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78-571: James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres , KT , FRS , FRAS (28 July 1847 – 31 January 1913) was a Scottish astronomer, politician, ornithologist, bibliophile and philatelist . A member of the Royal Society , Crawford was elected president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1878. He was a prominent Freemason , having been initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge at

156-673: A Lady of the Thistle in 1937 by a special statute, and in 1987 Elizabeth II allowed the regular admission of women to both the Order of the Thistle and the Order of the Garter. From time to time, individuals may be admitted to the order by special statutes. Such members are known as "Extra Knights" or "Extra Ladies" and do not count towards the sixteen-member limit. Members of the British royal family are normally admitted through this procedure;

234-630: A book collector from his schooldays and so he continued. In 1861 he wrote to his son James (then 14 years old) a letter which describes his vision of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; in 1864 he redrafted and enlarged it while visiting his villa in Tuscany. By now it was 250 pages long and under the name of the "Library Report" it continued to be added to during their lifetimes. He based his plan on the Manuel of J.-Ch. Brunet in which knowledge

312-401: A labor vacuum. However, these conditions—the fragility of the market, scarcity of qualified labor, and the rationing of paper and metals—were felt across the entire British printing industry. Due to these conditions, profits dipped during the early years of the war. However, in 1941, the company noted that the volume of work had increased, "a considerable number of reprint orders having come in as

390-653: A possible twelve were appointed; these included Catholics, such as Melfort and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland , his elder brother James, 4th Earl and 1st Jacobite Duke of Perth , plus Protestant supporters like the Earl of Arran . After James was deposed by the 1688 Glorious Revolution no further appointments were made, although the exiled House of Stuart continued to issue a Jacobite version until 1784 (the last appointment being Charlotte Stuart, Jacobite Duchess of Albany ), although none of those were recognised by

468-467: A private observatory at Dun Echt , Aberdeenshire . He employed David Gill to equip the observatory, using the best available technology. Among his achievements, Gill later made the first photograph of the Great Comet of 1882 , pioneering astrophotography and the mapping of the heavens . Crawford mounted expeditions to Cadiz in 1870, to observe the eclipse of the sun ; India in 1871, to observe

546-525: A result of the destruction of printed stocks by recent enemy action in London." From the postwar period until 1970, AUP maintained a pattern of comfortable growth and small-scale absorptions: William Jackson Ltd. in 1950; John Avery & Co. (the Greyfriars Press), a firm of general printers, in 1953; Edmond & Spark, stationers and bookbinders, in 1966. AUP's post-1970 existence can be read as

624-489: A tale of the consolidation of the British printing industry. From 1970 until its demise, AUP was passed from corporate giant to corporate giant. Riding the wave of consolidation, the British Bank of Commerce acquired AUP in 1970. The bank's small acquisition spree continued with Central Press Ltd. and George Cornwall and Sons Ltd. between 1970 and 1972, fully integrating each new firm with AUP. Between 1970 and 1978, AUP

702-465: Is Baroness Manningham-Buller ), and Lady Katharine Constance Lindsay (wife of Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet , and mother of Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne ). Through his son Robert, he was a grandfather of Australian politician Robert Lindsay . Lindsay received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1882, and in the following year was nominated honorary associate of

780-619: Is also the motto of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards , the Scots Guards , the Royal Regiment of Scotland , and The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada . The patron saint of the order is St Andrew . Most British orders of chivalry cover the whole United Kingdom , but the three most exalted ones each pertain to one constituent country only. The Order of the Thistle, which pertains to Scotland,

858-480: Is divided into five branches: Theology, Jurisprudence, Science and Arts, Belles Lettres, History; to which Alexander added six of his own as paralipomena: Genealogy, Archaeology, Biography, Literary History, Bibliography and Encyclopaedias; and finally a Museum. Features of the collection included reacquired stock from earlier Lindsay collections, manuscripts both eastern and western, and printed books, all chosen for their intellectual and cultural importance. The bulk of

