From July 1765, he also served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas and began service as the customs collector at New Castle in 1771.

Important Douglas allies died in France and some of their heirs realigned with rival nobles through blood ties while at the same time Douglas experienced a loosening of allegiances in the Lothians and, with the loss of his command over Edinburgh Castle, this all served to improve James's position.

During the Middle Ages, because of its proximity to the Kingdom of Scotland, Carlisle became an important military stronghold ; Carlisle Castle, still relatively intact, was built in 1092 by William Rufus, and having once served as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots.

In 1974 it became a civil parish with the title of town ; there are three wards, Bridge, Castle and Priory, each being served by six councillors.

From 1348 Lubin Castle served as the residence of the Piast duke Louis I the Fair and his descendants.

He served in a law office and in the British Linen Bank, then as factor for Sir Charles Ross's estate at Balnagown Castle.

New Castle is served by the Colonial School District and the New Castle Public Library.

New Castle has served as the filming location for numerous films and television series including: Dead Poets Society, Beloved ( film ), and River Ridge ( Web Series ).

The house is surrounded by a large estate which, at the time of the 7th Earl of Carlisle, covered over and included the villages of Welburn, Bulmer, Slingsby, Terrington and Coneysthorpe .< ref >< nowiki >' The Pride of Yorkshire '</ nowiki > exhibition leaflet, Castle Howard, 2010 </ ref > The estate was served by its own railway station, Castle Howard, from 1845 to the 1950s.

From 1861 to 1964 the town was served by Barnard Castle railway station.

The city itself is served by the New Castle Area School District, with several areas also served by their respective school districts.

New Castle proper is primarily served by four post-secondary education facilities: the New Castle Beauty School for cosmetology students in downtown, the New Castle School of Trades for technical trades in Pulaski Township, the Jameson School of Nursing ( owned & operated by Jameson Health System ) within the city, and the Lawrence County branch of Butler County Community College, which opened in 2008 in Union Township and serves as a de-facto community college to Lawrence County, which doesn't have its own community college.

The local community is served by the New Castle News, a newspaper published in the afternoon Monday-Friday.

The City of Castle Hills is served by five Alderpersons: Tom Davis, Steve McGuire, Tim Howell, Douglas Gregory, and Marcella Huff, all elected by the people of Castle Hills, as well as the Mayor of Castle Hills, Bruce Smiley-Kaliff.

A number of royal castles were also designated as shrieval castles, forming the administrative hub for a particular county – for example Winchester Castle served as the centre of Hampshire.

Takatomo served at Nijō Castle in Kyoto, where on February 28, 1864 he visited the Imperial Court and demonstrated his new methods to the emperor.

Nationalists wanted a form of home rule, believing that Ireland was poorly served by the Government in Westminster and its Irish Executive in Dublin Castle.

Dublin Castle was the fortified seat of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | British rule in Ireland until 1922.

Between 1591 and 1592 Oxford disposed of the last of his large estates ; Castle Hedingham, the seat of his earldom, went to Lord Burghley, it was held in trust for Oxford's three daughters by his first marriage.

Castle Hedingham, the de Vere family seat since the Norman Conquest.

In addition, Ghanaian law prohibits the photographing of police or military personnel and vehicles while on duty, strategic sites such as Kotoka International Airport when in use, and the seat of the Ghanaian government, Osu Castle.

Kisimul Castle, the ancient seat of Clan MacNeil, Castlebay, Barra

One line of the Lords of Ysenburg resided from 1258 to 1406 at Limburg Castle and took their name from their seat, Limburg.

Soviet paratroopers on a light tank head towards Prague Castle, seat of the Czechoslovak government, and downtown Prague in the early morning hours of 21 August 1968

Dinefwr Castle was the chief seat of the Dinefwr dynasty.

Tycho was born at his family's ancestral seat of Knutstorp Castle ( Danish: Knudstrup borg ; Swedish: Knutstorps borg ), about eight kilometres north of Svalöv in then Danish Scania, now Swedish, to Otte Brahe ( of the Brahe family ) and Beate Bille ( of the Bille family ).

Henry VII married his son Arthur to Catherine of Aragon, cementing an alliance with the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, and the two spent their honeymoon at Ludlow Castle, the traditional seat of the Prince of Wales.

The seat of Clan McDuck is the McDuck Castle.

These letters contain the first unambiguous reference to Vilnius as the capital ; Old Trakai Castle had been the earlier seat of the court of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

At his father's death in 1239, he inherited large estates from his father around the ancestral seat of Habsburg Castle in the Aargau region of present-day Switzerland as well as in Alsace.

Donegal Castle, former seat of the O ' Donnell dynasty | O ' Donnell clan.

Most important are Audax ( 904-926 ) and Bruningus ( 937-966 ), who moved the episcopal seat to the Castel Vecchio (" Old Castle "), where it remained until 1409.

This was the last of many events he organised over the years, the most spectacular being the festival at his seat Kenilworth Castle in 1575 on occasion of a three-week visit by the Queen.

The Cardonald Stewarts had their seat at the Place of Cardonald ( also known as Cardonald Castle or Cardonald House ), built in 1565.

Ludlow Castle was the seat of the Council of Wales and the Marches and a temporary home to several holders of the title Prince of Wales, including King Edward IV and Arthur Tudor, who died there in 1502.

It is notable for two reasons: the imposing Bamburgh Castle, overlooking the beach, seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and at present owned by the Armstrong family ( see William George Armstrong ); and its association with the Victorian heroine, Grace Darling, who is buried there.

The town of Madrid, which was one of the eighteen cities with the right to vote in the Courts of Castile, was seat of the Courts themselves on several occasions and was the residence of several monarchs, amongst them the emperor Charles I who reformed and expanded the Alcázar or Castle of the city.

Its county seat is Castle Dale and the largest city is Huntington.

David II resumed his rule, and set about rebuilding Edinburgh Castle, which became his principal seat of government.

The seat of the Duke of Norfolk is Arundel Castle in Sussex, although the title refers to the county of Norfolk.

With each creation beginning with a new first Earl, the original seat of Pembroke Castle is no longer attached to the title.

Its county seat is New Castle.