| Description | Annual election, 26 September 1810
[Sederunt given]
The Council elected the following thirteen Burgesses to be members of the new Council for the year 1810 to 1811: Provost William Young, Provost Alexander Brebner, Baillie William Lumsden, John Donald, Gavin Hadden, James Andrew Sandilands, Baillie Alexander Galen, Alexander Duncan junior, Alexander Fraser, George Hogarth junior, Alexander Gibbon junior, William Pirie and Alexander Simpson, all merchants in Aberdeen. (173r)
The Council elected the following four members of the old Council to serve on the new Council: Provost James Hadden, Baillie Thomas McCombie, Baillie George Tower and James Young junior. (173r - 173v)
The Council elected Deacon John Barron, watchmaker and Convener John Webster, weaver, to be Trades councillors. (173v)
The old and new Council, with the Convener and Deacons of Crafts (except Provost More, Baillie McCombie, Alexander Low of the old Council, and Provosts Young and Brebner and Alexander Simpson of the new Council, in place of whom the Council elected Patrick Barron, David Thom, John Pittendrigh, James Beaumont, William Naughten and John Bruce, Burgesses of Guild, as assistants), elected the folowing office bearers for the year 1810 to 1811:
James Hadden - Provost
Alexander Galen - Eldest Baillie
Thomas McCombie - Second Baillie
George Tower - Third Baillie
John Donald - Fourth Baillie
George Hogarth junior - Dean of Guild
Alexander Gibbon junior - Treasurer
William Pirie - Shoremaster
Alexander Duncan junior - Master of Kirk and Bridge Works
James Andrew Sandilands - Master of Mortifications
Alexander Simpson - Master of the Guild Brethern's Hospital
(173v - 174r)
The Council elected the Provost, Baillie Thomas McCombie and Baillie George Tower to be Keepers of the Keys of the Town's Charter Chest for the year 1810 to 1811. (174r)
The Council elected for the year 1810 to 1811 the Provost, four Baillies, Dean of Guild, Provost Young, Provost Brebner, Gavin Hadden and James Young junior to be Commissioners of Infeftments; and the same gentlemen with the two Trades councillors to be Auditors of the Town's Accounts. (173r - 174v) |