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936-402: Is no conclusive evidence for this. Some Scottish order of chivalry may have existed during the sixteenth century, possibly founded by James V and called the Order of St. Andrew, but lapsed by the end of that century, although the evidence is unclear. A royal thistle collar is depicted in a book of hours , prepared for James IV in about 1503, where he is shown kneeling at an altar bearing

1014-476: Is shared only by members of the Royal Family, peers, Knights and Ladies Companion of the Garter, and Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the junior orders of chivalry and clan chiefs . Aberdeen University Press The origins of AUP can be sought in a small short-lived printing firm founded by brothers George and Robert King, which operated between 1840 and 1850 in the city of Aberdeen. Shortly after

1092-519: Is that Robert the Bruce instituted the order after his victory at Bannockburn in 1314. Most historians consider the earliest credible claim to be the founding of the order by James III , during the fifteenth century. He adopted the thistle as the royal badge, issued coins depicting thistles and allegedly conferred membership of the "Order of the Burr or Thissil" on Francis I of France , although there

1170-669: Is the second most senior in precedence. Its equivalent in England, the Most Noble Order of the Garter , is the oldest documented order of chivalry in the United Kingdom, dating to the middle fourteenth century. In 1783 an Irish equivalent, the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick , was founded, but it is now dormant. The claim that James VII was reviving an earlier order is generally not supported by

1248-569: The Concise Scots Dictionary after its rejection by three other publishers was a point of pride for AUP; it became a best-seller at the Edinburgh International Book Festival that year. While its acquisition by Pergamon enabled AUP to modernize and rehabilitate, these boons did not come without drawbacks. The success of AUP's publishing arm overwhelmed AUP's printing arm, to the extent that

1326-541: The Grenadier Guards , and after he became MP for Wigan he was appointed one of two lieutenant-colonels of the 4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps with his brother-in-law Arthur Bootle-Wilbraham, a former Ensign in the Coldstream Guards , as the other. On 10 October 1900 Crawford was appointed Honorary Colonel of the unit, now the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment . On 22 July 1869,

1404-980: The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences . He became a trustee of the British Museum and acted for a term as president of the Library Association . He had a strong connection to Wigan , where he was chairman of the Free Library Authority and head of the Wigan Coal Company. In January 1900 he received the Freedom of the borough of Wigan. Crawford was a member of the Council of the Zoological Society of London from 1902. Knight of

1482-449: The University of Cambridge in 1866. The future Earl was born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye , France on 28 July 1847, the only son of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and his wife Margaret. He was asthmatic and spent considerable periods at sea studying the more portable sections of the family library which had been established by his father. Crawford was interested in astronomy from an early age. Along with his father, he built up

1560-520: The circlet (a green circle bearing the order's motto) and the collar of the order; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter. The badge is depicted suspended from the collar. The Royal Arms depict the collar and motto of the Order of the Thistle only in Scotland; they show the circlet and motto of the Garter in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Knights and Ladies are also entitled to receive heraldic supporters . This high privilege

1638-480: The eclipse of the sun ; and then to Mauritius in 1874, to observe the transit of Venus . On the latter two expeditions Crawford employed London photographer Henry Davis , who in 1876 was appointed Crawford's personal librarian. Upon hearing of a threat to close down the Edinburgh Royal Observatory, in 1888 Crawford made a donation of astronomical instruments and his books on mathematics and

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1716-530: The British Crown. Queen Anne appointed knights to the Order from 1704, and it has remained in existence since then, and is used to recognise Scots 'who have held public office or contributed significantly to national life.' The Kings of Scots , later the Kings of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, have served as sovereigns of the Order. When James VII revived the order, the statutes stated that

1794-715: The British Museum, of which he was a Trustee. Crawford formed notable collections of the stamps of the Italian States , the United States and Great Britain. The Crawford Medal was established by the Royal Philatelic Society London in Crawford's honour for distinguished contributions to philately. It is awarded annually for "the most valuable and original contribution to the study and knowledge of philately published in book form during

