Skip to main content

Full text of "The Snell Exhibition, from the University of Glasgow to Balliol College, Oxford"

See other formats 


THE    SNELL   EXHIBITIONS 

FOUNDER,  FOUNDATION,  FOUNDATIONERS 


PUBLISHED   BY 

JAMES  MACLEHOSE  AND  SONS,  GLASGOW 
gublishtrs  to  the  BmbecBitg. 

MACMILLAN   AND  CO.,  LONDON   AND  NEW  YORK. 
New  York,  •    •     The  Macmillan  Co. 
London,  •     •     •     Simf/nn,  Hamilton  and  Co. 
Cambridge,  •     •    Macmillan  and  Bffwes. 
Edinburgh,  •     •     Douglas  and  Foulti. 

MCMI. 


(V 


The  Snell  Exhibitions 

From   the   University   of  Glasgow  to 
Balliol   College,   Oxford 


By 

_ 
W.   Innes  Addison 

Author  of  "A  Roll  of  the  Graduates  of  the  University  of  Glasgow' 


Glasgow 
James  MacLehose  &  Sons 

Publishers  to  the  University 
1901 


OI.ASOOW  :    PRINTED    AT   THT.   UNIVERSITY    PRESS 
BY    IIOIIKIIT    MAOLKII03X    AND   CO. 


PREFACE 


THE  plan  and  scope  of  this  work  will  be  gathered  from  the  volume  itself, 
and  the  sources  of  the  information  given  concerning  "The  Founder"  and  "The 
Foundation "  are  sufficiently  indicated  in  these  sections.  It  only  remains  to 
enumerate  the  main  authorities  on  which  the  statements  in  the  third  division 
("  The  Foundationers  ")  are  based. 

With  the  exceptions  to  be  afterwards  noted,  the  names  of  the  Exhibitioners 
have  been  taken  from  the  manuscript  Minute  Books  of  the  University  of 
Glasgow,  as  have  also  the  dates  of  nomination  which  follow  the  names,  and 
(in  many  cases)  the  dates  of  demission.  The  parentage  was  supplied  by, 
inter  alia,  the  Glasgow  Matriculation  Albums  and  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses, 
which  latter  likewise  furnished  the  dates  of  matriculation  and  graduation  at 
Oxford,  and  some  biographical  material.  The  Glasgow  graduations  have  been 
extracted  from  the  published  Roll  of  Graduates  1727  to  1897,  and  from  the 
University  Calendars.  The  Glasgow  Prizes  were  collected  from  the  manuscript 
and  printed  Prize  Lists,  the  former  of  which  commence  in  1777,  and  the  latter 
in  1833.  The  honours  obtained  at  Oxford  were  found  in  Oxford  Honours 
1220-1894,  and  in  the  Oxford  Calendars.  The  sessions  of  attendance  at 
Glasgow  were  for  the  most  part  ascertained  from  the  printed  Class  Catalogues, 
beginning  in  1794. 

Of  the  nominations  of  the  Exhibitioners  whose  names  are  marked  with 
single,  double  or  treble  asterisks,  there  is  no  record  in  the  Glasgow  Minutes, 
and  it  may  be  assumed  that  all  or  most  of  these  were  appointed  by  Balliol 
College  jure  devoluto.  The  single  asterisk  (*)  indicates  that  the  vacating  of 
the  Exhibition  is  recorded  at  Glasgow,  except  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Bruce,  whose 
name  is  there  mentioned,  though  only  incidentally.  The  double  asterisk  (*  *) 
is  affixed  to  names  which  do  not  occur  at  all  in  the  Glasgow  Minutes,  but 


vi  PREFACE 

which  are  found  in  a  Return  lodged  by  Oxford  in  the  legal  proceedings  of 
1738  [vide  p.  20  hereof].  The  treble  asterisk  (*  *  *)  applies  to  three  nominations 
which,  from  various  printed  sources,  including  Dean  Walker's  Life  of  Bishop 
John  Skinner  of  Aberdeen,  are  known  to  have  been  made  by  Balliol  on  the 
recommendation  of  that  Bishop,  but  of  which  no  manuscript  record  has  been 
discovered.  The  List  of  Exhibitioners,  in  so  far  as  nominated  by  Glasgow, 
may  be  taken  as  complete,  and  it  is  believed  that  all  the  Oxford  nominations 
have  likewise  been  ascertained,  though,  in  the  absence  of  a  systematic  inspection 
of  the  Balliol  Records  (which  was  found  to  be  impracticable),  this  cannot 
absolutely  be  guaranteed. 

As  regards  biographical  and  genealogical  details,  a  large  number  of  family 
histories  and  individual  biographies  have  been  laid  under  contribution,  and 
many  dates  and  facts  have  been  ascertained  from  Death  Registers,  Calendars, 
Directories,  Old  Newspapers,  Tombstones,  and  such  like.  In  addition  the 
following,  among  others,  have  been  more  or  less  exhaustively  utilised  : 

The  Dictionary  of  National  Biography. 

The  Imperial  Dictionary  of  Universal  Biography. 

Men  of  the  Time. 

Who's  Who. 

The  Annual  Register. 

The  Scots  Magazine. 

The  Gentleman's  Magazine. 

Anderson's  Scottish  Nation. 

Chambers'  Lives  of  Illustrious  and  Distinguished  Scotsmen. 

Glasgow,  Past  and  Present. 

Memoirs  and  Portraits  of  One  Hundred  Glasgow  Men. 

The  Old  Country  Houses  of  the  Old  Glasgow  Gentry. 

Catalogue  of  the  Old  Glasgow  Exhibition,  1894. 

Crockford's  Clerical  Directories. 

Scott's  Fasti  Ecdesiae  Scoticanae. 

Catalogues  of  the  Graduates  of  Edinburgh  University. 

Officers  and  Graduates  of  University  and  King's  College,  Aberdeen. 

Records  of  the  Marischal  College  and  University  of  Aberdeen. 

Debrett's  and  other  Peerages. 

Douglas'  Baronage. 

Burke's  Landed  Gentry. 

Oliver  &  Boyd's  Edinburgh  Almanacs. 

Most  of  the  living  Exhibitioners  have  courteously  furnished  all  information 
asked  for  regarding  themselves,  and  valuable  particulars  have  been  supplied 


PREFACE 


by  relatives  and  other  obliging  correspondents  concerning  Exhibitioners  who 
are  deceased.  Special  acknowledgments  are  due  to  Mr.  P.  J.  Anderson,  M.A., 
LL.B.,  University  Librarian,  Aberdeen,  for  cordial  assistance  in  connection 
with  natives  of  his  district ;  to  Mr.  J.  T.  Clark,  Librarian  of  the  Faculty  of 
Advocates,  for  notes  re  members  of  the  Scottish  Bar  ;  and  to  Lieut-Col.  William 
Johnston,  M.A,  M.D,  for  important  details,  not  otherwise  easily  obtainable, 
as  to  Officers  in  the  Army. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Professor  Stewart,  D.D.,  Clerk  of  Senate,  free 
access  was  afforded  to  the  various  records  of  Glasgow  University ;  and,'  with 
his  usual  helpfulness,  Professor  Young,  M.D.,  could  always  be  relied  on  for 
timely  counsel  and  guidance,  not  to  mention  the  trouble  he  took  in  reading 
most  of  the  manuscript  and  all  the  proof  sheets. 

W.  I.  A. 


MATRICULATION  OFFICE, 

UNIVERSITY  OF  GLASGOW, 

December,  1900. 


CONTENTS 

• 

PACE 

THE  FOUNDER,    -  i 

THE  FOUNDATION,      -                                   -  14 

THE  FOUNDATIONERS,  29 

APPENDICES : 

I.  THE  FOUNDER'S  WILL,  197 

II.  SPEECHES  BY  THE  LORD  CHANCELLOR,  ETC.,  IN  APPEAL  CASE,-                203 

III.  FIRST  INTIMATION  FROM  BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  169!,     -                                211 

IV.  FORM  OF  NOMINATION,  212 
V.  CHANCERY  ORDER,   1872,   -  213 

VI.  GUISE  FAMILY  EPITAPHS,  -  216 

VII.  LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS,  218 

INDEX  TO  EXHIBITIONERS,      -                 -  -                 -       221 


THE      FOUNDER. 


Tis  a  far  cry  from  Carrick  smithy  to  Warwickshire  manor,  from  the  Land 
of  Burns  to  the  Cradle  of  Shakespeare ;  and  wide  is  the  gulf  which  separates 
a  rustic  Scottish  urchin  from  an  English  squire.  That  cry  was  compassed, 
that  gulf  spanned,  by  the  founder  of  the  Snell  Exhibitions. 

That  John  Snell  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Colmonell,  South  Ayrshire, 
as  stated  in  Wood's  Athenae  Oxonienses  (1721  and  subsequent  editions)  may 
doubtless  be  taken  for  granted.  There  is  no  positive  proof  on  this  point, 
but  two  pieces  of  presumptive  evidence  are  tolerably  conclusive.  The  first 
is  a  flat  tombstone  in  the  churchyard  of  Colmonell  (rehewn  some  years  ago 
at  the  expense  of  two  parishioners),  which  is  carved  with  a  shield  bearing 
a  cross,  with  the  motto  Per  ardua  virtus,  and  this  inscription : 

HEIR   IS   BURIED   ANDRO   SNELL   SMITH 

DIED 

MARCH  10,  1663  AGED  72  BY  M* 
JOHNE  SNELL  ONELY  SON  TO  THE 
FORENAMED  IN  TESTIMONIE  OF  HIS 
FILIAL  RESPECT  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 
HIS  PARENTS  WAS  THIS  GRAVESTON 
ERECTED  OCTR  29,  1664 

The  second  is  an  entry  in  the  records,   1642-3,  of  the  University  of  Glasgow 
[Munimenta  Alme  Universitatis  Glasguensis,  Vol.  III.,  p.  x.] : 

Joannes  Snell  fillius  Andreae  Snell  in  M'Calanstone. 

In   an    admirable    paper   by   Mr.   George   W.    Campbell   of   Leamington, 
read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society  on  2 1st  December, 


2  THE  FOUNDER 

1893,  and  printed  in  the  Transactions  of  that  Society  (New  Series,  Vol.  II., 
Part  III.,  p.  271),  we  are  informed  that  M'Calanstone  "is  now  unknown  in 
"  Colmonell.  It  is  probably  the  same  as  '  MacColmstoune  infra  parochiam  de 
"  Collmonnell!  mentioned  in  the  Retour  of  John,  Earl  of  Cassilis,  22nd  Sep- 
"tember,  1668.  In  Blaeu's  map  of  that  part  of  Ayrshire,  prepared  by  Pont 
"about  1608,  there  occurs,  half  a  mile  south  of  Penwherry,  a  place  called 
"  Mackomstoun,  which  may  now  be  represented  by  Campstone  Holm,  placed 
"in  the  Ordnance  Survey  Map  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Stinchar  to 
"Penwherry  Wood." 

The  two  records  alluded  to — the  tombstone  and  the  University  register — 
are  somewhat  tantalising.  The  first  tells  us  that  Andrew  Snell  was  a  smith, 
but  does  not  say  where ;  the  second,  describing  him  as  in  M'Calanstone, 
is  silent  regarding  his  occupation.  Piecing  them  together,  we  may  not  be 
far  off  the  mark  in  concluding  that  he  was  a  smith  (presumably  black- 
smith) in  M'Calanstone.  Having  got  this  length,  we  are  not,  of  course, 
certain  that  M'Calanstone  was  John  Snell's  birthplace ;  but  in  those  days 
country  tradesmen  were  little  given  to  migration,  and  the  chances  are  that 
old  Snell  spent  all  his  life — at  least  from  marriage  to  death — in  the  one 
spot. 

The  tombstone  establishes  that  John  was  an  only  son,  but,  as  we  gather 
from  the  provisions  in  his  Will,  he  had  two  sisters,  one  (whose  Christian 
name  is  not  disclosed)  married  to  a  person  of  the  name  of  Steward,  the 
other  (Silvester)  wife  of  the  Registrar  of  Oxford  University.  The  stone 
does  not  supply  his  mother's  name  or  the  date  of  her  decease,  though  the 
words  "  to  the  memory  of  his  parents "  would  imply  that  she  was  dead 
before  its  erection  on  2gth  October,  1664. 

The  parish  of  Colmonell  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  Firth  of 
Clyde ;  on  the  east  by  Girvan  and  Barr ;  on  the  south  by  Minnigaff, 
Penningham,  and  Kirkcowan  ;  and  on  the  west  by  Ballantrae.  It  is 
19!  miles  in  length,  and  about  six  in  breadth.  The  village  and  the  con- 
jectured site  of  M'Calanstone  are  situated  in  the  valley  of  the  Stinchar, 
shut  out  from  view  of  the  sea  by  intervening  hills.  The  scene  is  one  of 
rare  beauty  and  charm — mountain,  stream,  wooded  glade,  moorland,  and 
green  pasture  combining  to  form  a  most  bewitching  panorama.  The  ground 
is  hallowed  by  memories  of  the  Covenanters,  who  sought,  but  did  not  always 
find,  safety  in  its  secluded  nooks ;  and  many  a  tottering  keep  and  ruined 
tower  tells  its  silent  tale  of  departed  greatness.  One  would  fain  discover 
whether,  from  his  adopted  home,  John  Snell 

"Cast  one  longing  lingering  look  behind" 


THE   FOUNDER  3 

to  his  native  vale,  between 

"Yon  hills  where  Stinchar  flows 
'Mang  moors  and  mosses  many,  O." 

Certain  it  is  that,  contrary  to  the  commendable  habit  of  many  expatriated 
Caledonians,  he  did  not  remember  it  in  his  Will,  which  otherwise  testified 
eloquently  enough  to  his  interest  in  Scotland  generally. 

The  year  of  Snell's  birth  is  usually  given  as  1629.  Here  again  the 
primal  authority  is  Wood's  Atkenae,  which,  however,  makes  no  assertion  on 
the  subject  beyond  stating  that,  at  his  death  on  6th  August,  1679,  he  was 
50  years  of  age.  If  this  means  that  he  was  exactly  50,  1629  would  be 
correct.  If  he  was  only  in  his  5<Dth  year,  he  may  have  been  born  in  1630. 
If  he  was  50  past,  1628  becomes  possible.  Unfortunately,  no  aid  is 
obtainable  from  local  sources,  for,  according  to  the  New  Statistical  Account 
of  Scotland,  the  Register  of  Births  in  Colmonell  does  not  commence  till 
1759,  and  there  are  no  Sessional  records  of  older  date  than  1786.  A  later 
authority  (Paterson's  History  of  the  Counties  of  Ayr  and  Wigtori)  informs 
us  that  "the  parochial  registers  are  not  preserved  earlier  than  1822,"  and 
complains  that  "  the  kirk  session  have  been  shamefuly  negligent  of  their 
records." 

Of  Snell's  childhood  and  school  life  absolutely  nothing  has  been 
ascertained. 

When  we  first  obtain  a  distinct  glimpse  of  him,  he  is  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Glasgow  in  Session  1642-43  \_Munimenta  III.,  97,  98],  having, 
as  "Johannes  Snell,"  signed  the  Album  "  Postridie  Idus  Martii  1643  solenni 
data  iureiurando."  His  name  occurs  among  the  " No-vitii  in  quarta  classe" 
that  is  to  say,  freshmen  or  first-year  students,  and  we  also  find  it  in  the 
same  session,  as  before  quoted,  in  another  part  of  the  Munimenta  (III.,  x.J, 
where  his  father's  name  and  residence  are  appended.  The  record  from 
which  this  last  entry  is  taken  is  one  containing,  inter  alia,  the  formula  of 
an  Oath  administered  to  Intrants,  with  the  signatures  of  the  students,  the 
number  of  their  College  class,  and  their  parents'  names  and  localities. 

It  is  thus  doubly  vouched  that  Snell  was  a  student  in  1642-43,  but 
from  a  somewhat  unexpected  source  it  has  quite  recently  been  established 
that  he  was  also  at  College  in  1643-44,  for  in  that  session  the  signature 
"Joannes  Snell"  appears  on  a  signed  copy  of  the  Solemn  League  and 
Covenant,  which  is  preserved  in  the  Hunterian  Museum  of  the  University. 
This  signature  suggests  the  passing  reflection  that  Snell's  opinions  must 
have  undergone  a  very  remarkable  evolution,  when,  from  a  solemnly  pledged 
supporter  of  Presbyterianism,  he  became  (in  intention  at  least)  the  most 


4  THE  FOUNDER 

munificent  promoter  of  Episcopacy  whom  Scotland  has  ever  known.  That, 
by  the  success  of  the  self-same  Covenant  which  he  signed  in  1644,  his 
princely  bequest  of  1677  should  have  been  rendered  practically  inoperative, 
so  far  as  its  prime  object  was  concerned,  is  perhaps  no  less  astonishing.  It 
is  not  improbable,  however,  that  in  1644  Snell  was  merely  following  the 
example  of  his  fellow-students,  or  yielding  to  the  pressure  which  is  under- 
stood to  have  been  sometimes  exerted  in  the  procuring  of  signatures.  It 
must  also  be  borne  in  mind  that  he  was  then  a  mere  youth  of  15, 
and  that  consequently  his  sentiments  could  not  have  been  very  fully 
matured. 

From  the  University  records  already  mentioned,  and  the  signatures  to 
the  Covenant,  we  are  enabled  to  supply  what  is  probably  a  fairly  complete 
list  of  SnelFs  College  class-mates. 

1  Georgius  Acheson  filius  D.  Archibald!  Equitis  de  Mercat-Hill  in  Hibernia. 

2  Andreas  Alexander  filius  Roberti  de  Corslayes.     [This  is  evidently  a  younger 

brother  of  No.  3.] 

3  Robertus  Allexander  filius  primogenitus  Roberti  de  Corsclayes.     [This  student, 

brother  of  No.  2,  succeeded  his  father,  as  proprietor  of  Corseclays,  in 
1658.  The  estate  was  a  large  one,  situated  in  Snell's  native  parish  of 
Colmonell.  The  family  name  was  usually  written  M 'Alexander.] 

4  Hugo  Binning  filius  Joannis  Binning  in  Maybol.     [Hugh  Binning  became  a 

Regent  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  Minister  of  the  Parish  of 
Govan.  He  was  a  most  precocious  genius,  a  man  of  great  eloquence 
and  learning,  and  the  author  of  many  meritorious  works.  He  died  of 
consumption  in  1653,  aged  26.  The  name  of  his  father's  estate  was 
Dalvennan.] 

5  Johannes  Boyd  filius  Johannis  civis  Glasguensis. 

6  Mathaeus   Birsbane.     [M.D.    Utrecht   1661  ;    Town's  Physician   of  Glasgow; 

Dean  of  Faculty  in  the  University  in  1675  and  1676;  Rector  from  1677 
to  1 68 1  inclusive ;  father  of  Thomas  Brisbane,  the  first  Professor  of 
Anatomy  and  Botany  in  the  University.] 

7  Robertus  Broun  filius  Ricardi  Broun  civis  Cellae-Marnoci. 

8  Samuel  Bruen  Anglus  filius  Calvini  Bruen  in  Comitatu  Cestriae. 

9  Gulielmus  Brownesword  Anglus  filius  Joannis  in  Comitatu  Lancastriae. 

10  Hew  Campbell. 

1 1  Joannes  Campbell  filius  primogenitus  Roberti  in  Stenranert. 

12  Johannes  Campbellus  Duncani  filius. 

13  Joannes  Campbellus  Joannis  filius. 

14  Neill  Campbell. 


THE  FOUNDER  5 

15  Dominus  Alarms  Cathcart  de  Cathcart.     [Sixth  Lord  Cathcart;  born  in  1628, 

the  year  of  his  father's  death;  died  I3th  June,  1709;  married  Marion, 
eldest  daughter  of  David  Boswell  of  Auchinleck.] 

1 6  Jacobus  Cathcart. 

17  William  Cathcart. 

1 8  Johannes    Cholmeley    filius    primogenitus   Johannis    in    Comitato    Eboracence 

in  Anglia. 

19  James  Colquhoune. 

20  Johannes  Colquhoune  filius  primogenitus  Domini  Lusse.     [This  student  became 

the  second  Baronet  of  Luss,  and  died  in  1676.] 

21  Johne  Colquhoune. 

22  Jacobus  Craufurd. 

23  Andreas  Cruikes  filius  Joannis  Cruikes  apud  Cellam-Marnoci. 

24  William  Conynghame. 

25  Gulielmus  Cuninghame  filius  Gulielmi  defuncti  Custodis  Deputati  Privati  Sigilli. 

26  Gulielmus  Conninghame  filius  Alexandri  a  Corssel. 

27  Robertus  Cuninghame  filius  primogenitus  Johannis  de  Gilbertfeild. 

28  Andreas  Dairy mple. 

29  Jacobus  Dalrumpill  filius  quondam  Magistri  Jacobi  Ministri  de  Stentoun. 

30  Joannes  Douglas. 

31  Jacobus  Edmonstoun  filius  quondam  Jacobi  in  Streblaene. 

32  Jacobus  Ferrier  filius  Petri  civis  Glasguensis. 

33  Georgius  Gray  filius  Nigelli,  Irviniae. 

34  Fredericus  Hammiltonus  filius  primogenitus  Do.  Fre.  Equitis  Castelli  Ham. 

in  Hibernia. 

35  Jacobus  Hammiltonus  frater  Frederici. 

36  Jacobus  Hamiltoun  juneor  de  DallserfFe. 

37  Jacobus  Hamilton  filius  Edvardi  a  Silvertounhill.     [Edward  Hamilton  married 

Marion,  daughter  of  Mure  of  Caldwell,  and  died  in  1649.  James  could 
not  have  been  his  eldest  son — at  least  he  did  not  succeed  to  the  estate. 
Silvertounhill  is  in  Lanarkshire.] 

38  Jacobus  Hamiltoune  filius  primogenitus  Roberti  de  Akinheid. 

39  Johanes  Hamiltoun  filius  Magistri  Joanis  ministri  de  Cragy. 

40  Johannes  Houstoune  filius  primogenitus  Ludovici  Equitis  de  Houstoune. 

41  Johannes  Houstoune  filius  primogenitus  Domini  Johannes  Houstoune  Equitis. 

42  Josephus  Johnson  filius  Richardi  in  Comitatu  Cestriae. 

43  Alexander  Kennedy  filius  primogenitus  Jacobi  de  Bogend.     [This  estate  was 

situated  in  the  parish  of  Maybole,  Ayrshire.] 

44  Robertus  Ker  filius  primogenitus  Hugonis  de  Kersland. 


THE  FOUNDER 

45  Jacobus  Law  filius  primogenitus  Magistri  Thomae  pastoris  Inchinen.     [This 

student  and  No.  46  were  grandsons  of  James  Law,  Archbishop  of  Glasgow.] 

46  Robertus    Law   filius    Magistri   Thomae   ministri   de    Inchinnane.     [See   note 

under  No.  45.  Robert  Law  became  Minister  of  New  Kilpatrick  in  1652, 
but  was  deprived  by  Acts  of  Parliament  and  Privy  Council  in  1662,  and 
was  apprehended  in  1674  as  a  Conventicle  preacher.] 

47  Alexander  Lennox  filius  Jacobi  de  Woodhead. 

48  David  Lennox  filius  D.  de  Woodheid. 

49  J.  Lennox. 

50  Ar.    Lome   filius   primogenitus  illustrissimi  Marchionis  Argatheliensis.     ["Ar. 

Lome"  became  ninth  Earl  of  Argyle,  and  was  beheaded  at  Edinburgh 
3oth  June,  1685.] 

51  Thomas    M'Connell   filius   Thomae   in    Brockloghe.     [There   is  an   estate   of 

Brockloch,  in  the  parish  of  Maybole,  which  originally  belonged  to  a 
Kennedy  family,  but  which  in  1644  was  possessed  by  James  Chalmers, 
burgess  of  Ayr.  M'Connell's  father  may  possibly  have  been  a  farmer 
on  the  estate.] 

52  David  Montgomerie  filius  Johannis  defuncti  de  Cokilbie  primogenitus. 

53  Joannes  Mowat. 

54  Robertus  Mowat. 

55  Johannes  Muirheid  filius  M.  Jacobi  M.  de  Bredingsolme. 

56  Thomas  Nevin  filius  primogenitus  Thomae  de  Munkriding. 

57  Johannes  Osburnus  filius  Hendrici  civis  Airensis. 

58  Alexander  Park  filius  Joannis  Park  Kilvinini. 

59  Robertus  Pont  filius  Abrahami  in  Comitatu  Dunagall  in  Hibernea. 

60  Gulielmus  Porterfeild  filius  Alexandri  a  Duchall. 

6 1  Heugo  Schaw  filius  Johannis  de  Grinok. 

62  Jacobus   Shane   filius   primogenitus   quondam    Patricii   in   Comitatu   Dunensi 

in  Hybernia. 

63  Isaacus  Singleton  filius  Isaaci  ministri  in  Anglea. 

64  Torphichen.     [John,    fifth    Lord.     Succeeded    his   father    in    1637;    died   un- 

married in  July,   1649.] 

65  Joannes  Wallace  filius  primogenitus  Roberti  Wallace  de  Brighouse. 

66  J.  Wallace. 

67  T.  Wallace  filius  primogenitus  Gulielmi  de  Failfurd. 

68  Jacobus  Welsh  filius  Magistri  Gulielmi  Medicinae  Doctoris. 

69  Johannes  Welsch  filius  quondam  Josiae  Ministri  in  Hibernia. 

70  Patricius  Wilsoune  filius  Joanis  civis  Glasguensis. 

71  Thomas  Wilson  Anglus  filius  Christopheri  in  Comitatu  Eboracensi. 

72  Thomas  Winyett. 


THE   FOUNDER  7 

The  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  Snell's  student  days 
was  James,  third  Marquis  and  first  Duke  of  Hamilton,  who  was  born  at 
Hamilton  Palace  on  igth  June,  1606,  and  beheaded  in  Palace  Yard,  West- 
minster, on  Qth  March,  1649.  The  Rectors  were  (1640-43)  John  Hay, 
Rector  of  the  Church  of  Renfrew,  and  (1643-45)  Archibald  Fleming,  of 
Catgill,  Commissary  of  Glasgow.  The  Deans  of  Faculty  were  (1640-43)  David 
Dickson,  Professor  of  Divinity,  and  (1643-46)  Edward  Wright,  afterwards 
Principal  from  1662-84.  The  Principal  was  the  well-known  John  Strang, 
D.D.,  previously  a  Regent  at  St.  Andrews  and  Minister  of  the  Parish  of 
Errol.  It  may  be  recalled,  in  passing,  that  the  late  Principal,  Dr.  Caird,  was 
also  at  one  time  Minister  of  that  Parish.  The  Divinity  Professors  were 
David  Dickson  and  Robert  Baillie,  both  men  of  note  in  their  day  and 
generation.  The  Regent  of  Philosophy  was  James  Dalrymple,  afterwards 
first  Viscount  Stair  and  author  of  the  famous  Institutions  of  the  Law  of 
Scotland. 

To  quote  once  more  from  Wood's  Athenae,  Snell  "was  afterwards  diplo- 
mated  Mast,  of  Arts  "  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  but  this  statement  is 
not  borne  out  by  the  academic  registers. 

During  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War,  Snell  forsook  his  studies  and 
enrolled  himself  among  the  supporters  of  the  Royalist  cause.  He  was 
present  at  several  engagements,  including  that  of  Worcester  (3rd  September, 
1651),  which  proved  so  disastrous  to  the  fortunes  of  King  Charles  II. 
Narrowly  escaping  from  that  battle,  "  he  sheltered  himself  in  the  family  of  a 
"  person  of  quality  in  Cheshire,  where  he  had  the  opportunity  of  being 
"  known  to  Sir  Orlando  Bridgman,  who  was  a  native  of  that  county, 
"  and  son  of  Dr.  John  Bridgman,  Lord  Bishop  of  Chester "  [Preface 
to  the  Second  Volume  of  Sir  Orlando  Bridgman's  Conveyances,  London, 
1702]. 

A  good  deal  of  speculation  has  been  indulged  in  regarding  the  identity 
of  this  "  person  of  quality  in  Cheshire."  There  is  something  to  be  said  for 
the  theory  (though  it  is  only  a  theory)  that  this  was  Dr.  George  Snell, 
Archdeacon  of  Chester,  and  that  the  Archdeacon  was  a  relative  (possibly  an 
uncle)  of  John.  If  such  a  connection  were  established,  the  introduction  to 
Sir  Orlando  Bridgman  would  be  easily  understood,  for,  as  will  appear, 
Archdeacon  Snell  was  married  to  the  aunt  of  Sir  Orlando.  For  the  particulars 
in  the  next  paragraph  we  are  indebted  to  a  writer  in  The  Chester  Courant 
of  1 6th  September,  1896. 

According  to  the  records  of  Caius  College,  Cambridge  [Lane,  and  Ches. 
Antiquarian  Soc.,  Vol.  VI.,  p.  91],  George  Snell,  son  of  William  Snell,  gentle- 


8  THE  FOUNDER 

man, l  was  born  at  Fremington,  in  the  county  of  Devon  ;  attended  school  at 
Chumleigh  in  that  county;  and  on  3ist  January,  1599  [1600],  when  18 
years  of  age,  was  admitted  scholar  at  Caius.  He  graduated  B.A.  at  St. 
John's  in  1603,  and  M.A.  in  1607.  In  1618  he  was  appointed  Archdeacon 
of  Chester,  and  soon  afterwards  (probably  in  1619)  married  Lydia,  youngest 
sister  of  Dr.  Bridgman,  the  Bishop  of  that  diocese.  In  1619  he  was  pre- 
sented to  the  living  of  Wallasey,  and  in  1620  went  to  Scotland  and  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.  from  the  University  of  St.  Andrews.2  In  1621  he 
obtained  a  Canonry  in  Chester  Cathedral,  and  in  the  same  year  took  an 
ad  eundem  D.D.  degree  at  Oxford.  In  1622  he  got  the  living  of  Great 
Smeaton.  In  1631  he  escaped  a  fine  for  refusing  knighthood  (his  estate 
being  such  as  to  justify  the  King  in  offering  him  that  rank),  by  the  plea 
that  he  was  in  holy  orders,  and  in  the  same  year  he  obtained  a  dispensation 
from  Archbishop  Abbot  which  permitted  him  to  hold  the  Rectory  of 
Waverton  as  well  as  that  of  Wallasey.  In  1632  he  resigned  his  Canonry  in 
favour  of  a  kinsman  of  his  wife.  In  1635  he  was  appointed  Rural  Dean  of 
the  Deaneries  of  Chester,  Frodsham,  Malpas,  Middlewich,  and  Nantwich,  and 
he  also  became  Rural  Dean  of  the  Deanery  of  Bangor.  He  appears  to  have 
held  all  his  preferments  until  1646,  when  he  was  ejected  and  his  estates 
seized  by  the  Parliament.  He  lived  on  in  greatly  reduced  circumstances  till 
1656,  when  he  was  buried  (sth  February)  in  St.  Mary's,  Chester.  His  wife 
survived  till  1670.  Her  will,  dated  and  proved  that  year,  bears  a  seal  in  red 
wax,  a  cross  fleury,  the  same  arms  as  those  of  John  Snell.  The  case  is  thus 
summed  up  by  the  writer  with  whom  we  are  dealing:  "There  is  really 
"  nothing  to  definitely  connect  the  two  Snells,  except  the  fact  that  they  were 
"  both  proteges  of  the  house  of  Bridgman,  if,  indeed,  George  Snell  can  be 
"  called  such,  and  that  both  used  the  same  coat  of  arms,  viz.,  a  cross  fleury. 
"  The  slight  connection  of  Dr.  Snell  with  Scotland  in  his  taking  an 
"  Honorary  Degree  at  St.  Andrews 2  can  hardly  be  used  as  an  argument  in 
"  favour  of  a  relationship.  On  the  other  hand,  the  name  Snell  is  not  a 
"  common  one  in  England,  except  in  Devon  and  Cornwall,  and  an  extremely 

i  It  is  conjectured  that  William  Snell  may  have  removed  to  Chester,  as,  on  the  gth  February, 
162?,  administration  of  the  goods  of  William  Snell,  of  the  city  of  Chester,  deceased,  was  granted 
to  Alice  Snell,  his  widow.  The  inventory,  which  only  totals  up  to  £12  7s.  6d.,  contains  nothing  dis- 
tinctive except  a  rather  large  quantity  of  glass  measured  by  the  foot,  which  might  indicate  that  he 
had  followed  the  occupation  of  a  glazier,  were  it  not  for  the  complete  absence  of  tools  and  appliances 
from  the  inventory. 

-  The  archives  of  the  University  of  St  Andrews  contain  no  record  of  this,  but  they  are  acknow- 
ledged to  be  defective,  and  it  is  believed  that  in  the  17th  century  many  honorary  degrees  were  granted 
of  which  there  is  now  no  trace. 


THE  FOUNDER  9 

"uncommon  one  in  Scotland.1  The  date  of  Dr.  Snell's  birth  (circa  1582)  and 
"that  of  Andrew  Snell  of  Colmonell  (circa  1591)  makes  it  possible  that  they 
"  were  brothers,  and  if  we  imagine  that,  for  some  so  far  unexplained  reason, 
"  Dr.  Snell's  younger  brother  went  into  Scotland  shortly  after  the  Union 
"  and  settled  in  Ayrshire,  it  would  be  far  from  unlikely  that  when  John 
"  Snell  grew  up,  his  uncle  Dr.  Snell  would  exert  his  influence  with  his 
"  powerful  relatives  and  get  the  young  man  into  the  service  of  Sir  Orlando 
"  Bridgman,  his  nephew  by  marriage.  All  that  can  be  said  in  favour  of  such 
"  a  suggestion  perhaps  is  that  only  such  a  theory  would  account  for  the 
"  otherwise  rather  inexplicable  appearance  of  a  smith's  son  from  a  remote 
"  Scotch  village,  at  Oxford,  and  his  subsequent  appointment  to  positions  of 
"  trust  and  importance." 

Be  all  this  as  it  may,  the  fortunes  of  John  Snell  were  henceforth  linked 
with  those  of  Sir  Orlando  Bridgman.  Sir  Orlando,  an  eminent  Royalist 
lawyer,  had  become  Solicitor  to  King  Charles  II.  when  he  was  Prince,  but 
during  the  Commonwealth  had  to  content  himself  with  private  practice  as  a 
chamber  counsel  and  conveyancer  in  London.  While  he  was  so  acting,  Snell 
became  his  clerk.  On  the  Restoration,  Bridgman  was  appointed  (ist  June, 
1660)  Lord  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer,  and  Snell  was  made  Crier  of  that 
Court.  On  22nd  October  of  the  same  year,  Bridgman  was  promoted  to  be 
Lord  Chief  Justice  of  Common  Pleas,  and  took  his  Crier  with  him.  On 
3oth  August,  1667,  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  reached  the  higher  dignity  of 
Lord  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal,  Snell  sharing  his  advancement  by  being 
created  Seal  Bearer,  an  office  of  great  trust  and  profit.  In  1672,  having 
fallen  under  the  Royal  disfavour,  Bridgman  resigned  the  seal  and  was 
succeeded  by  the  Earl  of  Shaftesbury,  who,  however,  continued  Snell  as 
Seal  Bearer.  The  Earl  was  soon  removed,  but  recommended  Snell  to  the 
notice  of  the  Duke  of  Monmouth,  who  appointed  him  his  Secretary  and 
Commissioner  for  the  management  of  his  estate  in  Scotland. 

Snell  died  at  Holy  well,  a  suburb  of  Oxford,  on  6th  August,  1679,  in 
the  house  of  his  brother-in-law,  Benjamin  Cooper,  Registrar  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Oxford,  with  whom  he  had  resided  for  some  time  previously.  Two 
days  afterwards  he  was  buried  at  the  upper  end  of  the  chancel,  under  the 
north  wall,  in  the  church  of  St.  Cross,  Holywell.  There  is  no  monument  to 
his  memory,  but  the  following  entry  appears  in  the  Register : 

"  1679, 
"August    8.      John    Snell,   Esq.,   was    buried   contrary  to   the  Act   aforesaid 

1  In  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries  the  name  was  quite  common  in  Perthshire,  particularly  in 
the  parish  of  Scone. 


10  THE  FOUNDER 

"in  Linnen,  whereof  notice  was  given  to  the  churchwardens,  within  the  time 
"  appointed  by  the  Act,1  who  thereupon  claimed  and  received  the  moiety  of 
"the  forfeiture  and  distributed  it  to  the  poor  of  the  parish." 

The  only  testimony  which  we  have  to  Snell's  character  is  the  statement 
in  Wood's  Athenae  that  he  was  "much  esteemed  for  his  great  diligence  and 
"  understanding." 

No  record  of  the  place  or  date  of  Snell's  marriage  has  been  discovered, 
nor  do  we  know  the  surname  of  his  wife,  Johanna,  who  survived  him.  He 
was  also  survived  by  an  only  daughter  Dorothy,  who  married  in  1682  William 
Guise  of  Winterborough,  or  Winterborne,  County  Gloucester,  gentleman,  and 
died  I2th  June,  I738.2  Of  her  marriage  Sir  William  Francis  George 
Guise,  fifth  Baronet,  of  Elmore,  Gloucestershire,  is  a  descendant. 

Two  letters  of  John  Snell  bear  testimony  to  his  ardent  affection  for 
the  College  of  Glasgow,  and  serve  as  faint  foreshadowings  of  the  munificence 
with  which  he  was  ultimately  to  treat  his  Alma  Mater.  The  first  is 
undated,  but,  from  the  terms  of  the  reply,  we  may  reasonably  infer  that  it 
was  written  in  June,  1661.  It  is  as  follows : 

"SIR, 

"I  have  sent  you  by  this  bearer  the  Great  Bible  in  the  Orientall 
"languages,  contayning  six  volumes,  commonly  called  the  IIoXuyAuiTTa,3  for  the  use 
"of  your  Publiq  library,  gott  forth  by  the  learned  Dr.  Walton,  Lord  Bishopp  of 
"  Chester.  I  doe  conceive  that  it  is  a  book  very  worthy  so  famous  an  University  as 
"  Glasgowe,  for  it  is  justly  esteemed  by  all  learned  men  to  bee  the  best  in  that 
"  kinde  that  ever  was  yett  extant.  Sir,  my  education  in  that  place,  under  the 
"  tutorage  of  the  truly  honourable  and  eminent  Sir  James  Dalrimple,  oblidges  me  in 
"gratitude  to  wish  you  prosperitie,  that  as  your  religion  and  great  learning,  so  also 
"your  loyaltie,  may  make  you  famous  to  succeeding  generations.  And  I  doe  thinke 
"it  my  duty  to  offer  my  small  mite  to  promote  the  same,  humbly  beseeching  you, 

J3O  Car.  II.  c.  3,  intituled  "An  Act  for  burying  in  Woollen."  Section  III.  provides  that 
"from  and  after  the  first  day  of  August  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  seventy  eight,  no  Corps  of  any 
"  Person  or  Persons  shall  be  buried  in  any  Shirt,  Shift,  Sheet  or  Shroud,  or  any  thing  whatsoever 
"  made  or  mingled  with  Flax,  Hemp,  Silk,  Hair,  Gold  or  Silver,  or  in  any  Stuff  or  Thing,  other 
"  than  what  is  made  of  Sheeps  Wool  only,  or  be  put  in  any  Coffin  lined  or  faced  wilh  any  sort  of 
"  Cloth  or  Stuff,  or  any  other  Thing  whatsoever,  that  is  made  of  any  material  but  Sheeps  Wool  only : 
"  upon  pain  of  the  Forfeiture  of  five  Pounds  of  lawful  Money  of  England,  to  be  recovered  and  divided  as 
"  is  hereafter  in  this  Act  expressed  and  directed."  This,  previous,  and  subsequent  Acts  were  designed  "for 
"lessening  the  Importation  of  Linen  from  beyond  the  Seas,  and  the  Encouragement  of  the  Woollen  and 
"Paper  Manufactures  of  this  Kingdom." 

2  As  this  chapter  was  passing  through  the  press,  the  Guise  Family  Epitaphs,  printed  as  Appendix  VI., 
were  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  George  W.  Campbell. 

3  Biblia  Sacra  Polyglotta,  by  Brian  Walton,   London,    1657. 


THE  FOUNDER  II 

"and  the  rest  of  your  brethren,  the  members  of  that   honourable   society,  to   accept 
'this  as  the  first  fruits  of  my  affection  to  you  in  the  quality  of, 

"Sir, 
"Yours  and  the  Universities 

"  Most  affectionat  Servant, 

"JOHN  SNELL. 

"These  to  the  Reverend  Mr.  Robert  Bayly,  his  most  worthy  freind, 
"  Principall  of  the  famous  Universitie  of  Glasgowe  in  Scotland." 

Principal  Baillie's  reply  is  in  the  following  terms : 

"  SIR, 

"Your  very  fair  and  pretious  gift  came  to  our  hand  Jun.  22,  1661, 
"  Your  kind  remimberance  of  our  Common  Mother  and  your  mor  than  ordinary 
"testimonie  thirof  was  to  us  al  very  weelcom.  Indeid  that  excelent  and  as  long  I 
"  have  thoughte  most  excelent  book  is  very  fitt  for  a  library :  nor  do  I  think  was 
"  ever  any  book  printit  of  gritter  pric  and  worth.  Great  is  the  worldes  obligation  to 
"  learnit  D.  Waltoun  for  his  happy  labours  in  that  eminent  service.  I  shal  ever 
"love  and  honor  him  therefor,  though  in  my  last  book1  I  do  debait  against  some 
"  part  of  his  prolegomes  but  in  a  loving  innocent  and  I  hope  altogider  on-offensive 
"way.  For  a  demonstration  of  our  grit  respect  both  to  your  worthy  self  and  the 
"considerable  token  of  your  affection  towards  us  I  promise  you,  so  sun  as  our  new 
"  library  shal  be  perfytit,  which  your  trusty  bearer  can  tel  he  sau  farr  advancit,  it 
"shal  stand  in  the  most  conspicuus  place  of  it:  and  in  the  first  leaf  of  every  volum 
"with  a  fair  hand  your  nam  shal  be  writen  as  the  bountiful  donor  thereof  to  the 
"  library :  Ye  for  thes  you  are  pleasit  to  cal  your  first  fruits,  tho  never  mor  should 
"follow  we  shall  register  your  name  in  our  parchment  book  one  mor,  for  as  in  the 
"year  1644,  if  I  remember  right,  I  reid  your  nam  under  your  own  hand  in  the 
"company  of  divers  worthy  youths  some  of  our  prime  nobility  and  gentrie  in  that 
"considerable  class  of  Sir  James  Darumple  so  shal  you  be  written  over  again  in 
"that  same  parchment  register  in  the  catalogue  of  our  honorable  benefactours  and 
"shal  stand  among  them  I  hope  for  ever.  Ther  is  a  sevenit  volum2  of  that  book 
"  the  Dictioners  yet  on  the  presse ;  when  it  comes  off  if  you  think  expedient  it  may 
"  be  joinit  with  the  rest :  At  this  tyme  we  shal  say  no  mor  but  that  we  remain  very 
"  sensible  of  your  exemplary  respects  to  our  house,  wishing  to  you  and  al  such 
"publick  spirits  al  prosperitie  &  happines  in  name  of  the  rest  of  the  moderatours 
"&  at  their  direction. 

"R.    BAILY. 
"Jun.  29,  1661." 

1  Opus  Hisloricum  et  Clironologicum,  published  posthumously  at  Amsterdam  in  1663. 
'*  Perhaps  Casteil's  Lexicon  (v.    infra]   which,   however,   although  already   in   preparation,   was  not 
published  till  1669. 


12  THE  FOUNDER 

Snell's  second  letter,  addressed  to  Mr.  William  Blair,  Regent  of  the 
College,  is  dated  26th  March,  1670.  It  contains  the  following  passages : 

"There  is  a  new  book  of  Criticks1  coming  out  upon  the  Bible,  much  more 
"  methodicall  and  succinct  than  that  voluminous  one  of  Mr.  Bees.2  It  is  under- 
taken by  one  Matthew  Poole.  It  will  consist  of  two  or  three  volumes.  I  have 
"the  first  already.  So  soone  as  they  are  all  finished,  I  will  have  them  bound  up 
"and  transmitted  to  your  Bibliotheck,  for  I  heartily  wish  that  pyetie  learning  and 
"  ingenuity  may  flourish  and  bee  encouraged  amongst  you ;  which  that  it  may  bee  is 
"the  daylie  prayer,  and  shall  be  always  the  endeavour  of, 

"  Sir, 
"  Your  and  the  Universities 

"  Most  affectionate  humble  servant, 

"JOHN   SNELL." 

In  Deeds  instituting  Bursaries,  Scholarships,  and  other  Foundations,  in  the 
College  and  University  of  Glasgow  (1850),  we  are  informed  that,  from  another 
part  of  this  letter  of  1670,  "  it  appears  that  Mr.  Snell  had  made  a  visit  to 
"  Glasgow,  a  short  time  previously.  It  farther  appears  that  by  this  time  he 
"  had  got  at  least  one  young  Scotsman  placed  as  a  student  at  Oxford,  and 
"  that  he  was  desirous  that  others  should  be  sent  to  him  for  the  same 
"  purpose." 

The  following  excerpt  from  the  University  records  refers  to  the  above 
mentioned  and  other  gifts  of  books.  It  is  probably  the  honourable  mention 
in  the  "  parchment  book  "  promised  by  Baillie : 

"  Vir  Clarissimus  Dominus  Joannes  Snellius  Academiae  hujus  meritissimiis 
"alumnus  pro  sua  erga  almam  matrem  gratitudine  et  erga  rem  literariam 
"•studio  haec  sequentia  volumina  Universitati  in  communi  Bibliotheca  reponenda 
"  donavit. 

"  Biblia  Sacra  IIoXi/yXwTTa    Vol.  6,  Londini  excusa,  fol. 

"  Lexicon  Orientale  Hebraicum  Syriacum  etc.      Vol.  2,  fol. 

"  Synopsis  Criticorum  etc.  opera  Matthaei  Poli.     Vol.  5>  fol. 

"Atlas  Major  seu  Cosmographia  Blauiana,  etc.      Vol.  II. 

"  Dr.  Jackson's   Works.      Vol.  3,  fol. 

" Hammond  on  the  Psalms,  fol" 

These  books  are  still  in  the  University  Library.  The  first  and  last 
are  inscribed  thus  : 

1  Synopsis  Criticorum  aliorumque  S.  Scriptures  Interpretum  operd  Mattfuei  Poli,  Londinensis.     IV. 
Vols.  fol.,  Loiul.,   1669-1676. 

2  Cornelius  bee  was  a  bookseller  who  had  published,  in   1660,  the  Crititi  Sacri,  9  vols.  fol. 


THE  FOUNDER  13 

"  Ex    dono   viri    clarissimi  D.   Joannis    Snellii    qui    emenso  humaniorum 
"  literarum  et  philosophiae  in  hac  Academia  stadia  testandae  in  almam  matrem 
"  gratitudinis  ac  animi  in  rem  liter ariam  propensi  ergo  hoc  volumen  cum 
" aliis   Universitati  in  communi  Bibliotlieca  reponendum.  donavit" 

Vol.  3  of  Jackson's  Works  has  an  inscription  on  the  inside  of  the  end 
cover — "Collegium  Glasg :  1677  Mr.  John  Snell." 

On  the  fly-leaf  of  the  first,  and  both  parts  of  the  last,  volume  of  Poole's 
Work  there  is  a  book-plate  consisting  of  a  print  of  the  elder  Faithorne's 
engraved  portrait  of  Sir  Orlando  Bridgman,  which  is  perhaps  the  earliest 
English  portrait  ex  libris  that  has  been  discovered. 

The  following  excerpt  from  the  minutes  of  the  Visitation  by  the  Com- 
missioners appointed  by  William  and  Mary,  refers  to  another  benefaction  : 

"  2gth  August,  1690,  3  o'clock,  p.m.  .  .  .  Compeirt  the  Principall 
"and  .  .  .  declarit  that  the  mortifications  made  to  the  College  since 
"the  year  1664  were  .  .  .  4th — By  Mr.  Snell  thrie  thousand  merks 
"  impendit  on  the  building  of  the  steeple." 

The  subjoined  passage  is  interesting,  as  it  contains  what  is  believed 
to  be  the  only  record  of  words  spoken  by  Mr.  Snell.  It  is  taken  from  The 
Life  of  Robert  Frampton,  Bishop  of  Gloucester,  deprived  as  a  Non- Juror  1689, 
edited  by  T.  Simpson  Evans,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  Shoreditch  (London :  Longmans, 
Green  &  Co.,  1876):  "So  moving  was  his  repeating  the  prayers  of  the 
"church,  that  when  he  officiated  in  the  Lord  Keeper's  Chapel,1  his  seal- 
" bearer2  told  him  one  day,  'Mr.  Frampton,  I  had  rather  hear  you,  or  any 
" '  one,  doing  as  you  do,  read  the  prayers  of  the  church  distinctly  and  with 
" '  reverence,  then  hear  the  best  sermon  that  ever  was  preached.'  Now,  'tis 
"to  be  noted,  that  this  gentleman  was  a  Scot,  yet  so  truly  Episcopal,  that 
"he  left,  as  a  Legacy,  near  five  hundred  pound  per  an.,  for  the  mayntainance 
"  of  some  of  his  nation  in  the  University  of  Oxford  for  some  years,  having 
"  been  of  some  University  before  in  Scotland,  and  to  return  thither  to 
"propogate  Episcopacy,  &c." 

