Born.

1755

Feb. 22, 1545

Jan. 26, 1743

1316.

1309.

1470.

1610.

1798.

BANNATYNE, Dugald, Writer. Born in Glasgow, and educated there;
Secretary of Chamber of Commerce, 1809-30; an early supporter of Free
Trade, and author of various articles on Banking, Corn Laws, and Cotton
Manufactures, in "Encyclopædia Britannica."
BANNATYNE, George, Collector of Scottish poetry by the ancient
“Makkaris,” during the visitation of the plague, (1568,) his MS. being now
placed in the Advocates' Library; merchant and guild brother of Edin-
burgh, 1587; died some time before 1608. (See Memoir by Sir Walter
Scott.) Bannatyne Club instituted, 1823. Bannatyne MS. printed by
Glasgow Hunterian Club for members.
BANNATYNE, Richard, Friend and secretary to John Knox, and com-
piler of "Memoriales of Transactions in Scotland, from 1569 to 1573,"
printed by Sir J. G. Dalzell, 1806, and by Mr. Pitcairn, 1836.
BANNATYNE, Sir William Macleod, Lord. Received a liberal
education; admitted advocate, Jan., 1765; friend of Blair, Mackenzie,
and Cullen; contributed to Mirror and Lounger; promoted to the Bench
as Lord Bannatyne, May, 1799; retired and knighted, 1823. Died at
Edinburgh, aged 90.
BARBOUR, John, Author of "The Brus." Born probably at Aberdeen ;
archdeacon of Cathedral there, 1356; studied at Oxford in middle life;
passed between England and Scotland on various public missions, 1357-63;
attended in Paris by six knights, 1365; finished his great poem of "The
Brus," 1375; receiving in reward a yearly pension out of Exchequer.
Editions published by Pinkerton, Dr. Jamieson, and Spalding Club, the
latter carefully collated.

BARCAPLE, Edward Francis Maitland, LL.D., Lord, Senator of
the College of Justice. Passed advocate 1831; sheriff of Argyllshire;
Solicitor-General, 1859; raised to the Bench, 1862. Died at Edinburgh,
aged 61.
BARCLAY, Alexander, D.D., Poet and moralist; studied at Oxford,
and obtained the degree of D.D., 1495; afterwards a Benedictine monk
at Ely, and Franciscan at Canterbury; a Protestant, 1539; rector of All
Hallows, London, 1552. Died at Croydon, advanced in years. Trans-
lated Brandt's "Shyppe of Fools," wrote "Egloges," 1508, and reprinted
Pynson's "Myrror of Good Manners."

BARCLAY, Col. David, of Urie. Served as a volunteer under Gustavus

Adolphus; obtaining rank of major, he returned to his own country, and
took the side of King Charles I. in civil war; retires from military service
on accession of Cromwell; confined in Edinburgh Castle, where he is con-
verted to Quakerism by Swinton.

BARCLAY, Hugh, LL.D. Sheriff-substitute of Perthshire; Glasgow
procurator, 1820; appointed to Dunblane, 1829; Perth, 1833. Author
of several law treatises, and contributions to the literature of social and
legal reform.

Died.

1842.

1608.

Sept. 4, 1605.

Nov. 30, 1833.

1395.

Feb. 23,

1370.

June, 1552.

?

Born.

1734

1760.

Aug. 25,

1779.

Dec. 23, 1648.

1792.

1546.

Jan. 25, 1582.

1570.

1723.

Died.

July 29, 1798.

BARCLAY, John, Founder of the Berean sect. Born at Muthill, Perth-
shire; studied at St. Andrews; licensed as a preacher, Sept., 1759;
minister of Fettercairn, 1763; leaves Church of Scotland, 1773; published
three volumes of polemical writings. Died, aged 64.
BARCLAY, John, M.D., Anatomist, nephew of John the Berean. Born in
Cairn, Perthshire; studied at St. Andrews for ministry, and for medicine
at Edinburgh; took degree of M.D., 1796; commenced to lecture on
anatomy in Edinburgh, 1797; wrote "A New Anatomical Nomenclature,"
1803; "Muscular Motion," 1808, &c., &c. ; bequeathed Museum to Edin-
burgh Royal College of Surgeons. Died there, aged 66.
BARCLAY-ALLARDICE, Captain Robert, Pedestrian; designated
of Urie and Allardice; in right of his mother heir general and heir of line
of the First Earl of Airth; published "An Agricultural Tour through the
United States and Canada," 1842. Died, aged 75.

BARCLAY, Robert, of Urie, Quaker Apologist. Born in Moray; studied
at Scot's College in Paris, where he became a Catholic; Quaker, 1668;
imprisoned in Aberdeen, 1677; Governor of East Jersey, North America,
1682; retired to Ury, and died there, aged 42. Wrote the " Apology,"
1676, and many tracts and volumes in explanation or defence of Quaker
principles.
BARCLAY, Thomas, D.D., Principal of Glasgow University. Born at
Unst, Shetland; educated at Aberdeen, and proceeded to London, where he
acted as Parliamentary reporter for four year; called to Dunrossness, Shet-
land, 1821; Lerwick, 1827; Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, 1843; and
Currie, Mid-Lothian, 1844; succeeds Dr. Macfarlane as Principal of
Glasgow University. Died, aged 81.

