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on a topic that best reflects the scholarship and high standards of this distinguished individual, who was for many years the Keeper of the
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and was President of the Society between 1975 and
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461:Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland
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637:David Hepburn Caldwell (2014–2020)
616:Lisbeth Margaret Thoms (2002–2005)
455:James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose
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108:David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan
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