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'''Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] (26 January 1743 – 30 November 1833) was a distinguished Scottish [[advocate]], judge, [[antiquarian]] and historian. |
'''Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] (26 January 1743 – 30 November 1833) was a distinguished Scottish [[advocate]], judge, [[antiquarian]] and historian. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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The son of Mr. Roderick Macleod, [[writer to the signet]] and Isabel ([[floruit|fl.]] 1736–1744), daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames. He received a liberal education, including a period at the [[High School of Edinburgh]] (1755-6), and was admitted advocate, |
The son of Mr. Roderick Macleod, [[writer to the signet]] and Isabel ([[floruit|fl.]] 1736–1744), daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames. He received a liberal education, including a period at the [[High School of Edinburgh]] (1755-6), and was admitted advocate, 22 January 1765. On the death of Lord Swinton, in 1799, he was promoted to the bench, and took his seat as '''Lord Bannatyne'''. |
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Among his intimate friends were [[Henry Mackenzie]], [[Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen|Robert Cullen]], [[William Craig, Lord Craig|William Craig]], [[Hugh Blair]], Erskine and [[Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby|Alexander Abercromby]]. He was a contributor to the ''Mirror'' and ''Lounger'', about the end of the eighteenth century. |
Among his intimate friends were [[Henry Mackenzie]], [[Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen|Robert Cullen]], [[William Craig, Lord Craig|William Craig]], [[Hugh Blair]], Erskine and [[Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby|Alexander Abercromby]]. He was a contributor to the ''Mirror'' and ''Lounger'', about the end of the eighteenth century. |
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Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne FRSE (26 January 1743 – 30 November 1833) was a distinguished Scottish advocate, judge, antiquarian and historian.
Biography
The son of Mr. Roderick Macleod, writer to the signet and Isabel (fl. 1736–1744), daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames. He received a liberal education, including a period at the High School of Edinburgh (1755-6), and was admitted advocate, 22 January 1765. On the death of Lord Swinton, in 1799, he was promoted to the bench, and took his seat as Lord Bannatyne.
Among his intimate friends were Henry Mackenzie, Robert Cullen, William Craig, Hugh Blair, Erskine and Alexander Abercromby. He was a contributor to the Mirror and Lounger, about the end of the eighteenth century.
In 1784 he was a co-founder of the Highland Society.
He assumed the name of Bannatyne when he succeeded, through his mother to the estate of Kames in the Isle of Bute. He extended Kames Castle by the addition of a fine mansion house in the early eighteenth century. He sold the Kames estate in 1812 to James Hamilton, and moved to Edinburgh.
He retired in 1823, when he was knighted. He died at his home, Whiteford House on the Canongate in Edinburgh in 1833. He is buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the centre of Edinburgh.[1]
He collected a library of historical, genealogical, and antiquarian works, and at its sale in 1834, a set of the Bannatyne publications was purchased for Sir John Hay, Baronet of Smithfield and Haystown, for one hundred and sixty-eight pounds sterling.
See also
- Bannatyne manuscript (Clan MacLeod), attributed to William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne
References
- MyClan.com. "Bannatyne Clan". Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- Scottish Nation. "Bannatyne". Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- Macleod, E.V. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- 1743 births
- 1833 deaths
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Senators of the College of Justice
- Scottish knights
- People from Edinburgh
- 18th-century judges
- 19th-century judges
- 18th-century British historians
- 19th-century British historians
- 18th-century Scottish people
- 19th-century Scottish people
- Scottish antiquarians
- Scottish historians
- People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Founder Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Burials at Greyfriars Kirkyard