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East Lothian

[ loh-thee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a historic county in southeastern Scotland.


East Lothian

noun

  1. a council area and historical county of E central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth and the North Sea: part of Lothian region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Haddington. Pop: 91 090 (2003 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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I was soon calling friends and family to work out the best way home to East Lothian.

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Part of the collection is stored in two large stables in Mr Cranston's garden in the Scottish Borders; the rest is stacked outside Mr Suddaby's house in East Lothian.

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Iain Young, an RAF veteran from East Lothian, has been undergoing diagnosis for suspected Stargardt disease - a condition that causes vision loss.

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His political journey, spanning five decades, began in 1974 when he was first elected to parliament representing Berwickshire and East Lothian, returning to the Commons in 1979 as the member for Edinburgh South.

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After being first elected to parliament in 1974 representing Berwickshire & East Lothian at the age of 29, he lost the seat just eight months later when Labour's Harold Wilson called a snap election.

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