Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland

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  • Orkney and Shetland by-election, 1921 — The Orkney and Shetland by election, 1921 was a parliamentary by election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Orkney and Shetland on 17 May 1921. Contents 1 Vacancy 2 Candidates 3 Result 4 …   Wikipedia

  • Orkney and Shetland Movement — The Orkney and Shetland Movement was an electoral coalition formed for the 1987 general election. The pro devolution Orkney Movement and Shetland Movement agreed on selecting John Goodlad, the secretary of the Shetland Fishermen s Association,[1] …   Wikipedia

  • 1669 Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the Crown — The 1669 Act of Annexation was a Parliamentary Act passed during 1669 by the Parliament of Scotland to establish Orkney and Shetland s status as Crown Dependencies following a legal dispute with William, Earl of Morton, who held the estates of… …   Wikipedia

  • Bothwell, James Hepburn, 4th earl of, Duke Of Orkney And Shetland — ▪ Scottish noble born 1535? died April 4, 1578, Dragsholm, Sjaelland, Den.       third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He evidently engineered the murder of Mary s second husband, Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, thereby precipitating the revolt of… …   Universalium

  • Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland — This in a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland. The Lieutenancy has been replaced by two Lieutenancies, the Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and the Lord Lieutenant of Shetland …   Wikipedia

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  • Orkney (disambiguation) — Orkney may refer to: Scotland Orkney, an archipelago in Scotland, also known as the Orkney Islands Mainland, Orkney, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency), the constituency for the Orkney Islands… …   Wikipedia

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