| Description | Catanach, James, LL D, advocate, Civilist at KC, Personal papers 1697-1761; Papers relating to the dispute surrounding Catanach's appointment as Civilist and the resulting intervention by the Court of Session; Also includes papers relating to the appointment of the former Civilist, James Thomson, who was also appointed amid controversy. The papers also include some personal items, which include a marriage document.
"Eventually settled by the Court of Session which forced the admission of Sir William Forbes…the House of Lords, however, on 11 April 1745 reversed these decisions and found Catanach's qualifications good and his election valid." Prof. Politics and Patronage, page 64. |