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- ↑ The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, Vol. 7 "The Crown", para 845. However the appointment of Mackie in 1958 appears to have been by Royal Warrant rather than Letters Patent.
- ↑ "Lists of Minor Offices", held in the Historical Search Room of the National Archives of Scotland
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