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William Schaw organised repairs to the steeple and clock at Holyroodhouse shown to right in this engraving. On 21 December 1583, James VI appointed Schaw principal Maister o' Wark (Master of Works) to the Crown of Scotland for life, with responsibility for all royal castles and palaces.
Schaw born in Scotland about 1714, was educated at Edinburgh, and graduated M.D. there, 27 June 1735, reading a thesis on diseases due to mental emotion.He was a friend of Jonathan Swift's physician, Dr. William Cockburn, to whom he dedicated ‘A Dissertation on the Stone in the Bladder,’ which was published during the discussions in the House of Commons on granting money for the purchase ...
5 August – Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart on Islay: the Clan Donald defeats the Clan Maclean, Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean being killed. 28 December – Issue in Edinburgh by William Schaw, Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland and General Warden of the master stonemasons, of the First Schaw Statutes, "The Statutis and ordinananceis to be obseruit by all the maister maoissounis within this realme ...
1583: William Schaw. [8] 1602–1607: Sir David Cunningham of Robertland, also Surveyor of the King's Works in England, 1604–1606. [9] 1607–1634: Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton; 1615: Walter Murray (Assistant Master of Works) 1629–1637: Sir Anthony Alexander; 1632: William Govane of Cardrona and James Murray Jr. (Assistant Masters of Works)
William Schaw Lindsay (19 December 1815 – 28 August 1877) was a British merchant and shipowner who was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Tynemouth and North Shields from 1854 to 1859 and for Sunderland from 1859 until his resignation on grounds of ill-health in 1864.
During Royal Week in Scotland, Prince William joined King Charles, Queen Camilla and his uncle, Prince Edward, at St. Giles’s Cathedral in Edinburgh for the Order of the Thistle service held on ...
Along with the First Schaw Statutes from 1598, they represent an important attempt to bring mason lodges under centralized control in the late 16th century. [21] [33] William Schaw, the Master of Works and General Warden of the Masons in Scotland, issued the Second Statutes on December 28, 1599, at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh.
Prince William is in Scotland promoting his mission to end homelessness.. On Sept. 19, the Prince of Wales, 42, stepped out in Aberdeen to meet people working to end homelessness in the area and ...