Duncan Primrose, Bailie in Culross

DUNCAN PRIMROSE

Bailie in Culross [Note]

Marriage

Duncan Primrose, bailie in Culross, married Helen Smyth. She was alive in 1597, being then over eighty, and blind. The Scots Peerage VII: 213

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, LL.D., Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume VII. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1910), 592 pp. For Primrose, Earl of Roseberry, see pp. 212-29
2. Stirnet: Primrose 1

Note: A baillie or bailie is a civic officer in the local government of Scotland. The position arose in the burghs, where baillies formerly held a post similar to that of an alderman or magistrate (see bailiff). Modern bailies exist in Scottish local councils, with the position being a courtesy title and appointees often requested to provide support to the Lord Provost or Provost - the ceremonial and civic head of the council - in his various engagements.