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Translation for 'Selkirkshire' from English to French

Selkirkshire [also: County of Selkirk]

Selkirkshire {m} [région de lieutenance d'Écosse] [aussi : comté de Selkirk]géogr.pol.

• Selkirkshire {m} [région de lieutenance d'Écosse] [aussi : comté de Selkirk] = Selkirkshire [also: County of Selkirk]

• Of local origin from a small place of the name formally in Roxburghshire or Selkirkshire.
• He was a County Councillor for Selkirkshire and Convenor (1946).
• Formerly, two thirds of the parish of Ashkirk lay in Roxburghshire and one third in Selkirkshire, including an enclave of Selkirkshire just east of the village around Synton.
• Before 1974 comprising the counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Wigtownshire, Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.
• It is also sometimes (erroneously) given as the county top of Selkirkshire.

• In 1786, on the death of his father, he succeeded him as MP for Selkirkshire. He also took on his father's role as Receiver of Crown Rents for Selkirkshire.
• The new district was named after Ettrick Forest (which was also an old alternative name for Selkirkshire), and Lauderdale, being the valley of the Leader Water (roughly corresponding to the area gained from Berwickshire).
• He was the second son of James Murray (died 1649), of Deuchar in Selkirkshire, who was a younger son (the second son to be called James) of Patrick Murray of Philiphaugh.
• The family seat is Thirlestane Castle, near Ettrick, Selkirkshire.
• In the Middle Ages the area that would become Selkirkshire formed part of the province of Tweeddale.

• Holton was born in Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, but spent his early years from 1949-1955 in Lagos, Nigeria.
• There were some disputes arising as to whether the county councils had any powers to levy charges on these burghs; Selkirkshire County Council tried to argue that it could claim certain costs from Galashiels, but the Scottish Supreme Court found that Galashiels was entirely responsible for its own affairs and could not be taxed by Selkirkshire County Council.
• The constituency name comes from the three counties it covers; Berwickshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire.