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  • ...Goodlad (solicitors in Lerwick). He was an Agent for the Shipping Company in Lerwick until the time of his death and was succeeded by Mr John Robertson. ...rn Assurance Company,and session-clerk of Lerwick, dwelling house Twageos; office 20 Commercial Street.
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  • ...l [[1780]] when he was replaced by [[Robert Baikie]]. His second period in office was from [[1781]] until [[1790]] when he was replaced by [[John Balfour]] ...of Yellow Fever, and was buried at Fort Mathilde (now called Fort Delgres) in Guadeloupe.
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  • ...lor for [[Tingwall (Constituency)|Tingwall]] from [[1935]] until her death in 1938, and was the first female County Councillor. ...ly thereafter they moved to Shetland where the lived in Gibblestone House. In 1913, they built a cottage on Westshore.
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  • ...of Scotland|Union Bank]] and a [[Lerwick Town Council]]lor. He died in his office, aged 67. ...Samuel]] and his brother [[James Hunter (ii)|James]] were both councillors in Lerwick.
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  • ...ber 1808, Jamaica) was a British Army officer from Orkney who briefly held office as the Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland. Honyman was born in about 1781, the oldest child of the lawyer William Honyman (later the Lord
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  • ...ght|thumb|325px|The Robertson Family, with '''John''' second from the left in the back row with the highest hat. Click on the image to see more names.<br ...ssful scheme to compete against the North of Scotland's company's monopoly in the islands.
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  • ...seven years. After spending some time in Orkney, he returned to Shetland. In the [[1990]] SIC election, he defeated his fourth cousin [[Bill Manson]] by [[Category:Died in office]]
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  • ...in Lerwick and the first junior magistrate to the [[Lerwick Town Council]] in April [[1818]], however this was short lived as he passed away a mere three [[Category: Died in Office]]
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  • ...Dundas''' CB (b. 8 September 1778, d. 7 October 1834) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland. ...Melbourne ministry in August 1834 but died in office just two months later in October 1834.
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  • ...hairman of the Mainland District Committee. Plagued by poor health he died in Edinburgh on Christmas eve, 1918, aged 43. ...crossed the bar” before it was ready for signature, and it will remain in our archives as a perpetual reminder of a valiant and brave soul, who, notw
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  • ...for [[Burra (Constituency)|Burra]] from December [[1898]] until his death in June 1909. ...Unfortunately the hotel and his residence within it was ravaged with fire in [[1908]], and although this was covered by insurance, he lost all his posse
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  • ...hich he took in all pertaining to the functions of the Procurator Fiscal's office'. ..., between [[1856]] to [[1862]] and [[1865]] to [[1874]] as senior Baillie. In those offices he became a reformer.
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  • ...butcher and [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor from [[1986]] until his death in 2007. ...[Berry]]. He later became a butcher at [[Scalloway]] and then [[Lerwick]]. In later life he became wealthy, and was able to travel on the QE2 and on Conc
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  • [[File:Cathcart Wason 1878.JPG|thumb|right|300px|Cathcart Wason in 1878]] ...), he is noted both as an innovative farmer and for having passed his time in the British House of Commons by knitting.
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