The Historiographer Royal is a member of the Royal household of Scotland. The office was created in 1681, and was in abeyance from 1709 until 1763 when it was revived for Principal William Robertson of the University of Edinburgh .
4-522: Historiographer Royal is the title of an appointment as official chronicler or historian of a court or monarch. It was initially particularly associated with the French monarchy, where the post existed from at least 1550, but in the later 16th and 17th centuries became common throughout Europe. The Historiographer Royal for Scotland is still an existing appointment. See also [ edit ] Chief Chronicler of
8-632: The Ancien Régime Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Historiographer Royal (Scotland) The post, which now has no formal responsibilities or salary, is appointed by the Sovereign by Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of Scotland . The current office-holder is Christopher Smout , Emeritus Professor of History at
12-589: The Kingdom (Portugal) Historiographer Royal (Denmark) Historiographer Royal (England) Historiographer Royal (Scotland) Rikshistoriograf (Sweden) References [ edit ] ^ Denys Hay , Annalists and Historians: Western Historiography from the Eighth to the Eighteenth Century (London and New York, 2016), p. 141. [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
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