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SCOTTISH PEERAGE, &c.
First Lord of the Treasury, the Principal
Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Commissioners ; R. Lowe,
Sir T. Redington, Secretaries.
THE BO.\RD OF COUNCIL FOR TRADE
AND FOREIGN PLANTATIONS.
Lord Stanley of Alderley, President ;
Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Vice-President ;
The Great Officer of State, such Officers
of State in Ireland as are Members of the
British Privy Council, Sir E. Ryan, Sir
James Stephen, Commissioners ; James
Booth, Sir James Emerson Tennent, Se-
cretaries ; H. F. Jadis, Com pti oiler of
Corn Returns ; Al. Fonbhmque, Chief of
Stat. Department; Major Morland, Assis.
in Railway Department.
OFFICE OF WORKS AND PUBLIC
BUILDINGS.
Sir W. Molesworth, Principal Secre-
taries of State, President and Vice-Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, Commission-
ers ; T. W. Philipps, Secretary.
POOR-LAW BOARD.
Matthew T. Baines, President ; Abra-
ham Hay ward, C. L. Grenville Berkeley,
Secretaries.
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
Sir Benjamin Hall, President ; Tom
Taylor, Secretary.
THE MINT.
Professor Graham, Master; W. H. Bar-
ton, Dep. Master and Comptroller.
THE REVENUE BOARDS.
Customs.— Sir T. F. Fremantle, Bart.,
Chairman; G. R. Dawson, Deputy ; Hon.
S. E. Spring Rice, Fred. Goulburn, T.
P. Dickenson, Edward Saurin, Commis-
sioners ; William Maclean, Secretary ; Sir
F. H. Doyle, Bart., Receiver-genera).
Inland Revenue. — J. Wood, Chairman;
John Thornton, Deputy ; Henry F.
Stephenson, Charles John Herries, Alfred
Montgomery, Charles Pressly, Commis-
sioners ; Thomas Keogh, Secretary.
Post- Office. — Viscount Canning, Post-
master-general ; Rowland Hill, Secretary;
G. E. Hide, Receiver-general.
THE NAVY.
Admiralty. — Sir Charles "Wood, Rear-
admiral M. F. Berkeley, Rear-admiral
Hon. Richard S. Dundas, Captain Peter
Richards, Captain Alexander Milne, Sir
Robert Peel, Lords Commissioners ; Ralph
B. Osborne, Captain W. A. Baillie Ham-
ilton. Secretaries ; John J. Dyer, Chief
Clerk of Admiralty ; Rich. M. Bromley,
Accountant-general ; Hon. R. Dundas,
Storekeeper-general ; Thomas T. Grant,
Comptroller of Victualling and Trans-
port Service ; Captain Sir B. Walker,
Survej'or of Navy ; Rear-admiral Sir F.
Beaufort, Hydrographer ; G. T. Greene.
Director of Engineering, &c. ; George,
Biddel Airy, Astronomer-royal ; Thomas
Maclear, Astronomer at the Cape of Good
Hope; Sir W. Burnett, M.D., Medical
Director-general.
THE ARMY.
Horse- Guards. — Viscount Hardinge,
Com. of the Forces ; Maj.-gen. C. Yorke,
Military Secretary . Maj.-gen. George
Augustus Wetherall, Adjutant-general;
Major-gen. Jas. Freeth, Quartermaster-
general; Hon. Charles P. Villiers, Ad-
vocate-general or Judge-marshal of the
Forces ; Rev. G. R. Gleig, M.A. Chaplain-
general.
Ordnance — Lord Raglan, Master-gen. ;
* * * Surveyor-general ; William
Monsell, Clerk of Ordnance ; Joseph
Wood, Secretary to the Board ; Pay-
office. — * * * Paymaster-gen. ; Earnest
A. Hoffay, Assistant ; D. Paterson, Book-
keeper.
THE SCOTTISH PEERAGE,
AS AT PRESENT EXISTING.
It will be understood that b. signifies born ;
. m. married ; s. succeeded.
His Royal Highness Albert- Ed-
ward, Great Steward of Scotland, Duke,
of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of
Renfrew, Lord of the Isles; Prince of
Wales ; Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Ches-
ter ; Earl of Dublin ; Duke of Saxony,
and Prince of Coburg and Gotha ; k.g. ;
b. Nov. 9, 1841.
Abercorn, Earl of ; b. 1811, s. 1818,
m. 1832. Seats, Duddingston House,
Edinburghshire; Beully Priory, Middle-
sex ; Dale Park, Sussex ; Baron's Court,
county Tyrone, Ireland. Residence in
London, Chesterfield House.
Aberdeen, Earl of; b. 1784, s. 1801,
m. 1805, and again in 1815. Seat, Haddo
House, Aberdeenshire. Residence in Lon-
don, 7 Argyll Street.
Aii.sa. Marquess of. See Cassillis,
Earl of.
Airlie, Earl of; b. 1826, s. 1849, m.
1851. Seats, Airlie Castle; Cortachy
Castle and Auchter House, Forfarshire ;
Cluny Castle and Keltic Castle, Perth-
shire.
Arbuthnot, Viscount; b. 1778, s.
1800, m. 1805. Seat, Arbuthnot House,
Kincardineshire.
Argyll, Duke of; b. 1823, s. 1847,
m. 1844. Seats, Inverary Castle, Ar-
gyleshire ; Roseneath and Ardincaple,