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Northern Lighthouse Board, the Glossary

The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) is the general lighthouse authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man.^[1]

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1786 establishments in Scotland
Lighthouse organizations
Lighthouses in Scotland
Water transport in Scotland

Act of parliament

An act of parliament, as a form of primary legislation, is a text of law passed by the legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council).

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Alan Stevenson

Alan Stevenson FRSE MInstCE (28 April 1807 – 23 December 1865) was a Scottish civil engineer, known for designing and building lighthouses in and around Scotland.

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Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute (Argyll an Buit; Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.

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Automatic identification system

The automatic identification system (AIS) is an automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships and is used by vessel traffic services (VTS).

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The Blue Ensign is a British ensign that may be used on vessels by certain authorised yacht clubs, Royal Research Ships and British merchant vessels whose master holds a commission in the Royal Naval Reserve or has otherwise been issued a warrant. Defaced versions with a badge or other emblem are also more broadly; in the United Kingdom by authorised government or private bodies; and internationally by nations or organisations previously a part of the British Empire.

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Brazier

A brazier is a container used to burn charcoal or other solid fuel for cooking, heating or cultural rituals.

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Buoy

A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes.

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Buoy tender

A buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys.

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Campbeltown

Campbeltown (Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or Ceann Locha) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Commissioners of Irish Lights

The Commissioners of Irish Lights (Coimisinéirí Soilse na hÉireann), often shortened to Irish Lights or CIL, is the body that serves as the general lighthouse authority for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and their adjacent seas and islands. Northern Lighthouse Board and Commissioners of Irish Lights are department for Transport and lighthouse organizations.

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David Stevenson (engineer)

David Stevenson MICE FRSE FRSSA (11 January 1815 – 17 July 1886) was a Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer who designed over 30 lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped continue the dynasty of lighthouse engineering founded by his father, Robert Stevenson.

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Devolution in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, devolution is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies: the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and in England, the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.

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Differential GPS

Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs).

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ensign (flag)

The ensign is a maritime flag that is used for the national identification of a ship.

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Ex officio member

An ex officio member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Foghorn

A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards such as rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions.

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A general lighthouse authority (GLA) is one of three agencies primarily responsible for aids to navigation in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Northern Lighthouse Board and general lighthouse authority are lighthouse organizations.

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George Dempster of Dunnichen

George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo FRSE FSA (Scot) (1732–1818) was a Scottish advocate, landowner, agricultural improver and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1790.

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George Street, Edinburgh

George Street is the central thoroughfare of the First New Town of Edinburgh, planned in the 18th century by James Craig.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).

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Glossary of vexillology

Flag terminology is the nomenclature, or system of terms, used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display.

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Highland (council area)

Highland (Gàidhealtachd,; Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.

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Inchcape

Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a reef about off the east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife, occupied by the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Mannin, also Ellan Vannin) or Mann, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.

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Isle of Man Government

The Isle of Man Government (Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man.

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King's Lynn

King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England.

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Kinnaird Head

Kinnaird Head (An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland.

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Lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man

The lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man (Fo-chiannoort Vannin or lhiass-chiannoort vannin) is the Lord of Mann's official personal representative in the Isle of Man.

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Light dues

Light dues are the charges levied on ships for the maintenance of lighthouses and other aids to navigation.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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Lighthouse tender

A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation.

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List of lighthouses in Scotland

This is a list of lighthouses in Scotland. Northern Lighthouse Board and list of lighthouses in Scotland are lighthouses in Scotland.

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List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses

This is a list of the currently operational lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB).

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Lord Advocate

His Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh, Laird Advocat), is the principal legal adviser of both the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.

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Lord provost

A lord provost (Àrd-Phrobhaist) is the convenor of the local authority, the civic head and the lord-lieutenant of one of the principal cities of Scotland.

