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  • ...011 Scottish Parliament Election, Orkney and Shetland Result|2011 Scottish Parliament election]]. ...ding trade as well as the Nature Conservancy Council and some years off at the fishing. After that, he worked for 22 years for BP at Sullom Voe, first as
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  • '''Thomas Dundas''' (b. circa 1708, d. 16 April 1786) was a Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland from 1768 until 1771, replacing [[James Douglas]]. ...as also a Burgess of Edinburgh, Deputy Lyon King at Arms, and Commissioner of Police.
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  • ...1999. He was also previously a [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor and led the Scottish Liberal Democrats from 2008 until 2011.. ...iamentary assistant to MP [[Jim Wallace]], then as a Press Officer for the Scottish Liberal Democrats before eventually returning to Shetland where he became a
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  • ...Wars. A native of Orkney, he also held office for ten years as a member of parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland. ...ernal descent from Sir Robert Stewart, an illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland.
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  • ...niversity College Hospital, London) was elected as MP for the constituency of Orkney & Shetland on 15 November 1922, replacing [[Malcolm Smith]]. He ...Cambridge. He was knighted in 1918. In 1925 he married Gertrude Williamson of Kirkwall, Orkney.
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  • ...Company who served for six years in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland. ...ernal descent from Sir Robert Stewart, an illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland.
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  • ...g''' (b. 1762, d. 6 November 1818) was a historian, advocate and Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland from 1807 to 1812. ...r school in Kirkwall, and was a student at Edinburgh University. He joined the Speculative Society in 1782.
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  • ...servant in the East India Company with connections to the Orcadian island of Shapinsay. ...triates, had lent money to the Rajah of Tanjore, who then refused to repay the loans.
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  • ...24 October 1993), known as Jo Grimond, was a British politician, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 to 1967 and again briefly on an interim basis in 19 ...rship, he successfully argued that the Liberal Party support the abolition of Britain's nuclear arsenal.
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  • ...ament (MSP) for Orkney, the first Deputy First Minister of Scotland in the Scottish Executive and Advocate General for Scotland. ...graduating in 1977. Based in Edinburgh, he practised as an advocate at the Scottish Bar, mostly in civil law cases.
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  • ...comprehensive and easily accessible database of the history of politics in the Shetland Islands. ...s other contributors who have supplied information. All contributions from the public are welcomed.
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  • ...mber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orkney and Shetland and a Scottish nobleman. He was elected to represent the Isles in [[1713]]. He was the 2nd MP for the constituency, replacing [[Sir Alexander Douglas]], and served until [[1715]
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  • ...s an innovative farmer and for having passed his time in the British House of Commons by knitting. ...Corwar estate from moor to arable land; he had also served as a Member of Parliament. He was educated at Laleham and at Rugby School. He came to Canterbury in N
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  • ...is a former solicitor, deputy Procurator Fiscal and the current Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland, having first been elected in 2001. ...he is the only Scottish MP representing the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons.
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