For these services he was raised to the peerage in 1858 as Baron Clyde, of Clydesdale in Scotland.

Clydesdale is one of nine constituencies in the South of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members by a system of proportional representation.

For the established Church of Scotland, Paisley forms part of the Presbytery of Greenock and Paisley in the Synod of Clydesdale ( see: Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries ).

* Scottish Premier League, or Clydesdale Bank Premier League, the highest professional football league in Scotland

Clydesdale Bank () is a commercial bank in Scotland, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank ( NAB ) Group.

Clydesdale later expanded throughout Scotland, and later became the first Scottish bank to open branches in the north of England.

In 1950 Midland Bank merged Clydesdale with the North of Scotland Bank which it acquired in 1926.

In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, along with Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes.

Tweeddale was also a historic district of Scotland, bordering Teviotdale and the Marches to the east, Liddesdale and Annandale to the south, Clydesdale to the west and Lothian to the north.

Extracting logs with a Clydesdale ( horse ) | Clydesdale at Eglinton Country Park in Scotland.

Nithsdale was also an historic district of Scotland, bordering Annandale to the east, Clydesdale to the north, Kyle to the north-west and Galloway to the west.

Map of Scotland showing the historic district of Clydesdale

Clydesdale ( pronounced ; Dail Chluaidh in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced ) was formerly ( 1975 – 96 ) one of nineteen local government districts in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.

* Historic map showing Clydesdale in Scotland

* Historic map showing Clydesdale in Scotland

* Historic map showing Clydesdale in Scotland

* Historic map showing Clydesdale in Scotland

Through this system and by purchase, Clydesdale stallions were sent throughout Scotland and into northern England.

In 1877, the Clydesdale Horse Society of Scotland was formed, followed in 1879 by the American Clydesdale Association ( later renamed the Clydesdale Breeders of the USA ) which served both American and Canadian breed enthusiasts.

The Bank is one of eight banks authorised to issue banknotes in the United Kingdom, but has a monopoly on the issue of banknotes in England and Wales and regulates the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

However, the limitations of the 1844 Act only affected banks in England and Wales, and today three commercial banks in Scotland and four in Northern Ireland continue to issue their own sterling banknotes, regulated by the Bank of England.

Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of £ 100 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

TCL was a partnership comprising First Group, Bombardier Transportation ( the builders of the system's trams ), Sir Robert McAlpine and Amey Construction Ltd ( who built the system ), and Royal Bank of Scotland and 3i ( who arranged the finances ).

Glenfinnan, away, is home of the Glenfinnan Monument ( Jacobite era ) and the famous viaduct ( as seen on a Bank Of Scotland £ 10 note ).

The Parliament of Scotland of 1695 enacted proposals that might help the desperate economic situation, including setting up the Bank of Scotland.

Now offices of the Bank of Scotland.

It joined the established Scottish banks such as the Bank of Scotland ( Edinburgh, 1695 ) and the Royal Bank of Scotland ( Edinburgh, 1727 ).

Royal Bank of Scotland building.

The Royal Bank of Scotland International ( RBSI ) is a major employer with some 900 staff employed in Jersey, as of March 2009.

** Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 ( Scotland )

The club's creditors, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, took Gillett and Hicks to court to force them to allow the board to proceed with the sale of the club.

Although this achievement has long been a feature of the tournament, it was not until 2006 that a physical trophy, commissioned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was awarded.

This campaign is commemorated by his continued appearance on the front of all notes issued by the Bank of Scotland.

* July 17 – The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland.

* May 31 – The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh.

The newest ATM at Royal Bank of Scotland operates without a card to withdraw cash up to £ 100.

Her 100th birthday was celebrated in a number of ways: a parade that celebrated the highlights of her life included contributions from Norman Wisdom and John Mills ; her image appeared on a special commemorative £ 20 note issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland ; and she attended a lunch at the Guildhall, London, at which George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally attempted to drink her glass of wine.

In 1999, Robertson entered into a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland to provide financial services in the United States.

" Shortly afterward, the Bank of Scotland canceled the venture.

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

The New Testament offered to the public today is the first result of the work of a joint committee made up of representatives of the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist Church, Congregational Union, Baptist Union, Presbyterian Church of England, Churches in Wales, Churches in Ireland, Society of Friends, British and Foreign Bible Society and National Society of Scotland.

Aberdeen is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Aberdeen, Scotland, is home of:

Japp is an Inspector from Scotland Yard and appears in many of the stories trying to solve the cases Poirot is working on.

Lynchehaun is said to have returned to Achill on two occasions, once in disguise as an American tourist, and eventually died in Girvan, Scotland, in 1937.

* 1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.

Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.

Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

There is no distinction made in Scotland between assault and battery ( which is not a term used in Scots law ), although, as in England and Wales, assault can be occasioned without a physical attack on another's person, as demonstrated in Atkinson v. HM Advocate wherein the accused was found guilty of assaulting a shop assistant by simply jumping over a counter wearing a ski mask.

It is a separate offence to assault on a constable in the execution of his duty, under section 41 of the Police ( Scotland ) Act 1967 which provides that it is an offence for a person to, amongst other things, assault a constable in the execution of his duty or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty.

* 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army

* 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Fleming's Nobel Prize medal was acquired by the National Museums of Scotland in 1989 and is on display after the museum re-opened in 2011.

There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675 ; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.

Proponents of repeal argue that the clause is a bigoted anachronism ; Cardinal Winning, who was leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, called the act an " insult " to Catholics.

Northumbria once stretched as far north as what is now southeast Scotland, including Edinburgh, and as far south as the Humber Estuary.

* 1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.

Angus () is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

Angus is known as the birthplace of Scotland.