(Obituary. Death a Companion of Sib Walter Scott.— Mr. James Skene, Rubislaw, Aberdeenshire, died at Frewen ..
... and up to 1841, under the Melbourne Ministry, was Chief Secretary for Ireland, where he was universally beloved. When the Whigs came again to power in 1846, he was appointed Commissioners of Woods aud Forests, and succeeded Lord Campbell as Chancellor ...