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| 1771 | Birth |  |
| Edinburgh Birth of Walter Scott
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| 1783 | Election | |
| Elected Member of Parliament
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| 1783 | Solicitor General | |
| Appointed Solicitor General
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| 1793 | Attorney | |
| London Appointed Attorney General
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| 1799 | Chief Justice | |
| Appointed Chief Justice of Common Pleas
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| 1799 | Sheriff | |
| Selkirk Appointed Sheriff of Selkirk
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| 1801 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 1st term
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| 1807 | Lord Chancellor | |
| Appointed Lord Chancellor, 2nd term
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| 1817 | Discovery of Ancient Honours | |
| 4th Feb Edinburgh Discovers Scotland's ancient honours in Edinburgh Castle, not seen since Charles II
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| 1817 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Rob Roy"
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| 1819 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Ivanhoe"
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| 1823 | Bannatyne Club | |
| London Founds the Bannatyne Club to republish Scotland's older literary & historical works
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| 1824 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Peveril of the Peak"
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| Publication of, "Quentin Durward"
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| Publication of, "Red Gauntlet"
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| Publication of, "St Ronan's Wall"
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| 1825 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Woodstock"
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| 1862 | Albert Memorial | |
| London Designs the Albert Memorial
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| 1903 | Discovery of Pole | |
| South Pole Scott's team reaches the furthest south so far at 82 degrees 17S
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| 1912 | Death | |
| 29th Mar Ross Ice Shelf Death of Robert Falcon Scott, 10 miles from "one ton depot"
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| 1983 | Broadcast | |
| 16th Jan London Presents Breakfast TV to Britain
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