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  • ...and Shetland from 1781 was elected as MP to represent the constituency of Orkney & Shetland, on 10th October [[1780]], replacing [[Thomas Dundas (ii)|Th ...ing of 1745, and was paid a pension by the Earls of Morton for his support of their electoral interests.
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  • ...y [[1593]], Kirkwall, Orkney) was by title the 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland. ...y for the Abbey of Holyrood in 1568. Robert was entitled the 1st [[Earl of Orkney]] in [[1581]].
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  • ...he [[Scalloway Castle]], which still stands today as a ruin in the village of [[Scalloway]]. Earl Patrick inherited the title of Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland from his father, [[Robert Stewart|Robert]], a few years before his
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