Professor of Scottish History and Literature University of Oxford. In 1929, Rait was appointed Principal of the University. He remained in post as professor for a year, publishing a "History of the Union Bank of Scotland" in 1930, but resigned later that year, succeeded by John Duncan Mackie, previously Professor of Modern History at Bedford College (predecessor institution of Royal Holloway), who had initiated the teaching of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews on being appointed a lecturer there at only twenty-two years old. His publications whilst in the chair included "Andrew Lang and the House of Stuart" (1935) and "The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558"
The Royal House of Jogo Siga Joof lies within present-day Senegal. The Royal House of Jogo Siga Joof was founded around the later half of the 15th to early 16th century by the Serer king Maad a Sinig Jogo Gnilane Joof (var : "Diogo Gnilane Diouf", following its French spelling in Senegal). Unlike the other royal houses founded by the Joof family of pre-colonial Senegambia, the Royal House of Jogo Siga Joof did not provide many kings. Only two (possibly one) known Serer kings are attested to have belonged to this royal house, including the founder. However, this royal house holds great significance in the survival of