The offices of the court of session are headed up by the deputy principal clerk of session, supported by the depute in charge and the keeper of the rolls. Peter carmichael millar obe, ma, llb, ws, solicitor, deputy keeper of the signet and noted public servant. Where appropriate, these are liable to have been included in the surname list in upper case, as in mcculloch. Read reprinted pieces, by charles dickens in html for free. A notable return consisted inter alia of 2 seventeenthcentury minute books of edinburgh high or st giles. Peter millar obe, solicitor and deputy keeper of the signet. Davidson, deputykeeper of the signet and crown agent.
The earliest recorded use of the signet was in 69, and writers to the signet were included as members of the college of justice when it was established in 1532, but the society did not take definite shape until 1594, when the kings secretary, as keeper of the signet, granted commissions to a deputy keeper and eighteen other writers. Edinburgh and glasgow have no surviving fifteenthcentury court books. Signet the society of writers to her majestys signet deputy keeper of the signet caroline docherty, ws office bearers sir andrew cubie, cbe, ws james rust, ws roderick bruce, ws bruce beveridge, ws amanda laurie, ws chief executive robert pirrie, ws director, professional services anna bennett, ws director, business services claudia marshall. Society of writers to her majestys signet wikipedia. Personal and place names are are rendered as in the original publication. Mr johnsons ministers, standing in for him during his rural confinement, have probably done more damage to the reputation of english public schools than messrs philby, burgess and maclean. The office of lord clerk register is the oldest surviving great officer of state in scotland, with. The federal bureau of investigation fbi within the u.
The role has been largely honorific since 1806, when a deputy clerk register was appointed. The society has played no small part in the life of scotland political, social, and intellectual. The archive of the society of writers to the signet at the signet. Some entries are indexed under the persons title, while others are indexed by their family or personal surname. In 1774 he was acting as one of peter williamsons penny postmen. Macintosh, donald dnb00 wikisource, the free online. Department of justice presents a summary in pdf format of the fbi investigation of the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in mississippi. It is no coincidence that there are few papers relating to the writers to the signet in the societys possession that predate.
Annual report of the keeper of the records of scotland 20042005. Annual report of the keeper of the records of scotland 20002001. Keeper of the signet the earl of wemyss and march, kt. For some years from 1785 he was employed in the office of mr. Scottish urban archives and histories university of aberdeen.
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