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data:
  bioDates:
    - end: 1776
      lang: eng
      start: 1718
      text: 1718-1776
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    - code: ABEU
      note:
        - lang: eng
          text: Provenance Information
      searchTerm: 836
      typeOfResource: prov
  external:
    - auth: StAbUL
      country: GB
      date: 20140520
      id: 836
  foundIn:
    - LOC
    - DNB
  generalNote:
    - lang: eng
      text: 'Of Caldwell. Politician and author. Born Ayrshire 1718. Studied law at Edinburgh and Leiden til 1740. Toured France. Returned to Scotland 1742. MP for Renfrewshire 1742-61. Friends with John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and David Hume. Baron of the Scots Exchequer 1761. Rector, Glasgow University 1764-5. Died Ayrshire 1776.'
  heading:
    - part:
        - entry: Mure
        - firstname: William
      usedBy:
        - StAbUL
  name:
    - part:
        - entry: Mure
        - firstname: Wm.
      typeOfName: varn
  typeOfEntry: 0
meta:
  history:
    - timestamp: 2015-12-14T12:00:00Z
  status: n