1872-597: The Chapel Royal . The two offices were separated in 1969. The office of Chancellor is mentioned and given custody of the seal of the order in the 1687 statutes, but no-one was appointed to the position until 1913. The office has subsequently been held by one of the knights, though not necessarily the most senior. The Usher of the Order is the Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod (unlike his Garter equivalent,

1950-646: The Earl, who was then Lord Lindsay, married Emily Florence Bootle-Wilbraham (1848–1934), the daughter of Colonel the Hon Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale ) and his wife Emily Ramsbottom (daughter of James Ramsbottom, MP , brewer and banker, of Clewer Lodge and Woodside, Windsor, Berkshire ) and the sister of Ada Constance Bootle-Wilbraham, wife of Italian politician Onorato Caetani , Duke of Sermoneta and Prince of Teano. Together, James and Emily were

2028-512: The East Anglian king Æthelstan (born around 894) but an earlier Northumbrian of the same name, and not the legendary Scottish King Achaius but the historical Pictish King Óengus II ). An alternative version is that the order was founded in 809 to commemorate an alliance between Achaius and Emperor Charlemagne ; there is some plausibility to this, insofar as Charlemagne is believed to have employed Scottish bodyguards. Yet another version

2106-757: The Garter (whose chapel is located in Windsor Castle ). James VII, however, was deposed by 1688; the Chapel, meanwhile, had been destroyed during riots. The order did not have a Chapel until 1911, when one was added onto St Giles High Kirk in Edinburgh . Each year, the sovereign resides at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a week in June or July; during the visit, a service for the order is held. Any new knights or ladies are installed at annual services. Each member of

2184-606: The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod , he does not have another function assisting the House of Lords ). The Lord Lyon King of Arms, head of the Scottish heraldic establishment, whose office predates his association with the order, serves as King of Arms of the Order. According to legend , an invading Norse army was attempting to sneak up at night upon a Scottish army's encampment. During this operation, one barefoot Norseman had

2262-538: The Lindsay family's library. He purchased a large collection of philatelic literature formed by John K. Tiffany of St. Louis , the first president of the American Philatelic Society . Tiffany's was already the world's largest and most complete collection of philatelic literature. He added to this by purchases throughout Europe. He added a codicil to his will bequeathing his philatelic library to

2340-620: The Order of the Garter, and above baronets . Wives, sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights of the Thistle also feature on the order of precedence; relatives of Ladies of the Thistle, however, are not assigned any special precedence. (Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives.) Knights of the Thistle prefix " Sir ", and Ladies prefix " Lady ", to their forenames. Wives of Knights may prefix "Lady" to their surnames, but no equivalent privilege exists for husbands of Ladies. Such forms are not used by peers and princes, except when

2418-473: The Order's great occasions, such as its annual service each June or July, as well for coronations , the Knights and Ladies wear an elaborate costume: Aside from these special occasions, however, much simpler insignia are used whenever a member of the order attends an event at which decorations are worn: However, on certain collar days designated by the sovereign, members attending formal events may wear

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2496-601: The Thistle The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland . The current version of the order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland , who asserted that he was reviving an earlier order. The order consists of the sovereign and sixteen knights and ladies, as well as certain " extra " knights (members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs). The sovereign alone grants membership of

2574-599: The Thistle had been used only for political patronage, rather than to reward actual merit. Therefore, with the agreement of the Prime Minister ( Clement Attlee ) and the Leader of the Opposition ( Winston Churchill ) in 1946, both orders returned to the personal gift of the sovereign. Knights and Ladies of the Thistle may also be admitted to the Order of the Garter. Formerly, many, but not all, Knights elevated to

2652-399: The arms of members living and deceased on stall plates. These enamelled plates are affixed to the back of the stall and display its occupant's name, arms, and date of admission into the order. Upon the death of a Knight, his helm, mantling , crest (or coronet or crown) and sword are taken down. The stall plates, however, are not removed; rather, they remain permanently affixed to the back of

