ...
... elected M.P. for Ayrshire , and became Colonel of the Yeomanry Cavalry , in the same county . He originated the proposal of erecting a public monument to the poet Burns , on the banks of the Doon , and raised £ 2,000 on behalf of the ...
Page 206
... elected M.P. for the Dumfries burghs . After a period of broken health , he died on the 8th October , 1817. Many of his sparkling witticisms and humorous sallies are included in popular collections of bonmots . * Mrs. Dundas , of ...
... elected M.P. for the Dumfries burghs . After a period of broken health , he died on the 8th October , 1817. Many of his sparkling witticisms and humorous sallies are included in popular collections of bonmots . * Mrs. Dundas , of ...
Page 207
... elected M.P. for Camelford . He died at Belleville , Inverness - shire , on the 17th February , 1796 , aged fifty - eight . Boswell's allusion to John Bull is ! 1 as he certainly could not be fond of John. BOSWELLIANA . 207.
... elected M.P. for Camelford . He died at Belleville , Inverness - shire , on the 17th February , 1796 , aged fifty - eight . Boswell's allusion to John Bull is ! 1 as he certainly could not be fond of John. BOSWELLIANA . 207.
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... election , as they imagined that he would follow the system of the King of Prussia , and introduce arbitrary ... elected M.P. for Ayrshire in 1774 ; he afterwards sat for the city of Edinburgh . He died 23rd September , 1813 , at ...
... election , as they imagined that he would follow the system of the King of Prussia , and introduce arbitrary ... elected M.P. for Ayrshire in 1774 ; he afterwards sat for the city of Edinburgh . He died 23rd September , 1813 , at ...
Page 241
... elected M.P. for the county of Dumbarton and the Ayr burghs . He died in July , 1807 . † Sir Gilbert Elliot , of Minto , Bart . , Lord Justice Clerk , died at Minto , Roxburghshire , on the 16th April , 1766 , aged seventy - three . His ...
... elected M.P. for the county of Dumbarton and the Ayr burghs . He died in July , 1807 . † Sir Gilbert Elliot , of Minto , Bart . , Lord Justice Clerk , died at Minto , Roxburghshire , on the 16th April , 1766 , aged seventy - three . His ...
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