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Bookmark or Share- Borthwick - ScotlandDavid Borthwick of Lochhill was a prominent lawyer who became the king’s advocate, or principal legal adviser, in 1573. He may have been the first to bear the title, ‘Lord Advocate’, still in use today for the government’s chief law
- Borthwick - Electric ScotlandBORTHWICK, DAVID of Lochhill, a learned lawyer and judge, was lord advocate of Scotland in the reign of James the Sixth, before which time he was usually designated “Mr. David Borthwick of Auldistone.” He was one of the nine advocates selected by the court of session, on the first March 1540, to plead “befoir thame in all actions and ...
- History - Borthwick CastleBorthwick Castle is one of the finest and best preserved 15th century keeps in Scotland. An imposing fortress composed of a massive double tower surrounded by an embattled wall, it is much admired for the beauty of its proportions as well as the solidity and accuracy of its masonry.
- Borthwick Clan Crest, Qui Conducit Motto, Family History CertificatesBorthwick Clan Motto: Qui Conducit (He who leads). Borthwick Clan History: Andreas Borthwick is recorded as having accompanied Edgar the Atheling, claimant to the English throne, and his sister Princess Margaret Atheling, from England to Scotland in 1068.
- Borthwick Castle - WikipediaBorthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications. [1] It is located twelve miles (19 km) south-east of Edinburgh, [2] to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground.
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