BARCLAY, WILLIAM, Jurist. Born and educated in Aberdeenshire;
took his degree at Bourges, 1575; Professor of Civil Law, Port-a-Moussin,
1578; at Angers, 1605; published a commentary on the titles to the Pan-
dects, and other works on international law. Died at Angers, aged about
60.

BARCLAY, John, Son of the above, author of “Argenis.” Born at Port-
a-Moussin, and educated in Jesuit College there; wrote many pieces in
Latin and English of a political and satirical nature. Died at Rome,
aged 39.

BARCLAY, William, M.D. Studied at Louvain University, and be-
came a favourite with Lipsius; taught in Paris; returned to Scotland for
a brief period, and again went back to Nantes, where he died, aged about
60. Wrote "Callirhoe, or the Nymph of Aberdeen, "Nepenthes, or
the virtue of Tobacco."

BARJARG, James Erskine, Lord, Senator of the College of Justice,
son of Charles Erskine of Tinwald, Lord Justice Clerk. Admitted advo

Born.

Dec. 8, 1750.

1748.

?

1450

1686.

1793

1825

cate, Dec., 1743; sheriff-depute of Perthshire, 1748; a Baron of Ex-
chequer, 1758; Knight Marschall of Scotland, in room of Earl of Kintore;
and on the death of Patrick Boyle of Shewalton, Judge of Court of Session,
June 1, 1761. Died, aged 73.

BARNARD, Lady Anne, (Lindsay), Authoress of “Auld Robin Gray,”
daughter of James, Fifth Earl of Balcarres. Brought up in Scotland;
married Andrew Barnard, 1793, and proceeded with him to the Cape;
returned, 1802, and resumed the position she had formerly occupied in
fashionable society; wrote "Auld Robin Gray,” 1772. Died, aged 75.
BARRY, George, D.D. Born in Berwickshire; studied at Edinburgh,
and became minister of Kirkwall and Shapinshay; superintendent of
schools in Orkney, and a D.D. of Edinburgh University; wrote "History
of the Orkney Islands." Died, aged 57.

BARTON, Andrew, Naval commander to James IV.; vessels attacked by
Portuguese, 1476; is slain in the course of an engagement in the Downs
with Lord Howard, as described in the old ballad of "Sir Andrew
Barton."

BASSANTIN, James, Astronomer, son of proprietor of Bassendean,
Berwickshire. Studies at Glasgow, and proceeds afterwards to Paris,
where he teaches mathematics; returns to Scotland, 1563, and issues
from his retirement at Bassendean various learned treatises on astronomy
and arithmetic. The only language quite familiar to Bassantin was his
native Scotch.

BAXTER, Andrew, Metaphysical writer. Born in Old Aberdeen; edu-
cated at King's College, and afterwards became a private tutor; wrote, in
addition to other volumes, "An Inquiry into the Nature of the Human
Soul," 1750; returning from the Continent to Scotland in 1747, he settled
at West Whittingham, in East Lothian, where he died at the age of 64.
BAXTER, Sir David, Dundee merchant. Born in Dundee; educated
there, and commenced business as manager of Sugar Refining Company;
engaged afterwards with other members of his family in an extensive jute
and yarn spinning work; presented, along with two sisters, a public park
to the people of Dundee, opened by Earl Russell, Sept., 1863; founds
also Albert Institute, same year, and endows various Chairs in Edinburgh
University. Dies at Kilmoran Castle, aged 79.

BAXTER, The Rt. Hon. William Edward, M.P. Born in Dundee;
educated at the High School there, afterwards passing to Edinburgh Uni-
versity; elected M.P. for Montrose Burghs in 1855, on death of Joseph
Hume, represented them ever since; accepted secretaryship of Admiralty
in Mr. Gladstone's Government, 1868; in March, 1871, Secretary to
Treasury; resigned, 1873. Mr. Baxter carries on business as a merchant
in Dundee, is a well known opponent of Establishment, and warmly sup-
ported the North in American War. Author of several books of travel.

Born.

Oct. 19,

1830.

1494.

June 25, 1741.

1785.

Oct. 25, 1735.

BAYNE, Peter, M.A., LL.D. Born in Ross-shire; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, where he won exceptional honours; editor of Glasgow
Commonwealth, Edinburgh Witness, Dial, and Weekly Review, published
in London; resigned editorship of the latter, but continued his occupation
as a journalist, contributing to the Contemporary, Fortnightly, British
Quarterly, Frazer, and other magazines, and Literary World. Mr. Bayne
is author of "Christian Life in the Present Time," 1855; "The Testi-
mony of Christ to Christianity;' "The Days of Jezebel," a drama;
"Life and Letters of Hugh Miller;""Lessons from my Masters-Carlyle,
Tennyson, and Ruskin," 1879.

