§ 4. Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to state the names and qualifications of the persons appointed as the Scottish Records Advisory Council?
§ Mr. ElliotYes, Sir. The first Scottish Records Advisory Council has now been constituted. With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names and qualifications of the members.
§ Following is the information:
§ William Angus, Esq., Keeper of the Registers and Records of Scotland. (Chairman and Convener.)
4§ The Reverend James Houston Baxter, D.D., D.Litt., Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of St. Andrews.
§ Professor Vivian Hunter Galbraith, M.A., Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh.
§ Professor Robert Kerr Hannay, F.R.S.E., LL.D., Historiographer Royal in Scotland: Fraser Professor of History and Palaeography, University of Edinburgh.
§ The Right Hon. Thomas Johnston, M.P.
§ Professor John Duncan Mackie. M.C., M.A., Professor of Scottish History and Literature in the University of Glasgow.
§ Henry William Meikle, Esq., M.A., D.Litt., Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
§ David Buchan Morris, Esq., Town Clerk of Stirling.
§ William Douglas Simpson, Esq., M.A., D.Litt., Librarian of the University of Aberdeen.
§ David Baird Smith, Esq., C.B.E., LL.D., Chairman of the Council of the Stair Society.
§ The Reverend William Stephen, M.A., D.D., Fellow of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, and
§ Miss Marguerite Wood, Ph.D., Keeper of the Burgh Records, Edinburgh.