History Of Scotland: Finance.—A considerable number of companies operating in Scotland are branches or subsidiaries of English or foreign concerns. They can and presumably do obtain most of their finance outside Scotland. Companies with head offices in Scotland can, if they are large, raise funds in London. Alternatively, in common with all other Scottish enterprises, they can seek finance within Scotland. Scotland has its own stock exchanges, the largest in Edinburgh and Glasgow; there are, however, very few issuing houses.
ROBERTSON, James Craigie, Scottish clergyman : b. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1813 ; d. Canterbury, England, July 9, 1882. He was graduated from Cambridge in 1834, and took orders in the Anglican Church in 1836. He was made canon of Canterbury in 1859, and from 1867-1874 was professor of ecclesiastical history of Scotland at King's College, London. He published How Shall We Conform to the Liturgy (1843) ; Church history of Scotland (1852-1873) ; Plain Lectures on the Growth of Papal Power (1876) ; edited Heylyn's history of Scotland of the Reformation (1849) ; Materials for the history of Scotland of Archbishop Thomas Becket (1875-1882), etc.
RAINY, ra'ni, Robert, Scottish Presbyterian leader : b. Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 1, 1826; d. Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 22, 1906. After studying at Glasgow and Edinburgh universities, he entered the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland and in 1862 was appointed professor of church history of Scotland at the Free Church College in Edinburgh, of which he was also principal from 1874 until his death. |
