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- ↑ Russell, Colin (12 April 2014). Who Made the Scottish Enlightenment?. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781499091045 – via Google Books.
- ↑ The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, Vol. 7 "The Crown", para 847
- ↑ "No. 12051". The Edinburgh Gazette . 30 June 1908. p. 705.
- ↑ "No. 14976". The Edinburgh Gazette . 23 June 1933. p. 527.
- ↑ "No. 16567". The Edinburgh Gazette . 10 August 1948. p. 357.
- ↑ "No. 20184". The Edinburgh Gazette . 11 November 1977. p. 1237.
- ↑ "No. 24959". The Edinburgh Gazette . 9 February 2001. p. 276.
- ↑ Scottish artist Dame Elizabeth Blackadder dies, BBC news, 24 August 2021.
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