Robert Riddell, esquire, advocate, sheriff substitute of the Sheriffdom of Haddington,--Whereas, there is a writ come to my hand, bearing date at Westminster, the 24th day of July current, whereby I am notified, that His Majesty, by advice and assent of his council, for certain arduous and urgent affairs concerning His Majesty ... hath ordered ... one knight of the most fit and discreet of the County of Haddington (girt with a sword) to be elected by the freeholders of the same county, who shall be present at such election, according to the form of the statutes in that case made and provided ...
Shields, Hugh,Precentor in the Parish Church of Haddington,former owner.StEdNL
Craik, Robert,Precentor in the Parish Church of Spott,former owner.StEdNL
Kemp, Alexander,Precentor in the Parish Church of Stenton,former owner.StEdNL
Fife, John,Precentor in the Parish Church of Oldhamstocks,former owner.StEdNL
Black, John,Precentor in the Parish Church of Whittingham,former owner.StEdNL
Wilcox, Robert,Precentor in the Parish Church of Dunbar,former owner.StEdNL
Whitlaw, George,Precentor in the Parish Church of Garvald,former owner.StEdNL
Dickson, James,Precentor in the Parish Church of Whitekirk,former owner.StEdNL
Haddington : John Wood, printer,
1830.
Eight individual copies of this broadside each addressed, in manuscript, to various precentors within the former County of Haddington: Hugh Shields, Precentor in the Parish Church of Haddington; Robert Craik, Precentor in the Parish Church of Spott; Alexander Kemp, Precentor in the Parish Church of Stenton; John Fife, Precentor in the Parish Church of Oldhamstocks; John Black, Precentor in the Parish Church of Whittingham; Robert Wilcox, Precentor in the Parish Church of Dunbar; George Whitlaw, Precentor in the Parish Church of Garvald; James Dickson, Precentor in the Parish Church of Whitekirk.
Local elections
Scotland Haddington.