'Frampton  was  Chaplain  to  the  Lord  Keeper  (Sir  Orlando  Bridgman)  in  1671. 
'Mr.  Snell. 


THE     FOUNDATION. 


ACCORDING  to  Mr.  Campbell's  paper,  already  mentioned,  Mr.  Snell's  Will 
"  is  written  in  his  own  fair  handwriting  on  the  one  side  of  six  sheets  of 
"  gilt-edged  paper.  Each  sheet  is  subscribed  by  the  testator,  and  sealed 
"  with  his  seal  of  arms,  a  cross  flory,  timbered  with  helmet  and  voluminous 
"  mantling,  and  for  crest  a  demi-hon  rampant.  The  threads  with  which  the 
"  sheets  are  stitched  together  at  the  top  are  sealed  to  the  first  sheet  in  the 
"  same  manner." 

The  Will  is  dated  2Qth  December,  1677,  and  "on  6th  August,  1679, 
"  the  day  of  his  death,  he  republished  it  by  a  note,  also  in  his  own  hand- 
"  writing  now  sadly  deteriorated."  It  was  proved  in  the  Prerogative  Court 
of  Canterbury  on  I3th  September,  1679.  A  verbatim  copy  will  be  found  in 
the  Appendix  (No.  I.),  but  a  summary  of  the  provisions  may  here  be 
inserted  for  the  sake  of  clearness  : 

To  the  testator's  wife  (i)  an  annuity  of  ^100,  secured  over  the  estate  of 
Ufton,  (2)  a  legacy  of  ,£100,  (3)  the  enjoyment  of  his  dwelling  house  in  the 
Savoy,  and  the  use  of  all  his  household  stuff,  plate  and  jewels  therein, 
during  her  widowhood. 

To  or  for  his  daughter  Dorothy,  (i)  a  legacy  of  .£2000,  payable  at  age 
of  1 8  or  on  marriage,  but  restricted  to  £$oo  in  the  event  of  her  marrying 
without  the  consent  of  his  executors,  (2)  an  annuity  of  £100  secured  on 
Ufton,  and  to  take  effect  at  the  same  time  as  the  legacy,  (3)  an  annuity  of 
£60  (payable  to  Mrs.  Snell)  for  Dorothy's  support  and  education  until  the 
annuity  of  £100  should  become  due. 

To  his  nephews,  Andrew  Steward,  John  Steward,  and  James  Steward, 
£20  apiece,  besides  £20  to  James  "  to  binde  him  to  a  trade." 

To    his    wife's    nephew,    Edmond    Mason,    and    to    her    niece,    Elizabeth 

Mason,  £10  apiece. 

«4 


THE  FOUNDATION  15 

To  his  accepting  male  executors  £10  apiece  to  buy  mourning. 

To  his  sister,  Silvester  Cooper,  £5  to  buy  her  a  ring,  and  to  each  of 
her  children  £i  for  a  like  purpose. 

To  the  poor  of  the  parishes  of  (i)  Ufton  £10,  (2)  St.  Clement-Danes 
£5,  (3)  St.  Mary-le- Savoy  £3. 

For  repairing  the  parish  church  of  Ufton  £50,  in  case  that  or  a  greater 
sum  had  not  been  disbursed  by  him  therefor  during  his  lifetime. 

To  every  one  of  his  menial  servants  a  bequest  of  a  year's  wages,  over 
and  above  the  wages  due  to  them. 

The  executors  appointed  are  (i)  his  wife,  Johanna  Snell,  (2)  William 
Bridgeman,  of  St.  Martins-in-the-Fields,  in  the  county  of  Middlesex,  Esquire, 
(3)  Benjamin  Cooper,  Register  (sic)  to  the  University  of  Oxford,  (4)  William 
Hopkins  of  Oxford,  gent,  and  (5)  Thomas  Newcombe,  citizen  and  stationer 
of  London. 

The  executors  are  directed  to  convey  and  settle  the  residue  of  the  estate 
upon  five  or  more  Trustees  to  be  named  for  that  purpose  by  the  Vice- 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Oxford,  the  Provost  of  Queen's  College,  the 
Master  of  Balliol  College,  and  the  President  of  St.  John's  College.  The 
profits  and  product  of  the  estate  are  to  be  employed  for  the  maintenance 
and  education  in  some  College  or  Hall  in  the  University  of  Oxford  to  be 
appointed  by  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master  and  President,  of  so 
many  scholars  as  they  shall  think  fit,  "  borne  and  educated  in  Scotland,  who 
"  shall  each  of  them  have  spent  three  years  in  the  Colledge  of  Glasgow  in 
"  that  Kingdome,  or  one  year  there,  and  two  at  the  least  in  some  other 
"  colledge  in  that  Kingdome."  The  number  of  scholars  is  not  to  exceed 
twelve  nor  be  less  than  five  at  any  time,  unless  the  revenue  of  the  estate 
should  warrant  a  greater  number. 

Each  scholar  is  to  be  bound,  under  a  penalty  of  ^500,  to  enter  into 
holy  orders,  and  to  take  or  accept  no  spiritual  promotion,  benefice  or  other 
preferment  within  the  Kingdom  of  England  or  Dominion  of  Wales,  it  being 
the  testator's  will  and  desire  that  every  such  scholar  should  return  into 
Scotland,  and  there  be  preferred  and  advanced  as  his  capacity  and  parts 
should  deserve,  but  in  no  case  to  come  back  into  England,  nor  to  go  into 
any  other  place,  but  only  into  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland  for  his  preferment. 
The  period  of  tenure  of  the  Scholarships  is  to  be  ten  years  or  eleven  at  the 
most,  for  after  that  time  they  are  to  be  "  removed  into  Scotland  as 
"  aforesaid." 

Then  follow  directions  for  the  filling  up  of  vacancies,  and  a  provision 
that  before  admittance  the  scholars  shall  be  recommended  by  the  Principal, 


16  THE  FOUNDATION 

the  Professor  of  Divinity,  the  Regents  and  other  chief  officers  of  the  College 
of  Glasgow,  or  three  of  them  at  the  least,  whereof  the  Principal  shall  be 
one,  "  by  their  letters  recommendatory  under  their  colledge  scale."  l 

It  is  further  stipulated  that  every  scholar  shall  come  as  a  probationer  to 
such  College  or  Hall  whereunto  he  shall  be  appointed,  and  shall  there 
continue  at  his  own  charge  for  six  months  at  the  least  to  give  evidence  of 
his  behaviour,  learning  and  abilities  before  he  shall  be  admitted  to  receive 
any  benefit  of  the  devise  and  will,  and  shall  thereafter  be  allowed  and 
admitted  or  disallowed  according  to  the  discretion  of  the  persons  before 
appointed  in  the  will  for  that  purpose,  or  any  three  or  more  of  them. 

The  allowance  for  each  scholar  is  fixed  at  £20  a  year  for  the  first  three 
years,  and  ^"30  a  year  thereafter,  but  if  the  estate  will  bear  a  greater 
allowance  the  scholars  are  to  have  the  benefit  of  it.  "  Five  of  the  choysest 
"and  ablest  scholars"  are  to  receive  £5  apiece  yearly  more  than  the  rest. 

The  Registrar  of  the  University  of  Oxford  or  other  person  appointed 
for  the  purpose  is  to  receive  ^10  a  year  for  making  out  the  bonds  and 
securities  required  from  the  scholars  and  seeing  them  duly  executed ;  the 
charges  of  any  suit  and  prosecution  for  recovering  the  penalties  are  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  moneys  recovered  ;  and  the  remainder  is  to  be  laid  out  upon 
some  good  security  until  it  shall  amount  to  some  competent  sum  to 
purchase  lands  of  inheritance  to  be  for  an  increase  to  the  allowance  or 
exhibition  to  the  scholars. 

Provision  is  made  for  the  appointment  of  new  Trustees. 

An  audit  dinner  is  to  be  provided  every  Midsummer  Day  for  the  Vice- 
Chancellor,  Provost,  Master  and  President,  and  also  the  Governor  or  Principal 
of  the  College  or  Hall  where  the  scholars  shall  be  admitted,  with  three  or 
more  of  the  senior  scholars,  at  a  cost  of  £5. 

To  quote  again  from  Mr.  Campbell's  paper,  "  the  parish  of  Ufton  lies 
"  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  some  four  miles  from  Leamington,  on  the  way 
"to  Southam.  Its  extent  is  1784  acres,  and  its  population  about  200  souls. 
"With  the  exception  of  little  over  a  hundred  acres,  the  whole  land  is  held 
"by  Balliol  College,  Oxford.  The  church  and  village  stand  on  a  hill  com- 
"manding  a  wide  view  of  a  richly  wooded  country  with  associations  as 
"interesting  as  any  in  the  land.  Edge-hill  and  Warwick,  Coventry  and  Kenil- 
"  worth,  Stratford-on-Avon  and  Rugby  are  all  within  a  radius  of  twelve  miles. 
"The  Roman  Fosse  Way  from  Cornwall  to  Lincoln  passes  within  half  a 
"  mile  to  the  west  of  the  western  boundary.  The  old  church  dedicated  to 
"St.  Michael  contains  two  of  those  low  side  windows  which  have  given  rise 
"For  a  specimen  of  these  "letters  recommendatory"  see  Appendix  IV. 


THE  FOUNDATION  \-j 

"to  so  much  controversy  among  archaeologists,  being  sometimes  called  leper 
"windows,  and  sometimes  windows  for  utter  confession,  according  to  the 
"  opinion  entertained  of  their  use.  ...  In  the  churchyard  is  the  upper 
"  part  of  the  old  parish  cross,  re-erected  on  a  modern  shaft,  and  standing 
"about  sixteen  feet  high.  On  each  of  its  four  faces  is  a  broad,  shallow  niche. 
"  In  the  westmost  is  sculptured  in  relief  the  Crucifixion  with  the  figures  of 
"  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  and  St.  John  the  Evangelist.  The  other  three  niches 
"contain  respectively  St.  Chad,  the  Virgin  and  Child,  and  St.  Catherine. 
"Each  niche  is  surmounted  by  a  pediment  and  flanked  by  pinnacled  but- 
"  tresses  supporting  over  all  a  pyramidal  canopy  richly  ornamented  with 
"  crockets  and  a  modern  finial.  Beneath  each  buttress  is  carved  the  half- 
"  length  figure  of  an  angel. 

"The  village  is  insignificant  containing  three  farmhouses,  the  school,  the 
"  White  Hart  Inn  and  a  few  cottages. 

"  The  following  is  the  notice  of  the  place  in  Domesday  Book,  with  the 
"  contracted  text  extended  : — Ipsa  ecdesia  (de  Coventrey)  tenet  in  Ulchetone  4.. 
"  hidas.  Terra  est  8  carucarum.  In  dominio  sunt  2 :  et  7  servi  et  12  villani 
"  et  2  bordarii  cum.  6  carucis.  Ibi  i  acra  prati.  Tempore  Regis  Edwardi 
"  valebat  4.  libras :  post  4.0  solidos:  modo  100  solidos. 

"  The  land  is  said  to  have  been  held  in  Saxon  times  by  one,  Ulfe,  and 
"  to  have  taken  from  him  its  name  of  Ulveton,  Ulchetone,  or  Uffeton.  But  its 
"  earliest  authentic  owner  was  '  the  grim  Earl  Leofric,'  now  chiefly  remembered 
"  as  the  husband  of  Lady  Godiva.  He  gave  it  to  the  monastery  of  Coventry, 
"then  newly  founded  by  himself  and  his  lady,  and  the  monks  possessed 
"it,  with  slight  intermission,  till  the  dissolution  of  their  house  in  1538. 
"  After  being  held  seven  years  by  the  Crown,  it  was  granted  to  Lord 
"  Wriothesley,  then  Chancellor,  who  passed  it  the  same  year  to  William  Stan- 
ford, and  he  the  next  year  to  Sir  Andrew  Flammock  and  Elizabeth  his 
"wife,  whose  son  and  heir,  Francis  Flammock,  sold  it  in  1558  to  Sir  John 
"  Spencer  of  Althorpe,  through  whose  second  son,  Thomas  Spencer  of  Claver- 
"don,  it  came  to  William  Spencer,  and  was  purchased  from  him  by  John 
"  Snell." 

In  the  Conveyance  of  1693,  afterwards  referred  to,  the  Estate  is  described 
as  "  all  that  the  said  Manor  of  Oluffton  alias  Ulverton  alias  Uffton,  with  all 
"and  singular  the  rights,  members  and  appurtenances  thereof  in  the  said 
"  county  of  Warwick,  and  all  messuages,  mills,  cottages,  farms,  houses,  edifices, 
"  barns,  stables,  backsides,  yards,  orchards,  gardens,  woodlands,  tenements, 
"  comons,  comon  of  pasture,  heath,  furze,  mines,  quarries,  waters,  streams, 
"ponds,  fishings,  courts-leets,  view  of  frank-pledge,  courts-baron,  perquisites 


IS  THE  FOUNDATION 

"and  profits  of  court  and  leet  fines,  amerciaments,  quit-rents  and  other  rents, 
"  revenues,  services,  profits,  advantages,  hereditaments  and  appurtenances  what- 
"  soever,  to  the  said  manor  or  any  part  thereof  belonging,  situate  and  being 
"  within  the  towns,  parishes,  fields,  hamletts  or  precincts  of  Oluffton  alias 
"  Ulverton  alias  Uffton  and  of  Long  Itchington  within,  in  the  said  county  of 
"  Warwick,  and  all  other  the  farms,  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  .  .  . 
"lying  and  being  within  the  towns,  parishes,  hamletts  or  territories  .  .  . 
"aforesaid,  which  were  the  lands  or  possessions  of  the  said  John  Snell." 

By  Conveyance  dated  2Oth  and  2ist  May,  1697,  the  Snell  Trustees 
acquired,  at  the  price  of  £600,  "  a  farm  called  Coleborne  alias  Coleborne's 
"  Farm,  consisting  of  a  messuage  or  tenement  with  the  appurtenances  and  two 
"closes  called  the  Home  Close  and  the  moor  and  two  yard  lands  situate  in 
"  Uffeton  aforesaid,"  and  lying  contiguous  to  the  original  Snell  Estate.1 

In  the  Chancery  proceedings  of  1738,  of  which  more  hereafter,  it  was 
made  matter  of  complaint  that  the  lessees  "  have  pulled  down  the  Manor  or 
"  Mansion  House,  being  a  substantial  handsome  house  .  .  .  and  plowd  up 
"the  antient  meadow  land  .  .  .  that  had  never  before  been  plowd  within 
"the  memory  of  man." 

For  ten  or  eleven  years  after  the  testator's  death,  the  annuities  created 
by  his  Will  appear  to  have  absorbed  the  whole  income  of  his  estate,  and  no 
steps  were  taken  for  establishing  the  Charity.  On  $th  April,  1690,  however, 
a  Bill  was  introduced  into  the  House  of  Commons  to  establish  it  for  the 
benefit  of  the  University  of  Oxford  and  deprive  Glasgow  College  of  the 
Exhibitions,  but  the  Bill  was  thrown  out  after  the  first  reading.  On  8th 
August  of  the  same  year,  an  Information  was  filed  in  the  Court  of  Chancery 
at  the  relation  of  the  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Oxford  and  the 
heads  of  Queen's,  Balliol,  and  St.  John's  Colleges,  against  William  Guise  and 
his  wife  Dorothy  Snell  (the  testator's  daughter  and  heiress-at-law),  and  also 
against  the  executors  under  the  Will,  alleging  a  pretence  by  the  Guises  "that 
"in  regard  it  was  the  testator's  intention  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the 
"  Church  of  England  should  be  propagated  and  advanced  in  the  Kingdom  of 
"  Scotland  .  .  .  and  that  .  .  .  Episcopacy  and  Prelacy  being  there  abolished 
"...  and  a  Presbyterian  Church  Government  established,  the  said  tes- 
"  tator's  intentions  are  frustrated  and  cannot  be  pursued,  and  that  therefore 
"the  said  devise  for  the  said  Charity  is  become  null  and  void,  and  the  said 

1  By  the  Decree  of  1744  (infra)  it  was  ordered  "that  so  much  of  the  information  as  sought  to 
"subject  the  estate  called  Coleburn  Farm  to  the  Charity  in  question  should  be  dismissed  except  as  to 
"  such  part  of  the  said  farm  or  the  lands  thereto  belonging,  as  might  have  been  exchanged  for  any 
"lands  part  of  the  said  Charity  Estate." 


THE  FOUNDATION  19 

"  manor,  and  premises,  and  estate,  reverted  to  the  heir  of  the  said  testator, 
"  which  the  said  Dorothy  Guise  is." 

The  cause  came  on  for  hearing  on  I3th  May,  1692,  when  the  Lords 
Commissioners  "  declared,  the  Defendant  Dorothy,  the  heir-at-law,  can  take 
"nothing,  nor  ought  to  have  any  benefit  by  the  testator's  will  as  to  any 
"  lands  devised  for  the  aforesaid  charity,"  and  ordered  the  Executors  to 
account  before  Sir  John  Hoskins,  one  of  the  Masters  of  the  Court,  for  the 
estate,  after  which  "this  Court  will  give  such  directions  for  the  performance 
"  of  the  said  testator's  will  touching  the  said  charity  as  shall  be  just." 

From  Sir  John's  Report,  dated  28th  January,  1692,  we  learn  that  the  debts 
due  by  the  testator  at  his  death  amounted  to  £1205,  which  had  been  since 
paid,  as  had  also  a  sum  of  .£700  to  account  of  £2000  borrowed  on  mortgage 
to  settle  Mrs.  Guise's  portion,  so  that  there  were  £1300  and  interest  owing  at 
February,  1691,  and  £100  apiece  due  to  the  widow  and  daughter  for  last 
Midsummer  annuities,  which  were  all  the  debts  and  legacies  unpaid,  except 
the  said  growing  annuities  for  life.  Sir  John  also  found  that  the  real  estate 
was  .£429  per  annum,  but  that  there  was  arrear  in  the  tenants'  hands  at 
Michaelmas  1692^  £1283,  and  £179  in  the  bailiff's  hands  at  Michaelmas  1691, 
and  that  the  plate  and  goods  liferented  by  Mrs.  Snell  were  appraised  at  £150. 

Following  on  this  Report,  Lord  Keeper  Somers,  by  Decree  dated  23rd 
June,  1693,  ordained  the  Executors  to  convey  over  all  the  estate  to  the  six 
Senior  Fellows  of  Balliol  College,  to  whom  various  directions  were  given  for 
managing  and  letting  the  estate  and  paying  off  the  incumbrances.  It  was 
further  decreed  that  as  soon  as  there  was  a  free  annual  income  of  ,£100,  two 
scholars  should  be  received,  each  with  an  allowance  of  £40  per  annum  for 
eleven  years ;  that  when,  by  the  expiry  of  either  of  the  annuities,  .£200  per 
annum  became  available,  two  more  scholars  should  be  received  on  the  like 
terms ;  and  that,  when  the  last  annuity  fell,  another  two  scholars  should  be 
added,  each  receiving  £35  a  year,  "and  £5  apiece  besides  to  five  of  the 
"  ablest  and  choicest  of  the  number,  according  to  the  said  will."  In  the 
event  of  diminished  or  irrecoverable  revenue,  the  allowances  were  to  suffer  a 
proportionate  abatement.  The  grant  of  ^10  per  annum  to  the  Registrar  of 
the  University  of  Oxford  was  not  to  be  continued  after  the  death  of 
Benjamin  Cooper,  in  case  there  be  no  occasion  to  make  bonds  or  securities, 
without  further  directions  of  the  Court.  The  Decree  authorised  a  payment 
of  £10  per  annum  to  the  Master  of  Balliol  College  "for  his  care  and  govern- 
"  ment  of  the  said  Scholars,"  and  ordered  that  "  the  overplus  shall  accrue  to 
"  Baliol  College,  after  the  payments  aforesaid  discharged,  in  consideration  of 

1  This  date  must  be  wrong.     The  Report  is  dated  January  1692. 


20  THE  FOUNDATION 

"  those  priviledges  of  the  library  and  otherwise,  which  the  said  scholars  are  to 
"  enjoy  in  the  said  College."  The  allowance  of  £$  for  an  annual  audit 
dinner  was  confirmed.  "And  in  case  the  Masters  of  Glascowe  Colledge  shall 
"  not,  within  six  months  after  the  receiving  of  notice  from  Baliol  College, 
"send  scholars,  natives  of  Scotland,  to  fill  up  the  vacancies  in  the  said  Baliol 
"  College,  then  the  said  colledge  are  at  liberty  to  choose  any  other  persons, 
"natives  of  Scotland,  with  the  approbation  of  the  trustees,  or  any  three  of 
"them,  whereof  the  Master  is  to  be  one,  to  receive  the  benefit  of  the  said 
"charity."  The  Decree  is  altogether  silent  regarding  the  profession  to  be 
followed  by  the  scholars.  In  pursuance  of  this  Order,  the  lands  and  others 
devised  by  the  Will  were,  by  Indentures  of  Lease  and  Release,  dated  igth 
and  2Oth  December,  1693,  conveyed  to  the  then  six  Senior  Fellows  of  Balliol 
College,  upon  the  trusts  declared  by  the  Order.  By  Instrument,  dated  25th 
February,  169!  (still  preserved  at  Glasgow,  and  reproduced  in  Appendix  III.), 
notice  of  the  Decree  was  given  by  Balliol  College  to  Glasgow  University, 
and  a  demand  made  to  recommend  scholars. 

Under  the  Scheme  settled  by  this  Decree  the  trust  was  carried  on  until 
the  year  1738,  when  Glasgow  College — being  dissatisfied  with  the  manner  of 
administration,  and  being  also  aggrieved  that  the  Scheme  had  been  settled  in 
their  absence,  without  their  even  knowing  of  the  Will — filed  an  Information 
in  the  Court  of  Chancery  against  the  Oxford  authorities,  taking  exception  to 
certain  portions  of  the  Scheme,  particularly  the  annual  allowance  of  £10  to 
the  Master  of  Balliol,  and  the  devotion  of  the  surplus  revenue  (which,  at  the 
lowest  estimate,  they  made  out  to  be  £50  a  year)  to  the  uses  of  Balliol 
College.  They  complained  further  that,  although  the  rents  appeared  from 
the  Master  of  Chancery's  Report  to  be  £429  a  year,  and  although  the  estate 
was  in  reality  worth  £600  per  annum,  the  Decree  ordered  the  lands  to  be 
let  at  .£300.  They  proceeded  to  show  in  great  detail  the  real  value  of  the 
trust  estate,  demonstrating  that  the  farms  had  been  leased  at  much  too  low 
a  figure;  alleging  that  "the  said  Charity  hath  on  a  moderate  computation 
"  suffered  and  been  defrauded  since  the  death  of  the  said  John  Snell  to  the 
"amount  or  value  of  twenty  thousand  pounds  and  upwards"; l  and  praying  that 
certain  accounts  might  be  taken,  and  that  the  Decree  complained  of  should 
be  set  aside  or  altered,  so  far  as  repugnant  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning 
of  the  Will,  as  also  that  a  certain  lease  should  be  declared  void  as  having 
been  fraudulently  granted  and  obtained  at  an  undervalue. 

'  This  somewhat  alarming  allegation  can  hardly  be  said  to  have  been  substantiated,  for,  so  far  as  one  can 
gather  from  a  complicated  set  of  figures  in  the  Decree  of  1759  (infra),  the  balance  actually  found  due 
was  .£519  l8s.  lod. 


THE  FOUNDATION  2\ 

By  Decree  dated  loth  December,  1744,  Lord  Hardwicke  ordered  the 
relators  and  the  defendants  to  lay  before  one  of  the  Masters  in  Chancery, 
for  his  report,  a  new  Scheme  or  Schemes  for  the  better  establishment  and 
regulation  of  the  Charity  and  carrying  the  same  into  execution  for  the  future, 
and  also  for  the  making  of  leases  of  the  trust  estates.  In  pursuance  of  this 
Decree,  three  Schemes  were  submitted,  one  by  Glasgow  College,  a  second  by 
the  Master  and  Scholars  of  Balliol,  and  a  third  by  the  Vice-Chancellor  of 
Oxford,  the  Provost  of  Queen's  College,  the  President  of  St.  John's,  and  the 
Master  of  Balliol;  which  last  Scheme  proposed  that  every  scholar  should  be  obliged 
to  conform  to  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  to 
enter  into  Holy  Orders  when  capable  thereof,  by  the  Canons  of  that  Church, 
before  he  was  of  eight  years'  standing,  failing  which  his  exhibition  should  be 
forfeited.  None  of  the  proposed  Schemes  contained  any  provision  for  the 
return  of  the  exhibitioners  into  Scotland. 

On  4th  April,  1758,  the  Master  reported  against  all  three  sets  of 
proposals,  and  submitted  one  general  Scheme  which  he  had  formed  out  of 
them,  and  which  he  conceived  would  best  answer  the  several  purposes  of  the 
trust,  and  come  nearest  to  the  will  and  intention  of  the  testator.  The  Master's 
Scheme  did  not  impose  any  condition  as  to  taking  Holy  Orders. 

Several  exceptions  were  taken  to  the  Master's  Report,  but  they  were 
overruled,  and  it  was  referred  back  to  the  Master  for  review.  The  Master 
made  his  further  Report  on  loth  February,  1759,  correcting  his  former  one 
in  certain  matters  of  account,  but  stating  that  he  saw  no  reason  to  make 
any  other  alteration  or  variation.  On  23rd  March,  1759,  the  Lord  Keeper 
pronounced  a  Decree  which  did  not  approve  of  any  of  the  Schemes  pro- 
posed by  the  litigants  or  the  Master.  It  omitted  all  restraint  as  to  con- 
formity or  ordination  ;  ordered  the  estate  to  be  conveyed  to  new  Trustees  to 
be  named  by  the  Oxford  authorities ;  and  provided  for  the  appointment  of  a 
steward,  who  was  directed  to  pay  out  of  the  revenues  (i)  £10  a  year  to  the 
Master  of  Balliol  for  his  care  and  government  of  the  scholars,  (2)  £20  yearly 
to  the  Master  and  Scholars  of  Balliol  in  consideration  of  the  privileges  of  the 
library  and  otherwise,  in  lieu  of  the  overplus  given  by  the  former  Decree, 
(3)  £$  f°r  the  audit  dinner,  (4)  £70  per  annum  to  five  of  the  ablest  scholars, 
and  £65  per  annum  to  the  other,  any  surplus  to  be  invested,  and  when  it 
amounted  to  a  sufficient  sum  application  might  be  made  to  the  Court  for 
authority  to  nominate  one  or  more  additional  exhibitioners.  All  vacancies 
were  ordered  to  be  intimated  to  the  College  of  Glasgow,  and  failing  nomina- 
tion within  six  months  the  vacancy  to  be  filled  up  by  Oxford. 

It  will  be  observed  that  this  suit  lasted  from   1738  to   1759,  a  period  of 


22  THE  FOUNDATION 

twenty-one  years,  which  furnishes  a  very  striking  object  lesson  in  "  the  law's 
"  delay."  If  the  expense  of  litigation  was  anyway  proportionate  to  the  appalling 
verbosity  and  reiteration  of  the  pleadings  and  decrees,  the  Trust  funds  must 
have  suffered  to  a  very  alarming  extent  indeed.  Mr.  William  Ruat,  Professor  of 
Ecclesiastical  History  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  was  absent  in  London, 
Oxford,  and  Warwickshire  for  a  period  of  two  years,  three  months,  and  seven 
days  prior  to  26th  June,  1756,  attending  to  the  interests  of  Glasgow  College 
in  the  suit,  and  his  expenses  amounted  to  £687.  He  was  sent  up  again  in 
December,  1756,  and  did  not  return  till  the  spring  of  1759,  at  an  outlay  of 
^318.  He  was  once  more  engaged  in  London  negotiations  in  1766,  and 
finally  in  1767,  but  these  were  not  special  journeys,  he  being  there  at  anyrate 
on  private  business  of  his  own.  The  Minutes  from  1738  onwards  contain 
frequent  entries  regarding  the  borrowing  of  money  to  provide  for  the  expenses 
of  the  litigation. 

Various  other  Orders  were  from  time  to  time  made  by  the  Court  as  the 
income  of  the  Charity  increased.  In  particular,  by  Order  dated  I7th  July, 
1777,  two  additional  scholars  were  authorised,  with  an  allowance  of  £70  a 
year  each,  the  stipend  of  the  exhibitioner  who  had  then  only  £,6$  being 
also  raised  to  £70.  By  a  further  Order  dated  3rd  August,  1795,  other  two 
scholars  were  added  (thus  raising  the  number  to  ten),  with  the  same  allow- 
ance, and  the  period  of  tenure  was  in  all  cases  restricted  to  ten  years.  It 
was  also  provided  that  the  place  of  every  future  exhibitioner  should  become 
void  by  marriage,  or  by  the  acceptance  of  any  ecclesiastical  preferment  in 
England  or  Wales,  or  by  the  promotion  to  or  acceptance  of  any  place  or 
office  in  the  Army  or  Navy.  The  allowance  to  the  Master  of  Balliol  was 
raised  from  £10  to  £16  135.  4d.,  and  that  to  the  Master  and  Scholars  of 
Balliol  from  £20  to  ^33  6s.  8d.,  while  .£10  instead  of  .£5  was  authorised  to 
be  spent  on  the  annual  dinner.  By  a  third  Order  dated  i$th  March,  1810, 
the  stipends  of  the  exhibitioners  were  increased  to  .£133  6s.  8d.,  leaving  to 
each  of  them,  after  deduction  of  property  tax  at  ten  per  cent.,  a  clear  income 
of  .£120.  The  other  allowances  were  correspondingly  augmented.  The  rais- 
ing of  the  stipends  was  on  account  of  the  "  depreciation  of  the  value  of 
"  money,  and  the  increased  and  still  increasing  expense  of  academical  educa- 
"  tion,  as  well  as  of  every  necessary  and  comfort  of  life,"  in  consequence  of 
which  "  within  these  few  years  last  past  great  difficulty  had  often  been  ex- 
"  perienced  by  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College  in  finding 
"  persons  of  respectable  character  and  possessing  the  proper  qualifications  to 
"accept  the  exhibitions  as  they  severally  became  vacant,  a  difficulty  which 
"  had  indeed  been  so  great,  and  had  also  been  so  greatly  enhanced  by  the 


THE  FOUNDATION  33 

"very  frequent  resignations  of  persons  who  after  having  accepted  the  ap- 
pointment had  retained  it  only  for  a  short  portion  of  the  usual  period,  that 
"  not  fewer  than  six  nominations  had  been  suffered  to  lapse  to  Balliol  College 
"within  the  last  three  years,  which  vacancies  that  society  also  in  its  turn 
"  had  not  found  it  easy  to  fill  in  the  proper  manner." 

On  28th  May,  1844,  an  Information  (amended  2nd  May,  by  Order  dated 
25th  April,  1845)  was  filed  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  really  on  behalf  of 
the  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland  and  Trinity  College,  Glenalmond,  but 
nominally  at  the  relation  of  the  Honourable  John  Hay  Forbes,  commonly 
called  Lord  Medwyn,  one  of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice  in 
Scotland,  and  of  James  Robert  Hope,  of  No.  6  Stone  Buildings,  Lincoln's 
Inn,  Barrister-at-law. l  The  Information  is  of  enormous  length,  and,  to  an 
ordinary  reader,  is  dreary  and  prolix  in  the  extreme.  Its  purport  may, 
however,  be  indicated  in  a  few  words.  The  object  aimed  at  was  to  secure 
the  Snell  Exhibitions  for  the  sole  behoof  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in 
Scotland,  the  relators  arguing  that  the  primary  intention  of  the  testator,  as 
expressed  in  his  Will,  was  that  young  men  should  be  sent  from  Glasgow  to 
Oxford  to  be  educated  in  the  principles  of  the  Episcopal  Church  prevailing 
in  England,  and  that  after  taking  holy  orders  they  should  return  to  Scotland 
to  disseminate  the  principles  they  had  learnt  at  Oxford.  It  was  admitted 
that,  at  the  date  of  the  Chancery  Orders  of  1693  and  1/59,  that  intention 
was  impossible  of  fulfilment  owing  to  the  legal  position  (or,  rather,  want  of 
position)  of  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Communion;  but  the  relators  contended 
that,  by  Acts  passed  in  1792  and  1840,  all  disabilities  were  practically 
removed,  and  the  Church  placed  on  nearly  the  same  basis  as  that  on  which 
it  stood  at  the  time  of  the  testator's  death.  It  was  urged  that  this 
alteration  in  the  state  of  the  law  was  sufficient  to  justify  the  abandonment 
of  the  Scheme  of  1759,  and  that  effect  ought  to  be  given  to  the  primary 
intention  of  the  testator. 

The  Answer  of  the  Glasgow  College  authorities  was  filed  on  24th 
February,  1845.  It  also  is  a  document  of  portentous  dimensions,  embracing 
in  fact  a  religious  history  of  Scotland  from  the  time  of  the  Reformation 
downwards.  Its  main  pleas  were  (i)  that  the  testator  had  no  special  regard 
for  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Church,  or  any  special  desire  to  promote  the 
advancement  or  spiritual  interests  thereof,  save  in  so  far  and  so  long  as  it 

i  Mr.  Hope  married,  on  igth  August,  1847,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  John  Gibson  Lockhart  (Snell 
Exhibitioner  1809)  and  grand-daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Scott.  He  was  received  into  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church  on  6th  April,  1851,  and  assumed  the  name  of  Scott  in  1853.  He  became  a  Q.C., 
and  attained  eminence  as  a  parliamentary  counsel.  lie  died  2gth  April,  1873- 


24  THE  FOUNDATION 

continued  to  be  the  National  or  Established  Church  of  his  native  country ; 

(2)  that  prelacy  or  the  Episcopal  Church  in    Scotland  is  merely  a  body  or 
sect  of  dissenters,  and  in  no   way  recognised  or  acknowledged  by  law,  but 
simply  tolerated   like    the  Roman   Catholic  and  other  dissenting  bodies,  and 
relieved  from  the  pains  and  penalties  to  which  they  were  at  one  time  liable ; 

(3)  that   in    using  the   term   preferment   the   testator   meant   a   positive   legal 
preferment   and   provision    in   the    National    Church   of  Scotland,   and   not   a 
mere  casual  and  precarious  employment,  for  which  the  remuneration  should 
depend   upon   the    voluntary   bounty   of    the   members   of  a   dissenting   con- 
gregation ;  (4)  that,  even  if  the  testator  did   mean  to   benefit  the  Episcopal 
Church  in   Scotland,  such  benefit  should  not  extend  to  that  Church  as  now 
constituted,  "  inasmuch  as  the  said   church  is  not  the  same  as  the  Episcopal 
"  Church   that   was  established  in   Scotland  at  the  time  of  the  institution  of 
"  the   said   charity,  but   differs   therefrom    in    many  important   points   of  dis- 
cipline and  doctrine";    (5)  that,  therefore,   the   testator's    intentions,  express 
or    implied,   were    not    rendered    any   more   capable   of    literal    fulfilment    by 
the    Acts    of    1792    and    1840   than   they  were  at  the  time  of  the  Chancery 
Orders  of    1693   and   1759;    and  (6)  that  these  Orders  must  "be  deemed  to 
"  be  altogether  final  and  conclusive,  unless  and  until  a  new  state  of  circum- 
"  stances,  such    as    did    not    exist    at    the    time   of  the    making   of   the   said 
"  decrees    and    orders    shall    have    arisen,    which    would    require    and    be    of 
"  sufficient    importance   to  justify   a    fresh   interference   with  the  said  charity 
"  and  an  alteration  of  the  said  Scheme." 

Answers  were  also  put  in  by  the  various  Oxford  defendants,  but  they 
contain  nothing  necessary  to  be  here  noted. 

The  case  was  heard  and  debated  on  I4th  and  I5th  July,  1846,  and,  on 
the  24th  of  the  same  month,  judgment  was  pronounced  by  Vice-Chancellor 
Knight  Bruce,  who  ordered  and  decreed  "  that  it  be  referred  to  the  Master 
"...  to  enquire  and  state  to  the  Court  whether  consistently  with  the 
"law  of  Scotland"  the  Schemes  of  1759,  1777,  1795,  and  1810  "can  be 
"  modified  or  varied  so  as  to  make  such  Charity  more  effectually  conducive 
"  to  the  supply  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland  with  fit  and 
"  competent  Clergymen,  who  having  been  born  in  Scotland,  and  educated 
"  wholly  or  in  part  at  Glasgow  and  Oxford,  shall  exercise  their  clerical 
"  functions  in  Scotland  ;  and  if  the  said  Master  shall  be  of  opinion  in  the 
"  affirmative,  he  is  to  approve  of  a  scheme  for  such  purpose,  but  the  Master 
''  in  making  such  enquiry  and  considering  and  approving  of  a  scheme  (if 
"  any)  is  to  have  regard  to  the  said  will  and  to  the  circumstance  that  the 
"Established  Church  of  Scotland  was  in  the  years"  1677  and  1679  "  Epis- 


THE  FOUNDATION  25 

"  copal  and  is  now  Presbyterian."  The  Court  further  ordered  that  the 
Charity  be  meantime  continued  to  be  administered  conformably  to  the 
Orders  of  1759,  1777,  J79Si  ar>d  1810,  and  declared  its  opinion  that  the 
Glasgow  authorities  "  in  so  administering  the  said  Charity  ought  to  have 
"  regard  as  far  as  conveniently  may  be  in  the  present  state  of  the  Protestant 
"  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland,  to  the  circumstance  that  the  said  testator 
"  is  to  be  considered  as  having  been  when  he  made  and  when  he  republished 
"  his  said  will,  a  member  of  the  then  Established  Church  of  England,  or  of 
"  the  then  Established  Church  of  Scotland,  and  therefore  an  Episcopalian 
"  Protestant,  and  as  having  by  the  expression  '  Holy  Orders '  meant  Holy 
"  Orders  by  Episcopal  ordination." 

Against  this  judgment  the  Glasgow  authorities  appealed  to  the  House  of 
Lords.  Their  case  is  argued  with  great  elaboration  and  wealth  of  historical 
detail,  but  consists  largely  of  a  repetition  of  the  original  Answers,  and  con- 
tains nothing  which  we  need  particularly  record.  The  case  of  the  other  side 
is  open  to  pretty  much  the  same  remark. 

The  Appeal  was  heard  before  Lord-Chancellor  Cottenham,  Lord  Broug- 
ham, Lord  Campbell,  and  Lord  Lyndhurst  on  27th  July,  1848,  and  "it  is 
"ordered  and  adjudged  by  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  in  Parliament 
"assembled,  that  the  said  Decree  of  the  24th  July,  1846,  complained  of  in 
"  the  said  Appeal,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  reversed ;  and  that  the 
"  Information  filed  in  the  Court  below,  by  her  Majesty's  Attorney  General, 
"  at  the  relation  of  the  Honourable  John  Hay  Forbes,  commonly  called  Lord 
"  Medwyn,  one  of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice  in  Scotland,  and  of 
"James  Robert  Hope,  of  No.  6  Stone  Buildings,  Lincoln's  Inn,  Barrister  at 
"  Law,  be  dismissed  with  costs." 

As  this  judgment  settles,  possibly  for  ever,  the  vexed  question  of  requir- 
ing the  Snell  Exhibitioners  to  enter  into  Holy  Orders — unless,  indeed  Episco- 
pacy should  hereafter  become  the  Established  Religion  of  Scotland,  which, 
in  this  age  of  Ztoestablishment,  is  not  a  very'  likely  event — the  speeches  of 
the  judges  are  printed  in  Appendix  II.  Their  comparatively  moderate  length 
renders  this  practicable,  and  the  clearness  with  which  they  sum  up  the  case 
will  enable  the  reader  to  understand  the  various  points  which  in  the  other 
pleadings  are  so  difficult  to  disentangle  from  the  surrounding  mass  of  verbiage. 

But,  truly,  the  Snell  Trust  was  born  to  trouble  as  the  sparks  fly  upward, 
and  its  funds  and  patronage  have  from  first  to  last  generated  in  divers 
quarters  feelings  of  envy  which  could  only  find  their  proper  vent  in  the  legal 
arenas  of  the  country.  The  first  assault,  as  we  have  seen,  was  by  what  may 
be  termed  the  Oxford  Appropriation  Bill  of  1690,  followed,  four  months 


26  THE  FOUNDATION 

afterwards,  by  the  onslaught  of  the  heiress-at-law.  Then  there  ensued  the  legal 
struggle  of  1738-59,  and,  a  century  later,  the  encounter  with  the  Scottish 
Episcopalians,  lasting  from  1844  to  1848.  In  all  these  battles  the  honours 
of  war  were  carried  off  by  Glasgow  College,  and  that  much  beleaguered 
institution  might  well  have  imagined  that,  after  a  century  and  a  half  of 
successful  warfare,  the  hatchet  was  buried  for  ever.  There  was,  however,  one 
more  danger  to  face,  and  it  arose  in  connection  with  the  Oxford  University 
Bill  of  1854,  which  included  the  Snell  Exhibitions,  and,  as  framed,  might  have 
taken  them  away  from  Scotland  and  from  Glasgow  College  completely, 
reduced  their  value,  converted  them  into  Oxford  Scholarships  for  the  sole 
benefit  of  Balliol  College,  and  enabled  the  latter  and  the  Commissioners  to 
alter  the  trusts  in  any  way  they  pleased,  and  even  to  do  what  the  House 
of  Lords  found  to  be  both  inexpedient  and  unjust,  viz.  to  restrict  the 
benefits  of  the  Foundation  to  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Clergy.  The  obnoxious 
clauses  were  opposed  in  Parliament  at  the  instance  of  Glasgow  College,  and 
(notwithstanding  strong  objections  by  Mr.  Gladstone)  so  modified  as  to 
remove  all  ground  for  apprehension. 

In  1855  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Balliol  College  proposed  to 
insert  in  an  Ordinance  to  be  issued  by  the  Oxford  Commissioners  a  clause 
removing  the  restriction  of  the  Exhibitions  to  natives  of  Scotland.  To 
this,  of  course,  the  Glasgow  authorities  could  not  agree,  and  the  Ordinance, 
as  finally  issued  by  the  Commissioners  on  4th  December,  1857,  bore  that 
"the  Exhibitioners  shall  be  selected  from  candidates  born  in  Scotland,  or 
"  whose  fathers  shall  have  been  born  in  Scotland,  and  who  shall  have  resided 
"for  two  years  at  least  in  Glasgow  College,  or  for  one  year  in  that  College, 
"  and  two  at  least  in  some  other  College  in  Scotland." 

This  Ordinance  made  several  important  changes.  With  the  view,  no 
doubt,  of  avoiding  expensive  applications  to  Chancery,  as  had  previously 
been  the  case  whenever  altered  circumstances  called  for  amended  regulations, 
it  was  provided  that  Balliol  and  Glasgow  might  fix  from  time  to  time,  by 
mutual  agreement,  the  number  of  Exhibitioners  and  the  amount  of  their 
emoluments.  Pending  any  such  agreement,  the  number  and  stipends  were 
to  remain  as  before.  In  any  case  two  Exhibitioners  at  least  were  to  be 
elected  every  year  after  all  the  then  Exhibitioners  had  vacated,  and  until 
then  not  more  than  two  should  be  elected  in  any  year  unless  deemed 
expedient  by  both  Colleges.  The  period  of  tenure  was  fixed  at  five  years. 

Marriage,  ceasing  to  be  members  of  Balliol  College,  and  entry  into  the 
Army  or  Navy,  were  all  to  be  grounds  of  forfeiture,  but  not  so  with  ecclesi- 
astical preferment  in  England  or  Wales. 


THE  FOUNDATION  27 

The  most  drastic  change,  however,  was  that  the  Exhibitions  were 
thenceforth  to  be  awarded  by  public  competitive  examination.  This  was 
somewhat  grudgingly  agreed  to  by  the  Glasgow  authorities.  A  proposal  in 
the  same  direction  had  been  strongly  but  unavailingly  urged  in  1832,  1833, 
and  1834  by  Mr.  Henry  Cockburn  (afterwards  Lord  Cockburn),  then  Solicitor- 
General  for  Scotland,  and  Lord  Rector  of  Glasgow  University,  and  his 
letter  and  the  reply  thereto  occupy  many  pages  of  the  University  minutes.1 
The  subject  is  also  rather  amusingly  dealt  with  in  a  lengthy  pamphlet  of 
date  1835. 2  The  Memorialists  declare  that  one  nominee  "was  a  very  poor 
"  scholar,  and  below  par  in  every  respect ;  but  he  possessed  a  qualification, 
"  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  electors  must  have  overbalanced  every  other 
"  defect :  He  was  the  son  of  the  husband  of  the  Mother-in-law  of  Sir  Daniel 
"  Sandford."  The  alleged  inferiority  of  this  Exhibitioner  was  indignantly 
denied  in  the  "  Remarks,"  a  few  lines  from  which  may  be  quoted  as  showing 
the  then  prevailing  horror  of  competitive  examinations  :  "  The  wish  ascribed 
"  to  the  Students  (and  to  the  expression  of  which  they  have  been  most 
"  industriously  stirred  up)  that  the  Exhibitions  should  be  publicly  competed 
"for,  can  be  entertained  only  in  ignorance.  Distinguished  scholarship  is  an 
"essential,  but  not  the  sole  qualification  to  be  regarded  in  making  such 
"  appointments.  It  is  necessary  that  those  who  go  to  Oxford  should  possess 
"manners  and  habits  suited  to  that  seminary,  that  they  should  have  a  fair 
"prospect  of  benefiting  by  the  education  they  receive  there,  and  that  they 
"  should  possess  the  means  of  expending,  in  addition  to  the  amount  of  their 
"exhibition,  a  sum  more  than  double  the  average  expenditure  of  a  student  at 
"  Glasgow.  To  invite,  in  such  circumstances,  a  competition  by  which  scarcely 
"an  individual  could  profit,  would  be  an  absurd  and  insulting  mockery." 

Returning  from  this  digression,  it  falls  to  be  recorded  that  scarcely  had 
the  new  Scheme  been  set  agoing  when,  with  its  usual  ill-luck,  the  Snell 
Trust  was  once  more  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  which,  on  26th  May,  1860, 
held  that  the  Ordinance  was  invalid,  as  being  beyond  the  powers  of  the 
Commissioners,  and  referred  to  the  Chief  Clerk  to  settle  a  Scheme,  which  he 
accordingly  did,  the  Court  granting  confirmation  thereof  on  igth  June,  1861. 

1  The  spirit  in  which  Mr.  Cockburn's  overtures  were  received  may  be  gathered  from  the  opening 
words  of  the  Minute  (25th  Feb.,  1834)  in  which  they  are  recorded:  "The  Faculty  without  pronouncing 
"on  the  validity  of  Mr.  Solicitor-General's  election  as  Lord  Rector  and  reserving  the  full  effect  of 
"  the  Protests  taken  against  such  election  by  many  Members  of  Faculty  and  Senate,  deliberated  at 
"great  length,"  etc.,  etc. 

2 "  A  Memorial  respecting  the  present  state  of  the  College  of  Glasgow  by  the  Regius  Professors 
"of  Chemistry  and  Materia  Medica  addressed  to  the  Members  of  Parliament  for  that  city  with 
"Remarks  by  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College,  1835.  Glasgow,  Reprinted  by 
"G.  Richardson,  1841." 


28  THE  FOUNDATION 

Its  terms  are  practically  identical  with  those  of  the  discredited  Ordinance, 
with  an  additional  provision  excluding  from  the  competition  all  who  are  over 
21  years  of  age  or  who  have  been  members  of  the  University  of  Oxford  of  more 
than  two  years'  standing.  The  stipend  was  then  and  for  eleven  years  afterwards 
announced  as  .£108  per  annum.  The  Charity  Estates  were  formally  conveyed 
to  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Balliol  College,  as  permanent  Trustees,  in  1862. 

In  1867,  another  Chancery  Order  was  obtained,  which  reduced  the  dis- 
qualifying membership  at  Oxford  to  one  year,  and  substituted  for  the  age 
limit  of  1861  an  enactment  that  "no  candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  ex- 
"  amination  more  than  once  after  he  shall  have  completed  his  23rd  year,  but 
"  a  candidate  shall  not  be  excluded  from  examination  on  the  ground  that 
"he  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Glasgow." 

