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unusual facts about George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar


Harbottle

In 1605 James I granted the castle and manor to George Home, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, but thereafter the castle fell into decay and much of its masonry was used in other buildings.


George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar

Of these, on the 27 September 1603 he received the manor and castle of Norham with its fishing rights on the River Tweed.

Jus commune

Scotland had a reception of Roman law and partial codification through the works of the Institutional Writers, such as Viscount Stair and Baron Hume, among others.

Lord Hume of Berwick

The title was first created as Baron Hume of Berwick in the Peerage of England on 7 July 1604, for George Home, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, member of the English Privy Council, and Keeper of the Great Wardrobe.


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