In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

* 1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

On 3 July 1996 it was announced in the House of Commons that the Stone would be returned to Scotland, and on 15 November 1996, after a handover ceremony at the border between representatives of the Home Office and of the Scottish Office, it was transported to Edinburgh Castle, arriving on 30 November 1996, where it remains along with the crown jewels of Scotland ( the Honours of Scotland ) in the Crown Room.

In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body ( NDPB )— often referred to and also known as a Quasi Autonomous Non Governmental Organisation or a quango — is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies.

The Lord Advocate rejected Dalyell's plea, saying that the Home Office and the English courts have the jurisdiction over the demand of the U. S. government's extradition demand regarding Coleman, and that the Crown Office and the Scottish Office had no authority over the case.

The Scottish Criminal Record Office ( SCRO ) would not admit any error, although Scottish first minister Jack McConnell later said it had been an " honest mistake ".

On February 7, 2006, McKie was awarded £ 750, 000 in compensation from the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Criminal Record Office.

Leith's gradual revival was also helped by the decision of the then Scottish Office to site their new offices in Leith Docks ( just north of the old infilled East Dock ).

Administrative devolution was granted to Scotland, with the creation of the Scottish Office, in the late 19th century.

" However, Skelton, appointed as Under-secretary at the Scottish Office, offered Dunglass the unpaid post of unofficial parliamentary aide.

He accepted the non-departmental post of Lord President of the Council in the new coalition government ; Dunglass remained as his PPS, having earlier declined the offer of a ministerial post as Under-secretary at the Scottish Office.

Home was appointed to the new post of Minister of State at the Scottish Office, a middle-ranking position, senior to Under-secretary but junior to James Stuart, the Secretary of State, who was a member of the cabinet.

The royal cypher – a problem for Home and the Scottish Office

Throughout Churchill's second term as Prime Minister ( 1951 – 55 ) Home remained at the Scottish Office, although both Eden at the Foreign Office and Lord Salisbury at the Commonwealth Relations Office invited him to join their ministerial teams.

Charities in Scotland are regulated by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

The Church of Scotland actively supports the work of the Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office in Edinburgh.

He was the son of a Scottish father and an American Jewish mother, long widowed, with whom he lived in a comfortable home in Flushing.

He was a member of Harmony lodge, No. 12, AF & AM, Scottish Rite ; ;

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

His father, Julius Mathison Turing ( 1873 – 1947 ), was a member of an old aristocratic family of Scottish descent who worked for the Indian Civil Service ( the ICS ).

Thomas Wallace was of Scottish ancestry.

On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown ; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland.

He was born at Haddington, East Lothian, the only son of the Scottish king William the Lion and Ermengarde of Beaumont.

Alexander Anderson ( c. 1592, Aberdeen – c. 1620, Paris ) was a Scottish mathematician.

Alexander Selkirk ( 1676 – 13 December 1721 ) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island.

Rhoticity was further supported by Hiberno-English, West Country English and Scottish English as well as the fact most regions of England at this time also had rhotic accents.

Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS ( Eng ) ( 6 August 188111 March 1955 ) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.

The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey.

Their first hit was Brigadoon ( 1947 ), a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis.

This was a collaborative project involving The Scottish Parliament, International Teledemocracy Centre and the Bundestag ‘ Online Services Department ’.

The centre was formed by the mass of Dutch, German, Protestant Swiss and Scottish infantry – perhaps 30, 000 men – facing Offus and Ramillies.

Calvin's follower John Knox brought Presbyterianism to Scotland when the Scottish church was reformed in 1560.

In the then Victorian Colony ( now State of Victoria in Australia ), the ( Royal ) Victorian Bowling Association was formed in 1880 and The Scottish Bowling Association was established in 1892, although there had been a failed attempt in 1848 by 200 Scottish clubs.

* BBC Alba ( TV channel ), the Scottish Gaelic department of BBC Scotland

In 1918, as a result of objections from within Scotland, the department was moved to Edinburgh and renamed the Scottish Education Department.

The term Court of the Exchequer was only used of the Exchequer department during the Scottish administration of Oliver Cromwell, between 1655 and 1659.

Prior to devolution the comparable functions of the First Minister were exercised by the Secretary of State for Scotland, who headed the Scottish Office, which was a department of the wider United Kingdom Government and existed from 1885 to 1999.

He heads the Scotland Office ( formerly the Scottish Office ), a government department based in London and Edinburgh.

The Department of Health ( DH ) is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service ( NHS ) in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish governments.

The Scotland Office ( An Oifis Albannach in Scottish Gaelic ) is a United Kingdom government department headed by the Secretary of State for Scotland and responsible for Scottish affairs.

Until the advent of the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government, the precursor to the Scotland Office, the Scottish Office, was a major UK government department dealing with most aspects of the domestic governance of Scotland, a position known as " administrative devolution ".

The original buildings that formed the department store were destroyed by fire in 1892, and in 1893 the Scottish architect William Hamilton Beattie was appointed to design the new store which subsequently opened in 1895.

BBC Gàidhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic-language ( Gàidhlig ) programming.

In 1950 the Royal Scottish Academy of Music established a drama department called the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art.

These include 8 rooms reserved solely for pianists, several rooms for use by the Scottish music department, and 8 rehearsal and coaching rooms.

He resigned from this role in September 2002 when he voted against the Labour-Liberal Democrat Coalition Scottish Executive over the closure of the A & E department at the Glasgow Victoria Infirmary.

Scottish Gaelic-language programming has been transmitted in Scotland since 1923, and the BBC's Gaelic-language department was established in 1935.

The Service is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government.

The department is headed by Her Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution, along with the area Procurators fiscal.

Almost half the pupils in the Primary department are enrolled in the Gaelic medium unit, where they receive their education in Scottish Gaelic.

Prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament, Scott was employed by Fife Council in the social work department.

Prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament, he was a senior officer in Glasgow City Council land services department and served as an adviser in the Leader's office.

* Scottish Police Information Strategy, a former department within the Scottish Police Service, now known as Scottish Police Services Authority – Information Communications Technology.