2730-486: The brothers' printing business ceased and their Diamond Street storefront became a bookstore, a third King brother, Arthur, set up his own printing venture in the city: Arthur King and Co. "Statements concerning the machinery held by King & Co. in the 1860s and later are somewhat inconsistent, but it appears that from the middle of that decade, it owned a large, double-quad platen , and two (later, three) Wharfedale machines ( cylinder presses ) of varying sizes." The firm

2808-532: The case room of the Aberdeen Journal , Alexander Troup, a wholesale bookseller and stationer, and a Mr. Mackenzie. Over the next fifteen years, Thomson bought out his partners, becoming sole owner of the profitable enterprise. Arthur King and Co. grew at strong clip throughout the period; the number of employees increased from 21 in 1872, to 66 in 1887, to 118 by 1894. The firm was sufficiently competitive to undertake work for metropolitan publishers, despite

2886-709: The collections have since been donated to or deposited in national or university libraries, including the National Library of Scotland . In 1946 the deposited collections were distributed to the British Museum , Cambridge University Library , and the John Rylands Library. Changes to these locations were made by later Earls of Crawford; apart from the Crawford family muniments those at the John Rylands Library were removed in 1988. Crawford's philatelic interests grew out of his work in extending

2964-424: The coronet alone is used (if she is a peeress or princess). Lady Marion Fraser had a helm and crest included when she was granted arms; these were displayed above her stall in the same manner as for knights. Unlike other British orders, the armorial banners of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle are not hung in the chapel, but instead in an adjacent part of St Giles High Kirk. The Thistle Chapel does, however, bear

3042-578: The corporate board questioned in 1989 whether AUP Publishing should look elsewhere for its own printing needs. AUP's printing arm was wracked with instability throughout the 1980s. AUP's initial acquisition by Pergamon caused discomfort among many among the Aberdeen firm's long-time customer base. AUP's neutrality and independence was in question, as it was now owned by a very real competitor to many of AUP's former clients. With local publishing houses shifting away and local artisans being laid off, AUP's links to

3120-503: The distance from Aberdeen to the centers of the British publishing world: Glasgow , Edinburgh , and London . Aberdeen University Press sprung into being in 1900, "fully formed, fully functional, and capitalised to the tune of £54,000." AUP was formed as a public company to acquire Arthur King and Co. In an illustration of the close relations between AUP and the University of Aberdeen, (Sir) William Ramsay , Professor of Humanity at

3198-457: The ensuing legal mess, AUP was liquidated in 1996. In October 2013, the University of Aberdeen announced the re-launch of Aberdeen University Press, as a traditional university press directly affiliated with the university. Though the new AUP is positioned by the university as the successor to the defunct printing firm and publishing house of the same name liquidated in 1996, the two publishing houses are distinct and legally separate entities; only

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3276-433: The evidence. The 1687 warrant states that during a battle in 786 with Angles under Æthelstan of East Anglia , the cross of St Andrew appeared in the sky to Achaius , King of Scots; after his victory, he established the Order of the Thistle and dedicated it to the saint. This seems unlikely on the face of it, since Achaius died a century before Æthelstan (though it is now thought that the opponents in this battle were not

3354-451: The firm for its new existence as AUP, the firm's equipment holdings included 1,300 iron chasses, 10 American-built Miehle 2-revolution presses, 6 Wharfedale, and 2 jobbing machines . Besides printing equipment, AUP also inherited 3 type-casting machines and a vast collection of type ; over 600 tons worth, including Russian, German, Bengali, Greek, and Hebrew. Rather than purchasing typesets as many other printers did, John Thomson had preferred

3432-481: The firm to maintain its own type foundry. This arrangement was beneficial for the company, as Thomson explained in an article in the British Printer in 1904: "We can cast nearly all the type we want, and at much less than the typefounders can sell it to us. Why, we gain close on 50% on the type account." World War I critically impacted this arrangement. With wartime scarcity, the price of metals increased to

3510-585: The firm was obliged to match it, for fear of losing valuable and skilled staff to other printers." Though there was optimism in the initial postwar period, for most of the 1920s business was erratic for AUP. The company had a handful of dutiful customers and seemed to have a close relationship with the John Rylands Library and the Manchester University Press , but periods of steady productivity were few and far between. AUP

