A

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

OF

EMINENT SCOTSMEN.

BY ROBERT CHAMBERS,

AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH" "HISTORIES OF THE REBELLIONS IN SCOTLAND," ".

BLACKIE & SON, 38, QUEEN STREET;

AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE Street, Edinburgh.

MDCCCXXXVII.

OF

ILLUSTRIOUS AND DISTINGUISHED

SCOTSMEN,

FROM

THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME,

ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER,

AND FORMING A COMPLETE

SCOTTISH BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

BY ROBERT CHAMBERS,

AUTHOR OF THE PICTURE OF SCOTLAND," "TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH," "HISTORIES OF
THE SCOTTISH REBELLIONS," &c. &c.

Embellished with splendid and authentic Portraits.

VOL. I.-PART I.

GLASGOW:

BLACKIE & SON, 8, EAST CLYDE STREET,

AND 5, SOUTH COLLEGE STREET, EDINBURGH.

MDCCCXXXVI.