... of expression.
No. CXI.
JAMES MARSHALL, ESQ.,
WRITER TO THE SIGNET .
THIS is a striking etching of a ...
Book 8 p. 381
(Score 4.22)
... GRAPH1 GAL SKETCHES. 159
considerably annoyed by the frequent messages from the Castle concerning ...
Book 8 p. 224
(Score 3.9)
... Wilson (18 May 1785 - 3 April 1854) was a Scottish writer, the writer most frequently identified with the ...
Book 1 p. x
(Score 3.47)
... serving his
apprenticeship with the late Mr. MNab, as a Writer to the Signet , Mr.
Cunninghame passed advocate on ...
Book 9 p. 621
(Score 2.89)
... of this notice
was apprenticed to Mr. Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet , father of Sir Walter
Scott, a ...
Book 9 p. 220
(Score 2.81)
... the son of a bookseller in Edinburgh, and followed the profession of
a Writer to the Signet . During the greater ...
Book 8 p. 341
(Score 2.74)
... passed aw‘ay, Mr. Grant settled in
Edinburgh as a Writer to the Signet , and succeeded well in business. He ...
Book 8 p. 585
(Score 2.62)
... ALEXANDER WATSON, Esq. of
Glenturkie, Fifeshire, was a Writer to the Signet , and a gentleman of ...
Book 8 p. 580
(Score 2.52)
... in Argyleshire. He completed his
apprenticeship, as a Writer to the Signet , with Mr. Wilson of Howden, ...
Book 9 p. 594
(Score 2.38)
![Greyfriars Church.] TOMBS.
TOMBS IN GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD.
1. The hlartyrs' Monument : o Monument of Sir G. McKenzie commonly called '' Blocd McKenzie " 16gz; 3, Wilhm CarJtarrs Rdomer,
and Principal of the Uhiversity of Edinburgh, 17x5 ; 4, Ebtranrx to the South Gmu$ known 85 ihq Covenant4 Rim ; 5, J&nhYhG
Keeper of the Signet, 1614 ; 4 C M y ol DaLy, 1633 ; 7, William Adam, Archirat, 1748, and W b h h n , D.D., 1793.](images/thumbs/old_new_edin_v4p201.gif "Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV Page 381")
... Church.] TOMBS.
TOMBS IN GREYFRIARS CHURCHYARD.
1. The hlartyrs' Monument : o Monument of Sir G. ...
Book 4 p. 381
(Score 2.33)
... very advantageous terms.’ His eldest son,
David, was a writer to the Signet ; and James, a writer and ...
Book 9 p. 163
(Score 2.29)
... Forrester’s Wynd, and clerk to “ Johnnie
Bnchan,” Writer to the Signet . Mrs. Dunn occupies the centre ...
Book 9 p. 17
(Score 2.18)
... K.B. The
youngest daughter married John Russell, Esq., Writer to the Signet .
Dr. Robertson left three sons and ...
Book 8 p. 137
(Score 2.17)
... WILLIAM MACPHERSON, whose father was sometime deacon of
the masons in Edinburgh, was a Writer to the Signet , ...
Book 8 p. 222
(Score 2.12)
... ANDERSON, brother to the banker of that name,
was a Writer to the Signet , and held the appointment of ...
Book 9 p. 321
(Score 2.06)
... ANDERSON, brother to the banker of that name,
was a Writer to the Signet , and held the appointment of ...
Book 9 p. 322
(Score 2.06)
... ANDERSON, brother to the banker of that name,
was a Writer to the Signet , and held the appointment of ...
Book 9 p. 323
(Score 2.06)
... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
No. XXXVIII.
A GROUP OF AERONAUTS.
IN this group the principal figure is LUNARDIo, f ...
Book 8 p. 122
(Score 2.03)
![Beechwood.] SIR ROBERT DUNDAS OF BEECHWOOD. 105
to the Castle of Edinburgh under a strong escort of
their comrades.
General Leslie, and Lieutenant MacLean the
adjutant, having accompanied this party a little
way out of Glasgow, were, on their return, assailed
by a mob which sympathised with the Highlanders
and accused them of being active in sending
away the prisoners. The tumult increased,
stones were thrown ; General Leslie was knocked
down, and he and MacLean had to seek shelter
these documents were not formally executed, were
confused in their terms, and good for nothing in a
legal sense, Mrs. Rutherford of Edgerstoun very
generously fulfilled to the utmost what she conceived
to be the intentions of her father.
Sir Robert Dundas, Bart., of Beechwood, like the
preceding, figures in the pages of Kay. He was
one of the principal Clerks of Session, and Deputy
Lord Privy Seal of Scotland. He was born in
June, 1761, and was descended from the Dundases
BEECHWOOD.
in the house of the Lord Provost till peace
officers came, and a company of Fencibles. One
of the mutineers was shot, by sentence of a
court-martial. The others were sent to America.
On his way back to Edinburgh General Leslie
was seized with a dangerous illness, and died at
' Beechwood House on the 27th of December,
'794.
No will could be found among the General's repositories
at Beechwood, and it was presumed that
he had died intestate. However, a few days after
the filneral, two holograph papers were discovered,
bequeathing legacies to the amount of L7,ooo
among some of his relations and friends, particularly
.&I,OOO each to two natural daughters. Although
110
of Amiston, the common ancestor of whom was
knighted by Charles I., and appointed to the
bench by Charles 11. Educated as a Writer to
the Signet, he was made deputy-keeper of Sashes,
and in 1820 a principal Clerk of Session. He was
one of the original members of the old Royal
Edinburgh Volunteers, of which corps he was a
lieutenant in 1794. He purchased from Lord
Melville the estate of Dunira in Perthshire, and
succeeded to the baronetcy and the estate of
Beechwood on the death of his uncle General Sir
David Dundas, G.C.B., who was for some time
Commander-in-Chief of the forces. Sir Robert
died in 1835.
A winding rural carriage-way, umbrageous and](images/thumbs/old_new_edin_v5p116.gif "Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V Page 105")
... SIR ROBERT DUNDAS OF BEECHWOOD. 105
to the Castle of Edinburgh under a strong escort of
their ...
Book 5 p. 105
(Score 2.01)
... died in January 1836.
His eldest son, Andrew, was s Writer to the Signet ; and David, who formerly assisted ...
Book 9 p. 569
(Score 2.01)
... at a irery early hour.
AIR. HAMILTON BELL was a Writer to the Signet of considerable
respectability and ...
Book 9 p. 374
(Score 1.97)
... I 0 GR AP €1 I C AL S ICE T C HE S. 235
of the Earl and his lady, than he burst out into an immoderate fit of ...
Book 9 p. 314
(Score 1.95)
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