The  next  Chancery  Order  was  dated  2nd,  and  approved  I4th  December, 
1872;  and,  as  all  subsequent  changes  have  been  made  by  agreement  in 
virtue  of  section  i  thereof,  it  has  not  since  been  found  necessary  to  enter 
the  only  too  familiar  legal  portals.  That  Order  made  very  little  material 
change,  save  that,  subject  to  agreements,  the  greatest  number  of  Exhibi- 
tioners should  be  fourteen,  the  stipend  of  each  £1 10,  and  the  number  annually 
appointed  not  more  than  three.  Five  years  was  continued  as  the  period  oJ 
tenure.  The  acceptance  of  office  in  the  Indian  Civil  Service  was  added  to 
the  previously  existing  grounds  of  forfeiture.  As  the  Order  forms  the  basis 
of  the  present  regulations  of  the  Trust,  it  is  printed  at  length  in  Appendix  V. 

By  Agreement  dated  2nd  April,  1878,  the  Annual  Stipend  was  raised 
to  £132,  the  number  of  Exhibitions  reduced  after  3ist  December,  1880,  to 
eleven,  and  after  3ist  December,  1881,  to  ten,  the  number  of  annual  elections 
remaining  at  three. 

By  another  Agreement  dated  I3th  May,  1881,  the  emoluments  of  all 
Exhibitioners  appointed  after  5th  April  of  that  year  were  reduced  to  £110. 
This  was  rendered  necessary  by  a  serious  diminution  in  the  revenue  of  the 
landed  estates. 

This  decrease  continuing,  still  another  Agreement  was  made  on  2ist 
January,  1886,  reducing  the  allowances  to  .£80  a  year.  The  period  of  tenure 
was  continued  as  five  years,  but  Balliol  College  agreed  "  to  pay  the  whole 
"  sum  of  £400  to  each  Exhibitioner  during  the  first  three  years  of  his  tenure 
"  in  equal  annual  sums  .  .  .  provided  that  a  moiety  of  the  last  annual  pay- 
"  ment  shall  be  kept  back,  if  the  College  think  fit,  until  the  Exhibitioner 
"have  taken  his  Degree." 

This  arrangement  has  continued  down  to  the  present  time,  and,  owing 
to  the  state  of  the  funds,  only  one  Exhibitioner  is  elected  annually. 


THE    FOUNDATIONERS. 


ROBERT    CARNEGIE.  23rd  June,  1699. 

Born  at  Farnell,  near  Brechin,  Forfarshire,  circa  1686.  Elder  son  of  the  Very 
Rev.  Charles  Carnegie  (D.D.  St.  And.  1685),  sometime  Regent  in  St.  Leonard's 
College,  St.  Andrews,  thereafter  Minister  of  Farnell  (1684-94),  and  Dean  of  Brechin, 
by  his  marriage,  on  2ist  February,  1685,  with  Barbara,  youngest  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  George  Martin,  one  of  the  Ministers  of  Dundee.  Dean  Carnegie  died  in  July, 
1694,  aged  circa  38,  survived  by  his  wife,  who  afterwards  married  the  Very  Rev. 
Robert  Scott,  Dean  of  Glasgow,  and  died  before  1722.  The  Exhibitioner  had 
two  brothers,  namely,  James,  Exhibitioner  of  1709  (q.v.),  and  Alexander,  Merchant 
in  London.  Dean  Carnegie  was  fifth  son  of  Sir  Alexander  Carnegie  (first  Knight 
and  first  Laird  of  Pittarrow,  Kincardineshire),  younger  brother  of  James,  second 
Earl  of  Southesk.  Sir  Alexander  became  Laird  of  Pittarrow  in  1639;  married, 
prior  to  251)1  June,  1640,  Margaret  (who  died  soon  after  November,  1701),  a 
daughter  of  his  neighbour  the  Laird  of  Arbuthnot,  and  sister  of  the  first  Viscount 
of  Arbuthnot;  and  himself  died  March,  1682.  He  had  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters.  The  eldest  son,  Sir  David,  first  Baronet  and  second  Laird  of  Pittarrow, 
was  three  times  married,  had  nine  sons  and  eight  daughters,  and  died  November, 
1708.  The  second,  James  of  Odmeston,  was  Sheriff  Depute  of  Forfarshire,  and 
died,  unmarried,  before  3oth  June,  1677.  The  third,  Alexander,  born  circa  1643, 
became  an  Accountant  in  London,  and  was  alive  in  1730.  The  fourth,  Robert, 
died  before  28th  June,  1671.  The  fifth,  as  before  stated,  was  the  Exhibitioner's 
father.  The  sixth,  Mungo,  studied  at  Leyden ;  became  Advocate  and  Sheriff  Clerk 
of  Haddingtonshire ;  acquired  the  estate  of  Birkhill  in  Fife ;  married  Janet,  second 
daughter  of  William  Dick  of  Grange  and  Elizabeth  Leslie  of  Newton;  and  died 
before  3151  May,  1708,  leaving  two  daughters,  namely,  Margaret,  who  married 
Mr.  Black  of  Haddo,  and  Janet,  who  died  unmarried.  The  seventh,  Andrew, 
is  supposed  to  have  died,  unmarried,  soon  after  i4th  June,  1677.  The  eldest 
daughter,  Margaret,  married  James  Carnegie  of  Balnamoon,  and  had  issue.  The 
second,  Catherine,  married  Thomas  Allan.  The  third,  Janet,  married,  circa  Sep- 
tember, 1692,  Captain  Walter  Keith  of  Montrose  (a  son  of  the  Laird  of  Jackston, 
Kincardineshire),  who  died  2ist  March,  1742.  \Vide  also  James  Douglas, 

Exhibitioner  of  1723.] 

29 


3o  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  isth  March,  1699. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  July,  1699.  Graduated  B.A.  1703, 
M.A.  I5th  January,  1705-6.  Vacated  Exhibition  1710. 

Became  a  Doctor  of  Medicine,  and  settled  in  London.  Executed  at  West- 
minster, on  25th  August,  1717,  a  testamentary  deed  by  which  he  left  the  principal 
part  of  his  personal  estate  to  his  stepfather,  Dean  Scott  (supra),  and  to  John 
Wemyss,  Surgeon  in  Westminster.  Was  at  Leyden  in  July,  1721,  but  probably  only 
on  a  visit. 

In  1715,  the  Exhibitioner  and  his  brother  James  (supra)  were  nominated  by 
James,  fifth  Earl  of  Southesk,  to  the  succession  to  the  Southesk  estates,  failing  the 
issue  male  of  the  Earl  himself,  and  of  Sir  John  Carnegie  of  Pittarrow,  and  of 
David  Carnegie,  his  brother.  This  succession,  however,  never  opened  to  either 
of  the  Exhibitioners. 

Died,  without  issue,  about  end  of  1721. 

*  ROBERT  DUNCAN.  23rd  June,  1699. 

Born  at  Kilbirnie,  Ayrshire,  circa  1686.  Son  of  the  Rev.  Alexander  Duncan 
(M.A.  Glasg.  1675),  sometime  Minister  of  Kilbirnie,  from  which  charge  he  was 
"outed  by  the  rabble"  in  1688,  thereafter  (1715)  Incumbent  of  a  Jacobite 
Episcopal  Congregation  in  Glasgow,  and  (1724)  a  Bishop  of  that  body,  and  who 
died  in  January,  1733,  aged  78.  So  keen  were  the  political  feelings  of  Bishop 
Duncan,  that  he  refused  the  Communion  to  an  English  officer,  because  the  latter  would 
not  acknowledge  the  holding  of  a  commission  from  King  George  to  be  a  sin.  The 
Bishop  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Duncan,  minister  of  New 
Kilpatrick,  who  also  was  "  outed."  The  Exhibitioner  had  a  sister  named  Grizell. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  151(1  March,  1699. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  July,  1699.  Graduated  B.A.  1703, 
M.A.  1706.  Vacated  Exhibition  1710. 

Beyond  the  fact  that  in  1710  he  was  a  Student  of  Medicine,  nothing  is  known 
of  his  career. 

*#  CHARLES   GREGORY.  23rd  June,  1699. 

Born  at  Kinairdy,  Parish  of  Marnoch,  Banffshire,  I4th  February,  1681.  Fourth 
son  of  David  Gregory  of  Kinairdy  (1625-1720),  mathematician  and  mechanician,  by 
his  marriage,  on  isth  February,  1672,  with  Isabel,  daughter  of  John  Gordon,  bailie 
and  merchant  in  Aberdeen.  David  Gregory  had  previously  married,  8th  February, 
1655,  Jean  (who  died  October,  1671),  daughter  of  Patrick  Walker  of  Orchiston,  also 
an  Aberdeen  merchant.  Of  this  first  marriage  there  were  fifteen  children  (seven  sons 
and  eight  daughters),  and  of  the  second  marriage  there  were  fourteen  (eight  sons,  five 
daughters,  and  an  "  infant "  whose  sex  has  not  been  noted),  making  twenty-nine  in 
all.  Several  of  these  were  still-born,  and  fully  one-half  of  the  others  died  in  infancy, 
in  childhood,  or  in  early  youth.  None  of  them  call  for  special  mention,  except 
those  specified  in  the  annexed  pedigree.  As  shown  thereby,  the  family  is  descended 


g 

-^ 

'                                                                                                                      S 

I" 

|| 

1 

r 

1.               a  , 

1 
EV.  ARCH 
ibitioner). 

•a  ^ 

I2O-2I, 

of  Med. 
of  Med.  i 

11 

1-s 

•|St                        &5*ai 

a!f 

js 

"38 

3"C 

^ 

"rt  ^ 

Ss 

^-2                                                                                                   .^^^H.  

^ 

E  tu 

'5  C 

o 

•o  . 

•^*4>                               1^                                 S  *O     .   J?  X  -S 

^ 

^  3 

c  cu 

..  fc 

t/1 

•3  ° 

v8              "*  M  i^                O                     t^,  ^*i3         w 

g 

&* 

"«*^2 

1 

u 

S  OS 

jfi 

L«.g 

M 

1 

S-s^s         -•"«            E-SuiiTi 

S^l-o         M--sS             ^i<:sl 

y  ^  Cu 

c" 

*""**§   4J   ^                    rt  -ri   M                                      «             """' 

^ 

§l3    • 

-1- 

<*S  M           •—  ><B  c'                     a- 

2 

S'e'fl 

E 

^•s^           s< 

"O 

co  k.                    .; 

Jj 

£  c 

5 

—  o                    S 

<n 

•HI 

—  S                S 

L. 

Y, 

Professorship 

id  Anderson  i 
d.  1629,  co 

V 

g 

»—  I 

1 

j:  >                                                ~ 
I"                                                S 

1                -1             I              J^ 
Is                                                    Sti  m 
^           M  2  -s    .          al   .      —  S  *  b 

WILLIAM 
(Exhibitione 

P<     „ 

8  1 

tx 

tN 

rt       en 

Q     5 

1 

m 

-llll-fll   All 

w    g 

-1- 

13 
fi 

'S 

U  x'*  "          &  "               § 

O    6 

•—              M 

-3 

•o 
o 

a, 

.jl                 V       IO 

D 

•5 

a.           £ 

fe  •§ 

O     " 

S  ^ 

i—  1       P 

HH          CT 

I      =     S     -o 

g.       !         5      J 

|T      £      B!        TJ 

1        R       ^         °" 

3      U      —      M 

U        <_        J2         0» 

1 

•         qj 
i/l      ^ 

s-  ;  o 

K      Jt         M 

1 

•O 
'C            s 

(V                    Q 
»                  ° 

i. 
:es  of  Med. 

s 

M 

"o 

.u 

00 

1 

:  OF  THE  FAM 
Macgregors  of  Glenur 

o   2   I   | 

c      o       oj      JS 

S~Sf~j~S- 

•§  &  r  « 

QJ           CJ           tt           O 

1  '  I     I     I 

»    £  f  I 

^      M    ^     n 
o       i>      5      i—  ' 

r^ts 

o      as? 

u         'O          2 

^         O        -^ 
(O        of      "O 

|      0      § 

H        W        fa 

>—  >         J)          (U 

i! 

o 

• 

"S 
c 

C? 

1 

0 

c 

M            O       _       .    U7 

S       •   S 

S                  2 
I-                 05 

a          C, 

S3     " 

-  "  S    <j,TJ 

J-dafl 

—  6   --'Rs- 

4,53^ 

M*^                     W 

.S     -H 
bj       rt 

|S 

oo  o/ 

s"  M.s 

111 

M 
|k 

I 

00 

M 

?! 

1 

u 

W    •£ 

c     0 

i 

"o 

>—  1 

•dJ'-i 

CJ 

C 

o 

> 

tt""~~ 

o  1 

s 

s 

V 

-  ""^Sf 

g 

Q    -.§ 

rt 

"~l«o"a  ^^ 

Pi     'a 

"^•Sfc-S1? 

.  o  " 

^>  DS-O 

V 

jjT 

CJ 

*O  x 

1-1   O 

< 

Q 

i  ^* 

d 

c    . 

S                a 

v« 

^(J  "^  

£                "3 

C 

"*H      *O 

_j                  U    . 

8 

\o 

rt              yj              '"     f  '     ^j 

W5 

rs  M 

Q-t           U           H  >M   J 

6 

II           ^          ^  ^>    "^ 

•8 

rt  -0 

.  —      ^  ^       P; 

V 

Q 

vo         Q         x  *"" 

+* 

O        ^3^5 

M 

•°'       """      ^  fc  < 

c 

—                     O 

| 

^                    o? 

o 

•5 

,2 

9 

c    . 

j 

oo  2  £  oo'            2 

o 

rx    .  tn  ^.           K  xo" 

CO 

•rf_»a      "     -a-d  'T 

iioSv 

0,  ™ 


'^B 

20 


32  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

from  the  main  line  of  the  Macgregors  of  Glenurquhay  (from  which  Rob  Roy  likewise 
sprung),  and  has  supplied  the  extraordinary  number  of  fourteen  Professors  to  British 
Universities  within  a  period  of  less  than  two  centuries.  It  will  be  observed  that  the 
Exhibitioner  himself  was  a  Professor,  as  were  one  uncle,  two  brothers,  one  cousin, 
one  son,  two  nephews  (including  Thomas  Reid,  the  metaphysician),  one  grand-nephew, 
two  second-cousins,  one  third-cousin,  and  two  fourth-cousins,  and  that  a  cousin  of  his 
great-grandfather  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  University  of  Paris.  William 
Gregory,  Exhibitioner  of  1777  (q.v.),  and  Dorothea  Gregory,  wife  of  Archibald 
Alison,  Exhibitioner  of  1775  (q-v-)>  were  the  Exhibitioner's  third-cousins.  Thomas 
Rose,  Exhibitioner  of  1797  (q.v.),  was  his  grand-nephew. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  during  Sessions 
1696-97  and  1697-98. 

He  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1698-99. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  July,  1699.  Graduated  B.A.  1701, 
M.A.  1704.  Vacated  Exhibition  1709. 

In  1707  he  was  created  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  University  of  St. 
Andrews  by  Queen  Anne,  and  held  the  Chair  till  1739,  wnen  he  resigned  it  in  favour 
of  his  son  David. 

Married  Margaret  Campbell.  Issue  :  Margaret,  baptised  2ist  December,  1710; 
David,  baptised  igth  September,  1712;  Isabel,  baptised  zgth  January,  1714.  David, 
as  above  stated,  succeeded  his  father  as  Professor  of  Mathematics  at  St.  Andrews  in 
1739,  and  he  appears  to  have  held  the  Chair  till  1763.  He  died  in  1765.  He 
married  a  Miss  Paterson,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Charles  (infra),  and  a  daughter 
Catherine.  The  latter  married  Captain  John  Graham-Bonar,  of  Greigston,  Fifeshire, 
by  whom  she  had  issue.  Charles  (supra),  born  22nd  November,  1751,  entered  the 
service  of  the  East  India  Company,  and  was  Captain  of  an  Indiaman,  called  the 
"Fortitude."  He  married,  7th  June,  1787,  Catherine  Sophia  (who  died  8th  April, 
1821),  only  child  of  George  Macaulay,  M.D.,  of  London,  and  by  her  had  four 
children,  (i)  Catherine,  born  igth  August,  1788,  married  July,  1813,  John  Fortescue 
Brickdale  (by  whom  she  had  issue),  and  died  i8th  December,  1870;  (2)  David 
William  (infra),  born  25th  April,  1790;  (3)  Charles,  born  i4th  April,  1791,  became 
a  Captain  in  the  i3th  Light  Dragoons,  served  through  the  Peninsular  War  and  at 
Waterloo,  afterwards  sold  out  of  the  Army,  and  died,  unmarried,  i6th  October,  1858; 
(4)  George,  born  2ist  November,  1792,  M.A.  Oxon.,  Barrister-at-Law,  died  unmarried. 
David  William  (supra),  was  M.A.  Oxon.,  and  a  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn. 
In  1825  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Police  Magistrates  of  London,  and  sat  in  the 
Westminster  Police  Court.  He  married  Eleanor  St.  Barbe  White,  by  whom  he  had 
four  children,  and  died  isth  October,  1842.  The  children  are  (i),  Colonel  Charles 
Frederick,  C.B.,  who  married  Henrietta  Amy  Lawrence,  and  has,  with  other  issue,  a 
son,  David  George,  who  likewise  entered  the  Army  ;  (2)  George  Wayne,  who  married 
Eliza  Sarah  Harwood,  and  has  issue ;  (3)  Eleanor  Mary,  who  died  24th  February, 
1856;  (4)  Catherine  Blanche. 

Published  Writings  of  Exhibitioner  :  Several  Mathematical  Treatises. 
The  Exhibitioner  died  at  St.  Andrews,  ^th  September,  1754. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  33 

**JAMES  MONRO.  23rd  June,  1699. 

Born  at  VVemyss,  Fifeshire,  and  September,  1680.  Only  son  of  the  Rev. 
Alexander  Monro  (D.D.  St.  And.  1682),  by  his  marriage,  on  6th  May,  1673,  with 
Anna  Logan,  in  the  parish  of  Aberdour.  Of  this  union  there  were  also  two 
daughters,  Anna  and  Elizabeth,  and  the  father  subsequently  married  Marion  Cul- 
lace.  He  was  great-great-grandson  of  Robert  Munro,  seventeenth  Baron  of  Foulis 
(who  fell  at  Pinkie  in  1547),  and  became  Minister  of  the  Second  Charge,  Dun- 
fermline,  in  1673,  of  Kinglassie  in  1676,  and  of  Wemyss  in  1678.  In  1682  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Divinity  in  St.  Mary's  College,  St  Andrews,  and  in  1685 
he  succeeded  to  the  Principalship  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  and  the  ministry 
of  the  High  Church  there.  Having  adopted  Episcopacy,  he  resigned  both  these 
offices  at  the  Revolution.  Befriended  by  John,  Viscount  Dundee,  he  was  nominated 
to  the  Bishopric  of  Argyll  on  24th  October,  1688,  but  was  never  elected  or  conse- 
crated, and  he  demitted  on  29th  April,  1689.  The  authorities  give  diverse  accounts 
of  his  subsequent  career,  some  asserting  that  he  settled  in  London,  and  others 
that  he  held  an  Episcopal  living  in  Edinburgh.  The  year  of  his  decease  is  vari- 
ously noted  as  1691,  1698,  1700,  and  1715.  The  place  of  death  is  sometimes 
given  as  Edinburgh,  and  sometimes  as  England. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  July,  1699.  Graduated 
B.A.  1703,  M.A.  1708,  B.  Med.  1709,  D.  Med.  1722.  Vacated  Exhibition  1710. 

Practised  in  London  as  a  Physician,  and  attained  repute  for  his  treatment  in 
cases  of  insanity.  Was  admitted  a  Candidate  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians 
in  1728,  and  a  Fellow  in  1729.  Elected  Physician  to  Bethlehem  Hospital  for 
Lunatics,  1728,  and  to  Bridewell. 

Dr.  John  Monro  (1715-91),  also  an  expert  in  lunacy,  was  the  Exhibitioner's 
son  ;  Dr.  Thomas  Monro  (1759-1833),  physician  and  connoisseur,  was  his  grandson; 
Dr.  Edward  Thomas  Monro  (1790-1856)  was  his  great-grandson;  the  Rev.  Edward 
Monro  (1815-66),  divine  and  author,  and  Dr.  Henry  Monro  (1817-91),  physician 
and  philanthropist,  were  his  great-great-grandsons. 

Published  writings:  Oratio  anniversaria  ex  Harvaei  institute,  habita  1737. 

Died  at  Sunninghill,  Berks.,  4th  November,  1752.  Buried  in  Sunninghill 
Church. 

**JAMES  CARNEGIE.  8th  October,  1709. 

Born,  either  at  Brechin  or  Farnell,  circa  1695.  Younger  brother  of  Robert 
Carnegie,  Exhibitioner  of  1699  (q.v.). 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  ist  March,   1708. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  November,  1709.  Vacated  Exhibition  by 
27th  September,  1710.  Said  to  have  been  expelled,  but  reason  of  expulsion  not 
given. 

Was  in  South  Carolina  in  1717,  and  in  1720  resided  at  Charlestown  there. 
Was,  shortly  afterwards,  mate  of  the  sloop  "Ruby,"  and,  on  gth  February,  1721, 
wrote  to  his  brother  Robert  (supra)  a  letter  dated  from  that  ship,  in  the  Bay  of 
Honduras,  stating  that  "he  was  not  master  of  his  journals,  else  he  would  have 

c 


34  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

sent  a  particular  account  of  what  had  happened  to  him  since  he  had  last  left 
Jamaica,"  which  place  he  would  thus  seem  to  have  at  least  visited  on  more  than 
one  occasion. 

Was  spoken  of  in  1720  as  being  married,  but  "his  wife  predeceased  him, 
and,  having  no  offspring  by  her,  he  lost  a  good  fortune,  by  which  he  was  much 
disappointed." 

Was  drowned,  probably  in  the  end  of  1721  or  beginning  of  1722,  very  soon 
after  Robert's  death. 

**JAMES  STIRLING.  6th  January,  1710-11. 

Born  at  Garden  (then  but  not  now  in  the  parish  of  St.  Ninians),  Stirlingshire, 
previous  to  nth  May,  1692.  Baptised  on  ist  August  of  that  year.  Third  son  of 
Archibald  Stirling  of  Garden,  by  his  second  wife  Anna  (Marriage  Contract  dated 
26th  January,  1686),  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Hamilton  of  Haggs,  near 
Linlithgow.  Archibald  Stirling  was  born  2ist  March,  1651,  and  died  igth  August, 
1715.  Mrs.  Stirling  died  before  20th  January,  1735.  They  had  four  sons  and 
five  daughters.  The  eldest  son,  James,  died  in  childhood.  The  second,  John, 
acquired  Garden  from  his  half-brother  Archibald  (infra)  in  1718.  The  third,  as 
already  stated,  was  the  Exhibitioner.  The  fourth,  Charles,  went  to  Kingston,  Jamaica, 
became  a  Merchant  there,  and  died,  unmarried,  after  1739.  The  eldest  daughter, 
Marion,  baptised  2nd  August,  1690,  died  before  nth  May,  1692.  The  second, 
Elizabeth,  and  the  third,  Margaret,  both  died  young,  and  the  latter  was  interred 
in  Greyfriars'  Churchyard,  Edinburgh,  27th  October,  1701.  The  fourth,  Anna,  died 
at  Leadhills,  unmarried,  8th  April,  1747.  The  fifth,  Mary,  also  died  unmarried. 
The  father's  first  wife  (whom  he  married  in  April,  1677,  and  who  died  zoth  July, 
1679)  was  Margaret,  only  daughter  of  Sir  Gideon  Baillie  of  Lochend,  and  widow 
of  Sir  John  Colquhoun  of  Luss,  Baronet.  The  only  son  of  this  marriage  was 
Archibald,  who  succeeded  to  Garden  on  the  death  of  his  father,  disposed  of  the 
estate  to  his  half-brother  John  (supra),  and  had  a  chequered  career  in  London. 

The  Exhibitioner  is  said  to  have  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  but 
his  name  does  not  appear  in  the  Matriculation  Album. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  January,  1710-11.  Through  the 
interest  of  the  Earl  of  Mar,  he  was  nominated  to  a  Warner  Exhibition,  and  paid 
a  guinea  of  "drink  money  for  the  nomination."  He  was  expelled  from  Oxford 
for  corresponding  with  members  of  the  Keir  and  Garden  families,  who  were  noted 
Jacobites,  and  had  been  accessory  to  the  "Gathering  of  the  Brig  of  Turk"  in  1708. 

Making  his  way  to  Venice,  he  employed  himself  in  the  study  of  mathematics, 
and  afterwards  became  known  as  "  The  Venetian."  Having  discovered  the  trade 
secrets  of  the  glass-makers  of  Venice,  he  returned  home,  circa  1725,  from  dread  of 
assassination,  and,  with  the  help  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  established  himself  in  London. 
There  he  remained  for  ten  years,  during  the  greater  part  of  which  time  he  was 
connected  with  an  Academy  in  Little  Tower  Street.  In  1735  he  was  appointed 
manager  to  the  Scots  Mining  Company  at  Leadhills,  Lanarkshire.  In  1746  he  was 
suggested  as  a  candidate  for  the  Mathematical  Chair  in  Edinburgh  University, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


35 


then  vacant  by  the  death  of  Colin  Maclaurin,  but  his  Jacobite  principles 
rendered  his  appointment  impossible.  In  1752  he  was  presented  with  a  silver 
kettle  and  stand  (now  in  the  possession  of  James  Stirling,  Esq.  of  Garden,  the 
present  representative  of  the  family),  bearing  this  inscription  :  "  A  compliment  made 
by  the  Town  Council  of  Glasgow  to  James  Stirling,  mathematician,  for  his  services, 
pains,  and  trouble  in  surveying  the  river  [Clyde]  towards  deepening  it  by  locks, 
ist  July,  1752." 

Was  elected  F.R.S.  in  December,  1726. 

Married  a  daughter  of  Watson  of  Thirtyacres,  near  Stirling,  and  left  one 
daughter,  Christian,  who  became  the  wife  of  her  cousin,  Archibald  Stirling  of 
Garden.  She  died  in  giving  birth  to  her  only  son,  the  late  James  Stirling  of  Garden. 

Published  writings:  Linese  Tertii  Ordinis  Newtonians,  1717;  Methodus 
Differentialis  Newtoniana  illustrata  (Royal  Society),  1718;  Methodus  Differentialis, 
sive  Tractatus  de  Summatione  et  Interpolatione  Serierum  Infinitarum,  1730;  On 
the  Figure  of  the  Earth,  and  on  the  Variation  of  the  Force  of  Gravity  at  its  Surface 
(Royal  Society),  1735  ;  A  Description  of  a  Machine  to  blow  Fire  by  the  Fall  of 
Water  (Royal  Society),  1745.  Left  also  two  volumes  in  manuscript  of  a  treatise 
on  weights  and  measures,  and  a  number  of  papers  and  letters,  which  are  preserved 
at  Garden. 

Died  at  Edinburgh,  5th  December,  1770.  Buried,  three  days  later,  in  Greyfriars' 
Churchyard  there. 

**  JAMES   ECCLES  of  Eccles  and  Kildonan.  I2th  October,  1710. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1695.  Third  son  of  William  Eccles  of  Eccles  and 
Kildonan,  Physician  in  Edinburgh,  who  was  three  times  married,  and  had  twenty 
children  in  all,  ten  sons  and  ten  daughters.  His  first  wife  was  Jean,  second 
daughter  of  Alexander  Miln  of  Carriden,  Linlithgowshire,  who  bore  him  six  sons 
and  four  daughters,  namely,  Alexander;  Henry;  James  (the  Exhibitioner);  Charles; 
William;  Hugh;  Margaret;  Katharine,  who  married  David  Craigie,  Merchant  in 
Edinburgh  (a  son  of  Craigie  of  Kilgraston),  and  had  issue ;  Jean,  who  married  James 
Robertson,  Surgeon  in  Edinburgh,  and  had  issue ;  and  Mary,  who  married  Thomas 
Allan  of  Drumsheugh,  Dean  of  Guild  of  Edinburgh,  and  had  issue.  The  second 
wife  was  Margaret  Wedderburn  (eldest  daughter  of  Sir  John  Wedderburn  of 
Blackness,  Baronet),  who  had  four  sons  and  five  daughters,  namely,  Martin  (infra) ; 
William ;  David ;  Alexander ;  Elizabeth,  who  married  Dr.  Robert  Lewis,  Physician 
in  Edinburgh  (second  son  of  Lewis  of  Merchiston),  but  had  no  issue ;  Rachel,  who 
married  Thomas  Kyd,  Merchant  in  Edinburgh  (a  son  of  Kyd  of  Woodhill  and 
Craigie),  and  had  issue ;  Agnes ;  Mathilda ;  and  Margaret.  The  third  wife  was 
Dame  Eupham  Murray  (daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Murray  of  Melgum,  Baronet,  and 
widow  of  Sir  Walter  Seton,  Baronet),  who  had  one  daughter,  Eupham.  The  Eccles 
family  can  be  traced  back  to  at  least  the  time  of  King  Alexander  III. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  gth  March,  1710. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2  7th  October,  1710.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1716. 


36  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

"Jacobus  Eccles,  A.M."  (probably  the  Exhibitioner),  graduated  M.D.  of 
Edinburgh  University,  loth  November,  1718.  The  source  of  the  A.M.  degree 
does  not  appear. 

The  Exhibitioner  practised  as  a  Physician  in  Edinburgh. 

Succeeded  to  the  family  estates,  as  thirteenth  Laird,  on  the  death  of  his  father 
in  October,  1723,  his  elder  brothers,  Alexander  and  Henry,  having  predeceased. 

Died,  without  issue,  August,  1743. 

Was  succeeded  in  the  estates  by  his  half-brother  Martin  (supra),  likewise 
a  Physician  in  Edinburgh,  who  married  Jean,  eldest  daughter  of  Alexander  Trotter 
of  Cattlesheil,  and  had  two  daughters,  (i)  Margaret,  who  married  Henry  Lindsay, 
Merchant  in  Edinburgh  (a  son  of  Lindsay  of  Wolmerston)  and  had  issue,  (2) 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Major  Basil  Alves,  and  had  issue.  Dr.  Martin  Eccles  died 
at  Edinburgh,  7th  October,  1778.  The  estate  of  Kildonan  now  belongs  to  William 
Weir,  Esq.,  Ironmaster,  a  member  of  the  firm  of  William  Baird  &  Co.,  Limited. 

**  WILLIAM  FULLERTON.  I2th  October,  1710. 

Born  in  Argyleshire  circa  1695.  Son  of  the  Rev.  John  Fullerton,  who  is 
surmised  to  have  been  the  same  person  as  John  M'Cloy  or  Fullarton  (M.A.  Glas. 
1665),  proprietor  of  the  estate  of  Greenhall,  in  the  Parish  of  Kilmodan  (alias 
Glendaruel),  Argyleshire,  and  who  was  admitted  Minister  of  that  Parish  in  1669. 
Neglecting  to  take  the  Test  in  1681,  he  lost  the  benefice,  but,  petitioning,  i6th 
March,  1682,  still  to  be  allowed,  he  was  authorised  to  take  it  in  presence  of  the 
Bishop.  In  1684  he  was  translated  to  the  ministry  of  Paisley,  but  was  "outed" 
by  the  people  at  the  Revolution.  He  was  consecrated  a  Bishop  of  the  non-jurant 
Church  at  Edinburgh,  25th  January,  1705,  and  elected  to  the  Diocese  of  Edinburgh 
in  1720.  He  died  at  his  estate  of  Greenhall,  27th  April,  1727,  aged  about  82. 
He  married  Anna  Haldane,  who  died  28th  July,  1679,  and  John,  their  eldest  son, 
succeeded  to  the  property.  The  Exhibitioner,  however,  could  not  have  been  a 
child  of  this  marriage.  John  Fullarton  was  probably  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Donald 
M'Cloy  or  Fullarton  (M.A.  Glas.  1609),  who  was  also  Minister  of  Kilmodan 
(demitting  the  charge  in  1651),  by  his  marriage  with  a  daughter  of  James  Craufurd 
of  Flatterton. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  27th  October,  1710.  Gradu- 
ated B.  and  D.  Med.  (by  diploma)  i2th  April,  1728.  Vacated  Exhibition  1716. 

He  was  admitted  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians, 
Edinburgh,  1728;  a  Candidate  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  London,  301)1 
September,  1728;  and  a  Fellow  of  that  body  3oth  September,  1729.  He  was 
likewise  F.R.S.,  1731. 

Practised  in  London,  and  was  Physician  to  Christ's  Hospital. 

Died  i2th  March,   1737. 

**  GEORGE   LITTLEJOHN.  6th  November,   1710. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa    1695.      Son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Littlejohn,  M.A., 

sometime  Regent  of  Humanity  in  St.   Salvator's  College,  St.   Andrews,  thereafter 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


37 


Minister  of  Largs,  Ayrshire,  1680-90,  when  deprived  by  the  Act  of  Parliament 
restoring  the  Presbyterian  Ministers,  and  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  izth  November, 
1732,  aged  82.  He  married  Mary  Ramsay,  tgth  July,  1684. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  9th  March,  1710. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  27th  October,  1710.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1716. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

**  DAVID   DRUMMOND.  nth  March,  1716. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1702.  Son  of  David  Drummond  of  that  city,  who 
may  or  may  not  have  been  the  same  person  as  David  Drummond  (died  February, 
1741),  Treasurer  of  the  Bank  of  Scotland. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  March,  1716-7. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1720. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

**  GEORGE   STEUART.  8th  April,  1717. 

Born  at  Scone,  Perthshire,  circa  1703.  Son  of  David  Steuart  "of  Scone, 
Scotland,  gent." 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  7th  January,   1715. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  April,  1717.     Resigned  Exhibition  1723. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

**  CORNELIUS   CRAWFURD.  i6th  May,  1717. 

Born  in  Renfrewshire  circa  1703.      Son  of  Laurence  Crawfurd  of  Jordanhill. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  gth  March,  1714,  and  probably 
remained  there  three  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  May,  1717.  Graduated  B.A.  i6th 
January,  1720-21,  M.A.  1723.  Vacated  Exhibition  1728. 

Was  a  Clergyman  at  Hinton,  Wiltshire. 

Had  a  son  Laurence,  who  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  27th  March, 
1751,  aged  17. 

No  further  details  have  been  ascertained. 

**  THOMAS  CAMERON.  4th  July,  1717. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  1704.  Son  of  the  Rev.  John  Cameron  (M.A.  Glas. 
1667),  who  was  a  great-grandson  of  the  Rev.  John  Cameron,  Minister  of  Dunoon 
and  Kilmun  at  the  Reformation.  The  latter  is  said  to  have  been  a  brother  of 
Allan  Maclan  Duibh,  sixteenth  of  Lochiel.  The  Exhibitioner's  great-grand- 
uncle  (one  of  the  sons  of  the  Dunoon  Minister)  was  the  Rev.  John  Cameron, 
D.D.,  Principal  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  1622-23.  The  Exhibitioner's  father 
was  sometime  Chaplain  to  Colin  M'Kenzie  in  Ardoch,  thereafter  (1682-89) 
Minister  of  Kincardine,  Perthshire.  On  29111  August,  1689,  he  was  deprived  by 


38  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

the  Privy  Council  for  not  reading  the  Proclamation  of  the  Estates ;  not  praying 
for  their  majesties  William  and  Mary ;  employing  one  who  prayed  for  King 
James ;  not  observing  the  thanksgiving ;  not  reading  the  proclamation  for  the 
collection ;  bringing  down  the  rebels  to  rob  his  parishioners ;  and  saying,  if  God 
would  not  give  him  amends  of  them,  he  would  make  the  devil  do  it.  He 
died  at  Edinburgh,  6th  June,  1719,  aged  65.  He  was  twice  married,  (i)  on 
3rd  October,  1682,  to  Janet  Barclay,  and  (2)  in  January,  1701,  to  Elizabeth,  the 
Exhibitioner's  mother,  daughter  of  John  Luckly  or  Lucklow  (a  wealthy  citizen 
and  a  Bailie  of  Coupar)  by  Elizabeth  Scott,  who  numbered  among  her  ancestors 
the  Scotts  of  Balwearie,  the  Earls  of  Montrose,  and  the  Earls  of  Perth. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of 
Edinburgh. 

He  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  nth  January,  1717.  Gradu- 
ated M.D.  1764. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  (where  he  likewise  held  a  Warner  Exhibition) 
27th  June,  1717.  Graduated  B.A.  1721,  M.A.  gth  March,  1723-24.  Is  reputed  to 
have  attained  such  proficiency  as  a  Latin  scholar,  that  he  was  employed  as 
interpreter  when  learned  foreigners  visited  the  University.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1728.  Performed,  in  1729  and  1730,  his  exercises  for  the  Degrees  of  Bachelor 
and  Doctor  of  Medicine  of  Oxford. 

Practised  as  a  Physician  in  Worcester  for  fifty  years,  viz.,  1727-77.  Was  one 
of  the  promoters  of  the  Worcester  Infirmary  in  1745,  and  Physician  thereto.  Is 
said  to  have  written  learnedly  on  the  small-pox  and  on  the  measles  in  1752,  and 
to  have  introduced  the  practice  of  using  bark  for  the  latter  disease. 

On  25th  August,  1730,  he  matriculated  Arms  in  the  Lyon  Office,  Edinburgh. 

Married  (i)  Elizabeth  Severn,  who  died  without  issue,  (2)  i7th  September, 
1747,  Barbara  Ann,  daughter  of  William  Plowden  of  Plowden,  Salop,  an  officer 
in  the  Guards  of  James  II.,  by  Maria,  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Lyttleton,  Baronet, 
of  Hagley,  Worcestershire.  Issue  of  second  marriage:  (i)  Charles,  born  25th 
July,  1748,  B.A.  Oxon.  1768,  M.A.  1771,  B.  Med.  1774,  who  also  settled  in 
Worcester,  and,  like  his  father,  became  Physician  to  the  Infirmary,  holding  that 
post  from  1773  to  1816,  and  dying  27th  December,  1818;  (2)  Henry,  who 
married  Mary  Amphlett  of  Clent,  Worcestershire ;  (3)  Mary,  who  married  the 
Rev.  John  Lyster,  D.D.,  of  Rocksavage,  Co.  Roscommon,  Ireland.  Charles 
had  four  sons  and  two  daughters  (the  Exhibitioner's  grandchildren),  the  eldest 
of  whom,  Charles  Richard,  born  71)1  May,  1779,  became  Rector  of  Swaby, 
Lincolnshire.  Charles  Richard  had  five  sons  and  seven  daughters  (the 
Exhibitioner's  great-grandchildren),  the  eldest  of  whom,  Charles,  born  1807,  became 
Minister  of  St.  James'  Church,  Dudley.  Charles  had  one  son  and  five  daughters 
(the  Exhibitioner's  great-great-grandchildren).  The  son,  Charles  Hamilton  Hone, 
born  1852,  is  a  Medical  Practioner  at  Eastbourne,  and  has  issue  (the  Exhibitioner's 
great-great-great-grandchildren). 

The  Exhibitioner  died  2ist  November,  1777,  and  was  buried  in  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Worcester,  where  there  is  an  inscription  to  his  memory. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


39 


BRICE  COCHRANE.  2ist  March,  1721. 

Born  in    Renfrewshire   circa    1705.      Son  of  William  Cochrane  of  Ferguslie, 

near  Paisley,  an  estate  which  now  belongs  to  Sir  Thomas  Glen  Coats,  Bart.     "  Mrs. 

Grizel  Cochran,  widow  of  John   Cochran  of  Ferguslie   Esq.,  and  daughter  of  the 

deceased  William  Cochran  of  Kilmaronock  Esq.,"  died  at  Cardonald,  i2th  September, 

I7S3- 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  nth  March,  1720. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  151)1  July,  1721.  Graduated  B.A.  1725. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1732. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

**JAMES  DOUGLAS  of  Cavers.  nth  March,  1723. 

Born  at  Cavers,  near  Hawick,  Roxburghshire,  circa  1704.  Third  son  of 
Archibald  Douglas  of  Cavers,  by  his  marriage  with  Anna,  daughter  of  Francis  Scott 
of  Gorrenbery.  Archibald  Douglas  (a  direct  descendant  of  James  Douglas,  second 
Earl,  who  fell  at  Otterburn)  was  Receiver-General  for  Scotland,  1705-18,  Post- 
master-General for  Scotland,  1725,  and  M.P.  for  Roxburghshire  at  the  Union,  to 
which  he  was  a  consenter.  He  acted  as  Curator  for  the  Dukes  of  Douglas  and 
Queensberry  during  their  minorities,  and  was  actively  engaged  with  Argyll  and 
Carpenter  in  1715.  He  died  in  1741,  leaving  five  sons,  the  eldest  four  of  whom 
all  succeeded  to  Cavers.  The  first,  William,  M.P.  for  Roxburghshire,  1742,  died, 
unmarried,  in  January,  1 748.  The  second,  Archibald,  Postmaster-General  for  Scotland, 
and  last  heritable  Sheriff  of  Teviotdale  (hereditary  jurisdictions  having  been  abolished 
in  1745),  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hugh  Scott  of  Gala,  and  died  in  January, 
1774.  The  third,  as  above  stated,  was  the  Exhibitioner.  The  fourth,  John,  Captain 
R.N.,  married  Ann,  also  a  daughter  of  Hugh  Scott  of  Gala,  and  died  3Oth  May, 
1786.  The  fifth,  Alexander,  died  28th  April,  1780.  John  was  succeeded  in  Cavers 
by  his  cousin  George,  who  married  Lady  Grace  Stuart  (daughter  of  Francis,  eighth 
Earl  of  Moray),  and  died  1815,  succeeded  by  his  son  James,  who  married  Emma, 
daughter  of  Sir  David  Carnegie,  fourth  Baronet  of  Pittarrow  [  Vide  Robert  Carnegie, 
Exhibitioner  of  1699,  and  James  Carnegie,  Exhibitioner  of  1709],  and  died  1861. 
His  son  James,  born  1822,  was  the  next  Laird  of  Cavers;  married,  23rd  June, 
1858,  Mary  Graham,  daughter  of  Sir  Andrew  Agnew,  seventh  Baronet  of  Lochnaw  ; 
and  died,  without  issue,  1878,  succeeded  by  his  niece,  Mary  Malcolm,  only  child 
of  his  sister  Mary,  who  married,  1857,  William  Elphinstone  Malcolm  of  Burnfoot, 
Dumfriesshire,  and  died  1859.  Miss  Malcolm  became,  on  i2th  November,  1879, 
the  wife  of  Captain  Edward  Palmer,  sometime  of  the  Rifle  Brigade,  who  was 
born  1 8th  September,  1836,  and  on  his  marriage  assumed  the  additional  name  of 
Douglas. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Eton. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  March,  1720-21.  Graduated  B.A.  1724, 
M.A.  1727,  B.  and  D.D.  1761.  Vacated  Exhibition  1734. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  became  Prebendary  of 
Durham  Cathedral. 


40  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Succeeded  to  Cavers  in  1774  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Archibald  (supra). 
Married,  May,  1750,  Jean  (who  died  at  Durham  ist  September,  1782),  daughter 
of  James  Halyburton  of  Pitcur. 

Died  at  his  house  in  Durham,  without  issue,  zgth  July,   1780. 

WILLIAM  M'GILCHRIST.  I4th  October,  1728. 

Born  at  Northbar,  Parish  of  Inchinnan,  Renfrewshire,  circa  1711.  Son  of 
James  M'Gilchrist  of  Northbar,  who  died  at  Glasgow,  2ist  December,  1750.  Archi- 
bald M'Gilchrist  of  Northbar,  one  of  the  Town  Clerks  of  Glasgow,  was  the 
Exhibitioner's  elder  brother.  Their  sister  Elisabeth  died  at  Northbar  in  September, 
1808,  aged  93,  and  a  younger  sister,  Janet,  died  there  7th  October,  1811,  at 
the  same  age. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  4th  March, 
1723,  and  probably  remained  there  several  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  December,  1728.  Graduated  B.A.  1732, 
M.A.  1735. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

THE  HON.   GIDEON   MURRAY.  I4th  October,  1728. 

Born  at  Ballencrieff,  East  Lothian,  5th  February,  1710.  Third  son  of 
Alexander,  fourth  Baron  Elibank,  and  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  Stirling, 
Surgeon  in  Edinburgh,  and  M.P.  for  that  city.  All  the  sons  of  this  Lord  Elibank 
displayed  military  proclivities  more  or  less  strong.  The  eldest,  Patrick,  fifth  Baron, 
was  admitted  Advocate  in  1723,  but  entered  the  Army  and  became  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  accompanying  in  1740  the  expedition  under  Lord  Cathcart  to  Carthagena. 
The  second,  George,  sixth  Baron,  an  officer  in  the  Navy,  was  Commander  of  the 
"Trial"  sloop  of  war,  one  of  the  squadron  under  Anson  which  in  1740  made  the 
circumnavigation  of  the  globe.  Even  the  third,  our  Exhibitioner,  albeit  belonging 
to  a  far  different  profession,  did  not  altogether  escape  the  fraternal  experiences,  for,  as 
Chaplain-General  to  the  Army,  he  was  present  with  King  George  II.  at  the  Battle 
of  Dettingen  in  June,  1748.  The  fourth,  Alexander,  was  an  enthusiastic  Jacobite. 
The  fifth,  James,  a  distinguished  General  and  Governor  of  Minorca,  etc.,  was  Junior 
Brigadier  under  Wolfe  at  Quebec  in  1759,  commanding  the  3rd  Brigade  on  the 
Plains  of  Abraham. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November, 
1726,  and  probably  remained  there  two  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  January,  1728-29.  Graduated  B.A. 
1732,  M.A.  1735,  B.D.  and  D.D.  1761. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Prebendary  of  Lincoln  1746, 
and  Vicar  of  Gainsborough  in  Lincolnshire.  Afterwards  Rector  of  Carlton  in 
Nottinghamshire.  Was  installed  Prebendary  of  the  Third  Stall  in  the  Cathedral 
of  Durham,  2oth  August,  1761.  Was  likewise  Chaplain-General  to  the  Army  as 
already  stated. 

Married    at    London,   3oth    June,    1746,    Elizabeth   (who    died    1796),    only 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


4' 


daughter  and  heiress  of  Marshal  David  Montolieu,  Baron  de  St.  Hypolite  of  the 
Holy  Roman  Empire  (a  General  in  the  British  service),  who  left  France  on  the 
revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  Issue:  Alexander  (born  24th  April,  1747,  died 
24th  September,  1820),  who  became  seventh  Baron,  the  fifth  and  sixth  Barons,  his 
uncles,  having  died  without  male  issue;  and  David  (born  loth  May,  1748,  died  8th 
May,  1794),  M.P.  for  (i)  Peebles  1785,  (2)  Radnor  1790. 
Died  at  London,  2ist  June,  1776. 

JOHN  WILLIAMSON.  izth  October,  1732. 

Born  at  Dumbarton  circa  1713.      Son  of  James  Williamson  of  Chappeltown. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1727,  and  probably 
remained  there  five  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  November,  1732.  Graduated  B.A. 
1736,  M.A.  1739.  Vacated  Exhibition  1740. 

"Major  John  Williamson,  of  Onslow's  foot,"  died  T\  August,  1744.  "  Dr.  John 
Williamson,  F.R.S.,  and  chaplain  to  the  British  factory"  at  Lisbon,  died  in  that 
city,  after  a  long  illness,  25th  February,  1763.  It  is  just  possible  that  one  of  these 
may  have  been  the  Exhibitioner. 

JOHN   PRESTON.  2nd  May,  1735. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1718.  A  younger  son  of  Sir  George  Preston  of 
Valleyfield,  Baronet. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1731,  and  probably 
remained  there  several  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  26th  August,  1735.  Graduated  B.A.  1739. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1743. 

Took  Holy  Orders,  and  became  Chaplain  to  the  26th  Regiment  of  Foot. 

Died  at  Edinburgh  on  Wednesday,  7th  March,  1781. 

*JAMES  STUART  MENTEATH  of  Closeburn.  2;th  November,  1736. 

Baptismal  name,  James  Menteath,  but  in  1770  assumed  the  additional  surname 
of  Stuart  "for  himself  and  his  posterity." 

Bora  at  Burrowine,  Perthshire,  circa  1718.  Son  of  William,  and  grandson  of 
James,  Menteath  of  Burrowine. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  1732. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  April,  1736.  Graduated  B.A.  1739, 
M.A.  1742.  Vacated  Exhibition  1747. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  became  Rector  of  Barrowby, 
Lincolnshire. 