3588-442: The firm: AUP's printing shop was to be vastly modernized, transferring the majority of work from hot metal typesetting and letterpress printing to photo-composition and lithographic printing , and AUP's publishing side was to be developed, with the goal of making AUP the conglomerate's signature Scottish academic and educational imprint . The modernization of AUP's printing shop meant that, while some employees were re-trained on

3666-410: The first to be so admitted was Prince Albert . King Olav V of Norway , the first foreigner to be admitted to the order, was also admitted by special statute in 1962. The sovereign has historically had the power to choose knights of the order. From the eighteenth century onwards, the sovereign made his or her choices upon the advice of the government. George VI felt that the orders of the Garter and

3744-754: The knighthood and the earldom after participating in the Jacobite Rising of 1715 . The order has five officers: the Chancellor , the Secretary, the Dean , Lord Lyon King of Arms , and the Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod . The Dean is normally a cleric of the Church of Scotland . This office was not part of the original establishment, but was created in 1763 and joined to the office of Dean of

3822-405: The labor front. Firstly, there was the simple shortage of able-bodied men. Due to this labor shortage, though AUP was a defiantly non-union shop, the company "had got itself into an ultimately unsustainable and unsympathetic position, in that every time there was a wage increase – either a general increase, or a War Bonus – agreed between union shops, the unions themselves, and employers’ federations,

3900-536: The library was kept at Haigh Hall in Lancashire with a part at Balcarres. The Earl issued an extensive catalogue of the library in 1910: Catalogue of the Printed Books Preserved at Haigh Hall, Wigan , 4 vols. folio, Aberdeen University Press , printers. Companion volumes to the catalogue record the royal proclamations and philatelic literature . The cataloguing and organisation of the library

3978-560: The local Aberdeen community were becoming increasingly fraught. Though the printing business was unstable and AUP's relationship with the Aberdeen community fraught, these were not the ultimate factors behind AUP's demise. Death was a top-down affair. In 1982, at the command of Robert Maxwell Pergamon Press was integrated into the British Printing and Communication Corporation, creating the Pergamon-BPCC Group, with

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4056-656: The misfortune to step upon a thistle , causing him to cry out in pain, thus alerting Scots to the presence of the Norse invaders. Some sources suggest the specific occasion was the 1263 Battle of Largs , which marked the beginning of the departure of King Haakon IV (Haakon the Elder) of Norway who, having control of the Northern Isles and Hebrides , had harried the coast of the Kingdom of Scotland for some years. For

4134-515: The names of the former are written out in their fullest forms. Knights and Ladies use the post-nominal letters "KT" and "LT" respectively. When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, "KT" or "LT" appears before all others, except "Bt" or "Btss" ( Baronet or Baronetess ), "VC" ( Victoria Cross ), "GC" ( George Cross ) and "KG" or "LG" (Knight or Lady Companion of the Garter). Knights and Ladies may encircle their arms with

4212-531: The new machines, many more employees were laid off as their jobs were made redundant. The painfulness of this process inevitably slowed the pace of Pergamon's modernization scheme. Unlike the modernization of AUP's printing shop, the other half of Pergamon's rehabilitation plan—the development of AUP's publishing side—proved swift and successful. In 1979 AUP published 1 title; in 1980, 3; by 1988, 38 titles. AUP's publishing arm benefited from its narrow focus on Scottish academic and scholarly titles. The publication of

4290-521: The order would continue the ancient number of Knights, which was described in the preceding warrant as "the Sovereign and twelve Knights-Brethren in allusion to the Blessed Saviour and his Twelve Apostles ". In 1827, George IV increased the number to sixteen members. Women (other than Queens regnant ) were originally excluded from the Order; George VI created his wife Queen Elizabeth

4368-520: The order's collar over their military uniform, formal wear, or other costume. They will then substitute the broad riband of another order to which they belong (if any), since the Order of the Thistle is represented by the collar. Upon the death of a Knight or Lady, the insignia must be returned to the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood . The badge and star are returned personally to