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Lord Provost of Edinburgh

The Right Honourable Lord Provost of Edinburgh is elected by and is the convener of the City of Edinburgh Council and serves not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city, ex officio the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh and honorarily the Admiral of the Firth of Forth.

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Merchant Shipping Act 1995

The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) is an act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom in 1995.

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Muckle Flugga Lighthouse

Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga, in Shetland, Scotland.

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Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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Non-departmental public body

In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department. Northern Lighthouse Board and non-departmental public body are non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government.

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North Ronaldsay

North Ronaldsay (also, North Ronalshee) is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.

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Oban

Oban (An t-Òban meaning The Little Bay) is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Old Hunstanton Lighthouse

Old Hunstanton Lighthouse is a former lighthouse located in Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk,Ordnance Survey (2002).

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Outer Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar, na h-Eileanan an Iar or label; Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.

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Parabolic reflector

A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves.

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Radar beacon

Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to article 1.103 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when triggered by a radar, automatically returns a distinctive signal which can appear on the display of the triggering radar, providing range, bearing and identification information." Each station (transmitter-receiver, transceiver or transponder) shall be classified by the service in which it operates permanently or temporarily.

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Richard Henry Brunton

Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called "Father of Japanese lighthouses".

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Richard Vary Campbell

Richard Vary Campbell FRSE FSA (1840–1901) was a Scottish advocate and author of legal books, who rose to be Sheriff of Roxburgh.

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River Clyde

The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Clyde Watter, or Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde, in the west of Scotland.

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River Tay

The River Tay (Tatha,; probably from the conjectured Brythonic Tausa, possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing' David Ross, Scottish Place-names, p. 209. Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, 2001.) is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain.

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Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)

Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer, and designer and builder of lighthouses.

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Scalpay, Outer Hebrides

Scalpay (Sgalpaigh or Sgalpaigh na Hearadh; i.e. "Scalpay of Harris" to distinguish it from Scalpay off Skye) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scotland Act 1998

The Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which legislated for the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament with tax varying powers and the Scottish Government (then Scottish Executive).

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba) is the devolved government of Scotland. Northern Lighthouse Board and Scottish Government are organisations based in Edinburgh.

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Secretary of State for Transport

The secretary of state for transport, also referred to as the transport secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the policies of the Department for Transport. Northern Lighthouse Board and secretary of State for Transport are department for Transport.

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Sheriff principal

In Scotland a sheriff principal (pl. sheriffs principal) (àrd-siorram) is a judge in charge of a sheriffdom with judicial, quasi-judicial, and administrative responsibilities.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet

Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet FRSE (February 1741 – 1 July 1787) was a Scottish banker, landowner and politician.

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Skerryvore

Skerryvore (from the Gaelic An Sgeir Mhòr meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree.

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Solicitor General for Scotland

His Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Scottish Government on Scots Law.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Thomas Smith (engineer)

Thomas Smith (6 December 1752 – 21 June 1815) was a Scottish businessman and early lighthouse engineer.

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Thomas Stevenson

Thomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot (22 July 1818 – 8 May 1887) was a pioneering Scottish civil engineer, lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology.

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Trinity House

The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, also known as Trinity House (and formally as The Master, Wardens and Assistants of the Guild Fraternity or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent), is the official authority for lighthouses in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House are department for Transport, lighthouse organizations and non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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White Ensign

The White Ensign, at one time called the St George's Ensign because of the simultaneous existence of a crossless version of the flag, is an ensign worn on British Royal Navy ships and shore establishments.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Lighthouse_Board

Also known as Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses, Commissioner of Northern Lights, Commissioners for Northern Lights, Commissioners of Northern Light Houses, Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, Commissioners of Northern Lights, Commissioners of the Northern Lights, Northern Lighthouse Commissioners, Northern Lighthouse Service, Northern Lighthouse Vessel.

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See also

1786 establishments in Scotland

Lighthouse organizations

Lighthouses in Scotland

Water transport in Scotland

References