Married,  i5th  April,  1765,  Catherine  Maria  (who  died  i4th  August,  1793), 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Granville  Wheler,  of  Otterden  Place,  Kent,  by  his  wife  Lady 
Catherine  Maria  Hastings,  daughter  of  Theophilus,  seventh  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  The 
Exhibitioner's  son,  Charles  Granville  Stuart  Menteath  of  Closeburn  and  Mansfield, 
Vice-Lieut,  of  Dumfriesshire,  born  i2th  May,  1769,  was  created  Baronet  nth  August, 
1838,  and  died  3rd  December,  1847.  Sir  Charles  had  at  least  three  sons  (i)  Sir 


42  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

James  Stuart  Menteth,1  second  Baronet,  born  igth  August,  1792,  married,  1846, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  Joseph  Bailey,  Bart.,  and  died,  without  issue,  27th  February, 
1870;  (2)  Thomas  Loughnan  Stuart  Menteath,  Captain  i6th  Lancers,  who  pre- 
deceased Sir  James;  (3)  Alexander  Stuart  Menteath,  born  joth  March,  1809, 
admitted  W.S.  loth  July,  1834,  married,  5th  August,  1841,  Harriet,  youngest 
daughter  of  Major-General  Patrick  Agnew  of  Lochnaw,  and  authoress  of  Lays  of 
the  Kirk  and  Covenant,  and  died  nth  August,  1885.  The  third  Baronet,  Sir  James 
Stuart  Menteth  (sometime  of  the  i7th  Lancers),  son  of  Capt.  Thomas  Loughnan 
Stuart  Menteath  (supra),  was  born  zgth  July,  1841,  is  a  naturalised  American  subject, 
and  married,  1872,  Helen  Gertrude,  daughter  of  Darwin  E.  Fay,  Fulton,  New  York 
State.  His  residence  is  Canandaigua,  New  York,  U.S.A. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  Closeburn  Hall,   151)1  July,   1802. 

STEWART  DOUGLAS.  25th  October,  1738. 

Place  and  date  of  birth  not  ascertained.  Fourth  son  of  Sir  William  Douglas, 
second  Baronet  of  Kelhead,  and  Helen,  daughter  of  Colonel  John  Erskine,  Deputy 
Governor  of  Stirling  Castle.  The  eldest  brother  of  the  Exhibitioner  was  Sir  John, 
third  Baronet,  father  of  Charles  James  Sholto  Douglas,  Exhibitioner  of  1749  (q.v.). 
Vide  also  John  Sandford,  Exhibitioner  of  1820. 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1733,  and 
probably  remained  there  several  Sessions. 

There  is  no  trace  of  his  having  been  at  Balliol  College,  at  all  events  his  name 
does  not  occur  in  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses. 

Became  a  distinguished  Officer  in  the  Army,  and  attained  the  rank  of  Lieutenant- 
General.  Was  Colonel  of  the  991)1  Regiment. 

Died  at  London,  unmarried,  301)1  January,  1795. 

ANDREW  WOOD.  25th  October,  1738. 

Born  at  Glasgow  circa  1715.  Son  of  William  Wood,  Factor  to  the  University 
of  Glasgow,  probably  the  same  person  as  "William  Wood  Esq.,  Principal  Factor  to 
the  Duke  of  Hamilton,"  and  who  died  at  Windsor,  8th  March,  1747. 

The  Exhibitioner  had  at  least  one  brother,  John  (who  became  Governor  of  the 
Isle  of  Man,  and  died  at  Castletown  there  1777),  and  three  or  four  sisters. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1729. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  5th  December,  1738.  Graduated  B.A.  1742, 
M.A.  1745.  Vacated  Exhibition  1749. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Was  Chaplain  to  the  King,  1760, 
Rector  of  Washington,  County  Durham,  1768,  and  Rector  of  Gateshead-on-Tyne  from 
1769  to  1772. 

Died,  i2th  March,  1772,  "of  a  fever  which  he  contracted  by  exerting  himself 
with  the  utmost  humanity  to  save  his  parishioners  on  the  fatal  night  when  the  bridge 
of  Newcastle  fell."  [A.  Carlyle's  Aittobiog.,  p.  105.] 

1  The  second  Baronet  resumed  the  ancient  name  of  Menteth,  but  his  two  youngest  brothers 
retained  the  modern  spelling  Menteath. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  43 

ADAM   SMITH.  4th  March,  1740. 

Born  at  Kirkcaldy,  Fifeshire,  5th  June,  1723,  a  few  months  after  his  father's 
death.  Only  child  of  Adam  Smith,  a  non-practising  W.S.,  Judge  Advocate  for 
Scotland  1707-23,  Private  Secretary  to  the  Scottish  Minister,  Hugh  Campbell, 
third  Earl  of  Loudoun,  1708-13,  and  Comptroller  of  Customs  in  the  Kirkcaldy 
District,  1713-23,  by  his  second  wife  (married,  1720)  Margaret,  daughter  of 
John  Douglas  of  Strathendry,  Fife.  Mrs.  Smith  survived  her  husband  for  the 
long  period  of  sixty-one  years,  having  died  at  Edinburgh,  23rd  May,  1784,  aged 
90.  The  first  wife  of  Adam  Smith,  senior  (the  marriage  contract  is  dated  i3th 
November,  1710)  was  Lillias,  "eldest  lawfull  daughter  to  the  deceast  Sir  George 
Drummond  of  Milnab,  late  Provost  of  Edinburgh."  Hugh,  son  of  that  marriage, 
died  in  1750. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Burgh  School,  Kirk- 
caldy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1737-38, 
1738-39,  and  1739-40.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1762. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  July,  1740,  and  remained  there  continuously 
(not  even  leaving  between  terms)  till  isth  August,  1746.  Vacated  Exhibition  1749. 
His  name  does  not  appear  in  the  Oxford  Lists  of  Graduates,  but,  from  the  title 
Dominus  given  to  him  in  the  buttery  books,  it  has  been  conjectured  by  some  writers 
that  he  did  take  the  B.A.  degree,  in  1744.  In  the  Glasgow  College  Minute  (281)1 
April,  1749)  recording  his  resignation  of  the  Exhibition,  he  is  described  as  "Adam 
Smith,  A.M.,"  but  the  Balliol  Intimation  (still  extant)  of  the  vacancy  gives  merely 
the  name,  without  any  degree. 

Resided  in  Kirkcaldy,  looking  unsuccessfully  for  tutorial  employment,  1746-48. 
Lectured  on  Rhetoric  and  Belles  Lettres  in  Edinburgh,  under  the  patronage  of  Lord 
Kames,  1748-51.  Professor  in  Glasgow  University  of  (i)  Logic,  1751-52,  (2) 
Moral  Philosophy,  1752-64.  Travelling  Tutor  (1764-66)  to  the  young  Duke  of 
Buccleuch  and  his  brother  the  Hon.  Hew  Campbell  Scott,  the  latter  of  whom  was 
assassinated  in  the  streets  of  Paris,  i8th  October,  1766.  Resided  in  Kirkcaldy  and 
London  1766-78,  engaged  on  his  great  work,  the  Wealth  of  Nations.  Held  office 
as  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  Customs  in  Scotland,  1778-90,  residing  during  that 
period  in  Panmure  House,  Canongate,  Edinburgh. 

Elected  F.R.S.,  1767,  though  not  formally  admitted  till  1773.  Was  Quaestor 
in  the  University  of  Glasgow  1758-64,  Dean  of  Faculties  1760-62,  Vice-Rector 
1762-64,  Rector  1787-89. 

Published  Writings  :  Articles  upon  Johnson's  Dictionary,  and  the  general  state 
of  literature  of  Europe,  in  Nos.  i  and  2  of  the  (Old)  Edinburgh  Review,  1755  ;  The 
Theory  of  Moral  Sentiments,  1759;  An  Inquiry  into  the  Nature  and  Causes  of  the 
Wealth  of  Nations,  1776;  (Posthumous)  Essays  on  Philosophical  Subjects,  1795; 
(Posthumous)  Lectures  on  Justice,  Police,  Revenue,  and  Arms,  1896. 

Died,  unmarried,  at  Panmure  House,  Edinburgh,  on  Saturday,  i7th  July,  1790. 
Buried  in  the  Canongate  Churchyard. 


44  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

CHARLES   SUTTIE.  4th  March,  1740. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1723.  Third  son  of  the  second  Baronet  of  Balgone 
(whose  name  is  variously  given  as  Sir  James  and  Sir  George  Suttie),  by  his  marriage 
with  Marion,  (laughter  of  Sir  Hew  Dalrymple,  Baronet,  Lord  President  of  the  Court 
of  Session.  The  Exhibitioner's  eldest  brother  George,  who  succeeded  as  third 
Baronet,  was  born  nth  October,  1715,  received  a  Commission  as  Lieutenant-Colonel 
of  Foot,  1751,  sat  for  many  years  as  M.P.  for  Haddingtonshire,  and  died  25th 
November,  1783.  The  second  brother,  John,  was  admitted  W.S.  3oth  June,  1741, 
and  died  23rd  August,  1764.  "Mrs.  Margaret  Suttie,  youngest  daughter  of  Sir 
James  Suttie  of  Balgon,  deceased,"  died  at  Edinburgh,  3rd  October,  1761;  and 
"  Mrs.  Marion  Suttie,  eldest  daughter  of  the  deceased  Sir  James  Suttie  of  Balgone, 
Bt.,"  died  there  igth  January,  1763.  "William  Suttie,  second  son  of  the  late 
Sir  George  Suttie  of  Balgone,  Bt.,"  died  at  London,  23rd  August,  1793.  "Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Suttie,  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  James  Suttie  of  Balgone,"  died  at  Edin- 
burgh in  October,  1794.  "  Lady  Suttie,  widow  of  Sir  George  Suttie  of  Balgone,  Bt., 
and  second  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  William  Grant  of  Prestongrange,  one  of  the 
Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice,"  died  at  Edinburgh,  25th  April,  1809.  "Miss 
Christian  Grant  Suttie,  second  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  George  Suttie,  Bart.,  of 
Balgonie,"  died  at  Edinburgh,  nth  February,  1817.  "Lady  Suttie,  wife  of  Sir 
James  Suttie,  Bart.,  of  Balgone,  Haddingtonshire,"  died  at  her  house  in  Hertford 
Street,  Mayfair,  2 7th  June,  1817.  "Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  James  Grant 
Suttie,  Bart,  of  Prestongrange  and  Balgone,  M.P.,"  died  at  Prestongrange  House, 
i3th  May,  1821.  "Miss  Grace  Suttie,  eldest  daughter  of  the  late  Sir  George  Suttie, 
Bart.,  of  Balgone,"  died  at  Edinburgh,  isth  October,  1821. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i3th  November, 

1736- 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i4th  July,  1740,  and  left  in  1745,  at  same  time 
vacating  Exhibition. 

An  enquiry  addressed  to  Sir  George  Grant  Suttie,  Baronet,  Preston  Grange, 
Prestonpans,  produced  the  following  reply :  "  Brown's  Hotel,  London,  W., 
"  March  3/99.  Lady  Susan  Grant  Suttie  presents  her  compts.  to  Mr.  Innes  Addison 
"  &  in  her  son's  absence  from  home  begs  to  return  the  enclosed  paper  &  to  say 
"that  she  can  give  no  information  whatever  about  the  Charles  Suttie  to  whom 
"it  refers." 

THOMAS  CRAUFURD.  iyth  October,  1740. 

Born  at  Glasgow  circa  1722.  Son  of  Matthew  Craufurd,  Merchant  in  Glasgow, 
who  was  possibly  the  same  person  as  Matthew  Crawford  of  Balshagray. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1735,  a°d  probably 
remained  there  several  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  4th  November,  1740.  Graduated  B.A. 
1744. 

"  Thomas  Crawford,  late  Merchant  in  Glasgow "  (who  may  or  may  not  have 
been  the  Exhibitioner),  died  at  Possil,  i3th  January,  1795. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


45 


JOHN   STIRLING.  igth  April,  1743. 

Born  (probably  at  Auchyle,  Perthshire)  circa  1726.  Third  son  of  Captain  John 
Stirling,  variously  described  as  "of  Auchyle,  co.  Perth,"  and  " de  Belwill  in  agro 
Sterlingensi,"  and  who  died,  "at  his  seat  of  Herbertshire,  in  an  advanced  age,"  151!) 
January,  1756.  George  Stirling  of  Auchyle  (probably  the  Exhibitioner's  brother) 
died  "at  his  house  of  Herbertshire,"  4th  July,  1760.  ''Mrs.  Christian  Stirling, 
widow  of  Captain  John  Stirling  of  Achylle,  and  sister-german  of  the  deceased  Sir 
Henry  Stirling  of  Ardoch,"  died  at  Herbertshire  i6th  September,  1763. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November, 
1740,  and  probably  remained  there  for  three  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i4th  October,  1743. 

Died  previous  to  nth  January,  1744. 

JOHN  SMITH.  I3th  April,  1744. 

Born  at  Maybole,  Ayrshire,  circa  1721.  Son  of  William  Smith,  Merchant 
in  Maybole. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,   1736. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  July,  1744.  Graduated  B.A.  1748,  M.A. 
26th  February,  1750-1,  B.  Med.  1753,  D.  Med.  from  St.  Mary  Hall  1757.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1755. 

"At  Oxford  we  knew  nobody  but  Dr.  John  Smith,  M.D.,  who  was  a  Glasgow 
Exhibitioner,  and  then  [1746]  taught  mathematics  with  success  in  Oxford.  He  was 
a  good  kind  of  man,  and  became  an  eminent  practitioner."  [A.  Carlyle's  Autobiog., 
p.  198.] 

Was  Savilian  Professor  of  Geometry  at  Oxford  from  1766  till  probably  1797, 
when  his  successor  was  appointed. 

His  widow  (Lucy)  died  at  Cheltenham  3rd  July,  1797. 

The  date  of  his  own  death  cannot  be  ascertained  at  either  Maybole  or  Oxford, 
but  in  all  likelihood  it  occurred  early  in  1797. 

GEORGE  HAMILTON.  7th  June,  1745. 

Place  and  date  of  birth  unknown.  Sixth  son  of  Alexander  Hamilton  of 
Grange,  parish  of  Stevenston,  Ayrshire  (who  died  previous  to  isth  November,  1743), 
by  his  marriage  with  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Pollock  of  that  ilk,  and 
Annabella,  daughter  of  Walter  Stewart  of  Pardovan.  The  Exhibitioner  had  eight 
brothers  and  two  sisters.  John  succeeded  to  Grange,  and  died  unmarried,  succeeded 
by  Robert,  who  died  1774,  also  unmarried.  Alexander,  who  predeceased  Robert, 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of  James  Cunninghame  of  Collellan,  by  whom  he  had  issue 
as  after  mentioned.  James,  a  proprietor  in  the  West  Indies,  was  father  of  General 
Alexander  Hamilton,  a  distinguished  soldier,  orator,  and  statesman  in  the  United 
States,  who  fell  in  a  duel  with  Aaron  Burr.  Walter  died  unmarried.  William  died 
in  infancy.  Of  Joseph  there  is  no  account.  A  second  William  married  Jean, 
daughter  of  Robert  Donald,  and  had  issue.  One  daughter  died  in  infancy.  The 
other,  Elisabeth,  married  Alexander  Blair,  Surveyor  of  the  Customs  at  Port-Glasgow 


46  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

(son  of  William  Blair  of  Blair),  and  had  issue.  Alexander,  the  third  son  (supra\  had 
a  son,  Alexander,  and  four  daughters.  The  son  succeeded  to  Grange  in  1774  on  the 
death  of  his  uncle  Robert  (supra},  became  an  Advocate  and  Lieut.-Col.  of  the  2nd 
Regiment  of  Ayrshire  Local  Militia,  disposed  of  Grange  in  1792,  and  died,  without 
issue,  1837.  His  sister,  Elizabeth,  married  Robert  Cunninghame  of  Auchenharvie, 
and  had  issue.  Margaret  married  the  Rev.  Thomas  Pollock,  minister  of  Kilwinning, 
and  had  issue.  Joanna  married  Edward  M'Cormick,  advocate,  Sheriff-Depute  of 
Ayrshire,  and  had,  with  other  issue,  Samuel  M'Cormick,  Exhibitioner  of  1805  (q.v.). 
Jane  died  unmarried. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November, 
1743,  and  possibly  remained  there  two  Sessions. 

Never  went  to  Oxford ;  at  least  his  name  does  not  appear  in  Foster's  Alumni 
Oxonienses. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  history,  save  that  he  died  unmarried. 

*JOHN    DOUGLAS.  Autumn,  1745. 

Born  at  Pittenweem,  Fifeshire,  i4th  July,  1721.  Second  son  of  Archibald 
Douglas,  Merchant  in  Pittenweem,  whose  father  (a  younger  brother  of  John  Douglas 
of  Tilwhilly,  Kincardineshire)  was  an  eminent  Clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of 
Scotland,  and  succeeded  Burnet  in  the  living  of  Saltoun,  East  Lothian. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Dunbar. 

Matriculated  at  St.  Mary  Hall,  Oxford,  ist  March,  1736-37,  removing  to  Balliol 
in  1738  on  obtaining  a  Warner  Exhibition.  Graduated  B.A.  1740,  M.A.  1743, 
B.  and  D.D.  1758.  Vacated  Snell  Exhibition  1748. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1744,  Priest  1747. 
Appointed,  1744,  Chaplain  to  the  3rd  Regiment  of  Footguards  (which  he  joined  in 
Flanders),  and  at  the  Battle  of  Fontenoy,  agth  April,  1745,  was  engaged  carrying 
orders  from  General  Campbell  to  a  detachment  of  English  troops.  Resigned 
chaplaincy  on  homecoming  (owing  to  the  Rebellion)  of  a  portion  of  the  Army 
in  September  of  that  year,  and  returned  to  Balliol,  when  elected  Snell  Exhibitioner. 
Appointed  Curate  of  (i)  Tilehurst,  near  Reading,  1747,  (2)  Dunstew,  Oxfordshire. 
Thereafter  travelling  tutor  to  Lord  Pulteney,  son  of  the  Marquis  of  Bath,  returning  to 
England  in  October,  1749.  Presented  by  Lord  Bath  to  (i)  the  Free  Chapel  of  Eaton 
Constantine,  and  the  donative  of  Uppington,  Shropshire,  1749,  (2)  the  Vicarage  of 
High  Ercal,  Shropshire,  1750,  when  resigned  Eaton  Constantine,  (3)  the  perpetual 
Curacy  of  Kenley,  Shropshire,  1758,  (4)  a  Canonry  of  Windsor,  1762.  One  of  H.M. 
Chaplains,  1761.  Exchanged,  in  1764,  the  Shropshire  livings  for  the  Rectory  of  St. 
Augustine  and  St.  Faith,  Watling  Street,  London,  and,  in  1776,  the  Windsor  Canonry 
fora  Canonry  at  St.  Paul's.  Bishop  of  Carlisle  1787-91.  Dean  of  Windsor  1788, 
vacating  the  St.  Paul's  Canonry.  Bishop  of  Salisbury  1791-1807. 

Elected  F.R.S.  and  F.S.A.  1778.  President  of  Zion  College  1781.  Trustee  of 
the  British  Museum  1787.  Was  a  member  of  the  Literary  Club  founded  by  Dr. 
Johnson,  and  is  frequently  mentioned  by  Boswell. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


47 


Married  (i)  September,  1752,  Dorothy  (who  died  within  three  months),  sister  of 
Richard  Pershore  of  Reynolds  Hall,  near  Walsall,  Staffs.,  (2)  April,  1765,  Elizabeth, 
(who  died  i4th  April,  1802),  daughter  of  Henry  Brudenell  Rooke.  Of  this  second 
marriage  there  was  at  least  one  daughter,  "  Mrs.  E.  Douglas,"  who  died  at  Cranborne 
Lodge,  Dorset,  2ist  May,  1861,  aged  88. 

Published  Writings  :  Milton  no  Plagiary,  1751  (and  ed.  1756);  The  Criterion, 
or  Miracles  Examined  ...  an  antidote  against  the  writings  of  Hume,  etc.,  1745  ; 
An  Apology  for  the  Clergy  against  the  Hutchinsonians,  Methodists,  etc.,  1755  ;  The 
Destruction  of  the  French  Foretold  by  Ezekiel,  being  an  ironical  defence  of  the  sects 
attacked  in  the  former  pamphlet,  1759  ;  An  attack  on  certain  positions  contained  in 
Bower's  History  of  the  Popes,  etc.,  1756;  A  Serious  Defence  of  the  Administration, 
1756;  Bower  and  Tillemont  compared,  1757  ;  A  full  confutation  of  Bower's  Three 
Defences,  1758;  The  Complete  and  Final  Detection  of  Bower,  1758;  The  Conduct 
of  a  late  noble  Commander  candidly  Considered  (in  defence  of  Lord  George  Sack- 
ville),  1759  ;  A  Letter  to  two  great  Men  on  the  approach  of  Peace,  1759  ;  Preface  to 
the  translation  of  Hooke's  Negociations  in  Scotland,  1760 ;  Seasonable  Hints  from  an 
Honest  Man,  1761 ;  The  Sentiments  of  a  Frenchman,  1762  ;  Preface  to  Clarendon's 
Diary  and  Letters,  which  he  edited,  1763  ;  Political  Papers  and  Letters  in  the  Public 
Advertiser,  1766,  1767,  1768,  1770,  and  1771;  Edited  Journal  of  Captain  Cook's 
Voyages,  1776,  1777,  and  1781  ;  A  Sermon  preached  before  the  House  of  Lords  on 
the  anniversary  of  King  Charles's  martyrdom,  1789 ;  The  anniversary  sermon,  preached 
before  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel,  1793. 

Died  at  Windsor  Castle  on  Monday,  i8th  May,  1807.  Buried,  seven  days 
afterwards,  in  one  of  the  vaults  of  St.  George's  Chapel  there. 

*MR.    RAMSAY.  Probably  circa  1747. 

The  only  known  reference  to  this  person  as  an  Exhibitioner  is  contained  in  a 
Minute  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  dated  3oth  December,  1755,  which  records  that 
"  Mr.  Moor  gave  in  a  Notification  from  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Baliol  College 
of  the  Vacancy  of  one  Exhibitioner  on  Mr.  Snell's  foundation  in  place  of  Mr. 
Ramsay." 

It  may  be  permissible  to  conjecture  that  the  following  entry  in  Foster's  Alumni 
Oxonienses  refers  to  this  "  Mr.  Ramsay," — at  all  events,  there  is  no  other  entry  which 
at  all  corresponds  to  the  case :  "  Ramsay,  John,  s.  Gilbert,  of  Makerstown,  co. 
Roxburgh,  gent.  Balliol  Coll.,  matric.  8  Dec.,  1747,  aged  14;  B.A.  1751,  M.A. 
I754-" 

ALEXANDER   CAMPBELL.  ist  June,  1748. 

Born  (presumably  at  Ardchattan,  Argyleshire)  circa  1731.  Son  of  Charles 
Campbell  of  Ardchattan. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1746-47  and 
1747-48. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  July,  1748,  and  remained  there  till 
1755.  Graduated  B.A.  1752.  Resigned  Exhibition  1755. 


48  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Believed  to  be  the  same  person  as  "Alexander  Campbell,  late  of  the  Council 
of  Bengal  (and  brother  to  Patrick  Campbell  Esq.  of  Ardchattan),"  who,  according 
to  the  Glasgow  Mercury  of  nth  October,  1781, 

Died  at  Chudleigh,  Devonshire,  26th  September,   1781. 

CHARLES  JAMES  SHOLTO   DOUGLAS.  3131  March,  1749. 

Born  circa  1732.  Second  son  of  Sir  John  Douglas,  third  Baronet  of  Kelhead, 
M.P.  for  Dumfriesshire,  1741,  by  his  marriage  with  Christian,  sixth  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Cunningham  of  Caprington,  Ayrshire.  Sir  John  was  confined  in  the 
Tower  of  London  from  August,  1746,  to  March,  1748,  on  a  suspicion  of  favouring 
the  Stuart  family.  When  this  trouble  arose,  his  sister  Catherine  (Lady  Maxwell 
of  Springkell)  rode  from  Springkell  to  Kelhead  in  the  middle  of  the  night, 
possessed  herself  of  certain  papers  which  might  have  further  implicated  her 
brother,  burned  them,  and  returned  to  Springkell  the  same  night. 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1745,  and 
probably  remained  there  several  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2nd  June,  1749.  Graduated  B.A.  1753, 
M.A.  1756. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple.  Became  Collector  of  Customs 
.  in  Jamaica. 

Married  (i)  Bazilia,  daughter  of  James  Dawes,  of  Rockspring,  Jamaica, 
and  widow  of  Richard  Quarrell  of  that  Island,  (2)  Mary,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Richard  Bullock,  D.D.,  Prebendary  of  Westminster,  and  Rector  of  Streatham, 
Surrey.  Issue  of  first  marriage :  James  Sholto,  Major  in  the  Army,  born  3rd 
July,  1757,  died  i2th  January,  1830;  Stair,  of  Ashlings,  Sussex,  Rear-Admiral 
of  the  Blue,  born  27th  October,  1764,  died  22nd  November,  1826;  Lucy  Maria, 
married  the  Rev.  Thomas  Newton,  and  died  1800.  Issue  of  second  marriage: 
Edward  Bullock,  born  28th  June,  1774,  died  7th  July,  1830. 

The  place  and  date  of  the  Exhibitioner's  death  have  not  been  ascertained. 

He  was  a  nephew  of  Stewart  Douglas,  Exhibitioner  of  1738  (q.v.).  Vide  also 
John  Sandford,  Exhibitioner  of  1820. 

*  ANDREW   CHEAP.  Probably  circa  1750. 

Born  at  Prestonpans,  Haddingtonshire,  circa  1734.  Fifth  son  of  George 
Cheap,  Collector  from  1738-63  of  the  Customs  at  Prestonpans  (born  1688,  died 
27th  November,  1763),  by  his  marriage  in  1716  with  Mary  (who  died  1738), 
daughter  of  Alexander  Wedderburn,  of  the  Gosford  family,  and  aunt  to  Lord 
Chancellor  Loughborough.  Collector  Cheap  was  brother  of  the  Laird  of  Rossie, 
Fifeshire,  and  half-brother  to  Captain  David  Cheap  of  Sauchie,  who  commanded 
the  "  Wager,"  one  of  the  ships  which  composed  Lord  Anson's  squadron  in  his 
famous  voyage.  The  Exhibitioner  had  five  brothers  and  two  sisters.  One 
brother,  Alexander,  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Fontenoy,  and  another,  Thomas, 
was  Consul  at  Madeira.  One  of  the  sisters  was  unsuccessfully  wooed  by 
"Jupiter"  Carlyle,  who  in  his  Autobiography  dwells  freely  on  the  subject.  The 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  49 

house  of  Collector  Cheap  was  used  as  a  temporary  hospital  for  the  wounded 
officers  of  the  defeated  army  at  the  battle  of  Prestonpans. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1749. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  December,  1750.  Graduated  B.A.  1754, 
M.A.  1757.  Vacated  Exhibition  1761. 

All  efforts  to  trace  his  subsequent  history  have  been  unavailing. 

*MR.  BRUCE.  Probably  circa  1755. 

The  sole  warrant  for  including  this  name  in  the  Roll  of  Exhibitioners  is  a 
Minute  of  the  University  of  Glasgow,  dated  7th  December,  1762,  which  bears  that 
"a  letter  was  read  from  Mr.  Bruce,  one  of  the  Oxford  Exhibitioners,  to  Dr.  Smith, 
informing  him  that  the  agreement  &  termination  of  the  Disputes  with  Baliol 
College  are  to  be  finally  concluded  before  Christmas  next." 

The  only  entry  in  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses  which  can  possibly  refer  to 
this  case — and  there  is  no  satisfactory  evidence  that  it  does  so  refer — is  the  fol- 
lowing :  "  Bruce,  Rev.  James,  s.  William,  Earl  of  Elgin,  Queen's  Coll.  matric.  24 
Nov.,  1752,  aged  17,  B.A.,  1755;  Balliol  Coll.  M.A.  1758,  died  at  Lisbon  25 
May,  1765,  brother  of  Charles,  9th  Earl  of  Kincardine,  and  5th  Earl  of  Elgin." 

GEORGE  WILSONE.  26th  June,  1755. 

Place  and  date  of  birth  unknown.  Third  son  of  William  Wilson,  Writer  in 
Stirlingshire,  whose  widow,  Lilias  Haldane,  died  at  Murray's  Hall,  near  Stirling,  2nd 
September,  1791,  in  her  84th  year. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1753,  and  remained 
there  two  Sessions. 

Never  went  to  Oxford,  at  least  his  name  does  not  appear  in  Foster's  Alumni 
Oxonienses. 

No  information  as  to  his  career. 

ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL.  loth  February,  1756 

There  is  absolutely  no  clue  to  the  identity  of  this  Exhibitioner.  The  Minute 
of  Election  does  not  give  his  parentage,  but  describes  him  merely  as  "  Alexander 
Campbell,  major,"  the  "  major  "  being  intended  (vainly  as  it  happens)  to  distinguish 
him  from  other  students  of  the  same  name.  As  no  fewer  than  six  Alexander 
Campbells  (four  from  Argyleshire,  one  from  Glasgow,  and  one  from  Morayshire) 
matriculated  at  Glasgow  during  the  period  within  which  the  Exhibitioner  is  likely 
to  have  commenced  study,  he  cannot  be  traced  from  the  Matriculation  Album. 
To  crown  all,  he  does  not  seem  ever  to  have  reached  Oxford,  his  name  being 
absent  from  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses,  in  which  otherwise  the  parentage  would 
have  appeared. 

*  ARCHIBALD  LAMONT.  Probably  1756. 

Born  at  Ardlamont,  Argyleshire,  26th  August,  1742.     Second  son  of  Archibald 

Lament  of  Lamont  (who  died  26th  November,  1767),  by  his  marriage  in  1740  with 

Lady  Amelia  Mackenzie,  daughter  of  John,  second  Earl  of  Cromarty.     The  Exhibi- 

D 


50  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

tioner  had  four  brothers,  namely,  John,  Norman  (also  Exhibitioner  of  1756,  q.v.), 
George,  and  Hugh.  George  died,  of  small-pox,  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  while 
a  student  there,  26th  November,  1768.  The  other  three,  like  the  Exhibitioner 
himself,  served  in  the  Army.  John  succeeded  to  the  family  estate,  and  died  2ist 
December,  1816. 

The  Exhibitioner,  along  with  John  and  Norman,  matriculated  at  the  University 
of  Glasgow  1 4th  November,  1755. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College,  along  with  Norman,  ist  June,  1756. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1767. 

Ensign  in  42nd  Regiment  ("The  Black  Watch")  June,  1756.  Gazetted 
from  half-pay  to  be  Lieutenant  in  7th  Foot  (Royal  English  Fusiliers),  May, 
1764.  Gazetted  from  half-pay  to  be  Lieutenant  in  57th  Regiment,  7th  June, 
1770. 

Died  unmarried,  but  date  of  death  has  not  been  ascertained. 

*  NORMAN   LAMONT.  Probably  1756. 

Born  at  Ardlamont,  Argyleshire,  izth  August,  1743.  Immediate  younger 
brother  of  Archibald  Lamont,  also  Exhibitioner  of  1756  (q.v.). 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November,  1755. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  June,  1756.     Vacated  Exhibition  1767. 

Was  appointed,  December,  1759,  Captain  in  the  Sgth  (Gordon  Highland) 
Regiment,  then  being  raised  for  immediate  service  in  India,  and  took  part  in  the 
victory  of  Buxar,  1764,  after  which  the  regiment  returned  home,  and  was  disbanded 
in  1765.  Was  gazetted  Major  in  the  i5th  Regiment  23rd  July,  1772.  Major  in 
7ist  Regiment  (Eraser's  Highlanders)  April,  1776,  when  it  was  raised  for  service  in 
America.  Took  part  in  battles  of  Brooklyn  and  Brandywine.  Was  transferred 
to  55th  (Westmoreland)  Regiment  2oth  June,  1778,  and  gazetted  Colonel  thereof 
26th  November,  1782.  Is  mentioned  in  Stewart's  Sketches  of  the  Highlanders 
(Constable,  Edin.,  1822)  as  having  been  "an  officer  of  great  experience  and  approved 
talents." 

Died  at  London,  unmarried,  September,  1787. 

/ 

DAVID   CALLANDER.  6th  August,  1760. 

Born  (probably  at  Westertown,  Stirlingshire)  i7th  September,  1742.  Third  and 
posthumous  son  of  Alexander  Callander  of  Westertown  (a  descendant  of  the  Earls  of 
Callander)  and  Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of  David  Ramsay  of  Lethandie  and 
Mungall,  by  Euphemia,  daughter  of  Michael  Elphinstone  of  Quarrol,  descended 
from  a  younger  son  of  Lord  Elphinstone.  John,  the  Exhibitioner's  eldest  brother, 
succeeded  to  Westertown  (when  three  years  of  age)  on  the  death  of  their  father  in 
April,  1742,  and  to  the  estates  of  Preston  Hall  and  Crichton,  Haddingtonshire, 
which  had  been  purchased  by  their  brother  Alexander  (Merchant  in  London  and 
M.P.  for  Aberdeenshire),  on  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1792.  John  was  a  Colonel  in 
the  Army,  and  M.P.  for  Berwick-on-Tweed.  He  was  created  a  Baronet  in  1798. 
The  present  representative  of  the  family  is  Henry  Burn  Callander,  Esq.,  of 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  5! 

Westertown  and  Preston  Hall,  descended  from  a  sister  of  the  Exhibitioner,  whose 
two  brothers  above  mentioned  (John  and  Alexander)  died,  like  himself,  without 
issue. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Sessions  1756-57 
and  1757-58,  and  probably  also  during  the  two  following  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  December,  1760.  Graduated  B.A.  1764, 
M.A.  1772.  Vacated  Exhibition  1771. 

Not  known  what  profession,  if  any,  he  adopted.  He  is  described  as  "LL.D." 
in  Burke's  Landed  Gentry  and  in  the  Scots  Magazine  of  1798,  but  the  date  and 
source  of  this  degree  have  not  been  ascertained.  There  is  no  trace  of  it  in  the  lists 
of  St.  Andrews,  Glasgow,  Aberdeen,  Edinburgh,  Oxford,  Cambridge,  or  Dublin. 

Died  at  Edinburgh,  unmarried,  i7th  October,  1798. 

GEORGE   MACLELLAN.  iith  April,  1761. 

Born  circa  1747.  Fifth  son  of  Robert  Maclellan  of  Barscobe,  Kirkcudbright- 
shire, who  appears  to  have  died  before  the  election  of  the  Exhibitioner,  the  latter 
being  described  in  the  Minute  of  Nomination  as  "  brother  to  Robert  M'Clellan 
Esq.  of  Barscobe."  The  family  dates  from  the  time  of  James  II.,  and  was  a  junior 
branch  of  the  Maclellans  of  Bomby,  the  Lords  of  Kirkcudbright,  a  title  now  extinct. 
Barscobe  Castle  was  built  in  1648.  The  Castle  at  Kirkcudbright,  now  in  ruins,  was 
occupied  by  the  family  over  three  hundred  years  ago. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  sessions,  namely, 
1759-60  and  1760-61. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  August,  1761.  Graduated  B.A.  1765, 
M.A.  1771.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  February,  1772. 

All  local  enquiries  as  to  his  subsequent  career  have  proved  unavailing. 

NORMAN   FOTHRINGHAM.  I2th  February,  1762. 

Born  circa  1745.  Third  son  of  Thomas  Fothringham  (or  Fothringham-Ogilvy) 
of  Pourie,  Forfarshire,  who  died  9th  January,  1790.  Thomas,  a  brother  of  the 
Exhibitioner,  died  in  Jamaica,  i6th  April,  1768.  Alexander  Ogilvy  Fothringham  of 
Powrie  died  at  Edinburgh,  151!!  March,  1812.  Alexander,  his  fourth  son,  died  in 
May,  1 8 10,  while  accompanying  General  Malcolm's  embassy  to  Persia.  George, 
another  son,  died  at  Fothringham,  gth  August,  1815.  "Peter  Fothringham  Esq., 
advocate,"  died  there  ist  August,  1816.  Ann  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter,  died  at 
Exmouth,  i6th  May,  1817. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Sessions  1759-60 
and  1760-61 — probably  also  1761-62. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  July,  1762.  Graduated  B.A.  1766,  M.A. 
1769,  B.  &  D.D.  1780.  Vacated  Exhibition  in  end  of  1772. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  became  Rector  of  Fladbury, 
Worcestershire. 

Married,  and  had  a  son,  William,  who  died  at  Walcheren  in  1809. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  in  1793. 


52  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

CHARLES  CRAWFORD   BALFOUR  of  Powmill.  25th  October,  1765. 

Born  circa  1746.  Described  in  Glasgow  records  of  1760  as  second  son,  but  in 
those  of  1765  and  in  the  Oxford  registers  of  1766  as  eldest  son,  of  John  Crawford 
Balfour  (or  Balfour-Crawford)  of  Powmill,  Parish  of  Ballingry,  Fifeshire  (who  died 
i4th  February,  1767),  by  his  marriage  with  Mrs.  Elisabeth  Crawford  (who  died  251)1 
April,  1775).  Wemyss,  the  youngest  brother  of  the  Exhibitioner,  died  at  Dunibristle, 
5th  August,  1770.  Susan,  his  youngest  and  last  surviving  sister,  died  3oth  August, 
1810. 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1760,  and 
probably  studied  there  for  four  or  five  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2ist  or  2 2nd  January,  1766.  Graduated  B.A. 
1769,  M.A.  1772.  Vacated  Exhibition  1775. 

Took  Holy  Orders,  and  became  "  Minister  of  a  qualified  Episcopal  Meeting 
House  "  at  Musselburgh. 

Died  at  Musselburgh,  151)1  May,  1778. 

THE   HON.  JAMES   ATHOLL   COCHRANE.  13*  July,  1767. 

Born  (probably  at  La  Mancha,  Peeblesshire),  zyd  October,  1751.  Fifth  son  of 
Thomas,  eighth  Earl  of  Dundonald  (who  died  27th  June,  1778),  by  his  second  wife 
Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  Archibald  Stuart  of  Torrance,  Lanarkshire.  Of  the  Exhibi- 
tioner's eleven  brothers,  the  eldest  died  young,  and  the  second,  Archibald,  renowned 
alike  as  a  Naval  Officer  and  Chemical  Manufacturer,  succeeded  as  ninth  Earl. 
Charles,  a  Major  in  the  English  Army  in  America,  had  his  head  shot  off  by  a  cannon 
ball  on  1 8th  October,  1781.  John  was  Deputy  Commissary  to  the  Forces  in  North 
Britain.  Basil  was  placed  on  the  Madras  Civil  Establishment  in  1769,  and  on  his 
return  to  Britain,  in  May,  1807,  purchased  the  Barony  of  Auchterarder.  Sir  Alex- 
ander Forrester  Inglis  Cochrane  was  the  distinguished  Admiral.  The  youngest, 
Andrew,  was  at  one  time  Governor  of  Dominica.  The  Exhibitioner's  nephew,  the 
tenth  Earl,  acquired  a  world-wide  celebrity  for  his  gallant  naval  achievements. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  i4th  November, 
1765,  and  probably  remained  there  two  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  November,   1767.     Resigned    Exhibition 

1775- 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  sometime  Chaplain  to  the 
82nd  Regiment  of  Foot.  Vicar  of  Mansfield,  Notts.,  1788  to  1823,  and  Rector  of 
Long  Horsley,  Northumberland,  1792  to  1823. 

Married  Mary  Smithson,  who  died  isth  March,  1867.     No  issue. 

Published  Writings  :  Sermon  on  Matthew  x.  16, 1777  ;  Sermon  on  Romans  i.  20, 
1780;  Plan  for  Recruiting  the  British  Navy,  1779;  Thoughts  concerning  the  Proper 
Constitutional  Principles  of  Manning  and  Recruiting  the  Royal  Navy  and  Army, 
1791 ;  Thoughts  concerning  the  Uses  of  Clay  Marl  as  Manure,  etc.,  etc.,  etc.,  1805  ; 
A  Letter,  addressed  to  the  Right  Hon.  William  Pitt,  concerning  the  establishment  of 
a  Provision  for  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  1805. 

Died  3oth  January,  1823. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  53 

ANDREW   GREENFIELD.  izth   November,  1767. 

Born  in  the  Parish  of  Dalkeith,  County  of  Edinburgh,  circa  1750.  Eldest  son 
of  John  Greenfield  of  that  Parish. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1764-65 
to  1766-67. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  isth  February,  1768.  Graduated  B.A.  1771, 
M.A.  1774.  Vacated  Exhibition  1778. 

Took  Holy  Orders,  and  in  1775,  while  still  holding  the  Exhibition,  accepted 
a  benefice  in  Ireland — the  legality  of  which  formed  the  subject  of  a  correspondence 
between  Balliol  and  Glasgow. 

Died  at  Moira,  Ireland,  nth  May,  1788. 

JOHN   CAMPBELL   SUTHERLAND    of  Forse.  jth  July,  1771. 

Born  at  Forse,  Parish  of  Latheron,  Caithness-shire,  circa  1754.  Second  son 
of  John  Sutherland  of  Forse  (who  died  7th  August,  1763)  and  ^Emilia  (who  died 
nth  April,  1789),  daughter  of  John  Sinclair  of  Ulbster,  and  aunt  of  Sir  John 
Sinclair,  Bart.  (LL.D.  Glas.  1788),  compiler  of  the  Statistical  Account  of  Scotland. 
Catharine,  a  sister  of  the  Exhibitioner,  was  married  on  gth  July,  1774,  to  James 
Williamson,  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1761  to 

1795- 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1767. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  z8th  November,  1771.  Graduated  B.A.  1776, 
M.A.  1778.  Vacated  Exhibition  1782. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn  1783,  but  never  practised. 

Succeeded  to  Forse  on  the  death,  unmarried  (ist  January,  1773),  °f  ms  elder 
brother  George,  who  was  an  Officer  in  the  97th  Regiment  and  afterwards  in  the 
Sutherland  Highlanders,  and  who  unsuccessfully  claimed,  in  1760,  the  Earldom  of 
Sutherland.  The  Exhibitioner  was  a  J.P.  and  D.L.,  and  took  a  keen  and  leading 
part  in  politics  and  county  business.  He  was  appointed  Commissary  of  Caithness 
and  Sutherland  igth  February,  1785. 

Married  Margaret  Munro.  Issue :  John,  of  Forse,  Cornet  gth  Lancers  and 
Lieutenant  $6th  Foot,  who  died,  unmarried,  28th  February,  1846,  aged  25  ;  George, 
born  1827,  and  now  resident  in  England,  who  succeeded  to  Forse  and  possessed  it 
till  recently,  when  it  was  sold  to  Captain  E.  W.  D.  Baird ;  Francis,  of  Caverleigh, 
Surbiton,  Captain  in  the  2nd  Dragoons  (in  Crimea).  One  of  Mr.  George  Sutherland's 
sons  is  the  Rev.  William  S.  Sutherland,  Rector  of  Westborough,  Grantham,  and 
another  (Alfred)  was  admitted  W.S.  i2th  April,  1886. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  Nottingham  House,  Forse,  22nd  June,  1828. 

JAMES   ROBERTSON-BARCLAY.  i?th  March,  1772. 

Born  at  Cavell,  Parish  of  Dunfermline,  Fifeshire,  circa  1753.     Fourth  son  of 

James  Robertson-Barclay  of  Cavell,  W.S.,  and  Isobel,  second  daughter  of  Robert 

Wellwood  of  Garvock,  Fife.      The  Exhibitioner's  eldest  brother,  George,  died  at 

Madras,  4th  April,  1779,  and  "Henry  Robertson-Barclay  of  Cavill"  (doubtless  also 


54  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

a  brother)  died  at  London,  igth  March,  1799.  Two  brothers  followed  the  paternal 
profession,  having  been  admitted  Members  of  the  W.S.  Society,  Robert  in  1780, 
and  William  in  1788.  Their  sister  Susan  was  mother  (and  the  Exhibitioner  there- 
fore uncle)  of  William  Wellwood  Moncreiff,  Exhibitioner  of  i8th  February,  1793 
(q.v.),  and  of  Sir  James  Wellwood  Moncreiff,  Exhibitioner  of  i8th  October, 

J793  (q-v.)- 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  two 
Sessions,  namely  1770-71  and  1771-72. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  May,  1772.  Graduated  B.A.  1776,  M.A. 
1778,  B.  Med.  loth  October,  1783,  D.  Med.  2Oth  October,  1783.  Radcliffe 
Travelling  Fellow  of  University  College,  Oxford,  1780.  Vacated  Exhibition  1783. 

Admitted  a  Candidate  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  of  London  1786. 
Fellow  1787.  Censor  in  1787,  1792,  1800.  Gulstonian  Lecturer  1788.  Harveian 
Orator  1790.  Croonian  Lecturer  1791.  Was  named  an  Elect  1800. 

Physician  to  St.  George's  Hospital,  London,  1 785-1800.  Physician-Extraordinary 
to  Princess  of  Wales  1799. 

Admitted  F.R.S.   1790. 

Died  1827. 

JAMES   HADOW.  i8th  February,  1773. 

Born  (probably  at  St.  Andrews)  3oth  January,  1757.  Eldest  son  of  George 
Hadow,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Hebrew  and  Oriental  Languages  in  St.  Mary's  College, 
St.  Andrews,  from  1748-80,  who  was  son  of  James  Hadow,  Principal  of  St.  Mary's 
College  from  1707-47. 

Entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1770,  and  probably  remained 
there  three  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  June,  1773.  Graduated  B.A.  1777,  M.A. 
1780.  Vacated  Exhibition  1784. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  Vicar  of  Streatley  and 
Sundon,  Beds.,  from  1781  to  1841. 

Died  3oth  January,  1847,  leaving  41  descendants — children,  grandchildren, 
and  great-grandchildren. 

ARCHIBALD   ALISON.  4th  July,  1775. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  i3th  November,  1757.  Second  son  of  Andrew  Alison, 
Wine  Merchant  in  Edinburgh  and  (1760-63)  one  of  the  Bailies  of  that  city1  (who  died 
3oth  July,  1771),  by  his  marriage  with  Miss  Hart  (who  died  4th  June,  1811)  of 
the  family  of  Restalrig.  The  Exhibitioner's  brother,  Capt.  James  Alison,  died 
25th  December,  1791,  on  his  passage  to  Antigua.  Their  sister  married  George 
Mitchell,  Cashier  of  the  Royal  Bank,  Edinburgh,  ultimate  heir  to  the  immense 
fortune  of  Gilbert  Innes  of  Stow,  which  on  his  (George's)  death,  without  leaving 

1  Erroneously  described   in  Sir  Archibald  Alison's  Autobiography  as  Patrick   Alison,  Lord  Provost 
of  Edinburgh. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


55 


issue,    devolved     to    his     younger     brother    William,    who     took     the    name    of 
Mitchell-Innes. 

The   Exhibitioner   matriculated   at   the   University  of  Glasgow  in   November, 

mo- 
Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  November,  1775.     Graduated  B.C. L.  1784. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1786.    [It  ought  to  have  been  vacated  on  his  marriage  in  1784 
(infra).} 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Held  (i)  the  Curacy  of 
Brancepeth,  County  Durham,  (2)  the  Incumbency  of  Sudbury,  Northamptonshire. 
Appointed  in  1792  Perpetual  Curate  of  Kenley,  Shropshire,  to  which  were  afterwards 
added  the  Prebendary  of  Sarum,  the  Vicarage  of  High  Ercal,  and  the  Rectory  of 
Rodington,  all  of  which  he  held  in  conjunction.  Translated  to  Edinburgh  in  1800 
as  Senior  Minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  Cowgate  (the  congregation  of  which 
removed  in  1818  to  the  new  building  of  St.  Paul's,  York  Place),  which  charge  he 
retained  till  his  death  in  1839,  though,  owing  to  serious  illness,  he  relinquished 
active  duty  in  1831.  His  junior  colleague  from  1805-32  was  Robert  Morehead, 
Exhibitioner  of  1795  (q.v.). 

Married  at  Thrapstone,  igth  June,  1784,  Dorothea  Montagu  (who  died  5th  July, 
1830),  sister  of  William  Gregory,  Exhibitioner  of  1777  (q.v.).  Issue:  William 
Pulteney,  born  i2th  November,  1790,  M.D.  Ed.  1811,  Professor  in  the  University  of 
Edinburgh  of  Forensic  Medicine  1820-21,  of  Institutes  of  Medicine  1821-42,  of 
Medicine  1842-55,  died  27th  September,  1859;  Archibald,  born  2gth  December, 
1792,  Advocate  1814,  Sheriff  of  Lanarkshire  1834-67,  created  Baronet  1852,  D.C.L. 
Oxon.  1852,  the  historian  of  Europe,  died  23rd  May,  1867,  succeeded  in  the 
Baronetcy  by  his  eldest  son,  Archibald  (LL.D.  Glas.  1876),  the  distinguished 
soldier;  daughter  Montagu,  married  2ist  March,  1810,  Lieut.-Col.  John  Gerard  of 
Rochsoles,  near  Airdrie,  and  died  at  Lusanne,  of  typhus  fever,  28th  November,  1819; 
Elizabeth,  died  of  fever  isth  July,  1812;  Margaret,  married  at  Edinburgh,  nth 
August,  1841,  William  Burge,  Q.C.,  sometime  one  of  H.M.  Counsel  at  Jamaica,  and 
M.P.  for  St.  Ives. 

