Thursday January 8th 2026
Prince Georg and Viscountess Anson
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson
The marriage of a Danish Prince to a cousin of the late Queen is among the latest records to go online for the first time on Scotland’s People.
Almost 240,000 birth, marriage and death records have been added to the research site. These include births in 1925, marriages in 1950 and deaths in 1975.
Prince Georg of Denmark married Viscountess Anson, born Anne Bowes-Lyon, at Glamis Castle chapel in September 1950. They met at a ball at the Swedish Embassy in 1949.
The bride was the niece of the then Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) who attended the reception with her younger daughter Princess Margaret. She had been advised against attending the ceremony of a divorcee. The bride’s son from her first marriage was the famous photographer Lord Lichfield.
One of the 126,837 births registered in 1925 was Catherine McIntosh Rankin. As Kay Carmichael she became a leading social policy expert who sat on the Kilbrandon Committee which introduced community based social work and the Children’s Hearing System to Scotland.
Rugby union star Arthur Smith died aged only 42 in 1975. Born on a farm near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Smith excelled both academically and in sport. He is best remembered for his 33 caps for the Scottish rugby union side. Off the pitch he was a gifted mathematician who worked in the financial sector.
National Records of Scotland Chief Executive Alison Byrne OBE said:
“The annual arrival of new birth, marriage and death records is a big event in the calendar for family historians.
“This is also an opportunity to look back and acknowledge the remarkable lives captured in the records.
“We are delighted to bring these new resources to the Scotland’s People website so researchers in all corners of the world can discover their Scottish ancestors.”
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