4446-425: The order, including the sovereign, is allotted a stall in the chapel, above which his or her heraldic devices are displayed. Perched on the pinnacle of a knight's stall is his helm, decorated with mantling and topped by his crest. If he is a peer , the coronet appropriate to his rank is placed beneath the helm. Under the laws of heraldry, women, other than monarchs, do not normally bear helms or crests; instead,

4524-487: The order; they are not advised by the government , as occurs with most other orders. The order's primary emblem is the thistle , the national flower of Scotland. The motto is Nemo me impune lacessit ( Latin for "No one provokes me with impunity"). The same motto appears on the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom for use in Scotland and pound coins minted in 1984, 1989, 1994, and 1999 (since withdrawn), and

4602-417: The overall depression in the trade, as well as factors unique to AUP. A 1916 valuation of the company's type and machinery revealed that they had previously been vastly overstated, and much of the equipment needed to be replaced. This put the board in the embarrassing position of having to obtain agreement from the shareholding to devalue the company's shares. At the same time, AUP was also dealing with issues on

4680-461: The parents of seven children: Lord Crawford died on 31 January 1913. His widow, Emily, Dowager Countess of Crawford, died on 15 January 1934. Through his eldest son, the 27th Earl, he was a grandfather of eight, two sons and six daughters, including David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford , Hon. James Lindsay ( MP for Devon North ), Lady Mary Lilian Lindsay (wife of Lord Chancellor Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne , whose daughter

4758-498: The physical sciences from the Bibliotheca Lindesiana in order that a new observatory could be founded. Thanks to this donation, the new Royal Observatory, Edinburgh was opened on Blackford Hill in 1896. As well as much astronomical equipment, Crawford's observatory included an extensive collection of rare books, part of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana at Haigh Hall , which his father and he had accumulated till it

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4836-543: The point that AUP could not afford the required lead and antimony . The resultant drop in quality of AUP's type metal and increase in printing prices began to impact their customer base, as in 1917 when John Long Ltd. informed the AUP board that they could no longer place printing orders with the company. The period between 1914 and 1920 was difficult for AUP. This was the result of two sets of factors: general industry conditions caused by World War I, increased commodity prices and

4914-575: The printing and publishing industries. Iain Beavan, in his recently published history of AUP noted that "Harold Watt, as Managing Director of AUP is reliably reported to have admitted that, against a background of adverse trading conditions and rapid technological advances, AUP would not have survived had it not have been for the support of Pergamon Press and Robert Maxwell ." This support was made clear in Pergamon Press's bold plan to rehabilitate

4992-423: The royal arms encircled by a collar of thistles and a badge depicting St Andrew. In a painting of 1538, James V is shown wearing a gold collar of linked thistles with a St Andrew badge, although the King's wardrobe inventories of the period make no mention of a thistle collar. In 1558, a French commentator described the use of the crowned thistle and St Andrew's cross on Scottish coins and banners but noted there

5070-425: The senior order would resign from the Order of the Thistle. The first to resign from the Order of the Thistle was John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll in 1710; the last to take such an action was Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland in 1872. Knights and Ladies of the Thistle may also be deprived of their knighthoods. The only individual to have suffered such a fate was John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar who lost both

5148-409: The sovereign by the nearest relative of the deceased. Officers of the order also wear green robes. The Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod also bears, as the title suggests, a green rod . When James VII created the modern order in 1687, he directed that the Abbey Church at the Palace of Holyroodhouse be converted to a Chapel for the Order of the Thistle, perhaps copying the idea from the Order of

5226-449: The stall, so that the stalls of the chapel are festooned with a colourful record of the order's knights and ladies since 1911. The entryway just outside the doors of the chapel has the names of the order's knights from before 1911 inscribed into the walls giving a complete record of the members of the order. Knights and Ladies of the Thistle are assigned positions in the order of precedence , ranking above all others of knightly rank except