Published  writings:  Essays  on  the  Nature  and  Principles  of  Taste,  1790; 
Several  Sermons  and  Volumes  of  Sermons. 

Died  at  Woodville,  Colinton,  near  Edinburgh,  i7th  May,  1839,  and  was  buried 
in  St.  John's  Churchyard,  Edinburgh. 

PATRICK   MAXWELL.  iSth  January,  1776. 

Born  in  the  Parish  of  MonigafT,  Kirkcudbrightshire,  circa  1758.  Second  son  of 
Robert  Maxwell  of  Cargen,  Parish  of  Troqueer,  sometime  Provost  of  Dumfries,  by 
his  marriage  with  Mary  Heron,  who  died  at  Dumfries  loth  February,  1772. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  1771,  and  probably  remained  there 
several  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  January,  1776.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1786. 

No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 


56  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

WILLIAM  GREGORY.  5th  November,  1777. 

Born  at  Aberdeen  1761.  Second  son  of  John  Gregory  (1724-73),  M.D., 
F.R.S.,  F.R.C.P.,  Professor  of  (i)  Philosophy  in  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  1746-49, 
(2)  Medicine  there,  1755-66,  (3)  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  1766-73, 
by  his  marriage  in  1752  with  the  Hon.  Elizabeth  (1730-63)  fourth  daughter  of 
the  thirteenth  Lord  Forbes,  a  descendant  of  William  the  Conqueror.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner had  two  brothers  and  three  sisters.  As  regards  James  and  Dorothea,  and 
the  Gregory  family  generally,  vide  pedigree  annexed  to  notice  of  Charles  Gregory, 
Exhibitioner  of  1699.  See  also  notices  of  Archibald  Alison,  Exhibitioner  of  1775, 
and  Thomas  Rose,  Exhibitioner  of  1797.  Anna  Margaretta  married,  1784,  John 
Forbes  of  Blackford,  Aberdeenshire,  and  had  issue.  John,  R.N.,  while  on  service 
in  the  West  Indies,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Spaniards,  who  dispatching  him 
to  England,  he  suffered  shipwreck  on  the  Irish  coast,  and  died  shortly  afterwards 
(i3th  March,  1783,  aged  21)  at  Fahan,  in  Ireland.  Elizabeth  died  1771. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November, 
1773,  and  probably  remained  there  three  Sessions. 

He  matriculated  at  Balliol  College  loth  December,  1776.  Graduated  B.A. 
1780,  M.A.  1783.  Vacated  Exhibition  1788. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England  1783.  Was  presented  in  1786 
by  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  to  the  United  Rectories  of  St.  Andrew  and  St. 
Mary  Breadman  in  Canterbury.  In  1788  the  same  patron  appointed  him  Master 
of  Eastbridge  Hospital,  Canterbury,  in  right  of  which  he  presented  himself  to  the 
Vicarage  of  Blean,  Kent.  He  was  afterwards  appointed  one  of  the  "  Six  Preachers  " 
in  Canterbury  Cathedral. 

Married  in  Canterbury  Cathedral,  i3th  May,  1788,  Catherine  (born  gth  June, 
1750,  died  I4th  January,  1816),  second  daughter  of  George  Sayer,  of  Pett  Place, 
Charing,  Kent.  Issue:  (i)  James,  born  22nd  March,  1789,  graduated  B.A.  and 
and  M.A.  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  took  Holy  Orders,  became  Dean  of  Kildare 
in  1834,  was  twice  married,  and  died,  without  issue,  5th  March,  1859;  (2) 
George,  born  i6th  August,  1790,  graduated  M.D.,  Edinburgh,  1811,  entered 
the  Army  Medical  Service  as  "Hospital  Assistant  to  the  Forces,"  serving  for 
three  years  in  the  Mediterranean,  commenced  practice  as  a  Physician  in  London 
in  1816,  held  several  Hospital  appointments  there,  became  in  1840  Lecturer  at 
St.  Thomas'  Hospital,  married  Frances  (who  died  ist  May,  1839),  daughter  of 
John  Le  Grice  of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  with  issue  as  afterwards  noted,  and  died 
25th  January,  1853;  (3)  Catherine,  born  December,  1791,  died,  unmarried,  271)1 
June,  1846;  (4)  William,  born  6th  April,  1794,  received,  in  1813,  a  commission 
in  the  Royal  Engineers  (Captain  1831),  served  in  Canada,  Barbadoes,  and  Ceylon, 
suffering  shipwreck  and  other  hardships,  retired  from  the  army  in  1845,  and  died, 
unmarried,  I7th  November,  1853;  (5)  John,  born  26th  October,  1795,  held  a 
temporary  post  in  the  Pay  Department  of  the  army  in  Portugal,  1813-14,  was 
engaged  in  London,  assisting  to  wind  up  the  financial  accounts  of  the  Peninsular 
War,  1814-15,  held  an  appointment  in  the  Paymaster-General's  Department  in 
Malta,  1815-16,  was  Deputy-Paymaster-General  at  Gibraltar,  1816-21,  acted  as 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


57 


Secretary  to  a  Commission  which  was  sent  out  to  enquire  into  the  financial  con- 
dition of  the  Eastern  Colonies,  1822-31,  being  stationed  successively  at  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope,  Mauritius,  and  Ceylon,  officiated  as  Colonial  Treasurer  in  Van 
Diemen's  Land,  with  a  seat  in  the  Executive  and  Legislative  Councils,  1833-40, 
was  Governor  of  the  Bahama  Islands,  1848-53,  married  in  Van  Diemen's  Land, 
6th  May,  1834,  Harriet  Elizabeth  (who  died  loth  April,  1867,  with  issue  as  under), 
daughter  of  Captain  Philip  Jean,  2ist  Royal  Scots  Fusiliers  (whose  regiment  was 
then  quartered  in  the  Colony),  and  died  agth  July,  1853.  His  children  are  (a) 
Henrietta  Catherine ;  (f>)  Louisa  Arthur,  who  married  the  Rev.  William  Nash, 
with  issue;  (c)  John  Philip,  born  8th  March,  1839,  graduated  B.A.  and  M.A., 
Oxon.,  became  a  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  1866,  and  died,  unmarried, 
1 6th  November,  1869;  (<f)  William  Villeneuve,  an  Officer  in  the  Royal  Artillery; 
(e)  Philip  Spencer,  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  married  gth  August,  1876, 
Edith  Annie,  third  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Edward  James,  with  issue.  The 
family  of  Dr.  George  Gregory,  the  Exhibitioner's  second  son  (supra),  are  as 
follows:  (a)  Frederick  William,  born  nth  January,  1831,  entered  the  army  in 
1848  (Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel,  1871),  served  in  the  Crimean  Campaign  of 
1854-56  (including  Alma,  Inkerman,  and  Sebastopol),  and  also  in  the  North  China 
Campaign  of  1 860-61  (including  the  action  of  Sinho,  and  the  storming  and  capture 
of  the  Taku  Forts),  married  2ist  December,  1869,  Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of 
William  Merry,  with  issue  (Eva  Jane,  born  27th  June,  1871,  died  I2th  September 
same  year,  Dorothy  Janet,  and  Elsie  Millicent),  and  died  at  Southwold,  yth  Sep- 
tember, 1884;  (b)  John  Arthur,  bora  i8th  Jane,  1833,  entered  the  navy,  1846, 
served  on  the  African  Coast,  and  died  at  Malta,  of  fever  contracted  in  Africa, 
22nd  December,  1849;  (c)  Harriet  Margaret,  married  Edward  Brown  Fitton,  with 
issue ;  (d)  Isabella  Catherine,  married  Robert  Arthur  Whitting,  with  issue ;  («) 
a  son,  died  1839,  soon  after  birth. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  his  house  in  the  Archbishop's  Palace  at  Canterbury, 
3ist  January,  1803,  and  is  buried  in  the  South  Cloister  of  the  Cathedral,  a  tablet 
bearing  his  name  being  placed  on  the  wall  of  the  Cathedral. 

MELVILL  WHYTE.  5th  November,  1777. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1759.  Third  son  of  Robert  Whyte  (or  Whytt)  of 
Bennochy,  Parish  of  Kirkcaldy,  Fifeshire,  M.A.,  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  Professor  of  Medicine 
and  of  Physiology  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  1747-66,  and  first  Physician  to  the 
King  in  Scotland,  1761,  an  office  which  was  created  for  him.  Professor  Whyte  was 
born  at  Edinburgh  6th  September,  1714,  and  died  i5th  April,  1 766.  His  second  wife, 
the  Exhibitioner's  mother  (a  sister  of  James  Balfour  of  Pilrig),  died  in  1 7  64,  having  borne 
him  fourteen  children,  eight  of  whom  predeceased  their  father.  "  Robert  Whytt  of 
Bennochie,  advocate  "  (doubtless  one  of  the  fourteen),  died  at  Naples  22nd  March,  1 776. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1774, 
and  probably  remained  there  three  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i2th  December,  1777. 

Died  at  Belle-Ritiro,  unmarried,  4th  July,  1779. 


5 8  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

MATTHEW    BAILLIE.  ;th  January,  1779. 

Born  at  the  Manse  of  Shotts,  Lanarkshire,  271)1  October,  1761.  Second  son 
(reckoning  an  elder  brother  William,  who  died  in  infancy)  of  James  Baillie  (D.D. 
Glas.  1772),  Minister  of  (i)  Shotts  1754-62,  (2)  Bothwell  1762-66,  (3)  Hamilton 
1766-75,  and  Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1775  till  his 
death  on  28th  April,  1778.  The  Exhibitioner's  mother  was  Dorothea  (who  died  at 
Hampstead,  2gth  September,  1805,  aged  85),  fourth  daughter  of  John  Hunter  of  Long 
Calderwood,  and  sister  of  the  celebrated  anatomists,  William  Hunter  (M.D.  Glas. 
1750)  and  John  Hunter,  and  his  own  youngest  sister  was  Joanna  Baillie,  the  poetess, 
born  nth  September,  1762,  died  23rd  February,  1851.  The  eldest  sister,  Agnes, 
born  24th  September,  1760,  died  27th  April,  1861,  thus  reaching  the  age  of  100  years 
and  7  months. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Hamilton. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1774,  and  probably 
remained  there  five  Sessions. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  April,  1779.  Graduated  B.A.  1783,  M.A. 
1786,  M.B.  1786,  M.D.  1789.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  November,  1789. 

Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  of  London,  1790.     F.R.S. 

Physician  in  London.  Lecturer  on  Anatomy  there  1784-99.  Physician  to 
St.  George's  Hospital  1787-99.  Resigned  that  appointment  in  1799,  and  at  same 
time  gave  up  lecturing,  on  account  of  the  great  increase  of  his  private  practice,  which 
for  many  years  yielded  him  ,£10,000  per  annum.  Delivered  the  Gulstonian  Lectures 
in  1794,  the  Croonian  Lectures  in  1796,  1797,  and  1798,  and  the  Harveian  Oration 
in  1798.  In  1 8 10,  was  called  into  consultation,  with  Sir  Henry  Halford,  on  the 
Princess  Amelia,  and,  in  the  course  of  his  attendance,  was  appointed  Physician 
Extraordinary  to  George  III.  In  1814  was  created  Physician  in  Ordinary  to  the 
Princess  Charlotte.  Attended  the  King  in  his  last  illness,  and  was  offered  a 
baronetcy,  which  he  did  not  see  his  way  to  accept. 

Married,  5th  May,  1791,  Sophia  (who  died  1845),  second  daughter  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Denman,  the  distinguished  accoucheur,  and  sister  of  the  Lord  Chief  Justice 
of  that  name.  Issue:  James,  who  died  young;  Elizabeth  Margaret,  born  i2th 
February,  1794,  married  Captain  R.  Milligan  nth  July,  1816,  and  died  June,  1876 ; 
William  Hunter  of  Duntisbourne  and  Long  Calderwood,  born  isth  September,  1797, 
married  Henrietta  Duff,  and  died  23rd  December,  1894,  having  had  four  sons  and 
five  daughters,  one  of  whom,  Henrietta  Clara  Maria,  married,  3oth  June,  1874,  James 
MacConechy,  Exhibitioner  of  1854  (q.v.). 

Published  Writings:  Anatomy  of  the  Gravid  Uterus,  1794;  The  Morbid 
Anatomy  of  some  of  the  most  important  parts  of  the  Human  Body,  1795  ;  Observa- 
tions on  Paraplegia,  1822;  Lectures  and  Observations  on  Medicine,  1825  (post- 
humous). 

Died  at  his  country  seat,  Duntisbourne,  near  Cirencester,  23rd  September,  1823. 
Buried  in  the  Parish  Church  of  Duntisbourne,  and  commemorated  in  Westminster 
Abbey  by  a  bust  and  inscription. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  59 

THE  HON.  CHARLES  DALRYMPLE  LINDSAY.  nth  October,  1779. 

Born  at  Balcarres,  Parish  of  Kilconquhar,  Fifeshire,  i4th  December,  1760. 
Sixth  son  and  eighth  child  of  James,  fifth  Earl  of  Balcarres  (born  I4th  November, 
1691,  died  20th  February,  1768),  by  his  marriage,  on  24th  December,  1749, 
with  Anne  (born  2510  December,  1727,  died  2gth  November,  1820),  youngest 
daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Dalrymple  of  Castleton,  and  grand-daughter  of  Sir 
Hew  Dalrymple,  Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session.  With  the  single 
exception  of  the  second  Earl  (who  succeeded  to  the  title  at  the  age  of  nine, 
and  died  three  years  afterwards),  Lord  Balcarres  and  all  his  predecessors  were 
warriors,  and  at  least  five  of  his  eight  sons  bore  arms,  either  on  land  or  sea. 
Alexander,  the  first  Earl,  fought  in  the  Covenanting  ranks  at  Alford  and  Kilsyth, 
and  subsequently  took  part  in  the  Highland  campaign  against  Cromwell.  Colin, 
third  Earl,  went  to  sea  with  the  Duke  of  York,  accompanied  His  Royal  High- 
ness at  the  battle  of  Solebay,  1672,  and  "came  out"  in  the  Jacobite  rising  of 
forty-three  years  later.  Alexander,  fourth  Earl,  served  in  Flanders  from  1707  to 
the  end  of  the  war,  and  was  present  in  all  the  battles  and  most  of  the  sieges 
during  that  period,  being  wounded  at  St.  Venant.  The  fifth  Earl  himself  (son 
of  the  third  and  brother  of  the  fourth  Earls)  was  for  some  time  a  Lieutenant  in 
the  Navy,  joined  his  father — as  a  matter  of  filial  duty  but  not  of  personal 
conviction — in  the  "  fifteen,"  and  got  a  remission  from  George  I.,  who  at  the  same 
time  appointed  him  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Scots  Greys.  He  commanded  a 
squadron  at  the  battle  of  Dettingen,  1743,  and  left  the  Army  after  Fontenoy. 
His  eldest  son,  the  Exhibitioner's  brother,  Alexander,  sixth  Earl  (born  i8th 
January,  1752,  died  27th  March,  1825),  fought  in  the  American  War,  and 
was  wounded  at  Ticonderago,  1777,  afterwards  (1794-1801)  holding  office  as 
Governor  of  Jamaica.  The  second  son,  Robert  (born  1754,  died  1836),  was  for 
many  years  in  the  Civil  Service  of  the  East  India  Company,  and  acquired  a 
large  fortune.  He  purchased,  while  still  in  India,  the  estate  of  Leuchars,  and,  on 
returning  to  Scotland  in  1789,  bought  from  his  brother  the  family  lands  of 
Balcarres.  The  third  son,  Colin  (born  5th  April,  1755),  served,  like  his  brother 
Alexander,  throughout  the  American  War,  and  in  all  the  actions  in  the  West 
Indies,  as  well  as  at  the  siege  of  Gibraltar.  He  latterly  attained  the  rank  of 
Brigadier-General  and  Quartermaster-General  of  the  West  Indian  Forces,  and 
attacked  and  defeated  the  insurgents  in  Grenada,  1795,  but  died,  on  22nd  March 
of  that  year,  from  excessive  fatigue  and  the  noxious  climate.  The  fourth  son, 
James  Stair,  likewise  fell  a  victim  to  duty.  He  commanded  the  Grenadiers  of 
the  73rd  in  the  engagement  with  the  French  and  Mahrattas  at  Cuddalore  on 
1 3th  June,  1783,  and  died  nine  days  afterwards  (aged  25)  of  wounds  there 
received.  William,  the  fifth  son  (born  1759),  was  drowned  at  St.  Helena  in 
1785,  while  getting  into  a  boat  from  the  "Priam  "East  Indiaman.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner, as  before  stated,  was  the  sixth  son.  The  seventh,  John  (born  i5th  May, 
1762,  died  1826),  fought  against  Hyder  Ali  in  the  Carnatic,  and,  wounded  in  four 
places,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Mahrattas,  loth  September,  1780,  enduring  a 
captivity  of  three  years  and  ten  months  in  Seringapatam,  at  the  subsequent 


60  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

taking  of  which  he  was  present.  He  afterwards  took  part  in  the  war  with 
France,  1793,  and  retired  from  the  Army  at  the  peace  of  1801.  The  eighth  and 
youngest  son,  Hugh  (born  joth  October,  1765,  died  23rd  April,  1844),  served  in 
the  Navy  till  the  close  of  the  American  War,  after  which  he  became  Com- 
mander of  an  East  Indiaman  in  the  H.E.I.C.S.,  and  latterly  a  Director  and 
Chairman  of  that  Company.  The  Exhibitioner  had  three  sisters,  all  of  whom 
were  beautiful  and  accomplished  women.  Anne,  the  eldest  (born  8th  December, 
1750,  died  6th  May,  1825),  married,  in  1793,  Andrew  Barnard  (who  died  1807), 
son  of  the  Bishop  of  Limerick,  and  attained  immortality  as  the  authoress  of 
"Auld  Robin  Gray."  Margaret  (born  i4th  February,  1753,  died  December, 
1814),  married  (i)  in  1770  Alexander  Fordyce,  of  Roehampton,  Surrey,  Banker 
in  London,  and  (2)  in  1812  Sir  James  Burgess.  Elizabeth  (born  nth  October, 
1763),  married  in  1782  Philip,  third  Earl  of  Hardwicke. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November, 
1775,  and  probably  remained  there  four  full  Sessions.  Obtained  the  following 
Class  Prizes:  1778-79,  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Critical  Observations  on  one  of 
the  Odes  of  Horace,  and  first  for  the  best  translation  from  Latin  into  English. 
Received  in  1804  the  Honorary  Degree  of  D.D. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  December,  1779.  Graduated  B.A.  1783, 
M.A.  1786,  D.D.  1804.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  March  1791. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Rector  of  Great  Sutterton, 
Lincolnshire,  1793.  Bishop  of  Killaloe  and  Kilfenora,  1803-4.  Bishop  of  Kildare, 
1804-46.  Was  also  Dean  of  Christ  Church,  Dublin. 

Married  (i)  at  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  ist  January,  1790,  Elizabeth  (who  died 
7th  February,  1797),  only  daughter  of  Thomas  Fydell,  M.P.  for  Boston,  (2) 
Catherine,  daughter  of  Evert  George  Coussmaker.  Issue  by  first  wife :  Charles, 
(1790-1855),  Archdeacon  of  Kildare,  married,  1819,  Anne  (who  died  1876), 
daughter  of  Owsley  Rowley,  of  Priory  Hill,  Hunts. ;  Thomas,  Lieutenant 
83rd  Regiment,  fell  at  Vittoria,  2 ist  June,  1813;  Philip  Yorke;  Elizabeth 
Frances,  married  Sir  Compton  Domvile,  Bart.  Issue  by  second  wife :  George 
Hayward,  (1799-1886),  of  Glasnevin  House,  County  Dublin,  married,  1828, 
Lady  Mary  Catherine  Gore  (who  died  1885),  sister  of  the  fourth  Earl  of  Arran ; 
Henry. 

Died  at  Glasnevin,  Dublin,  8th  August,  1846. 

THE  HON.  ARCHIBALD  HAMILTON  CATHCART.  5th  September,  1782. 

Born  at  Shaw  Park,  Clackmannanshire,  7th  (or  25th)  July,  1764.  Third 
(or,  reckoning  a  brother  who  died  in  infancy,  fourth)  son  of  Charles,  ninth  Baron 
Cathcart,  and  Jean,  daughter  of  Lord  Archibald  Hamilton  of  Riccarton  and 
Pardovan.  The  Cathcarts  were  another  military  family.  Alan,  Master  of  Cathcart, 
fell  at  Flodden,  and  his  son  at  Pinkie.  Charles,  eighth  Lord,  was  present  at 
Sheriffmuir.  The  ninth  Baron,  above  mentioned,  accompanied  the  Duke  of 
Cumberland  through  his  campaigns  in  Flanders,  Scotland,  and  Holland,  being 
one  of  the  Duke's  aides-de-camp  at  Fontenoy,  where  he  was  dangerously  wounded. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  6 1 

He  likewise  acted  as  Ambassador-Extraordinary  at  the  Court  of  Russia,  1768-71. 
His  eldest  son  (the  Exhibitioner's  brother)  William  Shaw,  tenth  Baron  and  first 
Earl,  was  admitted  Advocate  1773,  but,  forsaking  law  for  arms,  served  through- 
out the  American  War,  and  in  the  Holland  Campaign  of  1795;  was  Com- 
mander-in-Chief  of  the  Forces  in  Ireland  1803;  went  as  Ambassador-Extraordinary 
to  St.  Petersburg,  1805;  and  commanded  the  British  Contingent  in  the  Allied 
Army.  Returning  home  after  the  battle  of  Austerlitz,  he  was  appointed  Com- 
mander of  the  Forces  in  Scotland,  and  subsequently  Commander  of  the  Baltic 
Expedition.  Was  sent  again,  1813,  on  Mission  to  St.  Petersburg,  and  was  present 
with  the  Allied  Army  during  the  whole  of  its  campaign  in  Germany.  Charles, 
his  eldest  son  and  successor,  served  in  Spain  and  at  Waterloo,  and  (1846-49) 
was  Commander-in-Chief  in  British  North  America.  A  younger  son,  General  Sir 
George  Cathcart,  K.C.B.,  fought  at  Quatre  Bras  and  Waterloo,  and  fell  at  Inker- 
man,  5th  November,  1854.  The  Exhibitioner's  brother,  Charles  Allan  Cathcart, 
was  also  a  distinguished  soldier  and  diplomatist,  and  his  sister  Mary  married 
Thomas  Graham,  afterwards  Lord  Lynedoch. 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1774, 
when  he  was  little  more  than  ten  years  of  age,  and  probably  remained  till 
about  1782.  He  delivered  a  Latin  Discourse  on  Moral  Philosophy  at  the  Installa- 
tion, on  Friday,  i2th  January,  1781,  of  the  Marquis  of  Graham  as  Lord 
Chancellor  of  the  University. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  May,  1782.  Graduated  B.A.  1786, 
M.A.  1788.  Vacated  Exhibition  1793. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Rector  of  Methley  and 
Vicar  of  Kippax,  Yorkshire.  Prebendary  of  York. 

Married,  3rd  June,  1790,  Frances  Henrietta  (who  died  1821),  daughter  of 
John  Fremantle,  Esq.,  of  Abbot's  Aston,  Bucks.  Issue :  Archibald  William, 
died  1815;  Frances  Louisa,  died  1887;  Isabella  Sophia,  born  1808,  married, 
1829,  Sir  Samuel  Crompton,  Bart.,  and  died  1896 ;  Catherine,  married,  4th 
November,  1839,  at  Wrexham,  R.  Smith,  son  of  R.  Smith  of  Capenhurst 
House,  Cheshire;  Elizabeth  Sarah,  born  1814,  married,  June,  1842,  at  Leaming- 
ton, Major  Robert  Stuart,  of  the  7th  Royal  Fusiliers,  formerly  H.M.  Minister  to 
Hayti.  Mrs.  Stuart  is  still  alive,  and  resident  at  Breton  Lodge,  Leamington  Spa. 
The  Exhibitioner  had  at  least  two  other  daughters. 

Died  at  Kippax  Vicarage,   loth  October,   1841. 

HUGH  ERASER.  i6th  May,  1783. 

Born  in  the  City  of  Aberdeen,  25th  December,  1764.  Fourth  son  of 
William  Fraser  of  Fraserfield  or  Balgownie,  Aberdeenshire  (who  died  3151  October, 
1788),  and  great-great-grandson  of  William  Fraser,  Lord  Saltoun.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner's brother  William,  who  succeeded  to  Fraserfield,  died  there  25th  October, 
1789,  aged  37.  Alexander  Fraser,  a  subsequent  laird  of  Fraserfield,  died  there 
1 8th  July,  1807.  "Mrs.  Fraser  of  Fraserfield "  died  at  St.  Arvan's,  Monmouth- 
shire, 1 2th  September,  1813. 


62  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  during  Sessions 
1777-78  and  I778-79- 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Sessions  1779-80  and  1780-81, 
possibly  also  1781-82.  Obtained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1779-80,  Logic,  fifth 
for  the  best  specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  of  Reasoning,  Taste, 
and  Criticism  prescribed  during  the  Session.  1780-81,  Moral  Philosophy,  first 
for  the  best  Essays  on  the  Cardinal  Virtues.  Recited  a  copy  of  verses,  in 
Latin,  on  Liberty  and  the  Excellence  of  the  British  Constitution,  at  the 
Installation,  on  Friday,  i2th  January,  1781,  of  the  Marquis  of  Graham  as  Lord 
Chancellor  of  the  University. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  loth  December,  1782.  Graduated  B.A.  1786, 
M.A.  1789.  Vacated  Exhibition  1794. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  Rector  of  Woolwich, 
1805-37. 

Was  married.  A  son,  William  Erskine,  died  at  Cheltenham,  2ist  September, 
1822. 

The  Exhibitioner  died,  probably  at  Woolwich,   i2th  April,   1837. 

JOHN  BOYLE  of  Shewalton.  8th  April,  1784. 

Born  i4th  May,  1765.  Second  born  (but  afterwards  eldest  surviving)  son  of 
the  Hon.  Patrick  Boyle  of  Shewalton,  Ayrshire,  (second  surviving  son  of  John, 
second  Earl  of  Glasgow),  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Alexander 
Dunlop,  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow.  The  Exhibitioner 
was  the  elder  brother  of  the  Right  Hon.  David  Boyle,  and  therefore  uncle  of 
John  Boyle,  Exhibitioner  of  1839  (q.v.). 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  1778,  and  was  there  in  1784. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  23rd  September,  1784,  and  had  left  by 
October,  1790,  when  Exhibition  vacated.  Graduated  B.A.  1788. 

On  leaving  Oxford,  travelled  for  a  time,  and,  on  the  death  of  his  father  in 
1798,  succeeded  to  Shewalton,  where  he  built  a  residence  for  himself.  Held  a 
Commission  as  Colonel  of  a  Militia  Regiment. 

Died  at  Shewalton,  unmarried,  3oth  January,  1837.     Buried  at  Dundonald. 

PATRICK  MAXWELL.  roth  June,   1786. 

Born  at  Dundee,  Forfarshire,  circa  1770.  Second  son  of  Patrick  Maxwell 
(who  died  i3th  April,  1797),  Merchant  in,  and  four  times  Provost  of,  Dundee, 
namely  (i)  1768-72,  (2)  1776,  (3)  1781-83,  (4)  1785-86.  The  tenure  of  the  Dundee 
Provostship  appears  to  have  been  almost  an  hereditary  appendage  of  the  Maxwell 
family,  for  the  Exhibitioner's  grandfather  (also  a  Patrick)  held  that  office  from 
1735-36,  and  his  great-grandfather  (David)  from  1723-25.  The  Exhibitioner's  eldest 
sister,  Margaret  Frances,  died  at  Dundee,  27th  January,  1775. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1783-84  to  1785-86.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1785-86,  Mathe- 
matics (First  Class),  third  for  general  eminence ;  Logic  (Second  Division),  sixth  for 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  63 

the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  Subjects  of  Reasoning  and  Taste, 
prescribed  and  executed  during  the  session. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1786.  Graduated  B.A.  1790, 
M.A.  1793.  Vacated  Exhibition  1797. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  for  many  years  Rector 
of  Aimer,  Dorset. 

Died  at  Aimer  Rectory,  i3th  December,  1830. 

CHARLES  ROBERTSON.  7th  November,  1786. 

Born  at  Lude,  Parish  of  Blair  Atholl,  Perthshire,  igth  July,  1769.  Sixth  and 
youngest  son  of  James  Robertson  of  Lude,  and  Margaret  Mercer,  only  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  Robert  Nairne  Mercer  of  Meikleour,  who  was  a  Colonel  in  the 
Jacobite  Army  of  1745,  and  fell  at  the  Battle  of  Culloden.  Robertson  of  Lude 
was  the  oldest  Cadet  of  the  family  of  Struan,  and  a  descendant  of  Patrick  de 
Atholia,  the  eldest  son  of  Duncan  de  Atholia  by  his  marriage  with  a  daughter  of 
the  Lord  of  the  Isles.  The  five  brothers  of  the  Exhibitioner  all  entered  the 
Army,  and  two  of  them  were  killed  in  action  in  India  (one  at  Seringapatam), 
while  a  third  died  in  the  West  Indies.  William,  the  eldest  (who  held  the  rank 
of  General),  survived  till  1820,  and  was  the  last  Robertson  proprietor  of  Lude. 
The  estate  was  sold  in  1821.  It  had  been  in  the  family  for  at  least  four  centuries, 
and  was  possessed  by  the  Exhibitioner's  father  for  sixty-two  years. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November, 
1783,  and  probably  remained  there  three  Sessions.  Gained  in  1785-86  the  fourth 
prize  in  the  First  Mathematics  Class. 

Matriculated  nth  January,  1787,  at  Balliol  College,  "where  he  earnestly 
pursued  the  study  of  Divinity  for  several  years,  but  died  at  Bristol  hot  Wells 
(whither  he  had  gone  for  the  recovery  of  his  health)  on  the  3oth  day  of  June, 
J793-"  [Scroll  inscription — found  in  the  old  Lude  Charter  Chest — intended  for  a 
tombstone,  which,  however,  was  never  erected.]  He  was  unmarried. 

Was  elected  in  1790  to  one  of  the  Warner  Exhibitions,  which  were  then 
and  for  long  afterwards  frequently  bestowed  on  Snell  Foundationers.  A  number 
of  letters  and  other  documents  in  connection  with  his  application  for  this 
endowment  are  preserved  in  the  Charter  Chest  already  mentioned,  and  among 
them  the  subjoined  form,  which  may  be  of  interest  as  a  specimen  of  old  presenta- 
tion deeds.  It  was  evidently  used  as  a  scroll  or  copy  of  Robertson's  nomination, 
being  undated  and  unsigned,  and  having  originally  been  blank  as  regards  the 
portions  here  enclosed  in  square  brackets,  which  are  in  a  different  hand. 

"  Form  of  appointing  a  Scotch  Exhibitioner  upon  Bp.  Warner's 
Foundation  in  Baliol  College,  Oxford. 

"Whereas  by  the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  Rt.  Revd.  Father  in  God 
Dr.  John  Warner  late  Lord  Bishop  of  Rochester  the  Nomination  and  Election 
of  four  Scotch  Scholars  to  be  maintained  by  his  Charity  in  Baliol  College  in 
Oxford  is  vested  in  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  Bishop  of  Rochester  for 


64  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

the  time  being,  These  are  therefore  to  certify  that  We  John  the  present 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  and  John  Lord  Bishop  of  Rochester  do  hereby 
nominate  and  elect  the  Bearer  hereof  Mr.  [C.  Robertson]  being  (as  We  are 
certainly  informed)  born  at  [Lude]  in  the  Shire  of  [Perth]  in  Scotland  aged 
[20]  years  and  now  a  Member  of  your  College,  to  be  by  you  forthwith  admitted 
into  the  place  lately  enjoyed  by  Mr.1  ,  and  now  vacant,  and  to  enjoy  the 

pension  belonging  to  the  same,  as  fully  and  amply  as  by  the  aforesaid  Will  and 
Act  of  Parliament  confirming  the  same,  he  ought  to  do.  In  Witness  whereof 
We  have  hereunto  set  our  Hands  and  Seals  the  day  of  in  the 

year  of  our  Lord,  &c. 

To  the  Revd.  John  Davey  D.D.  Master  of  Baliol  Coll.,  Oxford." 

STUART  MONCRIEFF  THREIPLAND  of  Middleton.  a8th  November,  1788. 

So  named,  after  Baron  Stuart  Moncrieff  of  Moredun.  In  the  records  of  the 
Edinburgh  High  School,  Glasgow  University,  and  Balliol  College,  the  Stuart  is 
omitted,  and  he  appears  merely  as  "  Moncrieff  Threipland." 

Born  in  Chessels's  Court,  Canongate,  Edinburgh,  1771.  Third  son  of  Sir 
Stuart  Threipland,  third  Baronet  of  Fingask  and  Kinnaird,  Perthshire,  by  his 
second  wife,  Janet  Budge  Murray  of  Pennyland.  The  Threipland  family,  now 
extinct,  was  of  very  ancient  origin.  Patrick  Threipland  (son  of  Andrew  Threip- 
land, who  was  admitted  Burgess  of  Perth  in  1628)  was  Provost  of  Perth  in 
1665,  purchased  Fingask  in  1672  and  Kinnaird  in  1674,  was  knighted  the  same 
year,  created  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia  in  1687,  and  died,  a  prisoner  in  Stirling 
Castle,  1689.  His  eldest  son,  David,  second  Baronet,  who  died  1746,  married 

(1)  Eliza,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Ramsay  of  Bamff,   by  whom  he  had   a  family 
of  seven  sons  (all  of  whom  predeceased  him)  and  three  daughters,  (2)  Katherine, 
daughter  of  David  Smyth  of  Barnhills,  near   Perth,  who  bore  him  two  sons  (of 
whom    the    eldest,    James    Francis    Edward,    died    young)   and    three    daughters. 
The   youngest    son,   Stuart    (born    26th    May,    1716,  died   2nd  February,    1805), 
succeeded  as   third    Baronet.      He   married   (i)    1753,   Janet,  eldest   daughter  of 
David  Sinclair  of  Southdun,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,   David  Sinclair  (who  died 
at   Menil   le  Roy,    France,    zsth   June,    1773,   aged    19),   and   a   daughter   Janet, 

(2)  1761,    Janet   Budge    Murray  above    mentioned,    who   bore   him   (besides   the 
Exhibitioner)   four   sons  and  a   daughter   Catherine,   the   latter  of  whom  died  in 
infancy.     Patrick,   the   eldest  (born   November    1762,    Advocate    1784,  died   nth 
January,     1837),    succeeded    as    fourth    Baronet.      Richard   went   to   India,   and, 
after  a  season  of  great  prosperity,  lost  his  fortune  by  the  failure  of  a  Bank,  and 
died   at   Calcutta,  of  fever,   ist  February,   1807.      Charles  Stuart  died  in  infancy. 
David,  born   1775,  went  to  India,  and   died   at   Calcutta,   2oth  November,   1817. 
Sir   Stuart,  after  his  Jacobite  troubles  (infra),  practised   as  a  Physician  in   Edin- 
burgh,  and   was   President  of  the   Royal   College  of  Physicians   of  that   City  in 
1766.      The   fifth   (eldest   son   of    the   fourth)   Baronet   was   Sir   Patrick   Murray 

1  From  the  scroll  of  Robertson's  application  it  appears  that  this  name  was  Fraser, 
probably  the  Snell  Exhibitioner  of  1783  (q.v.). 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  65 

Threipland,  who  was  born  26th  May,  1800,  and  died  3oth  April,  1882,  the  last 
of  his  race.  The  Threiplands  were  devoted  Jacobites.  Sir  David  was  "out"  in 
1715,  and  had  to  take  refuge  abroad,  forfeiting  his  estates.  David,  his  fourth 
son  by  first  marriage,  fell  at  the  Battle  of  Prestonpans.  James  Stuart,  the  first 
"Pretender,"  paid  two  visits  to  Fingask  in  1716,  and  the  Threiplands  possessed 
many  interesting  relics  of  the  exiled  family.  Sir  Stuart  (so  named  in  honour  of  the 
cause  which  cost  his  house  so  dear)  followed  in  1745  the  paternal  example,  and 
accompanied  the  Young  Chevalier  to  Derby  and  all  through  the  subsequent  scenes 
up  to  Culloden.  He  forfeited  the  maternal  property,  and  became  a  fugitive  and  an 
outlaw,  but  returned  to  Scotland  on  the  amnesty  of  1747.  He  re-acquired  the 
paternal  estate  of  Fingask  by  purchase  from  the  York  Buildings  Company  in  1783. 
The  title  (which,  notwithstanding  the  attainder,  he  had  borne  by  common  public 
consent)  was  restored  in  1826,  during  the  time  of  his  son.  The  remainder  of 
the  family  lands  were  re-purchased  by  the  fifth  Baronet. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Edin- 
burgh, where  he  was  a  pupil  in  1779,  1781,  and  1782. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1784-85 
to  1787-88.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1784-85,  Latin,  third 
for  the  best  specimens  of  Elocution  in  the  delivery  of  Latin  Speeches.  1785-86, 
Logic  (First  Division),  fifth  for  the  best  specimens  of  Composition  on  various 
subjects  of  Reasoning  and  Taste.  1786-87,  Mathematics  (First  Class),  first  for 
general  eminence ;  Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  the  best  Essay  on  the 
Qualities  requisite  in  an  Agent  that  is  accountable  for  his  behaviour.  1787-88, 
second  for  the  best  Latin  Orations  delivered  in  the  Common  Hall. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i4th  December,  1788.  Graduated  B.A. 
1792,  M.A.  1795.  Vacated  Exhibition  1799. 

Was  admitted  Advocate  1795,  an<^  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn  1799, 
and  became  Attorney-General  of  Bombay,  on  leaving  which  he  was  presented 
by  the  natives  with  a  silver  dinner  service.  Resided,  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  at  his  estate  of  Middleton,  near  Edinburgh. 

Was  married,  but  had  no  issue. 

Died  at  Middleton,   i2th  April,   1838. 

GEORGE  CRANSTOUN  of  Corehouse.  26th  November,   1789. 

Born  1771.  Second  and  youngest  son  of  the  Hon.  George  Cranstoun,  who  died  at 
Edinburgh,  3oth  January,  1789  (seventh  son  of  the  fifth  Baron  Cranstoun),  and  Maria 
(who  died  at  New  Cairnmuir,  27th  October,  1807),  daughter  of  Thomas  Brisbane  of 
Brisbane,  Ayrshire.  The  Exhibitioner  had  three  sisters,  (i)  Margaret  Nicholson, 
who  married,  25th  February,  1780,  William  Cuninghame  of  Lainshaw,  Ayrshire, 
(2)  Jane  Anne  (an  early  confidante  and  correspondent  of  Sir  Walter  Scott),  who 
married,  23rd  June,  1797,  Godfrey  Winceslaus,  Count  of  Purgstall,  a  German 
nobleman  who  had  been  for  some  time  residing  in  Edinburgh,  (3)  Helen  D'Arcy, 
who  married,  26th  July,  1790,  Dugald  Stewart  of  Catrine,  Ayrshire,  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  She  was  authoress  of  the 

E 


66  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

beautiful  and  pathetic  song,  "The  tears  I  shed  must  ever  fall."  The  Exhibitioner's 
uncle,  Captain  William  Henry  Cranstoun,  fifth  son  of  the  fifth  Baron,  figured  in  a 
tragedy,  arising  out  of  his  secret  marriage  with  Miss  Murray,  of  Leith,  and  con- 
sisting of  a  parricide  committed  by  a  Reading  lady  who  also  fell  in  love  with 
him.  The  latter  was  hanged  for  the  crime  in  the  Castle  Green  of  Oxford  on  6th 
April,  1752,  and  Captain  Cranstoun  died  on  2nd  December  of  that  year.  It  i« 
not  supposed  that  he  was  really  accessory  to  the  murder.  The  Cranstoun  Peerage 
became  extinct  in  1869. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  four 
Sessions,  namely,  1785-86  to  1788-89.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other 
Prizes:  1785-86,  Logic  (first  Division),  second  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composi- 
tion, on  various  Subjects  of  Reasoning  and  Taste,  prescribed  and  executed  during 
the  Session;  Greek,  first  for  Exemplary  Conduct  during  the  Session.  1786-87, 
Second  Mathematics  Class,  second  for  general  eminence ;  Moral  Philosophy,  first 
for  the  best  Vindication  of  Divine  Justice  and  of  a  Moral  Administration,  and  first 
for  the  best  Illustration  of  the  Natural  Rights  of  Mankind ;  Logic,  first  for  the 
best  Vacation  Essay  on  Sublimity  of  Style ;  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Critical 
Essay  on  the  Nubes  of  Aristophanes,  and  first  for  the  best  Poetical  Translation 
of  the  first  Chorus  of  the  Choephorae  of  ^ischylus.  1787-88,  University  Silver 
Medal  for  the  best  Essay  on  Volcanoes.  1788-89,  the  Gartmore  Gold  Medal  for 
the  best  Essay  on  the  Revolution. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1791 
(Civil  Law  and  Scots  Law),  1792  (Scots  Law),  and  1801  (Ethics).  Became 
acquainted  with  Sir  Walter  Scott,  when  both  were  members  of  the  Civil  Law 
Class  in  1791,  and  their  intimacy  lasted  during  life. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  26th  March,  1790,  and  remained  there 
three  years.  Resigned  Exhibition  early  in  1793. 

Was  originally  in  the  Army,  but  for  a  short  time  only.  Admitted  Advocate 
2nd  February,  1793.  Advocate- Depute,  March,  1805.  Sheriff  of  the  County  of 
Sutherland,  1806.  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  isth  November,  1823. 
Senator  of  the  College  of  Justice  (Lord  of  Session)  under  the  judicial  title  of 
Lord  Corehouse,  2ist  November,  1826.  Retired  from  the  Bench  in  1839.  His 
title  was  taken  from  his  estate  near  the  celebrated  fall  of  Cora  Linn,  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  and  romantic  places  in  Lanarkshire,  where  he  was  visited  by  Sir 
Walter  Scott  in  1827.  The  estate,  which  he  placed  under  entail,  is  now  possessed 
by  Charles  Joseph  Edmondstoune-Cranstoun,  Esq. 

When  practising  at  the  bar,  the  Exhibitioner  wrote  the  celebrated  jeu 
cFesprit  entituled  "The  Diamond  Beetle  Case"  (inserted  in  Kay's  Edinburgh 
Portraits,  vol.  I.,  pp.  384-387,  and  in  the  Court  of  Session  Garland,  p.  99),  in 
which  the  judicial  style  and  peculiar  manner  of  several  of  the  Judges,  in  deliver- 
ing their  opinions,  are  most  happily  imitated.  His  superiority  as  a  Greek  scholar 
rendered  him  a  great  favourite  with  Lord  Monboddo,  who  was  wont  to  declare 
that  Cranstoun  was  the  only  scholar  in  Scotland. 

Died  at  Corehouse,  unmarried,  26th  June,  1850. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  67 

ALEXANDER  NOBLE  BROWN.  1st  November,  1790. 

Born  ist  November,  1773.  Eldest  son  of  Alexander  Brown  (1738-1803), 
Merchant  in  Glasgow,  and  Isabella,  daughter  of  John  Noble  of  Ferme.  This 
Alexander  Brown  (son  of  John  Brown,  Dean  of  Guild  1746,  and  Lord  Provost 
1752,  by  Jean,  daughter  of  John  Dennistoun  of  Colgrain)  was  elected  a  Bailie 
of  the  City  in  1779,  and  Dean  of  Guild  in  1784.  He  resided  in  the  ground  floor 
of  the  tenement  at  the  west  corner  of  Argyle  Street  and  the  entry  to  St.  Enoch 
Square.  His  family  included  (besides  the  Exhibitioner)  a  son,  James  Dennistoun, 
H.E.I.C.S.,  grandfather  of  the  present  Miss  Dennistoun-Brown  of  Balloch  Castle ; 
a  daughter,  Isabella  Dennistoun,  who  died  at  Nantes,  i6th  December,  1825 ; 
and  a  daughter,  Jane,  who  married  Humphrey  Ewing  Maclae  of  Cathkin,  and 
died  27th  November,  1874,  aged  100  years  and  12  days. 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  1786,  and  in  all  likeli- 
hood remained  there  till  1790. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  November,  1790,  and  probably  left 
early  in  1793,  when  he  resigned  the  Exhibition. 

Went  to  India — in  what  capacity  is  not  known — and  died  there  in  June, 
1798. 

WILLIAM  M'DOUALL.  25th  March,  1791. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  2910  April,  1775.  Fourth  son  of  John  M'Douall,  Merchant 
in  Glasgow  (brother  of  Patrick,  fifth  Earl  of  Dumfries,  a  title  now  borne  by  the  eldest 
son  of  the  Marquis  of  Bute),  by  his  marriage,  on  gth  December,  1767,  with  Mary 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  MacCulloch,  Merchant  in  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1787-88  to 
1790-91.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1788-89,  Latin,  tenth  for  exemplary 
conduct  and  distinguished  diligence.  1790-91,  Logic  (First  Division),  fifth  for  the 
best  specimens  of  composition  on  various  subjects  prescribed  during  the  session. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  May,  1791.  Graduated  B.A.  1795,  M.A. 
1798.  Vacated  Exhibition  1801. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Sometime  Curate  of  Darley 
Dale,  Derbyshire.  Vicar  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  1799-1827.  Vicar  of  Luton,  Beds., 
1827-49.  Canon  of  Peterborough,  1831-49. 

Married  Uphamia  (who  died  3rd  January,  1824),  daughter  of  Louis  Gaudin, 
Esq.  Issue:  (i)  Flora  Uphamia;  (2)  Mary  Isabella,  born  1817,  married  28th 
September,  1843,  Admiral  George  Hathorn,  who  died  2Qth  January,  1876;  (3) 
John  Crichton  Stuart,  of  New  Freugh,  Singleton,  N.S.  Wales,  born  ist  July,  1818, 
died  1891,  married  (a)  2yd  February,  1841,  Ellen  Maria  (who  died  loth  September, 
1861),  second  daughter  of  Robert  Appleyard  Fitz  Gerald,  Esq.,  (6)  28th  March, 
1864,  Susan  Mary,  third  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Hartigan,  Rector  of 
Castletownarra  and  Burgesberg,  Co.  Tipperary ;  (4)  Elizabeth  Caroline,  married, 
igth  February,  1852,  Major  Charles  Stockdale  Benning,  and  died  3ist  March, 
l873;  (S)  William  Sutherland,  Rector  of  Ousden,  Newmarket,  born  27th  June, 
1820,  married  8th  June,  1854,  Grace  Maria,  third  daughter  of  Sir  James  Dalrymple- 


68  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Hay,  second  Baronet  of  Park  and  Dunragit  (infra) ;  (6)  Penelope  Eleanora,  born 
1821,  married,  23rd  September,  1847,  John  Wardlaw-Ramsay,  Esq.,  who  died 
1 7th  July,  1876;  (7)  Patrick  George,  sometime  Rector  of  Cosgrove,  born  loth 
September,  1822,  married,  4th  June,  1851,  Caroline  Jane  (who  died  1884),  only 
daughter  of  John  Fisher,  Esq.,  of  Measham,  Derbyshire ;  (8)  Hastings,  born  2oth 
September,  1823,  died  igth  June,  1869,  married,  i8th  August,  1853,  Susan,  second 
daughter  of  Sir  James  Dalrymple-Hay  (supra) ;  (9)  Rawdon,  born  2oth  September, 
1823,  died  1884,  married  2oth  July,  1847,  Charlotte  Shawford,  second  daughter 
of  Richard  King,  Esq.,  of  Singleton,  N.S.  Wales.  Nos.  8  and  9,  it  will  be  observed, 
were  twins. 

Published  Writings :  A  Sermon  on  the  Liturgy  of  the  Church,   1822. 

Died  at  Copt  Hall,  Luton,  Beds.,   i5th  December,   1849. 

WILLIAM  WELLWOOD  MONCREIFF.  i8th  February,  1793. 

