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"The Grand National Union was a political party in Kenya. History The party was established by former Member of Parliament for Laikipia East Constituency, Mwangi Kiunjuri. It was formally registered on March 8, 2012.GNU Submits Registration Papers Grand National Union During the 2013 Kenyan general election, it fared rather poorly, winning only a number of County Assembly seats in and around Central Kenya. In 2016, the party merged into the Jubilee Party.New Jubilee Party born after 12 others allied to Uhuru close shop Daily Nation, 9 September 2016 References Category:Defunct political parties in Kenya Category:Political parties established in 2012 Category:2012 establishments in Kenya Category:Political parties established in 2016 Category:2016 disestablishments in Kenya "
"Culross in Perthshire (since 1889 in Fife) was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. The Parliament of Scotland ceased to exist with the Act of Union 1707, and the commissioner for Culross, Sir David Dalrymple, was one of those co-opted to represent Scotland in the first Parliament of Great Britain. From the 1708 general election Culross, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Stirling, and Queensferry comprised the Stirling district of burghs, electing one Member of Parliament between them. List of burgh commissioners * 1661–63, 1669–74, 1678 convention, 1685–1686: Sir Alexander Bruce of Broomhall * 1665 convention: William Pearson, bailie * 1667 convention: David Mitchell, bailie * 1681–1682: George Wilson, dean of guild * 1689 convention, 1689-1697: William Erskine of Torry (died 1700)Francis James Grant, "Erskine, Lord Cardross" in Sir James Balfour Paul ed., The Scots Peerage, volume II (Edinburgh, 1905) page 366. * 1697–1702, 1702-1707: Sir David Dalrymple, 1st BaronetDavid Wilkinson, DALRYMPLE, Hon. Sir David, 1st Bt. (c.1665-1721), of Hailes, Haddington. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, 2002. Online version accessed 28 July 2013. See also * List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union References Category:Burghs represented in the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1707 Category:History of Fife Category:History of Perth and Kinross Category:Politics of Fife Category:Politics of Perth and Kinross Category:1707 disestablishments in Scotland Category:Culross "
"UD-5 was an . The boat was laid down as the Dutch submarine K XXVII and renamed O 27 but was captured during the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II and commissioned in the Kriegsmarine. The ship survived the war and was returned to the Netherlands where she served under her old name until 1959. Ship history The submarine was ordered on 8 July 1938 and laid down on 3 August 1939 as K XXVII at the Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Rotterdam. During construction she was renamed O 27. Following the German invasion of 10 May 1940, the not yet launched O 27 was captured at the yard by the invading forces. The Germans decided to complete her. The launch took place on 26 September 1941. She served in the Kriegsmarine as UD-5 and was commissioned on 30 January 1942. From November 1941 to August 1942 UD-5 served as training boat in Kiel when attached to the 5th Flotilla. From August 1942 until January 1943 the boat was stationed at Lorient in occupied France and attached to the 10th Flotilla. When patrolling west of Freetown UD-5 spotted and sank the British freighter SS Primrose Hill on 29 October 1942. In January 1943 the boat was transferred to Bergen in occupied Norway and attached to the U-boot Abwehr Schule to be used as school boat until May 1945. UD-5 surrendered on 9 May 1945. UD-5 was planned to be scuttled as part of Operation Deadlight but was recognized as a former Dutch boat and was returned to the Royal Netherlands Navy. On 13 July 1945 she was commissioned in the Dutch Navy as O 27. She served in the Dutch navy until she was stricken on 14 November 1959. She was stationed in Den Helder where she served as torpedo trial boat, piggy boat, and training vessel. In 1961 she was broken up. References Bibliography * * Category:1941 ships Category:Ships built in the Netherlands Category:World War II submarines of the Netherlands Category:World War II submarines of Germany Category:O 21-class submarines Category:Naval ships of the Netherlands captured by Germany during World War II Category:Maritime incidents in May 1940 "