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295:6 July 1711
240:Preceded by
203:Preceded by
151:Preceded by
51:introducing
1527:Categories
1483:Carmichael
1250:Linlithgow
1076:1708–1711
1045:1695–1711
1026:1695–1711
992:1706–1707
965:1700–1704
931:1709–1711
904:1705–1709
835:1695–1702
782:1688–1696
702:Abel Boyer
634:References
491:Queen Anne
229:William II
34:references
1473:Alexander
1456:Alexander
1298:1926–1999
1235:Trevelyan
1220:Dalhousie
1215:Trevelyan
1203:1885–1926
1183:Tweeddale
1173:Roxburghe
1146:1707–1746
866:1702–1704
588:Durisdeer
568:Edinburgh
558:Nithsdale
554:Durisdeer
499:Jacobites
486:in 1701.
474:. He was
321:Durisdeer
216:In office
183:In office
131:In office
88:His Grace
1385:Campbell
1355:Woodburn
1350:Westwood
1345:Rosebery
1340:Johnston
1330:Colville
1315:Sinclair
1210:Richmond
1168:Montrose
737:(1888).
704:(1712).
394:Scottish
339:Children
286:Scotland
225:Monarchs
1488:Mundell
1450:Darling
1445:Liddell
1415:Forsyth
1405:Rifkind
1400:Younger
1320:Collins
1310:Adamson
1305:Gilmour
1285:Gilmour
1280:Adamson
1265:Tennant
1230:Lothian
1225:Balfour
815:Unknown
801:Unknown
747:(ed.).
613:Charles
365:Parents
310:England
302:Mayfair
192:Monarch
140:Monarch
47:improve
1508:*Also
1498:Murray
1468:Murphy
1462:Browne
1395:Millan
1370:Maclay
1365:Stuart
1360:McNeil
1325:Elliot
1245:Murray
1178:Vacant
578:Family
441:Dundee
331:Spouse
306:London
36:, but
1478:Moore
1420:Dewar
1375:Noble
1335:Brown
1275:Novar
1270:Munro
869:with
743:. In
603:James
99:
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1493:Jack
1440:Reid
1410:Lang
1390:Ross
1380:Ross
623:Jane
617:duke
532:and
412:Life
292:Died
272:Born
233:Anne
196:Anne
144:Anne
1163:Mar
1153:Mar
566:in
443:'s
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97:KG
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