Born  at  Cavel,  Fifeshire  (the  estate  of  his  maternal  grandfather),  circa  1775. 
Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  Sir  Henry  Moncreiff-Wellwood  (D.D.Glasg.  1785),  eighth 
Baronet  of  Tullibole,  Minister  of  (i)  Blackford,  1771-75,  (2)  St  Cuthbert's,  Edin- 
burgh, 1775-1827,  by  his  marriage,  on  i6th  November,  1772,  with  Susan,  eldest 
daughter  of  James  Robertson-Barclay  of  Cavel,  W.S.  The  Moncreiff  family  is 
probably  the  most  striking  instance  in  Scotland  of  clerical  heredity,  Sir  Henry 
having  been  the  sixth  in  unbroken  lineal  succession  who  served  as  Ministers  of 
the  Church  of  Scotland  (their  united  pastorates  covering  241  years),  and  the  third 
(two  of  them  Baronets)  who  held  the  same  charge.  His  father,  Sir  William,  preceded 
him  as  Minister  of  Blackford,  his  incumbency  dating  from  1738.  His  grandfather, 
Archibald,  was  ordained  to  that  Parish  in  1697.  His  great-grandfather,  William, 
became  Minister  of  Moonzie  in  1685.  His  great-great-grandfather,  George,  was 
Minister  of  Arngask  from  1635.  His  great-great-great-grandfather,  Archibald,  entered 
on  the  pastorate  of  Abernethy  in  1586.  His  grandson,  Sir  Henry,  was  likewise 
a  Minister  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  but  "  came  out"  in  1843.  The  Exhibitioner's 
immediate  younger  brother  (father  of  the  last-mentioned  Sir  Henry)  was  Sir  James 
Wellwood  Moncreiff,  Exhibitioner  of  i8th  October,  1793  (q.v.),  who  succeeded  as 
ninth  Baronet,  the  subject  of  this  notice  having  died,  unmarried,  before  the  suc- 
cession opened.  James  Robertson-Barclay,  Exhibitioner  of  1772  (q.v.),  was  an 
uncle. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1788-89  to  1791-92.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1789-90,  Latin, 
second  for  the  best  Translation  from  English  into  Latin.  1790-91,  Logic  (Second 
Division),  first  for  the  best  specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  prescribed 
during  the  Session ;  Latin,  second  for  the  best  Essays  on  the  Military  Institutions 
of  the  Romans.  1791-92,  Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  the  best  Latin  Themes, 
and  second  for  the  best  Essays  on  various  subjects  of  Morals  prescribed  during 
the  Session ;  Logic,  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  the  Qualities  of  the  Epic  action. 
Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  March,  1793.  Graduated  B.A.  1797, 
M.A.  1799,  B.C.L.  and  D.C.L.  1803.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  November  1803. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  69 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple,  1800.  Became  King's  Advocate  in 
the  Admiralty  Court  of  Malta,  where  Sir  John  Stoddart,  the  husband  of  his  eldest 
sister  Isabella,  presided  as  Chief  Justice. 

Died  at  London,  unmarried,  5th  September,  1813. 

JAMES  DOUGLAS.  2oth  February,  1793. 

Born  at  Kelso,  Roxburghshire,  I2th  April,  1775.  Second  son  of  Christopher 
Douglas  (M.D.Edin.  1766,  died  ist  May,  1805),  Physician  in  Kelso,  whose 
third  son,  Alexander  (the  Exhibitioner's  younger  brother),  was  admitted  W.S.  in 
1808,  and  gave  two  sons  to  the  legal  profession,  namely,  Christopher  (W.S.  1834), 
and  Alexander  Sholto  (W.S.  1854). 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Sessions  1788-89,  1789-90,  and 
1790-91,  probably  also  for  the  two  succeeding  years.  Gained  the  following  Class 
Prizes:  1789-90,  Greek,  fourth  for  exemplary  conduct  and  distinguished  diligence. 
1790-91,  Mathematics  (Geography  Class),  first  for  general  eminence;  Logic  (First 
Division),  second  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  pre- 
scribed during  the  session. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  March,  1793.  Graduated  B.A.  1797, 
M.A.  1799,  B.Med.  1800.  A  copy  of  the  B.Med.  Diploma  (kindly  supplied  by 
his  son,  Dr.  Charles  Douglas  of  Woodside,  Kelso,  who  possesses  the  original)  is 
appended  to  this  notice  by  way  of  preserving  a  specimen  of  eighteenth-century 
credentials  from  Oxford.  Vacated  Exhibition  1803. 

Practised  as  a  Physician,  first  at  Reading,  and  (after  1805)  at  Kelso. 

Married,  loth  December,  1810,  Frances,  daughter  of  James  Robson  of 
Samiston,  Roxburghshire.  Issue,  nine  sons  and  two  daughters :  Christopher ; 
James ;  Francis  ;  Alexander ;  Charles ;  Sarah  ;  Pringle  Home ;  Robert  Home ;  John 
William ;  William  Selby ;  and  George  Archibald.  Of  these,  three  survive,  namely, 
Charles,  Sarah,  and  William  Selby. 

Died  at  Kelso,  22nd  January,   1846. 

Copy  Diploma  referred  to. 

"Cancellarius  Magistri  et  Scholares  Universitatis  Oxoniensis  dilecto  nobis  in 
Christo  Jacobo  Douglas  Medicinae  Baccalaureo  e  Collegio  Balliolensi  intra  Uni- 
versitatem  prsedictam  Salutem  in  Domino  sempiternam. 

"Cum  omnia  nostra  Studia,  Consilia,  et  Actiones  ad  Dei  gloriam  et  fratrum 
salutem  referri  debeant — Cumque  Medicina  ad  hoc  inter  reliquas  Facultates  pluri- 
mum  conferat — hinc  est  quod  nos  Cancellarius,  Magistri  et  Scholares  antedicti 
(pro  ea  opinione,  quam  de  Scientia  tua,  vitxque  ac  morum  integritate  habemus) 
liberam  tibi  tenore  praesentium  concessimus  Potestatem  et  Facultatem  practicandi 
in  Medicina  et  ea  omnia  faciendi  quae  ad  earn  spectant  Facultatem  ubivis  per 
universum  Angliae  Regnum  in  perpetuum  duraturum. 

"Nos  etiam  Cancellarius  Magistri  et  Scholares  antedicti  testamur  prasfatum 
Jacobum  Douglas  Juramentum  de  Primatie  Regiae  Majestatis  suscepsisse  et  sub- 
scripsisse  tarn  omnibus  articulis  Fidei  et  Religionis  in  Ecclesia  Anglicana  receptis 


70  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

et  approbatis  quam  tribus  illis  Articulis  comprehensis  in  Canone  tricesimo  sexto 
libri  Constitutionum  et  Canonum  Ecclesiasticorum  editorum  in  Synodo  Londini, 
ccepta  millesimo  sexagentesimo  tertio  et  Regni  Domini  nostri  Jacobi  primo,  in 
quorum  omnium  majorem  Fidem  et  plenius  Testimonium,  Sigillum  Universitatis 
Oxoniensis  commune  quo  hac  in  parte  utimur  Praesentibus  apponi  facimus. 

"  Datum  in  Domo  congregationis  nostra  die  secundo  Mensis  Julii  Anno 
Domino  Millesimo  Octogentesimo." 

CHARLES  MAITLAND  BABINGTON  of  Daisy  Hill.  loth  June,   1793. 

Born  at  Dumfries,  3rd  May,  1775.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Babing- 
ton,  D.D.,  Episcopal  Minister  at  Dumfries,  and  Rector  of  Arthuret  and  Kirk 
Andrews  in  Cumberland  of  the  United  Church  of  England  and  Ireland.  Dr. 
Babington  was  proprietor  of  the  Estate  of  Daisy  Hill,  or  Roe  Park,  near  Newtown 
Limavady  and  Coleraine,  Ireland,  which  he  inherited  from  his  grandfather,  Captain 
Richard  Babington,  Quarter-Master  of  Derry  and  Co.  Treasurer,  who  fought  at 
the  Battle  of  the  Boyne.  This  estate  passed  to  the  Exhibitioner,  and  was  sold 
by  him  to  Sir  Francis  M'Naghtan.  The  Babington  family  is  of  great  antiquity, 
and  its  history  is  full  of  interest,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  particulars  at  the  end 
of  this  notice,  kindly  supplied  by  Miss  Eliza  M.  Babington,  now  87  years  of  age, 
a  niece  of  the  Exhibitioner. 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  Session 
1791-92,  and  gained  the  fourth  prize  in  the  Logic  Class  (Second  Division)  for  the 
best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  Subjects  prescribed  during  the  session. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  icth  October,  1793,  and  remained  there  seven 
years.  Graduated  B.A.  1797,  M.A.  1800. 

Became  a  Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England.  Held  several  Curacies 
previous  to  appointment,  by  Guy's  Hospital  in  1805,  as  Rector  of  Peterstowe, 
near  Ross,  Herefordshire.  Succeeded  his  father  in  the  Episcopal  charge  at  Dum- 
fries in  1818,  holding  that  living  till  1839. 

Married  (i)  on  i3th  August,  1799,  Lilias,  daughter  of  David  Staig,  Banker 
in  Dumfries,  and  had  six  sons  (one  of  whom  was  Lieut.-General  David  Babington, 
1804-74),  and  seven  daughters,  (2)  Catherine  Newall.  In  the  Annual  Register 
for  1812,  under  date  2nd  August,  the  following  birth  notice  occurs:  "The  lady 
of  the  rev.  C.  M.  Babington  of  two  sons,  being  the  third  time  of  her  having  twins." 

Died  at  Buccleuch  Street,  Dumfries,  5th  August,   1841. 

Particulars  referred  to  at  end  of  first  paragraph. 

"  I  have  not  referred  to  our  descent  from  the  Bebingtons,  of  Bebington  Manor 
in  The  Palatinate,  two  of  whom  were  the  first  of  our  family  tree  [who]  migrated 
to  Ireland.  Mr.  Babington,  of  Urney  Castle  and  Parish  [was]  nephew  and  son- 
in-law  of  Brutus  (or  Brute),  first  Bishop  of  Londonderry,  who  died  in  1611,  and 
son  of  the  Bishop's  elder  brother,  who  was  a  wealthy  London  merchant,  Uriah, 
whose  town  residence  was  in  Coleman  Street,  and  [who]  had  much  landed  property 
in  the  near  Counties,  especially  at  Ashford,  with  Plantations  (as  they  were  then 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  71 

called)  in  Cork  and  Londonderry,  being  Commissary  for  The  Queen's  (Elizabeth's) 
Army  in  Ireland,  and  Babington  House,  the  only  one,  except  the  Governor's, 
named  in  Griffith's  Map  of  Derry,  1600  (the  first  published). 

"James  the  First  had  a  Crown  Quest,  when  the  Bishop  died,  as  to  the 
Estate  of  Urney,  whether  it  was  family  property,  or  belonged  to  the  Crown,  or 
was  part  of  the  Bishopric.  The  Jury  decided  it  to  be  the  family  property,  and  it 
remained  for  some  generations  in  direct  descent,  till  the  elder  brother  of  Captain 
Richard  Babington,  having  no  children,  left  Urney  to  his  widow,  who  married  a 
Captain  Foster,  and  thus  our  name  disappeared  there.  Captain  Richard  then 
bought  Daisy  Hill,  near  Newtown  Limavady,  near  Coleraine,  but  it  was  afterwards 
heavily  mortgaged,  so  my  uncle's  share  must  have  been  a  small  one.  I  spent  a 
pleasant  visit  at  Roe  Park  with  my  father  in  1831,  as  with  the  friends  in  India  of 
both  my  parents.  The  avenue  was  a  mile  nearly  along  the  river  Roe,  close  to 
'  Babington  Hole,'  as  the  natives  termed  a  good  fishing  pool,  in  the  said  river,  for 
salmon. 

"The  Corporation  of  Derry  a  few  years  since  had  a  stained-glass  window 
placed  in  the  Cathedral  to  the  memory  of  their  first  Protestant  Bishop,  Brutus 
Babington,  who  had  Honours  in  both  the  English  Universities,  and  Fellow  of 
Corpus  Christi  College,  and  was  consecrated  at  Drogheda.  He  was  a  native  of 
Cheshire,  and  his  pedigree  was  printed  in  '  Vale  Pleasant,'  a  book  recording  all  the 
gentry  of  the  Palatinate,  which  old  Dr.  Babington  shewed  me  in  1829. 

"  Lord  Macaulay  wrote  to  Dr.  Ben  Babington  to  say  that  he  had  seen  a  letter 
of  Admiral  Scomberg's  to  King  William  declining  to  undertake  the  campaign  in 
Ireland  unless  Colonel  Babington  (their  long-mutual  friend  at  The  Hague)  were 
to  be  associated  with  him.  This,  Dr.  B.  B.  referred  to  me  for  any  information  I 
had.  Colonel  Philip  Babington  had  raised  his  own  Regiment  and  was  killed  at 
the  Boyne,  as  was  Admiral  Scomberg.  Their  tombs  lie  next  each  other  at  the 
adjoining  churchyard,  on  '  Battle  Farm,'  as  the  place  is  still  named,  and  it  was 
very  recently  in  the  market,  but  was  withdrawn  ere  sold.  Mr.  B.  of  Urney  Castle 
and  Mr.  Uriah  B.  of  Cork  were,  as  Protestant  landlords,  outlawed  by  James' 
Dublin  R.C.  Parliament." 

SIR  JAMES  WELLWOOD  MONCREIFF,  Bart.,  of  Tullibole.  i8th  October,  1793. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  in  the  Manse  of  the  Second  Charge  of  St.  Cuthbert's, 
1 3th  September,  1776.  Immediate  younger  brother  of  William  Wellwood  Moncreiff, 
Exhibitioner  of  i8th  February,  1793  (q.v.). 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1788-89  to 
1792-93.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1790-91,  Logic  (Second  Division), 
second  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  prescribed  during 
the  Session.  1791-92,  Mathematics  (Geography  Class),  first  for  general  eminence; 
Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  the  best  Essays  on  various  subjects  of  Morals  prescribed 
during  the  Session ;  Latin,  first  for  the  best  account  of  the  Domestic  Institutions 
of  the  Romans.  1792-93,  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  the  best  account  of  the 
Peripatetic  Philosophy. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3oth  November,  1793.  Graduated  B.C.L. 
1800. 

Admitted  Advocate,  26th  January,  1799.  Sheriff  of  Clackmannan  and  Kinross, 
7th  February,  1807.  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates,  in  succession  to  George 
Cranstoun  of  Corehouse,  Exhibitioner  of  1789  (q.v.),22nd  November,  1826.  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Session,  under  judicial  title  of  Lord  Moncreiff,  24th  June,  1829. 
As  Advocate  and  Judge,  he  was  noted  for  the  soundness  of  his  law,  and  the 
logic  and  force  of  his  reasoning.  In  the  Assembly  of  the  Established  Church 
he  was  one  of  the  lay  leaders  of  the  party  which  opposed  private  patronage,  and 
at  the  Disruption  of  1843  he  cast  in  his  lot  with  the  Free  Church. 

Succeeded  his  father,  as  ninth  Baronet,  in  August,   1827. 

Married,  igth  June,  1808,  Ann  (who  died  1843),  daughter  of  Captain 
George  Robertson,  R.N.  Issue :  The  Rev.  Sir  Henry  Wellwood  Moncreiff 
(1809-83),  tenth  Baronet,  Minister  of  (i)  East  Kilbride,  (2)  Free  St.  Cuthbert's, 
Edinburgh,  who  died  without  issue;  James  (1811-95),  first  Baron  Moncreiff  of 
Tullibole  (LL.D.Glasg.  1879),  Lord  Justice  Clerk  and  President  of  the  Second 
Division  of  the  Court  of  Session;  William  (born  1813),  Accountant  of  the  Court 
of  Session;  George  Robertson  (born  1817),  Inspector  of  Schools,  and  sometime 
Rector  of  Tattenhall,  Cheshire;  Thomas,  born  1821,  died,  unmarried,  1863; 
Marianne ;  Elizabeth ;  Louisa  Ann  ;  Catherine  Mary.  The  present  (second)  Baron 
Moncreiff,  also  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Session,  is  son  of  the  first  Baron  and 
grandson  of  the  Exhibitioner,  and  therefore  the  third  Moncreiff  in  direct  succession 
who  has  occupied  the  Bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Scotland. 

Died  at  47  Moray  Place,  Edinburgh,  3Oth  March,  1851.  Buried  in  the  Dean 
Cemetery  there. 


DAVID  AIRD.  loth  June,  1794. 

Born  circa  1778.  Second  son  of  John  Aird,  M.D.,  Physician,  sometime  in 
the  Island  of  Antigua,  afterwards  in  Stirling,  Scotland.  "William  Aird,  late 
captain  of  the  loth  foot "  (probably  a  relation),  died  at  Stirling,  2nd  November, 
1808.  "Mrs.  Isabella  Aird,  widow  of  the  deceased  Dr.  John  Aird,  physician," 
died  at  Stirling,  igth  April,  1819;  "and  on  the  same  day  her  nephew,  David 
Doig,  only  child  of  Dr.  Patrick  Doig,  physician  in  Stirling." 

The  Exhibitioner  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  Session  1792-93, 
and  gained  the  second  prize  in  the  Latin  Class  for  the  best  Translations  from 
English  into  Latin. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  October,  1794,  but  there  is  no  trace  of 
how  long  he  remained  there,  nor  of  when  he  vacated  the  Exhibition.  Does  not 
appear  to  have  graduated  at  Oxford. 

"  David  Baird,  Antiguensis  "  (doubtless  the  same  person),  obtained  the  degree 
of  M.D.  from  the  University  of  Edinburgh  in  1805.  The  subject  of  his  Thesis 
was  "  De  Sanitate  in  India  Occidentali  tuenda."  Regarding  his  subsequent  career, 
inquiries  in  Stirling,  in  Antigua,  and  elsewhere  have  proved  unavailing. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


73 


JOHN  JARDINE  of  Hallside.  roth  September,  1795. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  ist  May,  1777.  Only  child  of  George  Jardine  of  Hallside, 
Parish  of  Cambuslang,  Lanarkshire  (born  1742,  M.A.Glasg.  1765,  died  28th 
January,  1827),  Professor  of  Logic  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1774  to 
1827,  by  his  marriage,  on  8th  July,  1776,  with  Janet  Lindsay,  who  was  born  circa 
1745,  and  died  i4th  December,  1815.  Professor  Jardine  was  born  at  Wandal,  in 
the  Upper  Ward  of  Lanarkshire,  where  his  predecessors  had  lived  for  nearly  two 
centuries.  The  Barony  of  Wandal  formerly  belonged  to  the  Jardines  of  Apple- 
girth,  a  younger  son  of  whom  appears  to  have  settled  there  about  the  end  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  and  to  have  been  also  Vicar  of  the  Parish  during  the  time  of 
Episcopacy.  The  Barony  having  passed  from  the  Applegirth  to  the  Douglas 
family,  the  Professor's  forefathers  continued  for  several  generations  as  tenants  of 
the  lands  of  Wandal  under  that  new  race  of  landlords.  His  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Weir  of  Birkwood,  in  the  Parish  of  Lesmahagow. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Glasgow,  and  was  "dux"  of  the  fourth  class  in  1786. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1789-90  to 
1794-95.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1790-91,  Greek,  eighth 
for  eminence  and  exemplary  conduct ;  Latin,  seventh  for  exemplary  behaviour  and 
diligence.  1792-93,  a  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Essay  on  the  Syllogism;  Mathe- 
matics, first  for  the  solution  of  Theorems  and  Problems  in  Geometry  and  Algebra, 
prescribed  as  Exercises  during  the  session ;  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Translation  of 
Cicero's  Dream  of  Scipio  and  Paradoxes.  1793-94,  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  the 
best  Essay  on  the  Origin  of  Evil,  and  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  Entails ;  Greek, 
second  for  Critical  Essay  on  the  24th  Book  of  Homer's  Iliad.  1794-95,  first  for 
the  best  Latin  Orations,  composed  for  the  Common  Hall ;  Moral  Philosophy,  first 
for  the  best  Essay  on  the  Peripatetic  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  October,  1795.  Resigned  Exhibition  by 
November,  1797. 

Admitted  Advocate  1799,  and  practised  in  Edinburgh.  Sheriff  of  Ross  and 
Cromarty,  1833-50. 

Married,  at  Portobello,  2oth  August,  1802,  Janet  Maitland  (who  died  I4th 
July,  1827),  only  daughter  of  James  Bruce  of  Kinnaird,  Stirlingshire,  the  cele- 
brated Abyssinian  traveller,  by  his  marriage  with  Mary  Dundas  of  Fingask  and 
Carron  Hall.  Issue:  George,  born  isth  October,  1803,  died  27th  April,  1808; 
Mary  Dundas,  born  3oth  April,  1805,  married,  loth  June,  1831,  Lieut.  Thomas 
Hutton,  37th  Bengal  Native  Infantry,  and  died  at  Neemuch,  India,  4th  September, 
1834;  James  Bruce,  born  gth  April,  1809,  married,  3rd  June,  1834,  Isabella 
(born  2oth  June,  1815,  died  loth  December,  1856),  eldest  daughter  of  George 
Palmes  of  Naburn  Hall,  York,  and  died  at  Hallside,  2oth  August,  1845 ;  Janet 
Lindsay,  born  I3th  June,  1811,  married,  March,  1837,  her  cousin,  Capt.  Charles 
James  Whitly  Deans-Dundas,  Coldstream  Guards  (eldest  son  of  Capt.  Deans- 
Dundas,  Royal  Navy,  M.P.,  of  Barton  Court,  Berks,  by  his  marriage  with  the 
Hon.  Janet  Whitly  Dundas),  and  died  February,  1886 ;  Georgiana,  born  25th 


74  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

February,  1813,  married,  22nd  January,  1850,  Charles  Greenshields  Reid,  W.S., 
and  died  March,  1870.  James  Bruce  Jardine  (supra)  had,  inter  alias,  the  follow- 
ing children:  Margaret  Lindsay,  born  I7th  November,  1835,  died  igth  December, 
1838;  George  Charles,  born  3rd  April,  1837,  succeeded  to  Hallside  in  1850  on 
the  death  of  his  grandfather,  the  Exhibitioner,  and  died  at  Hallside,  23rd  July, 
1899,  when  the  estate  passed  away  from  the  family;  a  son,  born  25th  May,  1838, 
died  6th  June,  1838;  Manfred  Leslie  Palmes,  born  igth  April,  1844,  late  86th 
Royal  Regiment,  who  now  represents  the  family;  Mary  Dundas  (Mrs.  John 
Addie) ;  Janet  Maitland  Bruce  (Mrs.  John  Kidston). 

Died  at  his  residence,  9  Great  King  Street,  Edinburgh,  on  Saturday,  2ist 
September,  1850. 

ROBERT  MOREHEAD.  igth  October,   1795. 

Born  at  Herbertshire,  in  the  County  of  Stirling,  igth  March,  1777.  Third 
and  youngest  son  of  William  Morehead  (1737-93)  of  Herbertshire,  and  Isabella 
(who  died  1814),  daughter  of  John  Lockhart  of  Castlehill  and  Cambusnethan, 
Lanarkshire.  The  Exhibitioner's  elder  brother,  William,  born  in  1770,  entered 
the.  Army,  succeeded  to  Herbertshire  on  the  death  of  his  father,  married  in  1795 
his  cousin,  Miss  Brown  of  Langside  (sister  of  Dr.  Brown,  afterwards  of  Waterhaughs 
and  Lanfine),  and  died  in  1834.  The  estate  of  Herbertshire  was  sold  in  1836 
to  Mr.  Forbes  of  Callendar.  The  second  brother,  John,  born  1773,  was  admitted 
Advocate  1794,  but  left  off  practice  in  early  life,  and  became  Collector  of  Customs 
at  Grangemouth,  dying  in  1837.  An  only  sister,  Charlotte  (Charles  Martha),  born 
in  1771,  died  in  1795.  A  sister  of  the  father  married  Sir  Thomas  Miller  of 
Barskimming  and  Glenlee,  Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session,  and  a  half-sister 
was  the  mother  of  Francis  Jeffrey.  With  the  latter,  the  Exhibitioner  was  likewise 
(infra)  connected  by  marriage. 

Received  his  early  education  at  (i)  Chelsea,  (2)  Southampton,  (3)  Dalziel, 
Lanarkshire. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1790-91  and 
1791-92,  and  also  attended  Law  Classes  there  during  two  Oxford  terms  in  1797-98, 
being  then  inclined  to  adopt  the  legal  profession,  with  which  view  he  likewise 
kept  terms  in  the  Temple.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1790-91,  Greek, 
tenth  for  general  eminence.  1791-92,  Greek,  fifth  for  general  eminence. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  two  Sessions,  namely,  1792-93 
and  1793-94.  Omitted  Session  1794-95,  being  in  attendance  on  his  sister  (supra) 
in  her  last  illness. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  4th  December,  1795.  Graduated  B.A.  1799, 
M.A.  1802.  Vacated  Exhibition  towards  end  of  1804. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1802,  Priest  1803. 
Curate  of  Castle  Eaton,  Wiltshire,  1802-03.  Incumbent  of  Episcopal  Chapel  at 
Leith,  1804-05.  Junior  Minister  of  Episcopal  Church,  Cowgate,  Edinburgh  (the 
congregation  of  which  removed  in  1818  to  the  new  building  of  St.  Paul's,  York 
Place),  1805-32,  his  senior  colleague  being  Archibald  Alison,  Exhibitioner  of  1775 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  75 

(q.v.).  Was  appointed  in  1816  one  of  the  Chaplains  to  the  Princess  Charlotte  of 
Wales,  and  held  office  as  Dean  of  Edinburgh,  1818-32.  Rector  of  Easington, 
Yorkshire,  1832-40,  when  resigned. 

Elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh,  1817.  Received  the 
Honorary  Degree  of  D.D.  from  the  University  of  St.  Andrews,  1828. 

Married  in  November,  1804,  Margaret  (who  died  at  Scarborough,  i8th  March, 
1 849),  fourth  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  Wilson,  Professor  of  Church  History 
in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  from  1793-1802,  and  cousin  and  sister-in-law  of 
Francis  Jeffrey.  Issue:  William  Ambrose,  born  1805,  attained  high  office  in  the 
Madras  Civil  Service,  in  which  he  remained  from  1825-62,  and  died  at  Edinburgh, 
ist  December,  1863;  Charles,  born  1807,  graduated  M.D.Edin.  1828,  joined  the 
Bombay  Medical  Service  1829,  and  retired  1862,  became  first  Principal  of  Grant 
Medical  College,  Bombay,  was  created  C.I.E.  in  1881,  and  died  at  Wilton  Castle 
(infra),  24th  August,  1882  ;  Robert,  Manager  at  Sydney  of  the  Scottish  Australian 
Investment  Company ;  George,  who  succeeded  his  father  as  Rector  of  Easington ; 
Alexander  Hamilton,  who  died  at  Edinburgh,  28th  July,  1818;  Isabella,  married, 
1834,  Sir  Charles  Hugh  Lowther,  Bart.,  of  Swillington  House  and  Wilton  Castle, 
Yorks ;  Euphemia. 

Published  Writings  (besides  articles  in  the  Edinburgh  Review,  and  several 
hundreds  of  sonnets,  a  large  number  of  which  are  printed  in  his  Life  and  Writings)  : 
A  Series  of  Discourses  on  the  principles  of  religious  belief  as  connected  with  human 
happiness  and  improvement,  1809-16;  Occasional  Sermons,  1825;  Dialogues  on 
natural  and  revealed  religion,  1830;  The  tour  of  the  Holy  Land,  1831  ;  A  sermon 
preached  at  the  visitation  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Cleveland,  1834;  Explanations 
of  some  passages  in  the  Epistles  of  St.  Paul,  chiefly  by  means  of  an  amended 
punctuation,  1843;  Philosophical  Dialogues,  1845. 

Died  at  Easington  Rectory,  i3th  December,  1842,  and  was  buried  in  Easington 
Churchyard. 

FRANCIS  LAING.  3Oth  March,  1796. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  ist  May,  1773.  Only  son  of  Alexander  Laing,  Architect 
in  Edinburgh,  who  died  at  Portobello,  roth  September,  1823. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  at  least  two  Sessions,  namely, 
1789-90  and  1792-93. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,   1795. 

Matriculated  at  Worcester  College,  Oxford,  i2th  May,  1795,  removing  to 
Balliol  College  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Graduated  B.A.  1799,  M.A.  1801. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1803. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  and  Priest  1799. 
Went  to  Malta  in  1803  as  Private  Secretary  to  the  Governor,  Sir  Alexander 
Ball,  and  was  shortly  afterwards  appointed  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  the 
Island,  a  post  which  he  held  till  1814.  Rector  of  Llanmaes,  Glamorganshire, 
1814-24.  Rector  of  Humshaugh,  Northumberland,  1820-32. 

Married,  in  Parish  of  Quatt,  Salop,  May,  1817,  Mary  Dorothea,  daughter  of 


76  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

W.  Whitmore  of  Dudmaston  Hall,  Salop.  Issue :  Emily  Whitmore,  baptised  3rd 
February,  1819;  Francis  Henry,  born  5th  February,  1820,  who  took  Holy 
Orders,  and  assumed  in  1864  the  name  of  Wolryche- Whitmore  on  succeeding  to 
estates  of  his  uncle ;  Mary  Anne,  who  married  the  Rev.  Richard  Clayton ; 
Charlotte,  who  married  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Foley ;  and  Louisa,  who  married  George 
Ruddle,  Esq. 

Died  at  the  Mythe,  near  Tewkesbury,  Gloucestershire,  24th  November,  1861. 

THOMAS  ROSE.  2oth  March,   1797. 

Born  at  Manse  of  Udny,  Aberdeenshire,  3<Dth  January,  1782.  Sixth  son  of 
the  Rev.  John  Rose  (M.A.  Mar.  Coll.  1764),  Minister  of  Udny  from  1768- 
1812,  by  his  first  wife,  Grace,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Lewis  Reid,  Minister  of 
Strachan.  The  latter  was  father  (and  the  Exhibitioner  consequently  nephew)  of 
Dr.  Thomas  Reid,  the  Philosopher,  who  occupied  the  Chair  of  Ethics  in  Glasgow 
University  from  1764-96.  Charles  Gregory,  Exhibitioner  of  1699  (q.v.),  was  the 
Exhibitioner's  granduncle.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather  was  George  Rose, 
burgess  and  goldsmith  of  Aberdeen ;  his  great-grandfather  was  Alexander  Rose 
of  Lethenby,  formerly  of  Insch ;  and  his  great-great-grandfather  was  Dr.  John 
Rose,  Minister  of  Foveran  and  proprietor  of  Insch.  The  Roses  of  Insch  were  a 
very  ancient  family,  descended  from  Hugh  Rose  of  Kilravock,  sixth  of  that 
name,  a  house  that  numbered  among  its  members  Arthur,  Lord  Archbishop  of 
St.  Andrews,  and  Alexander,  Lord  Bishop  of  Edinburgh.  Of  the  Exhibitioner's 
brothers,  George,  the  eldest,  was  Surgeon  to  the  Coldstream  Guards,  ist  Battalion, 
and  died  in  Egypt  of  wounds  received  while  landing  at  Aboukir  on  8th  March, 
1 80 1  ;  John  went  to  the  Civil  Establishment,  Ceylon,  and  died  at  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  23rd  January,  1807,  aged  27  ;  and  James  settled  in  London.  A  sister,  Ann, 
married  a  Dr.  Torrie,  Physician  in  Aberdeen,  and  died  in  June,  1825,  aged  28. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1793-94  to  1796-97.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1794-95,  Latin, 
third  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination.  1796-97,  Logic,  ninth  for 
the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  prescribed  during  the 
session,  and  for  distinguished  eminence  in  the  general  business  of  the  class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  26th  May,  1797.  Graduated  B.A.  1801, 
M.A.  1803. 

Studied  Medicine  at  Windmill  Street  School,  London,  one  of  his  fellow- 
students  there,  in  1802-3,  being  Sir  Benjamin  Collins  Brodie,  Bart.,  D.C.L.  (1783- 
1862),  who,  in  his  Autobiography,  says,  "We  lived  very  much  together,  and  our 
friendship  continued  without  a  day's  interruption  until  his  death."  Became,  like 
Sir  Benjamin,  a  Surgeon  in  St.  George's  Hospital,  London. 

Was  married,  and  in  1828  lost  three  out  of  four  children  from  the  effects 
of  scarlet  fever. 

Published  Writings :  An  Article  (described  by  Sir  B.  Brodie  as  "a  very 
valuable  paper")  in  the  Medico-Chirurgical  Transactions. 

Died,  of  phthisis,  in   1828  or  1829,  soon  after  his  children's  deaths. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


77 


JOHN  YOUNG.  igth  March,  1798. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  ist  July,  1781.  Eldest  son  of  John  Young  (M.A.Glasg. 
1769),  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1774  to  1820, 
and  Jean  (who  died  at  Southampton,  loth  February,  1823),  daughter  of  Colin 
Lament  of  Knockdow.  Professor  Young  was  a  very  distinguished  scholar,  and 
expounded  the  ancient  classics  with  great  enthusiasm.  He  was  likewise  an 
ardent  admirer  of  the  drama.  His  students  dubbed  him  "  Cocky  Bung,"  from 
the  fact  that  his  father  was  a  cooper.  On  one  occasion,  while  witnessing 
Edmund  Kean's  "  Shylock,"  he  was  so  much  carried  away  by  excitement  as  him- 
self to  act  the  part  in  dumb-show,  an  incident  which  was  immortalised  as  follows 
by  an  ex-Provost  of  Glasgow : 

"On  Glasgow's  Thespian  boards  yestreen, 
The  very  Jew  I've  surely  seen, 
That  Shakespeare  painted,  played  by  Kean, 

While  plaudits  loudly  rung  ; 

But  what  was  all  his  acting  fine, 

Or  Shakespeare's  Comedy  divine, 

To  the  diverting  pantomime 

Displayed  by  Cocky  Bung  ?  " 

The  Professor  died,  while  taking  a  bath  in  the  George  Inn,  Glasgow,  on 
i8th  November,  1820.  He  had  a  family  of  ten  children  (five  sons  and  five 
daughters),  including  Charles  Young,  Exhibitioner  of  1815  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  four 
Sessions,  namely,  1793-94  to  1796-97.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1794- 
95,  Latin,  sixth  for  the  best  Translations  from  Latin  into  English.  1795-96, 
Latin,  first  for  the  best  translation  from  English  into  Latin.  1796-97,  Logic, 
eleventh  for  general  eminence.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1810. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  May,  1798.  Graduated  B.A.  1802, 
M.A.  1804. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Sometime  Curate  in  York- 
shire; afterwards  one  of  the  Chaplains  of  the  East  India  Company;  thereafter 
(1834-52)  Rector  of  Newdigate,  Surrey. 

Died  at  Newdigate,   1310  May,   1852. 

JAMES  HUTCHISON.  2oth  January,  1800. 

Born  at  Hamilton,  Lanarkshire,  December,  1781.  Second  son  of  the  Rev. 
Alexander  Hutchison  (D.D.Glasg.  1786),  one  of  the  Ministers  of  Hamilton, 
1776-1821,  and  Dean  of  Faculties  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  1782-84,  1786-88, 
1790-92,  and  1794-96,  who  died  I5th  January,  1821,  aged  83,  from  the  accidental 
discharge  of  a  fowling  piece,  while  at  his  window  intending  to  kill  birds.  The 
Exhibitioner's  mother  was  Ann,  sister  of  John  Millar,  Professor  of  Law  in  Glasgow 
University,  1761-1801;  his  elder  brother,  John,  was  a  Merchant  in  Glasgow;  and 
his  sister,  Ann,  married  the  Rev.  James  Hamilton  (M.A.Glasg.  1783,  D.D. 
1814),  Minister  of  (i)  Shotts,  (2)  Lesmahagow.  The  Exhibitioner  was  second 


78  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

cousin  to  John  Millar,  Exhibitioner  of  January,  1819  (q.v.),  and  to  James  William 
Mylne,  Exhibitioner  of  November,  1819  (q.v.).  Vide  also  Ninian  Hill  Thomson, 
Exhibitioner  of  1849. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  probably  seven 
Sessions,  namely,  1793-94  to  1799-1800.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes: 
1794-95,  Greek,  eighth  for  propriety  of  conduct  and  exemplary  diligence.  1796-97, 
Logic,  second  for  the  best  specimens  of  composition  on  various  prescribed  sub- 
jects, and  for  distinguished  eminence  in  the  general  business  of  the  class ;  Greek, 
first  for  the  best  Translation  of  the  Characters  of  Theophrastus,  and  first  for  the 
best  Translation  of  the  I4th  Olympic  of  Pindar  in  Prose.  1797-98,  Moral 
Philosophy,  first  for  exemplary  conduct  and  general  eminence,  and  first  for  the 
best  exercises  read  in  the  class  on  different  prescribed  subjects ;  Logic,  first  for 
the  best  Vacation  Essay  on  the  Limits  and  Laws  of  Fiction  in  Epic  Poetry. 
Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1813. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  April,  1800.  Graduated  B.A.  1804, 
M.A.  1806.  Vacated  Exhibition  1810. 

Sometime  Curate  in  Norfolkshire.  Chaplain  to  the  Hon.  East  India  Com- 
pany— Quilon,  Travancore,  Indostan,  1813,  Palamcotta  to  1827,  when  retired  on 
pension.  Resided  latterly  at  Silverton  Hill,  Lanarkshire. 

Married,  in  1813,  Ann  Fender,  of  Hamilton,  who  died  at  7  St.  Bernard  Crescent, 
Edinburgh,  i3th  August,  1839.  Issue:  Alexander  Hamilton,  born  December, 
1815,  died  May,  1891 ;  Robert  Pender,  born  ist  November,  1817,  B.A.Cantab. 
1843,  M.A.  1869,  Rector  of  Martyr-Worthy,  Winchester,  since  1886. 

Died  at  the  Fife  Arms  Hotel,  Braemar,  Aberdeenshire,  loth  September, 
1857.  Buried  in  the  Churchyard  of  Hamilton. 

PATRICK  HERON  GOLDIE.  I2th  October,  1801. 

Born  at  Goldie  Leigh,  Dumfriesshire,  circa  1785.  Third  son  of  Thomas  Goldie 
of  Goldie  Leigh.  Elizabeth  (probably  the  Exhibitioner's  aunt  or  sister),  "second 
daughter  of  the  late  Lieut.-Gen.  Goldie  of  Goldielee,"  died  there  2oth  May,  1808. 
The  Right  Hon.  Sir  George  Dashwood  Taubman  Goldie,  P.C.,  K.C.M.G.,  D.C.L., 
founder  of  the  Niger  Territories,  Central  Soudan,  and  Governor  of  the  Royal 
Niger  Company,  is  descended  from  or  related  to  the  family.  The  present  owner 
of  the  estate  (now  known  as  Goldielea)  is  John  Hutton  Balfour-Browne,  Esq.,  the 
distinguished  Q.C. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  two  Sessions, 
namely,  1798-99  and  1800-01. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  May,  1802.  Vacated  Exhibition  previous 
to  22nd  February,  1803. 

Entered  the  Army.  Cornet  6th  Dragoon  Guards,  2nd  September,  1802. 
Lieutenant  6th  Dragoon  Guards,  2nd  June,  1804.  Captain  6th  Dragoon  Guards, 
r4th  February,  1811.  Captain  88th  Foot,  2oth  April,  1820.  Placed  on  half-pay 
of  24th  Regiment  of  Light  Dragoons,  2oth  December,  1822. 

Died,  unmarried,  ist  June,  1827. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


79 


NORMAN  MACLEOD.  2ist  March,    1803. 

Born  at  Aberdeen  circa  1787.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  Roderick  Macleod, 
U.D.,  sometime  Minister  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  Aberdeen,  afterwards 
Rector  of  Weeley,  near  Colchester,  Essex,  thereafter  Rector  of  St.  Anne's,  Soho, 
1806-45,  and  Chaplain  of  the  Scottish  Hospital,  and  who  died  at  St.  Anne's 
Rectory  House,  i4th  December,  1845,  aged  92.  Dr.  Macleod's  eldest  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  died  6th  October,  1819,  aged  34.  Another  daughter,  Sibella  (wife  of 
Major  Walsh  of  Gibraltar),  died  at  Ceuta,  30th  December,  1812,  ten  days  after 
the  death  of  her  only  child.  Roderick  Macleod,  a  grandson  of  Dr.  Macleod,  died 
joth  August,  1819,  aged  5. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1800-1  to  1802-3.  Gained  in  1800-1  the  Second  Prize  in  the  Greek 
Class  (Third  Division)  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  26th  May,  1803.     Vacated  Exhibition  1807. 

Nothing  has  been  learned — at  Aberdeen,  at  Weeley,  at  Soho,  or  elsewhere — 
regarding  the  subsequent  history  of  the  Exhibitioner. 

PATRICK  CLEGHORN  of  Stravithie.  i;th  November,  1803. 

Born  at  or  near  St.  Andrews,  Fife,  ist  December,  1783.  Second  son  of 
Hugh  Cleghorn,  LL.D.,  sometime  of  Denbrae,  afterwards  of  Stravithie,  Parish  of 
Dunino,  near  St.  Andrews,  Professor  of  Civil  History  in  St.  Andrews  University 
from  1773-93,  and  (according  to  Tombstone  at  Dunino)  "the  Agent  by  whose 
Instrumentality  the  Island  of  Ceylon  was  annexed  to  the  British  Empire."  The 
Exhibitioner's  mother  (who  died  i6th  October,  1821)  was  Rachel  Makgill,  of 
the  Kemback  family.  His  elder  brother,  Major  John  Ross  Cleghorn,  of  the 
Engineers,  H.E.I.C.  Service,  Madras,  served  at  the  Capture  of  Colombo  and  the 
Siege  of  Seringapatam,  and  died  at  sea,  on  a  voyage  to  St.  Helena  (where  he  was 
going  for  the  recovery  of  his  health),  6th  June,  1825.  A  sister,  Anne,  died  two 
days  later. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions, 
1801-02  and  1802-03. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  May,  1804.  Vacated  Exhibition  by 
April,  1807. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn  1810.  Was  sometime  Administrator-General 
in  the  Supreme  Court  at  Madras.  Succeeded  to  the  properties  of  Wakefield  and 
Stravithie  (now  known  by  the  one  name  of  Stravithie)  on  the  death  of  his  father 
in  February,  1836,  his  elder  brother  having  predeceased  as  above  stated. 

Married  Isabella  Allan,  who  died  at  Madras  on  ist  June,  1824.  Issue:  Allan, 
Lieutenant  Madras  Army,  deceased ;  Hugh  Francis  Clarke,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  of 
Stravithie,  Deputy  Inspector-General  of  Hospitals,  and  founder  of  Forest  Con- 
servancy in  India,  died  i6th  May,  1895;  Isabella,  deceased;  Rachel  Jane, 
married  Alexander  Sprot,  younger  of  Garnkirk,  whose  son  (the  present  possessor 
of  that  estate  and  of  Stravithie)  is  Major  Alexander  Sprot  of  the  Carabiniers. 

Died  at  Stravithie  (Wakefield  House),  gth  June,  1863,  and  was  buried  in 
Dunino  Churchyard. 


8o  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

WILLIAM  LEECHMAN  TAYLOR.  28th  February,   1804. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  8th  December,  1785.  Fifth  and  youngest  son  of  the  Very 
Rev.  William  Taylor-  (D.D.Glasg.  1783),  Minister  of  (i)  High  Church,  Paisley, 
1772-80,  (2)  Cathedral  Church,  Glasgow,  1780-1823,  and  Principal  of  the  University 
of  Glasgow,  1803-23.  Dr.  Taylor  was  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland  in  1798,  and  an  Honorary  Burgess  of  Glasgow.  His  wife 
was  Ann  Stewart,  whom  he  married  on  22nd  June,  1773. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1799-1800  to  1803-04.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1 800-01,  Latin, 
fifth  for  Exemplary  Diligence  and  Regularity.  1802-03,  Logic,  first  for  the  best 
Essay  on  Imitation  as  a  principle  in  the  Fine  Arts. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2  7th  April,  1804. 

Died  at  Glasgow,  unmarried,  i8th  October,  1812. 

Principal  Taylor,  who  died  2gth  March,  1823,  was  predeceased  by  his  wife 
and  their  whole  family  of  seven  children,  as  is  shown  by  the  following  Table : 

Born.  Died. 

WIFE,  -        -  I3th  February,  1814. 

CHILDREN. 

John  Maxwell,  Lieut.  3rd  West  India  Regiment,   -  I5th  March,  1774,  7th  July,  1796. 

Matthew,  Writer,  Glasgow,  -         -  -         -  2nd  June,  1775,  1st  August,  1819. 

Robert, 3ist  January,  1777,  291)1  June,  1793. 

Ann,    -         -  1 8th  December,  1778,  2Oth  January,  1781. 

William,       -         -  •  8th  September,  1781,  23rd  December,  1782. 

Jean,    -  3Oth  June,  1783,  nth  September,  1812. 

William  Leechman  (Exhibitioner),        -        -        -  8th  December,  1785,  i8th  October,  1812. 

Miss  Mary  Taylor,  83  Erpingham  Road,  Putney,  London,  S.W.,  is  a  grand- 
daughter of  Matthew  Taylor,  and  therefore  great-grand-daughter  of  the  Principal. 

JOHN  RICHMOND.  iglh  April,  1804. 

Born  at  Irvine,  Ayrshire,  2ist  August,  1784.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  James 
Richmond  (D.D.Glasg.  1800),  Minister  of  Irvine,  and  Ma.  Cunningham,  his 
wife.  The  Exhibitioner's  brother  James  was  a  Surgeon  in  the  H.E.I.C.S. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  seven  Sessions,  namely, 
1799-1800,  1800-01,  1801-02,  1802-03,  1803-04,  1805-06,  and  1807-08.  Gained 
the  following  Class  Prizes:  1799-1800,  Latin,  third  for  Latin  Verses  and  Exer- 
cises in  Prosody.  1801-02,  Logic,  sixth  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composition 
on  various  subjects  of  Reasoning  and  of  Taste,  and  for  distinguished  eminence 
and  proficiency  in  the  general  business  of  the  Class.  1802-03,  Moral  Philosophy, 
seventh  for  general  eminence;  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Translation,  in  Verse,  of 
a  Chorus  from  the  Choeptwrae  of  yEschylus.  1803-04,  Greek,  first  for  the  best 
Translation,  in  Verse,  of  the  Military  Fragments  of  Tyrtaeus.  1805-06,  Greek, 
first  for  the  best  Translation,  in  English  Verse,  of  the  i4th  Olympic  of  Pindar. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  May,  1804,  but  remained  there  only  one 
year,  his  plans  having  been  changed  by  his  father's  death,  which  occurred  on  i6th 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  8 1 

July,  1804.  Resigned  Exhibition  1805.  Returned  to  Glasgow  University,  as 
above  mentioned,  in  1805-06. 

Entered  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.  Licensed  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Irvine,  ist  August,  1809,  and  presented  two  days  thereafter  by  Archibald 
Lord  Douglas  (in  whose  family  at  Douglas  Castle  he  had  been  Tutor)  to  the 
Parish  of  Southdean,  Roxburghshire.  Ordained  to  that  charge,  igth  April,  1810. 
In  consequence  of  infirmity,  retired  to  St.  Andrews  in  1847,  and  subsequently 
to  Edinburgh. 

Married,  28th  April,  1825,  Catharine,  daughter  of  Captain  Mitchell,  of  Fencible 
Infantry  Regiment  commanded  by  Lord  MacDonald.  Issue :  Isabella  Georgina ; 
Margaret  Cunningham ;  James,  now  of  Monzie  Castle,  Crieff;  George  Mitchell, 
Lieutenant  in  the  i2th  Native  Infantry,  India,  who  fell  in  the  Bhootan  insurrection, 
for  which  he  had  bravely  volunteered  his  services. 

Published  Writings :  A  Sermon  on  regular  attendance  on  Divine  Worship,  in 
connexion  with  the  Spirit  of  the  Times,  Jedburgh,  1820,  8vo ;  Account  of  the 
Parish  of  Southdean  (New  Statistical  Account  of  Scotland,  III.);  Ode  "To  the 
Memory  of  Thomson  [the  Poet  of  the  Seasons]  in  the  Temple  of  the  Muses  at 
Dryburgh  Abbey,"  Edin.,  printed  by  Ruthven  &  Sons,  1818.  Wrote  numerous 
poems,  evidently  unpublished,  contained  in  a  manuscript  volume  possessed  by 
his  son  James  (supra),  who  kindly  lent  them  for  inspection. 

The  Exhibitioner  was  a  fellow-student  of  John  Gibson  Lockhart,  Exhibitioner 
of  1809  (q.v.),  and  of  John  Wilson  ("Christopher  North"),  and  the  friendship  then 
formed  was  continued  through  life.  Both  Lockhart  and  Wilson  were  visitors  to 
Southdean,  the  former  when  he  accompanied  his  father-in-law,  Sir  Walter  Scott, 
to  the  Jedburgh  Circuit  Court. 

Died  at  Edinburgh,  2ist  January,  1854. 

*  SAMUEL  M'CORMICK.  Probably  1805. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1787.  Eldest  son  of  Edward  M'Cormick  (born 
1745;  Advocate  1772;  Sheriff  of  Ayrshire  1793;  Solicitor  of  Teinds  1812; 
Assessor  for  Leith;  died  2gth  December,  1814),  by  his  marriage  with  Joanna 
(who  died  igth  February,  1820),  third  daughter  of  Alexander  Hamilton,  brother 
of  George  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1745  (q.v.).  Daniel  Edward  M'Cormick, 
Surgeon,  a  brother  of  the  Exhibitioner,  died  on  board  the  "Cornwall"  India- 
man,  near  the  port  of  Liverpool,  i8th  September,  1819.  The  Exhibitioner's 
paternal  grandfather  was  Samuel  M'Cormick,  General  Examiner  of  Excise  in 
Scotland,  who  died  7th  August,  1775. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  (i)  from  William  Laing, 
M.A.,  father  of  Major  A.  G.  Laing,  the  African  traveller,  (2)  at  the  High  School 
of  Edinburgh,  where  in  1800  he  gained  the  Murray  Gold  Medal  for  Latin,  being 
the  only  pupil  who  achieved  that  honour  at  the  close  of  the  first  year's  attendance 
in  the  Rector's  Class. 

