Articles on Lords Provost of Edinburgh, Including - Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes, Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, William Kirkcaldy of Grange (Paperback)

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