BEATON, (or Bethune), James, Archbishop of St. Andrews, youngest
son of John Bethune, of Balfour. Provost of the Collegiate Church of
Bothwell, 1503; Abbot of Dunfermline, 1504; High Treasurer, 1505;
Bishop of Galloway, 1508; Archbishop of Glasgow, 1509; High Chan-
cellor, 1513; attacked by the Angus party in Edinburgh, April, 1520;
Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1523; accessory to the burning of Patrick
Hamilton, March 1, 1528; founded New College, St. Andrews, and died
there, 1539.

BEATON, (or Bethune), David, Cardinal, third son of John Bethune,
of Balfour, and nephew of preceding. Educated at St. Andrews and Paris;
Rector of Campsie; resident at French Court, 1519; Abbot of Arbroath,
1523; Lord Privy Seal, 1528; Ambassador to France, 1533-37; procured
bull for erection of St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, 1537; becomes a
French subject; elected to the Cardinalite, Dec., 1538; Archbishop of
St. Andrews and Primate, 1539; imprisoned by Arran in Blackness, Jan.,
1542; re-admitted to the Council; condemns Wishart to be burnt, Ist
March, 1546; assassinated in Castle of St. Andrews, May 29, 1546.
BEATSON, Robert, LL.D., of Vicarsgrange. Born at Dysart; entered
the army as an ensign, 1756, and took part in the attacks on Martinique
and Guadaloupe; retired on half-pay, 1766; an LL.D. of Edinburgh.
Wrote "Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland;"
"Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain," 1790; and a "Chrono-
logical Register of both Houses of Parliament," 1808.

BEATTIE, George. Born at St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire; received a
liberal education, and commenced business as a writer in Montrose, 1807.
Wrote several pieces in the Scots dialect, the best known being "John o'
Arnha," and "The Murderit Mynstrell."

BEATTIE, James, LL.D., Poet and moralist. Born at Laurencekirk,
Kincardineshire; studied at Aberdeen, and became schoolmaster and
parish clerk at Fordun; master of Aberdeen Grammar School, 1758,
and afterwards Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy at Marischal
College; visited London, 1773, and received with favour by George III.,
who conferred on him a pension of £200 a year; made an LL.D. of Ox-

Died.

1539

May 29, 1546.

Jan. 24 1818.

Sept. 1823.

Aug. 18,

1803.

Born.

Nov. 6, 1768.

1793

1823.

1809.

1774

July 5,

ford, and was offered, but declined preferment in the Church of England.
Published many volumes, including "Essay on the Nature and Immuta-
bility of Truth," 1770; "The Minstrel," 1771-74; "Essays on Poetry
and Music," 1779; also, “Evidences of Christian Religion,” 1786; “Ele-
ments of Moral Science." Dr. Beattie died at Aberdeen, aged 68. (See
Life, by Sir Wm. Forbes, 1806.)

BEATTIE, James Hay, Son of preceding. Studied at Aberdeen; ob-
tained M.A., 1786; and next year was appointed by the Crown assistant
and successor to his father. Died, aged 22.

BEATTIE, William, M.D. Born at Dalton, Dumfriesshire; educated
at Clarencefield Academy, and Edinburgh University, graduating there,
1818; travelled on the Continent, and afterwards settled in London;
licentiate of Royal College of Physicians; physician and secretary for three
years to Duke of Clarence, (William IV.); published illustrated works
relating to Germany, Italy, the Danube, Switzerland, and England; friend
and biographer of Thomas Campbell, poet, 1849; also, of his fellow-
traveller, W. H. Bartlett. Died in London, aged 82.

BEGBIE, Dr. James Warburton, physician. Born in Edinburgh, and
educated there; graduated M.D., 1847; Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians, 1852; physician to Royal Infirmary, and examiner in medi-
cine; President of British Medical Association, 1875. Died, aged 53.
BEGG, Rev. James, D.D., Free Church polemic; educated for the
ministry, and ordained to Paisley Middle charge; presented by Crown to
Liberton Parish, June, 1845; seceded with Protestors in 1843, and
entered in new charge at Newington; D.D. of Lafayette College,
Pennsylvania, 1847; Moderator of Free General Assembly, 1865; leader
of Anti-Union party. Author of "Pauperism and Poor Laws," 1849;
"National Education for Scotland Practically Considered," 1850;
"Re-
form in the Free Church," 1855; "Scotland's Demands for Electoral
Justice," 1857; "A Handbook of Popery," etc.

Mar. 24, BELFRAGE, Henry, LL.D., Secession clergyman. Born in Falkirk;
studied at Edinburgh, and licensed as a preacher, 1793; succeeded to his
father's charge in Falkirk, and afterwards preached for some time in Lon-
don; published many sermons, memoirs, and essays. Died, aged 61.
(See "Life and Correspondence," by M'Kerrow and Macfarlane, 1837.)
BELHAVEN, John Hamilton, Second Lord, Patriot and statesman,
eldest son of Robert Hamilton of Barncluith, Senator of the College of
Justice; suffered a short imprisonment for his opposition to Charles II.;
Privy Councillor for Scotland under William and Mary; commanded a
troop of horse at Killicrankie; but chiefly remembered for his eloquent
opposition to the Treaty of Union with England. Died in London, on
his release from prison on the charge of favouring the Pretender, aged 52.

1656.

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