Probably  studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  A  person  of  the  same 
name  graduated  M.A.  there  toth  January,  1807. 

F 


82  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  July  1805.  Vacated  Exhibition  by 
January,  1807. 

Was  admitted  Advocate,  i6th  February,  1811.  Held  office  as  Advocate- 
Depute,  1815-18,  and  as  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Bute,  1818-34.  Resided  at 
23  Brighton  Place,  Portobello,  near  Edinburgh.  His  Sheriff-Substitute  at  Rothesay 
was  Alexander  Irvine,  father  of  Alexander  Campbell  Irvine,  Exhibitioner  of 
1848  (q.v.). 

Delivered,  at  "a  meeting  of  Scots  gentlemen,"  held  in  Oxford,  25th  January, 
1806,  to  "commemorate  the  nativity  of  their  illustrious  countryman,"  Robert  Burns, 
a  Poetical  Address  (presumably  composed  by  himself),  of  which  the  first  stanza 

is  as  follows : 

"  Ye  generous  youths  whose  glowing  hearts  expand 
With  fervour  worthy  of  your  native  land, 
Who  far  from  Caledonia  meet  to  pay 
The  honours  due  her  Poet's  natal  day  ; 
While  every  bosom  beats  with  kindred  throes, 
And  full  the  tide  of  ardent  feeling  flows, 
A  moment  deign  its  progress  to  retard, 
And  view  the  merits  of  the  Immortal  Bard, 
O'er  whose  sad  shrine  the  laurels  green  appear, 
And  worth  and  genius  shed  the  mingled  tear." 

The  full  Address  (six  stanzas)  appeared  in  the  Glasgow  Herald  of  roth 
February,  1806.  The  Chairman  of  the  meeting  was  John  Wilson  ("Christopher 
North"). 

The  Exhibitioner  died  4th  June,   1834. 

JOHN  GORDON  M'CAUL.  igth  March,  1805. 

Born  at  Glasgow  circa  1788.  Second  son  of  John  M'Caul,  Merchant  in 
Glasgow,  whose  father  was  the  Rev.  John  M'Caul  (D.D.Glasg.  1791),  Minister 
of  (i)  Symington,  Lanarkshire,  (2)  Tron  Church,  Glasgow.  His  father  again 
was  the  Rev.  John  M'Caul,  Minister  of  Whithorn,  who  in  turn  was  son  of 
John  M'Caul,  Farmer  at  Corsbie,  in  the  Parish  of  Penningham.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner's aunt,  Helen  M'Caul,  married  Robert  Cowan,  Surgeon  in  Glasgow,  a  son 
of  which  union  was  Robert  Cowan  (M.D.Glasg.  1834),  Professor  of  Medical 
Jurisprudence  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1839-41,  who  was  thus  first 
cousin  to  the  Exhibitioner.  Professor  Robert  Cowan  was  the  father  of  John 
Black  Cowan  (M.D.Glasg.  1851,  LL.D.  1880),  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in 
Glasgow  University  from  1865-80. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1799-1800  to 
1804-05. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  4th  May,  1805.  Graduated  B.A.  1809, 
M.A.  1813. 

Betook  himself  to  commercial  pursuits,  and  carried  on  business  as  a  Merchant 
at  Santa  Cruz. 

Died  at  Cane  Valley  there,   i6th  March,  1860. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  83 

WILLIAM  WILSON.  6th  June,  1805. 

Born  loth  December,  1788.  Eldest  son  of  John  Wilson  of  Thornley, 
(M.A.Glasg.  1782),  Merchant,  Factor  to  the  Earl  of  Glasgow,  and  Tacksman  of 
His  Lordship's  coal  at  Hurlet,  Renfrewshire.  John  Wilson  was  a  recognised 
authority  on  agricultural  matters  (especially  Fiars  Prices)  and  on  statistics.  He 
was  born  at  Hawkhead,  2nd  February,  1761,  and  died  at  Crookston,  27th 
February,  1847.  His  second  daughter,  Helen,  died  at  Levernholme,  25th 
September,  1819.  His  sister  Margaret  married,  in  1795,  Charles  Tennant  (Burns' 
"Wabster  Charlie"),  the  founder  of  the  great  chemical  works  at  St.  Rollox. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1800-01  to  1804-05.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1800-01,  Latin, 
eighth  for  exemplary  diligence  and  regularity.  1801-02,  Greek  (Third  Division), 
fourth  for  general  eminence ;  Latin,  first  for  exemplary  diligence  and  regularity. 
1802-03,  Greek  (First  Division),  first  for  general  eminence.  1803-04,  Lower  Junior 
Mathematics,  third  for  general  eminence.  1804-05,  Natural  Philosophy,  fourth 
for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  October,  1805. 

Did  not  follow  any  profession. 

Died,  unmarried,  at  Crookston,  Renfrewshire,  September,   1852. 

SIR  WILLIAM  HAMILTON,  BART.,  of  Preston  and  Fingalton.  8th  April,  1807. 

Full  name  William  Stirling  Hamilton,  but  dropped  the  Stirling  as  early  as 
1807,  on  the  ground  that  "it  is  nonsense  having  three  long  names." 

Born  in  Professors'  Court,  Old  University,  High  Street,  Glasgow,  8th  March, 
1788.  Second  son  of  William  Hamilton  (born  3131  July,  1758,  B.A.Glas.  1775, 
M.A.  1776,  died  i3th  March,  1790),  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Botany  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow,  1780-90,  by  his  marriage,  on  2oth  October,  1783,  with 
Elizabeth  (who  died  January,  1827),  second  daughter  of  William  Stirling,  Mer- 
chant, whose  ancestors  had  for  generations  been  settled  in  Glasgow,  and,  tracing 
their  descent  from  the  Stirlings  of  Bankier  and  Lettyr,  claimed  through  them  to 
represent  the  distinguished  house  of  Cadder,  oldest  of  the  name  of  Stirling. 
Professor  Hamilton  was  a  cadet  of  the  Hamiltons  of  Airdrie,  a  very  ancient 
house,  who  again  were  a  branch  of  the  Hamiltons  of  Preston  and  Fingalton. 
John  Hamilton  of  Airdrie,  the  first  of  the  line  (second  son  of  Sir  Robert  Hamilton 
of  Preston),  fell  at  Flodden.  The  third,  Gavin,  espoused  the  cause  of  Queen  Mary, 
and  was  engaged  in  the  capture  of  the  King's  party  in  Stirling  in  1571.  The 
fifth,  also  a  Gavin,  accompanied  the  disastrous  expedition  into  England  under 
Charles  II.  in  1651.  This  Gavin  had  two  sons,  the  elder  of  whom,  Robert  of 
Airdrie,  took  part  in  the  Western  Rising  of  1679,  and  was  made  prisoner  at 
Bothwell  Brig,  while  the  second,  William,  became  Professor  of  Divinity  in  Edin- 
burgh University,  and  died  Principal  thereof  1732.  Robert's  son,  William,  was 
Laird  of  Airdrie  and  Minister  of  Bothwell,  and  his  elder  son,  Robert,  became 
Professor  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  of  (i)  Anatomy  and  Botany  1742-56,  (2) 
Practice  of  Medicine  1756,  and  died  on  i5th  May  of  that  year.  He  married,  in 


84  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

1747,  "Miss  Molly  Baird,  a  beautiful  young  lady  with  a  handsome  fortune."  His 
younger  brother,  Thomas,  born  ist  October,  1728,  succeeded  him  in  the  Professor- 
ship of  Anatomy  and  Botany,  holding  that  Chair  from  1757  to  1780,  and  dying 
7th  January,  1782.  He  married  Isabella,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Anderson, 
Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  1721-52,  and  the 
Exhibitioner's  father  was  the  eldest  child  of  that  union.  The  Exhibitioner  was 
thus  the  son,  the  grandson,  and  the  grand-nephew  of  Professors  of  Anatomy  and 
Botany  in  Glasgow.  His  only  sister,  Isabella  (born  6th  August,  1784),  and  his 
elder  brother,  Thomas  (born  gth  July,  1786),  both  died  in  infancy.  His  younger 
brother  (also  named  Thomas)  was  born  4th  January,  1790,  became  a  Captain  in 
the  Army,  and,  after  active  service  in  Portugal  (wounded  at  Albuera)  and  else- 
where, retired  on  half-pay  in  1818,  and  devoted  himself  to  literature.  He  died  at 
Pisa,  7th  December,  1842.  He  was  author  of  "The  Life  and  Manhood  of  Cyril 
Thornton,"  "  Annals  of  the  Peninsular  Campaign,"  and  "  Men  and  Manners  in 
America." 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  (i)  under  Mr.  Angus,  a  well- 
known  teacher  of  English  in  Glasgow,  (2)  at  the  Grammar  School  of  Glasgow, 
1797-1800,  (3)  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1800-1,  when  he 
attended  the  Junior  Latin  and  Junior  Greek  Classes,  (4)  at  Chiswick,  October  to 
December,  1801,  and  (5)  at  Bromley,  December,  1801,  to  Midsummer,  1803. 
Was  boarded  at  various  periods,  both  before  and  after  entering  College,  with  the 
Rev.  John  Sommers  (B.A.  and  M.A.Glasg.  1785,  D.D.  1818),  Minister  of  Mid- 
calder,  near  Edinburgh,  who  superintended  his  studies. 

Returned  to  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  1803-4,  and  studied  there  for  three 
Sessions,  attending  classes  in  both  Arts  and  Medicine,  his  original  intention  being 
to  adopt  the  medical  profession.  Obtained  in  1803-4  the  Second  Prize  in  the 
Logic  Class  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  of 
Reasoning  and  Taste,  and  for  distinguished  eminence  and  proficiency  in  the  whole 
business  of  the  Class. 

Studied  Medicine  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  in  Session  1806-7,  and 
attended  a  Law  Class  there  in  1813-14  after  admission  to  the  Bar. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  May,  1807,  and  remained  there  regularly 
till  end  of  1810,  after  which  put  in  only  sufficient  residence  to  enable  him  to 
retain  the  Exhibition  and  proceed  to  M.A.  His  studies  at  Balliol  included 
medical  subjects.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores, 
1810.  Graduated  B.A.  1811,  M.A.  1814.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  January,  1817. 

Was  adjudged  in  1816,  by  the  Sheriff  of  Edinburgh  and  a  Jury,  heir-male-in- 
general  to  Sir  Robert  Hamilton  of  Preston  (who  died  unmarried  in  1701),  and 
declared  thenceforward  entitled  to  bear  the  name  and  style  of  Baronet  of  Preston 
and  Fingalton,  which  title  had  been  separated  from  the  family  estates.  The 
Exhibitioner,  however,  acquired  by  purchase  in  1819  the  old  tower  of  Preston, 
with  a  small  piece  of  ground  surrounding  it.  The  Preston  family  dates  back 
some  six  hundred  years.  Sir  John  Hamilton,  youngest  son  of  Sir  Gilbert  de 
Hamilton  (flor.  i3th  century),  was  the  immediate  ancestor  of  the  Hamiltons  of 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  85 

Rossavon  in  Lanarkshire,  Fingalton  in  Renfrewshire,  and  Preston  in  East  Lothian. 
In  the  time  of  Robert  Bruce,  the  head  of  the  family  was  notable  for  deeds  of 
arms.  In  the  sixteenth  century,  Sir  David  Hamilton  was  a  steady  adherent  of  the 
doctrines  of  the  Reformation.  Sir  George,  tenth  of  Preston,  withdrew  from 
military  service,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  interests  of  religion  and  learning  in 
his  town  of  Preston.  His  son,  Sir  John,  eleventh  of  Preston  (who  died  1644), 
withstood  the  aggressions  of  the  Crown  on  civil  and  religious  liberty  in  the  reigns 
both  of  James  and  Charles.  Sir  Thomas,  twelfth  of  Preston,  commanded  a  body 
of  horse  at  Drumclog,  and  afterwards  at  the  Battle  of  Worcester.  His  son,  Sir 
William,  created  Baronet  of  Nova  Scotia  in  1673,  suffered  exile  in  Holland  for 
his  political  principles,  and  returned  to  England  in  the  expedition  of  the  Prince 
of  Orange,  but  died  suddenly  at  Exeter  on  the  march  to  London.  His  brother, 
Sir  Robert  (born  1650),  as  head  of  the  Scottish  Presbyterians,  gained  the  Battle 
of  Drumclog,  and  lost  that  of  Bothwell  Brig.  Fleeing  to  Holland,  he  returned  to 
Scotland  after  the  Revolution  of  1688,  but  even  subsequently  to  that  his  extreme 
political  views  got  him  into  trouble.  His  death  (supra)  closed  the  line  of  Preston, 
and  the  family  fell  to  be  represented  by  Robert  Hamilton  of  Airdrie,  fifth  in  the 
male  line  from  John  (supra),  second  son  of  Sir  Robert  Hamilton,  the  seventh  of 
Preston,  who  died  before  1522.  Robert  Hamilton  of  Airdrie  did  not  assume  the 
Baronetcy,  and  it  remained  dormant  till  claimed  by  the  Exhibitioner,  as  twenty- 
fourth  head  of  the  house  of  Preston,  and  twelfth  male  representative  of  the  family 
of  Airdrie. 

The  Exhibitioner  was  admitted  Advocate  in  July,  1813,  and  practised  in 
Edinburgh  till  appointed  to  Logic  Chair.  Professor  of  Civil  History  in  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  1821-36.  Solicitor  of  Teinds,  1832-56.  Professor  of 
Logic  and  Metaphysics  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  1836-56.  Acted  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  Edinburgh  Senatus  Academicus,  1833-46. 

Was  created  D.D.  of  the  University  of  Leyden  in  1840,  and  received  many 
honours  from  learned  Societies  abroad. 

Married  at  North  Woodside,  Glasgow,  3ist  March,  1829,  his  cousin  Janet 
(who  died  24th  December,  1877),  only  daughter  of  Hubert  Marshall.  Issue: 
William  Stirling,  who  succeeded  to  the  Baronetcy,  born  i7th  September,  1830, 
General  and  Colonel  Commandant  R.A.  (retired  1890),  married,  1856,  Elizabeth 
Marcia,  eldest  daughter  of  Major-General  Barr,  Bengal  Horse  Artillery;  Hubert, 
born  4th  July,  1834,  Exhibitioner  of  1853  (q.v.);  Thomas  Montgomery  Campbell, 
born  i8th  October,  1837,  died  April,  1840;  Alexander  Scott,  died  in  childhood, 
1836 ;  Elizabeth,  born  2nd  November,  1839,  died  2nd  March,  1882 ;  Margaret, 
died  in  childhood,  winter  1844-45  ;  Thomas,  born  26th  January,  1843,  graduated 
M.B.,C.M.Edin.  1865,  and  is  a  Medical  Practitioner  in  London,  married,  1873, 
Helen,  daughter  of  the  late  J.  W.  Nutt,  Esq. 

Published  Writings  (inter  alia) :  Character  and  Authorship  of  the  Epistolae 
Obscurorum  Virorum,  1831;  Fragments  de  Philosophic,  1840;  Discussions  on 
Philosophy  and  Literature,  Education  and  University  Reform,  1853;  Lectures  on 
Metaphysics  and  Logic  (posthumous),  1859-60. 


86  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Died  at  his  house  16  Great  King  Street,  Edinburgh,  6th  May,  1856. 
Buried  in  one  of  the  vaults  of  St.  John's  Chapel,  Edinburgh. 

RICHARD  ALLAN  TAYLOR.  8th  April,  1807. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  24th  July,  1788.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Taylor, 
(D.D.Glas.  1800),  Minister  of  (i)  Baldernock,  1777-82,  (2)  St.  Enoch's,  Glasgow, 
1782-1825,  and  who  died  i5th  March,  1825,  by  his  marriage,  on  6th  March, 
1786,  with  Christian  (who  died  22nd  December,  1835),  daughter  of  Richard  Allan  of 
Bardowie.  The  Exhibitioner  had  two  brothers,  John,  born  nth  January,  1787, 
and  William,  born  2nd  December,  1790,  and  a  sister,  Mary,  born  3rd  April, 
1793,  died  26th  April,  1796. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1801-2  to 
1805-6. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  May,  1807.  Resigned  Exhibition  before 
1 7th  February,  1809. 

Admitted  Advocate,  loth  March,  1812.  Practised  for  a  few  years  in 
Edinburgh,  and  then  retired,  becoming  somewhat  of  a  recluse.  Resided  in 
Callander,  Perthshire  (to  which  he  was  attracted  by  early  associations),  during  the 
last  few  years  of  his  life.  Had  strong  musical  proclivities,  played  the  piano, 
violin,  and  violoncello,  and  was  thoroughly  versed  in  the  Old  Masters.  While  at 
the  bar,  acted  as  Counsel  for  Matthew  Clydesdale,  a  collier  in  the  Middle 
Ward  of  Lanarkshire,  who,  at  the  Glasgow  Circuit  Court  on  3rd  October,  1818, 
was  charged  with  and  convicted  of  murder  and  sentenced  to  death,  his  body, 
after  execution,  to  "be  delivered  up  by  the  Magistrates  of  Glasgow  to  Dr. 
James  Jeffray,1  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  there  to  be 
publicly  dissected  and  anatomised."  Previous  to  the  dissection,  an  experiment 
was  made  on  the  body  with  a  newly-invented  galvanic  battery,  the  result  being 
that  the  "  subject "  showed  signs  of  life,  whereupon  "  Dr.  Jeffray  pulled  out  his 
unerring  lancet  and  plunged  it  into  the  jugular  vein  of  the  culprit,  who  instantly 
fell  down  upon  the  floor  like  a  slaughtered  ox  on  the  blow  of  the  butcher ! " 
[P.  Mackenzie's  "  Reminiscences  of  Glasgow,"  wherein,  among  other  mistakes, 
the  Counsel  is  erroneously  called  William  Taylor.] 

Died,  unmarried,  26th  November,  1869,  at  The  Square,  Callander.  Interred 
in  Little  Leny  burying-ground  near  that  place.  Shortly  before  his  death,  he 
made  over  to  Trustees  a  sum  of  ^1870,  with  directions  that  the  annual 
income  thereof  should  be  applied  towards  the  support  of  select  aged  and  indigent 
men  and  women,  parishioners  of  Callander,  and  not  recipients  of  parochial  relief. 
This  donation  is  gratefully  recorded  on  a  Memorial  Tablet  (erected  by  subscrip- 
tion, 1870)  in  the  vestibule  of  the  Parish  Church. 

***  ROBERT  MACFARLANE.  December,  1807. 

Born  at  Inverness  circa  1789.  Son  of  the  Right  Rev.  Andrew  Macfarlane, 
Bishop  of  Ross  and  Argyll. 

1  Father  of  Lockhart  William  Jeffray,  Exhibitioner  of  1830  (q.v). 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  87 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  27th  October,  1807.  Obtained  in  1811  a 
Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics.  Graduated  B.A.  1811,  M.A.  1814. 
Probably  vacated  Exhibition  1817. 

Mrs.  Wilson,  13  Milverton  Crescent,  Leamington,  says:  "I  am  sorry  not  to 
be  able  to  give  any  particulars  about  Robert  Macfarlane.  He  was  my  uncle,  but 
must  have  died  before  I  was  born.  I  know  he  was  a  clergyman,  and  that  he 
was  married,  and  that  his  widow  lived  at  Bath.  That  must  have  been  about 
1830,  or  rather  before  that  date.  All  that  generation  having  passed  away,  I  fear 
any  papers  that  might  have  thrown  any  light  on  the  subject  must  have  been 
destroyed." 

***  ALEXANDER  NICOLL.  December,  1807. 

Born  at  Monymusk,  Aberdeenshire,  3rd  April,  1 793.  Youngest  son  of  John  Nicoll, 
Wheelwright  in  that  village.  The  Exhibitioner's  brother,  Lewis,  was  an  Advocate  in 
Aberdeen,  and  he  had  another  brother,  a  turner  in  Monymusk,  who  "  read  Hebrew 
without  the  points."  The  latter,  who  is  described  as  "erudite  but  eccentric," 
removed  to  Aberdeen  in  1814,  and  had  a  shop  in  Castle  Street  there.  A  sister, 
Ann,  "  relict  of  Benjamin  Nicoll,  Tailor,  London,"  died  at  1 1  New  Quebec  Street 
there,  igth  July,  1862,  aged  74. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  (i)  a  Private  Seminary  in 
Monymusk,  conducted  by  a  Mr.  Sivewright,  (2)  the  Parish  School  of  Monymusk, 
taught  by  a  Mr.  Duff,  and  (3)  the  Grammar  School  of  Aberdeen,  which  he  attended 
from  July  to  November,  1805. 

Studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1805-6 
(Latin  and  Greek)  and  1806-7  (Mathematics,  Natural  History,  and  Civil  History). 
Gained  on  entry  one  of  the  smaller  Bursaries  open  to  competition.  At  close  of 
Session  1805-6,  won,  among  other  honours,  the  "silver  pen"  bestowed  on  the 
best  Greek  scholar  in  the  first  class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  December,  1807.  Obtained  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  1811.  Graduated  B.A.  1811, 
M.A.  1814,  D.C.L.  1822.  Probably  vacated  Exhibition  circa  1817. 

In  1813  turned  his  attention  to  Oriental  Languages,  and  soon  acquired  such 
an  extensive  knowledge  thereof  that  in  1814  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Sub- 
Librarians  of  the  Bodleian  Library,  in  which  capacity  be  catalogued  the  Oriental 
Manuscripts  there,  numbering  about  30,000.  Received  Deacon's  Orders  in  1817, 
and  became  Curate  of  St.  Martin's  (commonly  called  Carfax)  in  Oxford,  an 
appointment  which  did  not  interfere  with  his  Library  work.  Ordained  Priest  1818. 
In  1822  he  was  elected  Regius  Professor  of  Hebrew  in  the  University  of  Oxford, 
and  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  both  which  posts  he  held  till  his  death. 

Was  F.R.S.,  and  M.A.S.  London  and  Paris. 

Married  (i)  in  July,  1816,  Johanna  (who  died  eight  days  afterwards),  youngest 
daughter  of  Alexander  Anderson  Felborg,  of  Copenhagen,  (2)  28th  May,  1823, 
Sophia,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  James  Parsons,  editor  of  the  Oxford  Septuagint. 


88  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Of  this  second  marriage  there  were  three  daughters,  the  second  of  whom  was 
born  Qth  October,  1827,  and  the  third  (posthumous)  7th  April,  1829. 

Published  Writings  :  Catalogue  of  Dr.  E.  D.  Clarke's  Oriental  Manuscripts 
in  the  Bodleian  Library,  1815;  Notitia  Codicis  Samaritano- Arabic!  in  Bibliotheca 
Bodleiana  adservati  Pentateuchum  complectentis,  1817;  A  second  part  to  the 
Bibliothecae  Bodleianae  Codicum  Manuscriptorum  Orientalium  Catalogus,  1821 
[first  part  published  by  Uri,  1787];  Sermons,  published  posthumously  in  1830, 
with  a  Memoir  of  the  Exhibitioner  by  his  father-in-law,  the  Rev.  James  Parsons 
(supra). 

Died  at  Oxford,  25th  September,  1828. 

*  ROBERT  ALEXANDER  SCOTT.  Probably  circa  1808. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1789.  Eldest  son  of  George  Robertson  Scott  of 
Benholme,  Kincardineshire.  Appears  to  have  generally  dropped  the  "  Robert " 
from  his  name,  and  to  have  been  familiarly  known  as  Alexander  Scott. 

Matriculated  at  St.  John's  College,  Oxford,  2gth  October,  1807,  and  became 
a  Student  of  Lincoln's  Inn  same  year.  Must  have  removed  to  Balliol  College  on 
appointment  to  Snell,  though  Foster's  Alumni  Oxonienses  contains  no  record 
thereof.  Vacated  Exhibition  by  March,  1812. 

Was  a  bosom  friend  of  Sir  William  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1807  (q.v.), 
who  named  one  of  his  children  after  him. 

Died  at  Brompton,  of  consumption,  i8th  September,  1812. 

*** JONATHAN  HENRY  CHRISTIE.  September,  1808. 

Born  at  Fyvie,  Aberdeenshire,  4th  November,  1793.  Son  of  the  Very  Rev. 
Alexander  Christie,  Incumbent  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Woodend,  Fyvie,  and 
Dean  of  Aberdeen. 

Studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  during  Session  1807-8. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  October,  1808.  Obtained  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  1813.  Graduated  B.A.  1813, 
M.A.  1815.  Probably  vacated  Exhibition  circa  1818. 

Entered  at  Lincoln's  Inn  1815,  and  about  same  time>  became  a  pupil  in  the 
chambers  of  Mr.  Duval,  for  whom  he  continued  to  work  after  pupilage.  Health 
giving  way,  he  retired  for  a  time  to  Limoges,  France.  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's 
Inn,  2ist  May,  1824.  On  return  from  France,  practised  for  a  short  time  in 
Bristol,  afterwards  settling  in  London,  and  attaining  great  eminence  as  a  Con- 
veyancer. Among  his  pupils  were  Lord  Justice  Sir  Henry  Cotton;  The  Lord 
Chief  Justice  Coleridge;  Sir  James  Fitz  James  Stephen,  Bart,  K.C.S.I.,  sometime 
one  of  H.M.  Justices  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice;  and  Lord  Cardwell.  In  1852 
Lord  Chancellor  St.  Leonards  appointed  the  Exhibitioner  to  be  one  of  the  first 
six  Conveyancing  Counsel  of  the  Court,  which  post  he  resigned  in  1861,  and 
retired  from  practice  in  1862. 

Fought,  i6th  February,  1821,  with  John  Scott,  editor  of  the  London  Magazine, 
a  duel  arising  out  of  a  literary  quarrel  between  Scott  and  John  Gibson  Lockhart, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  89 

Exhibitioner  of  1809  (q.v.),  and  resulting  in  Scott's  death  on  4th  March,  1821. 
The  Exhibitioner's  "second"  in  this  duel  was  James  Traill,  Exhibitioner  of  1810 
(q.v.).  Both  were  tried  at  the  Old  Bailey  for  murder,  i3th  April,  1821,  but 
acquitted. 

Married  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  Bristol,  March,  1819,  Mary  (who  died  a  few 
months  before  him),  daughter  of  Daniel  Conner  of  Connorville,  County  Cork. 
Issue:  (i)  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  i8th  February,  1820,  married,  gth  May,  1844, 
at  St.  Mary's,  Bryanstone  Square,  Charles  Davidson,  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
Barrister-at-Law,  and  Fellow  of  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  and  died  1890;  (2) 
Margaret  Louisa,  born  a8th  April,  1821,  married  Samuel  Bowring,  of  H.E.I. C. 
Service,  and  died  1897;  (3)  James  Traill,  born  at  Limoges,  25th  May,  1823, 
Barrister-at-Law,  and  author  of  several  Works  on  Conveyancing,  married  Lydia 
Rose,  daughter  of  Bonamy  Price,  Professor  of  Political  Economy,  Oxford,  and 
died  2nd  February,  1875,  leaving  an  only  son,  Henry  James,  born  in  London, 
May,  1864,  B.A.Oxon.  1887,  Clergyman  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  The 
Oratory,  London,  S.W. ;  (4)  Daniel,  born  I3th  January,  1825,  a  Cornet  in  the 
7th  Bengal  Light  Cavalry,  was  killed  in  storming  a  Fort  (for  which  he  had 
volunteered),  i6th  January,  1849;  (5)  Alexander  Henry,  born  aist  October,  1827, 
become  a  member  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  married  Annie,  daughter  of  William 
Hichens,  and  died  1891;  (6)  Arthur,  born  at  Bayswater,  i3th  January,  1830, 
matriculated  at  St.  John's  College,  Oxford,  8th  May,  1850,  married  Alice,  daughter 
of  G.  Upton,  and  died  1891  ;  (7)  Sophia,  born  29th  October,  1831  (still  alive), 
married  the  now  deceased  William  Perry  Herrick  of  Beau  Manor  Park,  Lough- 
borough,  and  Earderley  Park,  Herefordshire.  She  acted  as  one  of  the  bridesmaids 
at  the  marriage,  on  igth  August,  1847,  of  Charlotte  Harriet  Jane,  daughter  of 
John  Gibson  Lockhart,  Exhibitioner  of  1809  (q.v.). 

Published  Writings  of  Exhibitioner :  A  letter  to  the  Right  Hon.  R.  Peel,  on  the 
proposed  changes  in  the  laws  of  real  property,  and  on  modern  conveyancing,  1827. 

Died  at  9  Stanhope  Street,  Hyde  Park  Gardens,  London,  i5th  April,   1876. 

*ADAM  ANNAND.  Probably  circa  1809. 

Born  at  Aberdeen,  ist  February,  1789.  Third  son  of  John  Annand  of  Bushy 
Bank  (now  called  Belmont),  Merchant  in  Aberdeen,  by  his  marriage  with  Helen, 
daughter  of  Adam  Smith,  Alloa.  John  Annand  was  born  in  Old  Aberdeen,  1737, 
and  died  2gth  March,  1812.  Besides  the  Exhibitioner,  he  had  two  sons  and  three 
daughters.  Alexander,  the  eldest  son,  went  to  London,  prospered  in  business, 
married,  and  had  issue.  Miss  Agnes  Annand,  who  resides  at  18  Norfolk  Road, 
Brighton,  is  his  grand-daughter.  William  succeeded  to  Belmont,  and  died  in  1843, 
unmarried.  Helen  married  (i)  Walter  Learmonth,  and  (2)  the  Rev.  William 
Wilkinson.  Margaret  Christian  married  Richard  Cumberlege  Ware.  Eliza,  the 
youngest,  married  the  Rev.  Patrick  Cheyne,  who  succeeded  the  Exhibitioner  in 
the  pastoral  charge  of  St.  John's  (infra).  The  Annands  are  of  an  ancient  stock, 
coming  originally  from  Auchter-Ellon,  Aberdeenshire.  In  the  churchyard  of  that 
place  there  is  a  family  monument,  the  earliest  date  upon  which  is  1326,  and  the 


go  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

latest  1602.  The  Exhibitioner  was  a  direct  descendant  of  the  Annands  buried 
there. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  in  Aberdeen.  He  is  believed 
to  have  studied  at  King's  College  there,  but  the  academic  records  do  not  contain 
any  mention  of  his  name. 

He  matriculated  at  Hertford  College,  Oxford,  isth  July,  1808,  removing  to 
Balliol  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of 
Literae  Humaniores,  1812.  Graduated  B.A.  1812.  Resigned  Exhibition  1815. 

Took  Holy  Orders.  Deacon  1815,  Priest  1816.  Was  Clergyman  of  St.  John's 
Episcopal  Chapel,  Golden  Square,  Aberdeen,  1815-18.  This  Chapel  originally 
belonged  to  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Friendly  Society,  and  was  rented  by  that  body 
to  the  Exhibitioner,  who,  however,  purchased  it  from  them  in  1816  at  a  price  of 
;£6oo.  At  his  death  he  bequeathed  the  Chapel  to  his  brother  William  (supra), 
by  whose  Will  it  passed,  in  1843,  to  the  Rev.  Patrick  Cheyne  (supra). 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  Aberdeen,  unmarried,  ist  April,  1818,  and  was 
buried  in  the  family  grave  in  Old  Machar  Churchyard,  Old  Aberdeen. 

*  WILLIAM  WEDDERBURN.  Probably  1809. 

Born  at  Aberdeen  circa  1794.     Son  of  William  Wedderburn  of  that  City. 
Studied  at  Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  1806-9. 

Martriculated  at  Balliol  College  2Sth  January,  1809.     Vacated  Exhibition  1810. 
No  information  as  to  his  subsequent  career. 

JOHN  GIBSON  LOCKHART.  I3th  July,  1809. 

Born  in  the  Manse  of  Cambusnethan,  Lanarkshire,  i4th  July,  1794.  Second 
son  of  the  Rev.  John  Lockhart  (D.D.Edin.  1803),  Minister  of  Cambusnethan, 
1786-96,  and  of  Blackfriars  or  College  Church,  Glasgow,  1796-1842.  The  Exhi- 
bitioner's father  (born  22nd  October,  1761,  died  6th  December,  1842)  was 
second  son  of  William  Lockhart  of  Birkhill,  and  great-grandson  of  Robert 
Lockhart  of  Birkhill,  who  turned  out  for  the  Covenant  and  led  the  Lanarkshire 
Whigs  at  the  battle  of  Bothwell  Brig,  1679.  Dr.  Lockhart  was  twice  married, 
(i)  on  5th  December,  1786,  to  Elizabeth  Dinwiddie  of  Germiston,  who  bore 
him  a  son,  William  of  Milton  Lockhart,  M.P.  for  Lanarkshire,  and  died  i4th 
December,  1791,  (2)  on  i4th  August,  1793,  to  Elizabeth  (who  died  6th 
January,  1834),  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Gibson,  Minister  of  St.  Ninians,  1754-65, 
and  of  St.  Cuthbert's,  Edinburgh,  1765-85,  and  great-great-grand-daughter  of 
James  Nimmo,  another  Covenanter  who  fought  at  Bothwell  Brig.  Of  this  second 
marriage  the  Exhibitioner  was  the  eldest  son.  A  younger  brother,  Lawrence  (D.D. 
Glasg.  1849),  was  Minister  of  Inchinnan,  1822-60,  succeeded  to  Milton  Lockhart 
and  Germiston,  and  died  i6th  April,  1876,  aged  80.  Dr.  Lawrence  Lockhart's  third 
son  was  the  distinguished  soldier,  Sir  Willian  Stephen  Alexander  Lockhart,  K.C.B., 
K.C.S.I.,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  in  India,  who  died  igth  March,  1900. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  in  Glasgow,  first  for  two  years 
at  "  the  English  School,"  and  afterwards  for  six  years  at  the  High  School. 


THE  FO  UN  DA  T I  ONERS  g  j 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1805-6  to 
1808-9.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1806-7,  Latin,  second  for  excelling 
at  the  Examinations  on  Roman  Antiquities,  and  fifth  for  Exemplary  Diligence 
and  Regularity.  1807-8,  Greek  (Second  Division),  third  for  propriety  of  conduct, 
diligence,  and  eminent  abilities  displayed  during  the  whole  of  the  Session.  1808-9, 
Senior  Logic,  seventh  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Analysis  and  Composition  on 
Subjects  of  Reasoning  and  of  Taste,  prescribed  and  executed  during  the  Session, 
and  for  distinguished  eminence  and  proficiency  in  the  whole  business  of  the 
Class ;  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Translation,  in  Verse,  of  the  7th  Book  of  Lucan, 
and  first  for  the  best  Latin  Verses. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1809,  and  remained  there  till 
1813.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  1813. 
Graduated  B.C.L.  1817.  Created  D.C.L.  1834.  Vacated  Exhibition  1818. 

Was  called  to  the  Scottish  Bar  in  1816,  but  devoted  himself  to  literature  from 
the  outset.  Was  one  of  the  first  and  most  important  contributors  to  Blackwoo&s 
Magazine.  Became  Editor  of  the  Quarterly  Review  in  1825,  and  held  that  post 
till  1853.  Was  Auditor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  1843-54. 

Married  at  Abbotsford,  29th  April,  1820,  Sophia  Charlotte  (who  died  i?th 
May,  1837),  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Scott.  Issue:  John  Hugh,  born  I4th 
February,  1821,  died  isth  December,  1831,  the  "Hugh  Littlejohn"  for  whom  Scott's 
Tales  of  a  Grandfather  were  written  ;  Walter  Scott,  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Army, 
born  r,6th  April,  1826,  succeeded  to  Abbotsford,  1847,  died  loth  January,  1853; 
Charlotte  Harriet  Jane,  born  ist  January,  1828,  married,  igth  August,  1847,  James 
Robert  Hope — afterwards  known  as  James  Robert  Hope  Scott  (vide  p.  23) — succeeded 
to  Abbotsford,  1853,  and  died  2oth  October,  1858.  Of  Mr.  and  Mrs  Hope-Scott's 
marriage,  the  only  surviving  child  is  Mary  Monica,  born  2nd  October,  1852, 
succeeded  to  Abbotsford  1858,  and  married,  2ist  July,  1874,  the  Hon.  Joseph 
Constable  Maxwell,  who  assumed  the  additional  name  of  Scott. 

Published  Writings  (besides  contributions  to  Blackwood  and  the  Quarterly) : 
Peter's  Letters  to  his  Kinsfolk,  1819;  Valerius,  a  Roman  Story,  1821;  Some 
passages  in  the  Life  of  Mr.  Adam  Blair,  1822 ;  Edited,  with  Notes,  Motteux's 
translation  of  Don  Quixote,  1822  ;  Reginald  Dalton,  a  Story  of  English  University 
Life,  1823;  Ancient  Spanish  Ballads,  Historical  and  Romantic,  translated,  with 
Notes,  1823;  Matthew  Wald,  a  Novel,  1824;  Life  of  Robert  Burns,  1828;  History 
of  Napoleon  Buonaparte,  1829;  History  of  the  late  War,  with  sketches  of  Nelson, 
Wellington,  and  Napoleon,  1832  ;  Memoirs  of  the  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  1836-8 ; 
The  Ballantyne  Humbug  handled,  1839. 

Died  at  Abbotsford,  25th  November,  1854.  Buried  in  Dryburgh  Abbey,  at 
the  feet  of  Sir  Walter  Scott. 

JAMES  TRAILL  of  Hobbister  and  Rattar.  i8th  January,  1810. 

Born  at  Newton  House,  near  Doune,  Perthshire,  6th  May,  1794.     Third  son 

of  James  Traill  (1759-1843)  of  Hobbister,  County  Orkney,  and  of  Rattar,  County 

Caithness,  Sheriff  of  Caithness  and  Sutherland,  by  his  marriage  (3151  July,   1784) 


92  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

with  Lady  Janet  Sinclair,  daughter  of  William,  tenth  Earl  of  Caithness.  The 
Exhibitioner's  brother  John  died  at  Newton,  23rd  March,  1810 ;  his  sister  Isabella 
died  at  Edinburgh,  24th  September,  1811  ;  and  his  sister  Jane  died  there,  ist 
January,  1822. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1809-10.  Gained  the 
First  Prize  in  Junior  Logic  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Analysis  and  Composition 
on  subjects  of  Reasoning  and  of  Taste,  and  for  distinguished  eminence  and  pro- 
ficiency in  the  whole  business  of  the  Class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  May,  1810.  Graduated  B.C.L.  1817. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1820.  Acted  as  "second"  to  Jonathan  Henry  Christie, 
Exhibitioner  of  1808  (q.v.),  in  the  duel  referred  to  in  notice  of  the  latter. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple  1820.  Practised  in  London.  Went 
the  Northern  Circuit.  Held  the  office  of  a  Metropolitan  Police  Magistrate  for 
upwards  of  thirty  years,  sitting  first  at  Union  Hall  Police  Court,  London,  and 
subsequently  at  the  Greenwich  and  Woolwich  Police  Courts.  Retired  in  1868. 
During  his  magistracy,  held  a  series  of  enquiries  under  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act, 
at  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  with  the  assistance  of  nautical  assessors, 
into  losses  of  vessels  of  the  mercantile  marine. 

Succeeded  to  Hobbister  and  Rattar  on  the  death,  unmarried  (1871),  of  his  eldest 
brother,  George,  who  was  M.P.  for  Orkney  1830-35,  and  for  Caithness  1841-69, 
an  intervening  brother,  John  (supra),  having  died  young  and  unmarried. 

Married  at  Handsworth,  Staffordshire,  in  1824,  Caroline,  youngest  daughter 
of  William  Whateley,  Esq.,  of  that  place.  Issue:  James  Christie,  born  1826, 
M.A.Oxon.,  Barrister-at-Law,  who  succeeded  to  the  estates;  George  Balfour, 
born  1833,  Major-General  R.A.,  who  served  throughout  the  Indian  Mutiny,  in- 
cluding the  siege  and  capture  of  Delhi,  and  the  relief  and  capture  of  Lucknow; 
Sinclair,  born  1836;  William  Frederick,  born  1838,  Barrister-at-Law;  John  Murray, 
born  1840,  died  1860,  Lieutenant  R.A. ;  Henry  Duff,  Barrister-at-Law,  D.C.L., 
and  Editor  of  Literature,  born  1842,  died  February,  1900;  Janet  Mary,  died, 
unmarried,  1833;  Isabella  Wilhelmina  Caroline. 

Died  at  Worthing,  Sussex,   i6th  October,   1873. 

GEORGE  ROBERT  GLEIG.  15*  January,  1811. 

Born  at  Stirling,  2oth  April,  1796.  Third  and  youngest  son  of  the  Right 
Rev.  George  Gleig,  Incumbent  of  the  Scottish  Episcopal  Church  at  (i)  Crail  and 
Pittenweem,  Fifeshire,  1773-87,  (2)  Stirling  1777-1831,  Bishop  of  Brechin  1808-40, 
and  Primus  1816-37.  Bishop  Gleig  was  born  at  his  father's  farm  at  Boghall, 
Arbuthnott,  Kincardineshire,  I2th  May,  1753;  married,  in  1787,  Janet  (who  died 
1 5th  June,  1824),  widow  of  Dr.  Fulton,  and  youngest  daughter  of  Robert  Hamilton 
of  Kilbrackmont ;  received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  from  King's  College, 
Aberdeen  (where  he  was  educated),  in  1796;  and  died  gth  March,  1840.  He 
succeeded  in  1793  to  the  editorship  of  the  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  and  was 
a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh,  and  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries 
of  Scotland.  His  eldest  son  died  in  infancy.  The  second,  Alexander,  entered 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


93 


the  Indian  Army,  and  died  near  Madras,  of  cholera,  3rd  September,  1817, 
during  the  war  with  the  Mahrattas.  The  only  daughter,  Hamilton,  was  married 
at  Stirling,  in  1819,  to  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Bailey,  afterwards  Archdeacon  of 
Colombo,  and  died  in  1832,  leaving  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Stirling,  and  afterwards  at  Leith  under  the  Rev.  Michael  Russel  (M.A.Glas.  1806, 
LL.D.  1820,  D.C.L.Oxon  1841),  who  subsequently  became  Dean  of  Edinburgh, 
and  ultimately  Bishop  of  Glasgow  and  Galloway. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1809-10  and 
1810-11. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2  9th  April,  1811,  but  left  before  end  of 
1812,  and  resigned  Exhibition,  in  order  to  enter  the  Army. 

Obtained  in  1812  an  Ensigncy  in  the  Third  Garrison  Battalion,  and  in  1813 
a  Lieutenancy  in  the  85th  Foot.  Served  in  the  Peninsular  Campaigns  of  1813 
and  1814,  and  was  present  at  the  siege  of  San  Sebastian;  the  passage  of  the 
Bidassoa ;  the  battle  of  the  Nivelle,  where  he  was  twice  wounded ;  the  battle  of  the 
Nive,  where  he  was  again  wounded ;  and  the  investment  of  Bayonne.  For 
these  services,  received  the  medal  with  three  clasps.  Served  afterwards  in  the 
American  War,  taking  part  in  the  engagements  at  Bladensburg,  Baltimore,  New 
Orleans,  the  capture  of  Washington,  and  Fort  Bowyer,  and  being  thrice 
wounded. 

After  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  went  upon  half-pay,  and  returned  to  Oxford  to 
keep  his  terms  in  1816.  Graduated  B.A.  from  Magdalen  Hall  1818,  M.A. 
1821. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1819,  Priest  1820. 
Curate  of  Westwell,  Kent,  1820-21.  Perpetual  Curate  of  Ash,  Kent,  1821-34. 
Rector  of  Ivy  Church,  Kent,  1822-79.  Chaplain  of  Chelsea  Hospital  1834-46. 
Chaplain-General  of  the  Forces  1844-75.  Inspector-General  of  Military  Schools 
1846-57.  Prebendary  of  Willesden  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  1848-88.  Select 
Preacher  at  Oxford  1836-39. 

Married  at  Stirling,  24th  June,  1818,  Sarah  (who  died  igth  November,  1884), 
daughter  of  Capt.  Cameron  the  younger  of  Kinlochleven.  Issue:  Jane,  born  1819, 
died  in  infancy;  George,  born  6th  April,  1820,  entered  the  E.I.  Co.'s  Army,  and 
died  2gth  May,  1837;  Alexander,  born  27th  April,  1824,  Colonel  R.A.  (retired); 
Edward,  born  i4th  June,  1825,  Colonel  H.M.  Army  (retired);  De  Lacy,  born 
1828,  Captain  Indian  Staff  Corps,  died  October,  1886;  Henry,  born  1829,  Major 
Indian  Staff  Corps,  died  October,  1886;  Percy,  born  1830,  died  at  Chelsea,  2oth 
November,  1844;  Arthur  Stanhope,  born  1831;  Mary,  born  2oth  June,  1833; 
Robert  Bose,  born  1835;  James  Hope,  born  nth  September,  1836,  Clerk  in  War 
Office  (retired);  Alice,  bom  28th  September,  1838. 

Published  Writings:  The  Subaltern,  1826;  The  Chelsea  Pensioners,  1829; 
Sermons,  1829;  The  Country  Curate,  1830;  Life  of  Sir  Thomas  Munro,  1830; 
Lives  of  Military  Commanders,  1830;  History  of  the  Bible,  1830-31;  History  of 
the  British  Empire  in  India,  1830-35;  Allan  Breck,  1834;  The  Chronicles  of 


94  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Waltham,  1834;  The  Hussar,  1837;  Chelsea  Hospital  and  its  Traditions,  1838; 
Biography  of  Warren  Hastings,  1841;  Sermons,  1844;  Sketch  of  the  Military 
History  of  Great  Britain,  1845;  Sale's  Brigade  in  Afghanistan,  1846;  Campaigns 
of  the  British  Army  at  Washington,  etc.,  1847  ;  The  Story  of  the  Battle  of  Waterloo, 
1847;  Biography  of  Lord  Clive,  1848;  The  Light  Dragoon,  1851;  The  Leipsic 
Campaign,  1852 ;  India  and  its  Army,  1857 ;  Essays,  1858 ;  Life  of  Arthur,  first 
Duke  of  Wellington,  1862;  The  Soldier's  Manual  of  Devotion,  1862;  The  Great 
Problem — can  it  be  solved?  1876. 

Died  at  Bylands,  Stratfield  Turgis,  near  Winchfield,  Hampshire,  gth  July, 
1888. 

ARTHUR  CONNELL.  loth  March,  1812. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  3Oth  November,  1794.  Eldest  son  of  John  (afterwards 
Sir  John)  Connell,  Advocate,  by  his  marriage  with  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of 
Sir  Hay  Campbell,  Baronet,  of  Succoth  (LL.D.Glas.  1804),  Lord  President  of  the 
Court  of  Session.  The  Exhibitioner  and  his  brother  James,  Exhibitioner  of  1832 
(q.v.),  were  thus  first  cousins  of  Archibald  Campbell  Tait,  Exhibitioner  of  1829 
(q.v.).  The  Exhibitioner's  immediate  younger  brother,  Archibald,  born  1798,  was 
admitted  W.S.  a8th  June,  1821,  and  died,  unmarried,  i4th  March,  1843.  John 
Connell,  their  father,  born  circa  1765,  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  was 
admitted  Advocate  in  1788,  and  became  Sheriff  of  Renfrewshire  in  1795.  He 
was  Procurator  for  the  Church  of  Scotland  1805-6,  and  Judge  Admiral  of  Scotland 
from  1816  till  the  abolition  of  the  Admiralty  Court  in  1830;  received  knighthood 
on  occasion  of  the  visit  of  George  IV.  to  Edinburgh  in  1822;  and  died  suddenly 
in  April,  1831,  at  Garscube,  the  seat  of  his  brother-in-law,  Sir  Archibald  Campbell. 
He  was  author  of  a  standard  work  on  Teinds,  and  four  times  held  office  as  Dean 
of  Faculties  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  namely,  1817-19,  1821-23,  1825-27,  and 
1829-31.  Sir  John's  father,  Arthur  Connell  of  Enoch  Bank,  West  India  Mer- 
chant in  Glasgow  (son  of  the  Rev.  Matthew  Connell,  Minister  of  East  Kilbride), 
was  born  in  1717;  married,  in  1747,  Magdalen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wallace  of 
Cairnhill,  representative  of  the  Wallaces  of  Elderslie;  commanded  a  Company  of 
the  Glasgow  Volunteers  at  the  battle  of  Falkirk  in  1746;  and  was  Dean  of  Guild 
of  Glasgow  1764,  1765,  Bailie  1770,  Lord  Provost  1772,  1773.  His  death  took 
place  on  ist  March,  1775.  He  had  at  least  four  sons  besides  Sir  John,  namely, 
Thomas,  David,  James,  and  William,  the  first  three  of  whom  followed  the  paternal 
calling  of  West  India  Merchants  in  Glasgow. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Edin- 
burgh, which  he  entered  in  1804. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  from  1808  to  1810. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Sessions  1810-11  and 
1811-12.  In  1810-11  the  First  Prize  for  general  eminence  in  Senior  Logic 
was  awarded  to  an  Arthur  Connell,  but  as  the  Exhibitioner's  cousin  Arthur  was 
that  year  his  class-fellow  in  Logic,  it  is  not  certain  which  of  them  received  the 
prize. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  95 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  March,  1812.  Resigned  Exhibition 
before  sth  December,  1814. 