5304-404: The thread of historical narrative connects the two entities. It is unclear who owns the copyrights to the defunct AUP's backlist titles. With the launch of the University of Aberdeen's first official university press, the administration hopes to communicate the university's research output to a wider audience while increasing institutional prestige on the global stage. The first title published

5382-441: The time of James V, and could say nothing of its ceremonies or regalia. James VII issued letters patent "reviving and restoring the Order of the Thistle to its full glory, lustre and magnificency" on 29 May 1687. His intention was to reward Scottish Catholics for their loyalty, but the initiative actually came from John, 1st Earl and 1st Jacobite Duke of Melfort , then Secretary of State for Scotland. Only eight members out of

5460-427: The two years preceding the award". The 26th Earl of Crawford by the time of his death in 1913 had amassed the greatest philatelic library of his time. Crawford's name was included as one of the "Fathers of Philately" in 1921. Crawford was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Wigan in 1874, and held the seat until his elevation to the peerage in 1880. Crawford had spent a short period as an Ensign in

5538-412: The ultimate parent company being Maxwell Communications Corporation . In 1986 AUP was sold to another Maxwell company, before being re-sold back to Pergamon-BPCC. In 1991, the Pergamon Group, minus AUP, was sold to Elsevier This left AUP tethered to the fortunes of Robert Maxwell and his publishing empire. After the death of Maxwell in November 1991, the extent of his corporation's debt was discovered. In

5616-491: The university was installed as the first chairman of the board of the company. Cross-pollination between the two entities continued when James Trail, Professor of Botany joined the board in 1907, and the University Librarian, P. J. Anderson, in 1921. John Thomson continued as a member of the corporate board until his death in 1911. According to an 1899 internal review of Arthur King and Co. conducted to prepare

5694-536: Was a major task for a team of librarians led by J. P. Edmond . Two catalogues were issued privately in 1895 and 1898, of the Chinese books and manuscripts (by J. P. Edmond) and of the Oriental manuscripts, Arabic, Persian, Turkish (by Michael Kerney). The manuscript collections (including Chinese and Japanese printed books) were sold in 1901 to Enriqueta Augustina Rylands for the John Rylands Library . Other parts of

5772-535: Was a well-established printing house by the time Arthur's son sold Arthur King and Co. in 1872. The firm "did much jobbing work, and for many years had printed the Aberdeen Free Press and produced a great many papers, announcements and notices relating to the expansion of the railway system into the North and North-East of Scotland." The new owners were: John Thomson, former compositor and later foreman in

5850-468: Was acquired and sold by three investment groups: Brandt Ltd., Grindlays Holdings, and Spey Investments, before landing with Pergamon Press in January 1978. Significantly different from earlier corporate deals, AUP's acquisition by Pergamon Press meant that rather than being anonymous object within an investment company's curio cabinet, AUP was now among family, an important piece of a conglomerate rooted in

5928-540: Was no Scottish order of knighthood. Writing around 1578, John Lesley refers to the three foreign orders of chivalry carved on the gate of Linlithgow Palace , with James V's ornaments of St Andrew, proper to this nation . In 1610 William Fowler , the Scottish secretary to Anne of Denmark was asked about the Order of the Thistle. Fowler believed that there had been an order, founded to honour Scots who fought for Charles VII of France , but it had been discontinued in

6006-482: Was not the only struggling Aberdeen-based printing company. Negotiations between AUP and the Rosemount Press ended with the decision to merge. "AUP was predominately a book and journal printer, whilst the Rosemount Press carried out considerably more jobbing and general commercial work. Complementarity, therefore, was seen as the best way to business survival." World War II brought to AUP a cautious market and

6084-514: Was one of the most impressive private collections in Britain at the time. The Bibliotheca Lindesiana (i.e. Lindsayan or Lindsian library) had been planned by the 25th Earl and both he and his eldest son had been instrumental in building it up to such an extent that it was one of the most impressive private collections in Britain at the time, both for its size and for the rarity of some of the materials it contained. Alexander William Lindsay had been

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