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The office of '''Keeper of the [[Privy Seal of Scotland]]''', one of the [[Great Officers of State]], first appears in the reign of [[David II of Scotland|David II]]. After the [[Act of Union 1707]] its holder was normally a [[peerage|peer]], like the [[Great Seal of Scotland|Keeper of the Great Seal]]. The office has remained unfilled since the death of Gavin, [[Marquess of Breadalbane]] in 1922.▼
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[[File:Scottish Royal Arms panel, St. Andrews Castle, c.1530s.JPG|thumb|Scottish Royal Arms panel from St. Andrews Castle, seat of Cardinal David Beaton, Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1542]]
▲The office of '''Keeper of the [[Privy Seal of Scotland]]''', one of the [[Great Officers of State]], first appears in the reign of [[David II of Scotland|David II]]. After the [[Act of Union 1707]] its holder was normally a [[peerage|peer]], like the [[Great Seal of Scotland|Keeper of the Great Seal]]. The office has remained unfilled since the death of [[Gavin Campbell,
Section 3 of the [[Public Offices (Scotland) Act 1817]] limited the salary for the office to a maximum of £1,200 per annum. The salary was paid out of the fees charged for instruments passing the Privy Seal, after the salary of the Deputy Keeper had been paid.
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*1424: [[Walter Foote]], Provost of Bothwell
*1426: [[John Cameron (Scottish bishop)|John Cameron]], Provost of Lincluden, [[Bishop of Glasgow]]
*1432: [[William Foulis (Keeper of the Privy Seal)|William Foulis]], Provost of Bothwell
*1442: [[William Turnbull (bishop)|William Turnbull]], [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of [[Glasgow Cathedral|Glasgow]]
*1458: [[Thomas Spens]], [[Bishop of Galloway]]
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*1507: [[Alexander Gordon (d. 1518)|Alexander Gordon]], [[Bishop of Aberdeen]]
*1514: David, [[Abbot of Arbroath]]
*1519: [[George Crichton (bishop)|George Crichton]], [[Abbot of Holyrood]] and from 1526 the [[Bishop of Dunkeld]]
*????: [[Robert Colvill]], of Crawford
*1542: [[David Beaton]], Abbot of Arbroath, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Archbishop of St Andrews]]
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