| Administrative History | The firm Ledingham Chalmers, advocates Aberdeen, was originally known as Edmonds and McQueen and was founded in 1850. One of the founding partners was Francis Edmond of Kingswells. The firm became Edmonds and Ledingham around 1900: Robert Ledingham was a partner in it from 1920 and worked there until his death in 1969. They had an office in Golden Square. In 1991 there was no longer an Edmond partner and the firm became Ledingham Chalmers, which is still in existence today (2001). The property at 1-17 Golden Square was sold in 2001, but the firm retains other offices. They originally represented King’s College, Aberdeen, and are now the legal advisers to Aberdeen University.
The papers were collected by Francis Edmond, the Aberdeen lawyer who acted as clerk to the Royal Commissioners when they visited the two Universities of Aberdeen, following the Universities (Scotland) Bill. One of the matters that the Commissioners considered in their subsequent reports relative to the Aberdeen Universities was the proposal to unite King's and Marischal Colleges. This union eventually took place in 1860 [See 'The Fusion of 1860', edited by W. Douglas Simpson (1963) for further information]. |
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