Was  admitted  Advocate  in  1817,  but  never  practised.  Professor  of  Chemistry 
in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  1840-62,  when  resigned.  Was  distinguished  as 
a  mineral  analyst.  F.R.S.Edin.  1829.  F.R.S.  1855. 

Married  his  first  cousin,  Elizabeth  Camilla  Connell.  No  issue.  She  sub- 
sequently became  the  wife  of  Col.  William  Robert  Dunmore,  3131  Bengal  Native 
Infantry  (who  predeceased  her),  and  died  at  19  Lansdowne  Crescent,  Edinburgh, 
28th  May,  1899. 

Published  Writings  :  A  Treatise  on  the  Election  Laws  in  Scotland,  1827  ; 
Contributions  to  the  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society. 

Died  at  St.  Andrews,  3151  October,  1863. 

JAMES  RIDDELL.  2yth  January,  1813. 

Born  at  Little  Govan,  Renfrewshire,  1796.  Third  son  of  Henry  Riddell  of 
Little  Govan,  Merchant  in  Glasgow,  by  his  marriage,  in  June,  1781,  with  Anne, 
eldest  daughter  of  John  Glassford  of  Dougalston.  The  wife  of  the  latter  was 
Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Nisbet  of  Dean,  and  the  Exhibitioner  was  thus  great- 
grandson  of  Sir  John.  On  the  paternal  side  he  was  great-great-grandson  of  the 
second  Baronet  of  Riddell  in  Roxburghshire.  His  eldest  brother,  John  (1785-1862), 
was  an  eminent  peerage  lawyer.  The  next,  Henry  Scott  (born  23rd  May,  1789, 
died  isth  April,  1862),  was  admitted  W.S.,  isth  November,  1811,  but  resigned  his 
commission,  i2th  May,  1825,  in  order  to  study  for  the  ministry.  He  was  licensed 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Selkirk,  7th  July,  1829,  ordained  to  the  parish  of  Longfor- 
macus,  6th  September,  1830,  and  translated  to  Dunse,  6th  October,  1843.  There 
was  also  a  younger  brother  Robert. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions, 
namely,  1811-12  and  1812-13.  Gained  the  following  Prizes:  1811-12,  Senior 
Logic  Class,  eighth  for  general  eminence.  1812-13,  A  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best 
Discourse  on  the  nature,  kinds,  and  degrees  of  Evidence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  7th  April,  1813.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1815.  Graduated  B.A.  1816,  M.A. 
1819.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his  marriage  on  isth  January,  1822  (infra). 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Rector  of  Easton,  Hants., 
1816-36.  Vicar  of  Hanbury,  Staffs.,  1836-63. 

Married  at  Northampton,  i5th  January,  1822,  Dorothy  (who  died  1886), 
younger  daughter  of  John  Foster  of  Leicester-Grange.  Issue :  James  (born  Sth 
June,  1823,  died  I4th  September,  1866),  Fellow  of  Balliol  and  Lecturer  or  Tutor 
there;  John  (born  1838,  died  1893),  married  (i),  in  1860,  Jane  (who  died  1884), 
daughter  of  William  Peppercorn  of  Eaton  Socum,  Beds.,  (2)  Gertrude  Julia,  daughter 
of  the  Rev.  Richard  Smith,  Vicar  of  Kirknewton ;  Charlotte  Dorothy ;  Anne, 
married,  1862,  Edwin  Trevelyan  Smith;  Laura;  Henrietta,  married,  1867,  the 
Ven.  Edwin  Palmer  (who  died  1895),  brother  of  the  first  Earl  of  Selborne. 

The  Exhibitioner  died,  at  his  residence  in  Leamington,  i3th  May,  1878. 


96  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

CHARLES  YOUNG.  7th  March,  1815. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  7th  November,  1796.  Fourth  son  of  Professor  John  Young, 
and  brother  of  John  Young,  Exhibitioner  of  1798  (q.v.). 

Acquired  the  rudiments  of  classical  instruction  under  the  roof  of  his  father's 
intimate  and  learned  friend,  the  Rev.  Charles  Burney  (LL.D.Glasg.  1792)  of 
Greenwich. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  three  Sessions,  namely, 
1811-12  to  1813-14.  Gained  the  following  Class  Prizes:  1811-12,  Latin,  fourth 
for  the  best  Latin  Verses,  and  third  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination. 
1812-13,  Senior  Logic,  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  the  best 
Exercise,  in  Verse,  on  the  Extension  of  the  sense  of  Sight  by  the  discoveries 
of  the  properties  of  Glass.  1813-14,  Latin,  second  for  an  Essay  on  the  Rise, 
Progress,  and  Decline  of  Roman  Poetry,  and  first  for  the  best  Account  of  the 
Rise,  Progress  and  Termination  of  the  Decemvirate  at  Rome. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  May,  1815.  Resigned  Exhibition,  by 
November,  1819,  on  account  of  ill-health. 

Resided  for  two  years  in  France  and  Italy. 

Died  1 7th  December,  1822.  "At  Southampton,  on  the  I7th  inst.,  aged  26, 
Charles  K.1  Young,  Esq.,  son  of  the  late  lamented  Professor  Young,  of  Glasgow ; 
a  young  gentleman  of  the  most  amiable  and  estimable  character ;  the  heir  of  his 
highly  gifted  father's  elegant  and  accomplished  mind ;  and,  but  for  his  long- 
continued  ill-health,  the  expectant  of  his  chair.  His  early  fate  is  an  irreparable 
loss  to  his  many  friends,  and  to  the  literature  of  his  country,  of  which,  had  it 
pleased  God  to  spare  his  life,  he  was  likely  to  have  become  one  of  the  brightest 
ornaments."  \Glasgow  Herald,  Friday,  27th  December,  1822.] 

DAVID  YOUNG.  loth  October,  1815. 

Born  at  Aberdeen,  23rd  March,  1793.  Sixth  son  of  James  Young,  Merchant 
in  Aberdeen  and  Provost  of  that  City  1811-13,  afterwards  Merchant  in  Rotterdam. 

Studied  at  Marischal  College  and  University,  Aberdeen,  from  1806-09  and 
in  1812-13. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1813-14. 

Matriculated  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford,  9th  April,  1813,  removing  to  Balliol 
College  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of 
Literae  Humaniores  1816.  Graduated  B.A.  1816,  M.A.  1819.  Resigned  Exhibi- 
tion by  March,  1822. 

Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England.  Appointed  Chaplain  in  the  H.E.I.C. 
Service  1820-21. 

Married  at  Bombay,  2oth  July,  1824,  Harriet  Frances,  daughter  of  James 
Fenton  of  Doncaster.  Issue :  David  Butler,  Colonel  Bombay  Staff  Corps,  died 
1884;  Harriet  Elsy,  married  General  S.  J.  K.  Whitehill,  Bombay  Staff  Corps; 
Elizabeth  Mary  Ann,  married  William  Nicol,  Merchant,  Kurrachee,  and  died  1865. 

'This  initial  does  not  occur  in  any  of  the  University  Records,  and  it  is  not  known  what  name  it 
represents. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


97 


Publication :  A  sermon  preached  in  St.  Thomas's  Church,  Bombay,  i4th 
March,  1824. 

Died  at  Bombay,   i7th  October,   1836. 

ARCHIBALD  CRAWFURD.  igth  November,  1816. 

Born  at  Greenock,  Renfrewshire,  circa  1799.  Second  son  of  Hugh  Crawfurd, 
Merchant  in  Greenock. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1812-13  to 
1816-17. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  nth  December,  1816.     Graduated  B.A.  1821. 

Died  at  London,  27th  February,   1823. 

GEORGE  JAMES  LAWRIE.  I9th  November,  1816. 

Born  at  the  Manse  of  Loudoun,  Ayrshire,  2oth  November,  1796.  Eldest 
son  of  the  Rev.  Archibald  Lawrie  (D.D.Glasg.  1816),  Minister  of  Loudoun  from 
1793  to  1837,  and  Anne,  sister  of  Dr.  James  Adair.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather, 
the  Rev.  George  Lawrie  (D.D.Glasg.  1791),  was  also  Minister  of  Loudoun  (1763-99); 
his  great-grandfather,  the  Rev.  James  Lawrie,  was  Minister  of  Kirkmichael,  Ayr- 
shire, 1711-64;  and  his  great-great-grandfather,  the  Eev.  John  Lawrie,  was  Minister  of 
Penpont,  1689-92,  and  of  Auchinleck,  1692-1710.  The  family  was  thus  an  eminently 
Levitical  one,  the  Exhibitioner  himself  being  of  the  fifth  generation  of  Lawries 
who,  in  direct  descent,  held  charges  in  the  Church  of  Scotland.  James  Adair 
Lawrie  (M.A.Glasg.  1820,  M.D.  1822),  Professor  of  Surgery  in  the  University  of 
Glasgow  from  1850-59,  was  a  brother  of  the  Exhibitioner,  and  their  eldest  sister, 
Anne  (wife  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hawthorn,  Vicar  of  Stapleford,  Cambridge),  died  at 
London,  gth  February,  1861.  There  was  a  close  acquaintanceship  between  the 
occupants  of  Loudoun  Manse  and  Robert  Burns.  Dr.  George  Lawrie  was  one  of 
the  earliest  patrons  of  the  poet;  Dr.  Archibald  Lawrie  was  one  of  his  most 
intimate  friends  and  correspondents ;  and  Dr.  Adair,  the  brother-in-law  of  the 
latter,  accompanied  Burns  on  his  Highland  tour  of  1787.  While  visiting  the 
Manse  in  Dr.  George's  time,  Burns  wrote  (overnight),  and  left  in  the  room  where 
he  slept,  the  beautiful  psalm  or  prayer  beginning  "  O  thou  dread  Power  that 
reign'st  above."  The  lines  contained  in  it, 

"  Their  hope,  their  stay,  their  darling  youth 
In  manhood's  dawning  blush," 

refer  to  Dr.  Archibald.  This  poem  was  afterwards  set  to  music  (the  original  of 
the  psalm-tune  Evan)  by  the  Rev.  William  H.  Havergal. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  six 
Sessions,  namely,  1810-11  to  1815-16.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  D.D. 
in  1828. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2gth  March,  1817.  Resigned  Exhibition  by 
October,  1818. 

Entered  the  Ministry  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.     Licensed  by  the  Presbytery 


98  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

of  Irvine,  1822.  Ordained  by  that  Presbytery  as  Assistant  or  Junior  Chaplain 
at  Madras,  1823.  Promoted  to  Chaplaincy  in  1830,  and  demitted  in  1838.  Was 
thereafter  for  some  time  a  farmer  at  Castlecary  in  Galloway.  Minister  of  the 
Parish  of  Monkton,  Ayrshire,  1843-77. 

Married,  at  Calcutta,  2ist  August,  1827,  Laura  Louisa,  second  daughter  of 
Samuel  Ludlow,  Presidency  Surgeon,  Delhi.  Issue :  Mary  Louisa,  married,  6th 
April,  1858,  Edmund  Lewis  Hooper,  Solicitor,  London;  Anne  Adair,  married, 
1 8th  April,  1860,  Henry  Bean  Mackeson,  Hythe ;  Harriet  Dalmahoy,  died  3ist 
January,  1846,  aged  8  ;  Flora  Hastings,  married,  at  Singapore,  24th  December, 
1867,  Thomas  Shelford. 

Published  Writings :  Songs  and  miscellaneous  pieces,  printed  by  Hugh  Henry, 
Ayr,  1874.  One  of  the  songs,  Hae  ye  mind  o'  lang  lang  syne,  is,  in  the  words 
of  a  local  writer,  "gradually  attaining  a  world-wide  reputation.  .  .  .  When 
sung  to  the  tune  John  Peel,  its  effect  on  a  Scottish  audience  is  almost  equal  to 
anything  Burns  has  written." 

Died  at  the  house  of  his  son-in-law  at  Hythe,  Kent,   i4th  February,  1878. 

COSMO  INNES.  28th  January,  1817. 

Full  name  Cosmo  Nelson  Innes,  but  the  middle  name  appears  to  have  been 
rarely  used,  and  it  was  early  discarded. 

Born  at  the  old  manor-house  of  Durris,  Kincardineshire,  gth  September,  1798. 
Fourth  son  of  John  Innes,  lessee  for  99  years  of  Durris,  by  his  marriage,  on  2nd 
September,  1780,  with  Euphemia  (who  died  circa  1833),  daughter  of  James  Russell 
of  Earlsmill.  John  Innes  (of  the  Inneses  of  Leuchars,  in  Morayshire,  a  branch  of 
the  family  of  Innes  of  Innes,  and  formerly  himself  laird  of  Leuchars)  was  born  i3th 
October,  1747  (son  of  Robert  Innes,  Merchant  in  Elgin);  was  admitted  W.S.  22nd 
November,  1776;  and  acted  as  Sheriff-Substitute  of  Kincardineshire  from  1808  till 
his  death  on  loth  May,  1827.  He  was  ejected  from  Durris,  circa  1824,  by  a  Decree 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  which  forms  a  leading  decision  on  several  points  of  the 
Scottish  Law  of  Entail.  The  Exhibitioner  was  the  youngest  (save  one)  of  a  family  of 
sixteen,  the  great  majority  of  whom  died  in  childhood.  A  brother,  Robert,  died  4th 
July,  1816,  aged  22.  Another  brother,  James,  was  admitted  W.S.  28th  February, 
1811,  but  subsequently  entered  on  a  mercantile  career  in  China,  and  died  in  1842, 
aged  57.  A  third  brother,  Thomas,  born  1796,  also  become  a  W.S.  (8th  March, 
1821),  married,  2nd  February,  1832,  Mary,  daughter  of  Archibald  Bogle,  Merchant  in 
Glasgow,  and  died  i7th  December,  1844.  The  eldest  sister,  Mary,  became  the  wife 
of  a  Mr.  Smyth,  Merchant  in  Glasgow.  Another  sister,  Elizabeth,  the  youngest  of 
the  family,  died  at  South  Queensferry  circa  1854. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Edinburgh, 
and  at  the  Parish  School  of  Stonehaven,  Kincardineshire. 

Studied  for  some  time  at  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  but  his  name  does  not 
appear  in  the  College  Album  (which  is  understood  to  be  defective),  and  the  par- 
ticular session  or  sessions  of  attendance  cannot  be  ascertained. 

Studied   at   the  University  of  Glasgow   for  three   Sessions,   namely,    1814-15, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


99 


1815-16,  and  1816-17.  Gained  in  1815-16  the  fifth  prize  in  Senior  Logic  for  the 
best  specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  of  Philosophy  and  of  Taste,  and 
for  distinguished  Eminence  and  Proficiency  in  the  whole  business  of  the  class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  May,  1817.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the 
Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1820.  Graduated  B.A.  1820,  M.A.  1824. 
Resigned  Exhibition  1825. 

Admitted  Advocate  1822,  and  practised  in  Edinburgh.  Advocate- Depute 
1833-39.  Sheriff  of  Morayshire  1840-52.  One  of  the  Principal  Clerks  of  Session 
1852-74.  Professor  of  History  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh  1846-74.  Was  an 
active  member  of  the  Bannatyne,  Spalding,  and  Maitland  Clubs,  and  editor  of  many 
of  their  publications  (infra).  Member  of  the  Municipal  Corporation  (Scotland) 
Commission  of  1845. 

Married,  at  Kilravock  Castle,  Nairnshire,  ist  August,  1826,  Isabella  (who  had 
fourteen  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  and  died  1891),  daughter  of  Hugh  Rose  of 
Kilravock.  Issue:  John,  who  entered  the  Indian  Army,  and  died  1852,  aged  24; 
Hugh,  who  went  to  China  as  a  Merchant,  and  died  at  home  1866 ;  James,  Treasurer 
at  Sarawak  in  Borneo,  and  afterwards  of  the  Civil  Service  in  the  Straits  Settlements, 
now  resident  at  Dunkintie,  Inverness ;  Francis  Jeffrey,  of  the  Indian  Army,  died 
1864;  Cosmo,  entered  the  Indian  Government  Railway  Service,  and  died  1887; 
Katharine,  born  1827,  married,  1855,  John  Hill  Burton,  the  historian,  and  died  1898; 
Euphemia,  died  of  scarlet  fever,  aged  7 ;  Margaret  Isabella,  born  2oth  September, 
1838,  married,  25th  January,  1865,  Capt.  Forbes  Mackay  of  Carskey  and  Black 
Castle;  Mary,  born  3oth  September,  1845,  married,  26th  August,  1874,  Sir  Robert 
Bannatyne  Finlay,  Q.C.,  M.P.,  the  present  Attorney-General  for  England. 

Published  Writings  (largely  under  the  auspices  of  the  Bannatyne,  Spalding, 
and  Maitland  Clubs):  Fasti  Aberdonenses,  1854;  The  Brus,  1856;  The  Book  of 
the  Thanes  of  Cawdor,  1859  ;  Ane  account  of  the  Familie  of  Innes,  1864 ;  A  Genea- 
logical Deduction  of  the  Family  of  Rose  of  Kilravock,  1848  ;  Two  ancient  records  of 
the  Bishopric  of  Caithness,  1827  and  1848;  Liber  Cartarum  Sancte  Crucis,  Muni- 
menta  Eccles.  Sanct.  Crucis  de  Edwinesburg,  1840;  Liber  Insule  Missarum,  Abbacie 
Canonicorum  Regularium  .  .  .  de  Inchaffery  registrum  vetus,  1847;  Liber  Sancte 
Marie  de  Melros,  1837;  Registrum  de  Dunfermelyn,  1842;  Registrum  Episcopatus 
Moraviensis,  1837 ;  Vitae  Dunkeldensis  Ecclesiae  Episcoporum,  1831  ;  Liber  S. 
Thome  de  Aberbrothoc,  1848;  The  Black  Book  of  Taymouth,  1855;  Registrum 
Episcopatus  Brechinensis,  1856;  Registrum  Episcopatus  Glasguensis,  1843;  Liber 
S.  Marie  de  Calchou,  1846;  Registrum  Honoris  de  Morton,  1853;  Registrum  S. 
Marie  de  Neubotle,  1849;  Carte  Monialium  de  Northberwic,  1847;  Origines 
Parochiales  Scotiae,  1850;  Ancient  laws  and  customs  of  the  Burghs  of  Scotland, 
1868;  Registrum  monasterii  de  Passelet,  1832;  Munimenta  Alme  Universitatis 
Glasguensis,  1854;  The  Acts  of  the  Parliaments  of  Scotland  (1124-1707),  1844; 
Memoir  of  Professor  Dalzel,  1862  ;  Facsimiles  of  National  Manuscripts  of  Scotland, 
1867  ;  Memoir  of  Dean  Ramsay,  1874;  Memoir  of  Mr.  St.  John,  1863;  Ledger  of 
A.  Halyburton  (1492-1503),  1867;  Lectures  on  Scotch  Legal  Antiquities,  1872; 
Memoir  of  Thomas  Thomson,  Advocate,  1854;  Old  and  Remarkable  Trees,  1865; 


100  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Scotland  in  the  Middle  Ages,  1860;  Concerning  some  Scotch  Surnames,  1860; 
Antiquities  of  Moray,  Elgin  past  and  present,  1860;  Sketches  of  Early  Scotch  His- 
tory and  social  progress,  1 86 1 ;  General  Index  to  the  Acts  of  the  Scotch  Parliament, 
1875  (posthumous). 

Died  suddenly  at  Killin,  Perthshire,  while  on  a  Highland  tour,  3ist  July,  1874. 
Buried  in  Warriston  Cemetery,  Edinburgh. 

THOMAS  BISSLAND.  I5th   January,  1818. 

Born  at  Greenock,  Renfrewshire,  circa  1799.  Only  son  of  Thomas  Bissland, 
Merchant  in  Greenock. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1815-16  to 
1817-18.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1815-16,  Latin,  first  for  Map  of 
the  Roman  Empire,  distinguishing  its  extent,  at  the  end  of  the  5th,  6th 
and  7th  Centuries,  from  the  Building  of  the  City ;  third  for  excelling  at  the 
Black  Stone  Examination ;  and  fourth  (in  Second  Division)  for  general  eminence. 
1816-17,  Senior  Logic,  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Latin,  first  for  the  best 
Chronological  Tables  of  Events  in  Roman,  Grecian,  and  Jewish  History,  from 
the  ist  to  the  749th  year,  U.G.,  and  second  for  the  best  History  of  the 
Second  Punic  War. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i?th  April,  1818.  Obtained  a  Third-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics,  1821.  Graduated  B.A.  1821,  M.A.  1824. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1828. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Sometime  Curate  of  St. 
Martin's,  Oxford,  and  subsequently  Incumbent  of  St.  Paul's,  Winchmore  Hill, 
Middlesex.  Rector  of  Hartly  Munditt,  Hants,  1834-46.  Was  also  Chaplain  to 
Lord  Bexley. 

Married  (i)  at  Edmonton,  ist  July,  1828,  Emma,  only  daughter  of  Thomas 
Borton,  (2)  at  Selborne,  24th  June,  1834,  Rebecca  Louise,  second  daughter  of 
John  White. 

Published  Writings:  Motives  for  Contentment,  a  sermon,  1835;  Sermons 
preached  in  St.  Paul's,  Winchmore  Hill,  Middlesex,  1835 ;  Two  sermons  on 
religious  intolerance,  1835;  The  offices  and  obligations  of  the  Messenger  of 
God,  a  sermon,  1836;  The  preaching  of  the  Cross,  1836  (second  edition,  1838). 

Died  suddenly  313!  May,   1846. 

JOHN  ROUTLEDGE.  I5th  January,  1818. 

Born  at  Morton  Bank,  Cambridge  Street,  Glasgow,  3131  July,  1798. 
Second  son  of  the  Very  Rev.  William  Routledge,  of  St.  Andrew's  Episcopal 
Church,  Glasgow  (Assistant  1795-1808,  Incumbent  1808-43),  ar)d  Dean  of  the 
Diocese,  by  his  marriage  with  Mrs.  Jane  Ovington,  a  widow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1812-13  4° 
1817-18. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  April,  1818.  Resigned  Exhibition 
before  i6th  November,  1819. 


THE   FOUNDATIONERS  IOI 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  and  Priest  1821. 
Curate  of  Cransley,  Northamptonshire,  1827-31.  Vicar  thereof  1831-62. 

Married  at  Wallasey  Parish  Church,  Cheshire,  25th  October,  1836, 
Clementina  Matilda  Anne  (who  died  5th  October,  1861),  daughter  of  Edward 
Boultbee.  Surviving  issue :  William  Edward  and  Charles  R.  St.  George,  both 
in  Canada;  Ellen  Morton  (Owenstown,  Dundrum,  Co.  Dublin),  who  married 
George  William  Turbett. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  29th  April,   1864. 

JOHN  CAMPBELL.  26th  November,  1818. 

Born  at  Manse  of  Ancrum,  Roxburghshire,  ist  April,  1801.  Second  son  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Campbell  (D.D.Glasg.  1810),  Minister  of  Ancrum  from  1793 
to  1832,  and  Mary  (daughter  of  Rev.  John  Hunter,  Minister  of  Stonykirk), 
sister  of  Samuel  Hunter  (M.A.Glasg.  1788),  Editor  and  part  Proprietor  of  the 
Glasgow  Herald.  Dr.  Thomas  Campbell  was  brother  to  the  Rev.  George 
Campbell,  D.D.,  of  Cupar,  the  father  of  Lord  Chancellor  Campbell.  Mary,  a 
sister  of  the  Exhibitioner,  married  the  Rev.  Samuel  Cowan,  Minister  of  Kelton, 
and  is  still  alive  and  resident  in  Edinburgh.  The  Rev.  Charles  James  Cowan, 
Minister  of  Morebattle  (M.A.Glasg.  1869,  B.D.Edin.  1873),  is  her  son. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  four 
Sessions,  namely,  1813-14,  1816-17,  1817-18,  and  1818-19.  Obtained  the 
following  Class-Prizes  :  1816-17,  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  the  Personal 
and  Literary  Character  of  Horace.  1817-18,  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Translation, 
in  Verse,  of  a  Chorus  from  the  Clouds  of  Aristophanes ;  Latin,  first  for  the 
best  Translation  into  Verse  of  Juvenal's  8th  Satire.  1818-19,  Greek,  first  for 
the  best  Account  of  the  Clouds  of  Aristophanes. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  December,  1818.  Obtained  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1822.  Graduated  B.A.  1822, 
M.A.  1825,  B.C.L.  1829.  Vacated  Exhibition  1828. 

Entered  as  a  student  of  Lincoln's  Inn  1821.  His  health  giving  way,  he 
resided  for  some  time  in  France,  afterwards  acting  as  Tutor  to  the  Earl  of 
Selkirk  at  Eton,  and  then  to  the  Earl  of  Eglinton.  Called  to  the  Bar  in  1832. 
Became  Deputy  (afterwards  Chief)  Registrar  of  the  Bankruptcy  Court  in 
London. 

Was  a  good  German  scholar,  and  generally  spent  his  holidays  abroad. 
Edited  some  Greek  Plays. 

Died,  unmarried,  at  Malvern,  2nd  October,  1858. 

JOHN  MILLAR.  I2th  January,  1819. 

Born  at  Glasgow  igth  December,  1801.  Eldest  son  of  James  Millar, 
Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1789  to  1832 
(who  was  second  son  of  John  Millar,  Advocate,  Professor  of  Law  in  that 
University  from  1761  to  1801),  by  his  marriage,  on  i6th  September,  1799, 
with  Elizabeth  Fisher.  The  Exhibitioner  had  two  sisters  and  one  brother. 


102  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Mary,  born  2ist  June,  1800,  died  3ist  December,  1817.  Margaret,  born 
May,  1803,  married  Andrew  Bannatyne  (LL.D.Glas.  1868),  Writer  in  Glasgow, 
and  Member  of  the  University  Court  1859-64.  Alexander,  born  I3th  February, 
1805,  died  nth  July,  1818.  The  Exhibitioner  was  cousin  to  James  William 
Mylne,  Exhibitioner  of  November,  1819  (q.v.),  and  second  cousin  to  James 
Hutchison,  Exhibitioner  of  1800  (q.v.).  Vide  also  Ninian  Hill  Thomson, 
Exhibitioner  of  1849. 

Matriculated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  November,  1815,  and 
probably  remained  there  four  Sessions.  A  number  of  Class-Prizes  were 
awarded  to  "John  Millar,  Glasgow,"  during  1816-17,  1817-18,  1818-19,  and 
1819-20,  but  as  there  were  then  two  other  students  of  the  same  name,  both 
belonging  to  Glasgow,  it  cannot  be  determined  whether  or  not  these  Prizes 
were  gained  by  the  Exhibitioner. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2  8th  May,   1819. 

Died  isth  October,  1822. 

JAMES  WILLIAM  MYLNE.  25th  November,  1819. 

Bora  at  Glasgow  20th  August,  1800.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Mylne 
(M.A.Glas.  1828),  Deputy  Chaplain,  Syd  Foot,  1779-83,  Minister  of  the  Second 
Charge,  Paisley,  1783-97,  and  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University 
of  Glasgow,  1797-1839,  by  his  marriage,  on  26th  June,  1798,  with  Agnes  (who 
died  1827),  daughter  of  John  Millar,  Advocate,  Professor  of  Law  in  the  University 
of  Glasgow  from  1761  to  1801.  The  Exhibitioner  was  thus  cousin  to  John 
Millar,  Exhibitioner  of  January,  1819  (q.v.),  and  second  cousin  to  James  Hutchison, 
Exhibitioner  of  1800  (q.v.).  Vide  also  Ninian  Hill  Thomson,  Exhibitioner  of 
1849.  Professor  Mylne  died  2ist  September,  1839,  aged  83.  The  Exhibitioner 
had  one  sister,  Margaret,  born  4th  March,  1803,  and  three  brothers,  namely,  (i) 
John  Millar,  born  5th  July,  1804,  admitted  W.S.  nth  December,  1828,  married 
28th  January,  1843,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Thomson,  and  died  3oth 
January,  1880,  (2)  William  Craig,  born  i3th  November,  1805,  and  (3)  Archibald, 
born  1 3th  November,  1806. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Glasgow,  and  was  "dux"  of  the  fourth  class  in  1810,  and  of  the  third  class  in 
1811. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1814-15  to 
1818-19.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1814-15,  Greek  (Second 
Division),  fifth  for  general  eminence ;  Latin,  first  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone 
Examination.  1815-16,  Junior  Logic,  first  for  general  eminence.  1816-17,  A 
Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  into  English  of  the  Panegyrical  Oration  of 
Isocrates ;  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  Homer's  Catalogue  of  the  Chiefs 
and  Forces  engaged  in  the  Siege  of  Troy.  1817-18,  A  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best 
Translation  into  English  of  Tacitus'  Life  of  Agricola;  second,  given  by  the 
Jurisdictio  Ordinaria,  for  the  best  Latin  Orations ;  Natural  Philosophy,  fourth  for 
general  eminence,  and  for  Essays.  1818-19,  Scottish  Law,  second  for  excelling 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  103 

in  the  daily  voluntary  examinations ;  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Essays  on  the 
Rhetorical  Character  of  Isocrates. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  25th  March,  1820.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1823,  and  the  University  Prize  for  the 
English  Essay  1825.  Graduated  B.A.  1824,  M.A.  1826.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1829. 

Admitted  a  Student  of  Lincoln's  Inn  isth  November,  1823,  and  called  to 
the  Bar  in  Michaelmas  Term  1827.  Practised  as  a  Chancery  Barrister,  and  was 
a  Commissioner  in  Lunacy.  Acted  as  one  of  the  Counsel  for  the  University  of 
Glasgow  in  the  litigation  of  1844  with  Lord  Medwyn  and  Mr.  Hope  Scott  \vide 

P-  23]- 

Married  at  Prestwich,  Lancashire,  i3th  August,  1833,  Sarah  Jane,  daughter 
of  Robert  Philips  of  Manchester.  Issue :  Frances  Bertha,  Agnes  Isabella  Caroline, 
and  Robert  James,  who  all  died  unmarried ;  John  Eltham,  Barrister-at-law,  married 
Julia  (who  survives),  daughter  of  Arthur  Kensington,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Trinity 
College,  Oxon.,  and  died,  without  issue,  8th  September,  1882. 

Published  Writings :  Reports  of  cases  in  the  High  Court  of  Chancery  during 
the  time  of  Lord  Chancellor  Lyndhurst,  etc.,  1832;  Similar  Reports  applicable  to 
the  time  of  Lord  Chancellor  Cottenham,  etc.,  1835-41 ;  Similar  Reports  applicable 
to  the  time  of  Lord  Chancellor  Brougham,  etc.,  1834-37. 

Died  at  London  24th  November,   1855. 

WILLIAM  DOUGLAS  VEITCH  of  Eliock.  25th  November,  1819. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  5th  August,  1801.  Second  son  of  Henry  Veitch  of  Eliock, 
Dumfriesshire,  Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the  gSth  Regiment  of  Foot,  and  one  of  the 
Commissioners  of  Customs  for  Scotland,  by  his  marriage  (28th  June,  1796)  with 
Zepherina,  daughter  of  Thomas  Loughnan  of  Madeira.  The  Exhibitioner's  paternal 
great-grandfather  was  the  Rev.  Henry  Veitch,  Minister  of  Swinton,  Berwickshire. 
His  maternal  great-great-grandparents  were  Alexander  Fergusson  of  Craigdarroch, 
M.P.,  and  Annie  Laurie  of  Maxwelton,  the  heroine  of  the  Scottish  song  which 
bears  her  name.  His  elder  brother  James,  who  succeeded  to  Eliock  on  their 
father's  death  in  1838,  was  Sheriff-Substitute  of  Lanarkshire.  His  two  younger 
brothers  were  admitted  W.S.,  John  in  1827,  and  Thomas  Loughnan  in  1833.  A 
sister,  Zepherina,  married,  in  July,  1819,  Robert  Macqueen  of  Braxfield,  half-pay 
25th  Light  Dragoons,  grandson  of  Robert  Macqueen  of  Braxfield,  Lord  Justice- 
Clerk  of  Scotland. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1816-17,  1817-18,  and  1818-19.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes: 
1816-17,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence;  Latin,  second 
for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination.  1817-18,  Latin,  first  for  the  best 
Account  of  the  levying,  organisation  and  array  of  a  Roman  Army. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  23rd  March,  1820.  Graduated  B.A.  1823, 
M.A.  1826.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his  marriage  in  1828  (infra). 

Took  Holy  Orders  in   the  Church  of  England.     Deacon    1824,   Priest  1826. 


104  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Curate  of  Hurley  Marlow  1824-32.  Curate  of  Sopley,  Hants.,  1832-41.  Rector 
of  St.  Thomas's,  Winchester,  1841-43.  Principal  of  Theological  College,  Jerusalem, 
1843-48,  and  Chaplain  to  Bishop  of  Jerusalem.  Incumbent  of  Newton-le- Willows, 
Lancashire,  1849-53.  Vicar  of  St.  Saviour's,  Paddington,  1862-73. 

Succeeded  to  Eliock  in  1873,  on  the  death,  without  male  issue,  of  his  elder 
brother  James  (supra). 

Married  at  Hurley  Marlow,  i2th  August,  1828,  Eleanor  Julia  Anne,  second 
daughter  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Raitt,  Deputy  Adjutant-General  of  the  Forces 
in  the  Mediterranean,  and  grand-daughter  of  W.  Jolliffe,  Esq.,  M.P.  for  Petersfield. 
Issue:  Henry  George  John,  now  of  Eliock,  B.A.,  Vicar  of  Kilmersdon,  Somerset- 
shire, born  26th  September,  1833,  married  (i)  i2th  December,  1865,  Sibella  Matilda 
(who  died  ;th  April,  1890),  daughter  of  Colonel  Donald  Cameron  of  Lochiel  and 
Achnacarry,  and  (2)  Georgiana,  daughter  of  John  George  Hobson,  Esq.,  of  Curlew 
Lodge,  Sutton  Bridge,  Lines. ;  Zepherina  Philadelphia,  married  i  $th  December, 
1876,  Henry  Smith,  Esq.,  F.R.C.S.,  and  died  8th  February,  1894;  Sophia  Frances 
Fane;  Douglas  D'Arcy  Wilberforce,  born  ist  October,  1845,  died,  unmarried,  i8th 
March,  1883. 

Published  Writings:  Strictures  on  "Evangelical  Repentance,"  1842;  Sermon 
preached  at  Cairo,  3oth  November,  1845,  on  the  death  of  the  first  Bishop  of  the 
Anglican  Church,  Jerusalem,  1846;  A  reply  to  two  pamphlets  concerning  Jeru- 
salem, its  Bishop,  Missions,  etc.,  1858;  Notes  from  the  Journal  of  F.  M.  Flad, 
with  a  brief  Sketch  of  the  Abyssinian  Church,  1860. 

Died  at  Eliock,  4th  September,   1884. 

JOHN  SANDFORD.  8th  March,  1820. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  22nd  March,  1801.  Third  son  of  the  Right  Rev. 
Daniel  Sandford,  D.D.  (born  ist  July,  1766,  died  i4th  January,  1830),  Bishop 
of  Edinburgh,  by  his  marriage,  on  nth  October,  1790,  with  Helen  Frances 
Catherine  (who  died  nth  January,  1837),  eldest  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Erskine 
Douglas,  third  surviving  son  of  Sir  William  Douglas,  Baronet,  of  Kelhead, 
grand-uncle  of  Charles,  fourth  Marquis  of  Queensberry,  K.T.  [Vide  Stewart 
Douglas,  Exhibitioner  of  1738,  and  Charles  James  Sholto  Douglas,  Exhibitioner 
of  1749].  The  Exhibitioner  had  two  brothers  and  four  sisters.  The  eldest 
brother,  Erskine  Douglas,  born  3ist  July,  1793,  became  Sheriff  of  Galloway, 
and  died  4th  September,  1861.  The  second,  Sir  Daniel  Keyte,  D.C.L., 
Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  was  father  of  Francis  Richard 
John  (Baron  Sandford),  Exhibitioner  of  1841  (q.v.).  The  eldest  sister,  Eleanor 
Sarah,  died  2 7th  January,  1815.  Frances  Catherine  married,  ist  July,  1816,  the 
Rev.  Charles  Law,  M.A.,  Rector  and  Vicar  of  Wrotham,  and  Rural  Dean  of 
Shoreham,  Kent  Wilhelmina  Jemima  married,  i2th  August,  1822,  Montague 
Baker  Bere,  of  Morebath,  Devon.  Sarah  married,  i5th  April,  1823,  James 
Edmund  Leslie,  of  Leslie  Hill,  County  Antrim,  and  died  2oth  December,  1864. 
According  to  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  "  the  ancient  family  of  Sontford,  Sonforde, 
or  Sandford,  of  Sandford,  came  into  England  with  the  Conqueror,  and  the  name 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  ,05 

of  its  founder  occurs  in  every  known  copy  of  the  Battle  Abbey  Roll."  Richard 
de  Sandford  fought  at  Cressy.  His  second  son,  Richard,  one  of  Henry  IV. 's 
bodyguard  at  the  battle  of  Shrewsbury,  was  knighted  on  the  morning  of  that 
fight,  and  fell  before  evening.  Thomas  Sandford,  a  Royalist,  the  celebrated 
Captain  of  the  Firelocks  (second  son  of  Robert  Sandford  of  Sandford),  besieged 
and  took  Hawarden  Castle  in  1643.  His  nephew,  Francis  Sandford  of  Sandford, 
also  a  distinguished  Royalist,  "  was  very  well  skilled  in  making  warlike  fortifications." 
The  Rev.  Daniel  Sandford  of  Sandford,  D.C.L.,  died  in  1770,  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Sandford  (the  Exhibitioner's  uncle),  who  died  151)1 
December,  1812,  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas  Hugh.  The  latter  died  7th 
November,  1822,  succeeded  by  his  son,  also  Thomas  Hugh,  who  died,  without 
issue,  26th  November,  1886,  leaving  the  property  to  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Sandford  of  Sandford,  Sandford  Hall,  Whitechurch,  Salop.  The  estate  passed 
in  December,  1886,  to  Baron  Sandford  (supra),  Exhibitioner  of  1841  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of 
Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1817-18 
to  1819-20.  In  the  latter  session  he  gained  a  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best 
Translation  of  Cicero's  Somnium  Scipionis. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  June,  1820.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1824.  Graduated  B.A.  1824,  M.A. 
1841,  B.D.  1845.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his  first  marriage  in  1825  (infra). 
Bampton  Lecturer  1861. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1824,  Priest  1826. 
Vicar  of  Chillingham,  Northumberland,  1827-33.  Chaplain  of  Long  Acre, 
London,  1833-36.  Rector  of  Dunchurch,  1836-53.  Rector  of  Hallow,  1853-54. 
Rector  of  Alvechurch,  Worcestershire,  1854-73.  Honorary  Canon  of  Worcester, 
1844-73.  Archdeacon  of  Coventry,  1851-73. 

Married  (i)  i6th  August,  1825,  Elizabeth  (who  died  i5th  September,  1853), 
only  daughter  of  Richard  Poole,  niece  of  Thomas  Poole  (the  friend  of  Coleridge), 
and  herself  an  authoress,  (2)  3rd  April,  1856,  Anna  (who  died  1886),  eldest 
daughter  of  William  Cunningham  Graham  of  Gartmore,  and  relict  of  David,  second 
Lord  Erskine.  Issue  by  first  marriage  :  The  Rev.  Henry  Ryder  Poole,  M.A., 
one  of  H.M.  Inspectors  of  Schools,  born  ist  October,  1826,  died  1883 ;  The 
Right  Rev.  Charles  Waldegrave,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Gibraltar,  born  I3th  February, 
1828;  Daniel  Augustus,  2nd  European  Regiment,  Bengal  Infantry,  born  i2th 
August,  1829,  died  2oth  June,  1849;  John  Douglas,  of  H.M.  Indian  Civil 
Service,  born  3rd  August,  1832,  died  May,  1892  ;  Richard  Forman  Mainwaring, 
Lieut.-Col.  R.E.,  born  291)1  December,  1834 ;  The  Ven.  Ernest  Gray,  M.A., 
Archdeacon  and  Canon  Residentiary  of  Exeter,  born  i6th  August,  1839; 
Adelaide  Augusta,  married,  i8th  July,  1866,  the  Rev.  Arthur  Walker,  M.A., 
Vicar  of  Easton-in-Gordano,  Somerset,  and  died  1879;  Alice  Elizabeth  O'Brien. 

Published  Writings  (besides  Sermons,  Lectures,  and  Charges) :  Remains  of 
Bishop  Sandford  (his  father),  1830;  Psalms,  Paraphrases  and  Hymns,  adapted, 


106  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

1837;  Parochialia,  or  Church,  School  and  Parish,  1845;  Vox  Cordis,  or 
Breathings  of  the  Heart,  1847  ;  Social  Reforms,  or  the  Habits,  Dwellings  and 
Education  of  our  People,  1867-72;  Preface  to  Prize  Essays  on  Free-worship 
and  Finance,  1865. 

Died  at  Alvechurch  Rectory,  22nd  March,  1873. 

DAVID  SCOTT  MEIKLEHAM.  28th  February,  1822. 

Born  at  Glasgow  6th  January,  1804.  Second  son  of  William  Meikleham 
(M.A.Glas.  1792,  LL.D.  1799),  sometime  Rector  of  Ayr  Academy,  thereafter 
Professor  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  of  (i)  Astronomy  from  1799  to  1803,  (2) 
Natural  Philosophy  from  1803  till  his  death  on  7th  May,  1846,  aged  75.  The 
Meiklehams  (or  M'llquhams)  were  of  an  old  Dumbartonshire  family,  but  originally 
came  from  Surrey.  The  Exhibitioner's  mother  (married  3oth  December,  1799, 
died  22nd  May,  1808)  was  Alison,  daughter  of  David  Scott,  Banker  in  Ayr,  who 
died  8th  June,  1823.  Her  eldest  son  William  (M.A.Glas.  1820,  LL.B.  1839) 
was  born  7th  February,  1802,  and  became  a  Writer  in  Glasgow.  He  acted  as 
Clerk  of  Glasgow  College  1831-44,  as  Clerk  of  Senate  1831-45,  and  as  Factor  for 
the  Hamilton  Bursaries,  ultimately  proceeding  to  the  United  States,  and  dying  at 
Milwaukie,  Wisconsin,  3131  August,  1852.  By  a  second  wife  (married  28th 
December,  1812)  Agnes,  daughter  of  George  Cuninghame,  Surveyor-General  of 
the  Customs  for  Scotland,  Professor  Meikleham  had  a  son,  George  Cuninghame, 
born  gth  January,  1820  (M.D.Glas.  1841),  who  became  an  Inspector-General  in 
the  Army  Medical  Department,  and  died  at  Southsea  3oth  December,  1895.  James 
(born  28th  August,  1823),  the  youngest  son  of  the  second  marriage,  is  still  alive, 
and  resident  at  118  Princes  Street,  Edinburgh. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely, 
1817-18  to  1821-22.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1818-19,  Greek,  second 
for  the  best  Exemplification  of  the  Greek  Verb  ;  Greek  (Third  Division),  fourth  for 
general  eminence.  1819-20,  Logic,  second  for  the  best  specimen  of  an  Address 
(in  Prose)  to  Students,  after  the  Prize  Distribution  of  ist  May.  Graduated  M.D. 


Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  March,  1822.  Graduated  B.A.  1826, 
M.A.  1829.  Vacated  Exhibition  1832. 

Acted  as  a  Medical  Practitioner  at  Havannah,  West  Indies,  circa  1833-43,  and 
thereafter,  till  his  death,  at  New  York,  U.S.A. 

Married  at  Havannah,  soon  after  1833,  Septima  (who  died  at  Washington, 
D.C.,  i6th  September,  1887),  daughter  of  Mr.  Randolph  of  Virginia  by  Miss 
Jefferson,  daughter  of  the  U.S.  President.  Issue  :  William,  Randolph,  Alice,  and 
Mary. 

Died  at  New  York,  after  a  few  days'  illness,  2oth  November,  1849. 

GEORGE  FORSTER  HAY-NEWTON-PRIMROSE.  igth  March,  1822. 

Born  (probaby  at  Newton   Hall,   Gifford,   Haddingtonshire)  4th  June,   1798. 

Third  son  of  William  Hay-Newton  of  Newton  Hall  (who  was  son  of  Richard  Hay- 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  IO; 

Newton,  uncle  of  the  seventh  Marquess  of  Tweeddale)  and  Alicia,  daughter  of 
Anthony  Forster  of  Jardinefield,  Berwick.  William  Waring  Hay-Newton,  an  elder 
brother  of  the  Exhibitioner,  was  admitted  W.S.  on  24th  May,  1821,  and  succeeded 
to  the  estate,  which  is  now  held  by  his  nephew,  Capt.  William  Drummond  Ogilvy 
Hay-Newton. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely, 
1817-18  and  1818-19.  Gained  in  1817-18,  the  ninth  prize  in  the  Senior  Logic 
Class  for  the  best  Specimens  of  Composition  on  various  subjects  of  Philosophy  and 
Taste,  and  for  distinguished  eminence  and  proficiency  in  the  business  of  the  Class. 

Matriculated  at  Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  ist  July,  1819,  removing  to  Balliol 
in  1822  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Graduated  B.A.  1825.  Vacated  Exhibition 
early  in  1828. 

Entered  the  Medical  Service  of  the  East  India  Company. 

Married  Jane,  daughter  and  heiress  of  James  Primrose  of  Burnbrae,  and  assumed 
that  name  as  an  addition  to  his  own. 

Died  in  India,  without  issue,   1856. 

CHARLES  HOPE  MACLEAN.  ;th  November,  1822. 

Born  at  Ardgour,  Argyllshire,  August,  1803.  Sixth  (or,  reckoning  his  eldest 
brother  Hugh  who  died  in  infancy,  seventh)  son  of  Alexander,  thirteenth  Maclean 
of  Ardgour  in  direct  succession,  and  Lady  Margaret  Hope,  daughter  of  John, 
second  Earl  of  Hopetoun,  by  Lady  Elizabeth  Leslie,  daughter  of  Alexander,  fifth 
Earl  of  Leven  and  Melville.  The  Exhibitioner  had  eleven  brothers  and  two  sisters. 
The  brothers  were  (i)  Hugh,  already  mentioned;  (2)  John  Hugh,  Advocate;  (3) 
Archibald,  Captain  R.N. ;  (4)  Alexander,  who  succeeded  to  Ardgour  as  fourteenth 
laird ;  (5)  Henry  Dundas,  Colonel  in  the  Army ;  (6)  James  Charles,  of  the  Bengal 
Military  Service ;  (7)  Thomas,  of  the  Madras  Military  Service ;  (8)  William  Gunston, 
Commander  R.N. ;  (9)  George,  Colonel  R.A. ;  (10)  Robert;  (n)  Peter,  Colonel 
R.A.  The  fifteenth  laird  (son  of  the  fourteenth)  was  Alexander  Thomas  Maclean, 
Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Judicature,  Fort  William,  Bengal,  who  died  in  1890, 
succeeded  by  his  son  the  present  (sixteenth)  laird,  Alexander  John  Hew  Maclean, 
a  minor,  born  ist  December,  1880. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1819-20  to  1821-22.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes: 
1819-20,  Senior  Logic,  sixth  for  eminence  combined  with  industry  and  proficiency 
in  the  Examinations  and  Exercises  of  the  Class;  Greek  (First  Division),  fifth  for 
propriety  of  conduct,  diligence,  and  eminent  abilities.  1821-22,  Second  Prize 
given  by  the  Jurisdictio  Ordinaria  for  the  best  Latin  Orations  in  the  Common 
Hall. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  May,  1822.  Graduated  B.A.  1826,  M.A. 
1828.  Vacated  Exhibition  1832. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple  1829.  Practised  in  the  Home  Circuit 
and  Surrey  Sessions.  Was  a  Poor  Law  Commissioner,  and  one  of  the  Secretaries 
of  the  Statistical  Society. 


108  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Married  in  August,  1836,  Caroline  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Charles 
Beckford  Long.  Issue  :  Elizabeth  Hope  (Mrs.  Wilberforce)  ;  Caroline  Henrietta, 
who  died  1847. 

Published  Writings  :  Cases  decided  in  the  House  of  Lords  on  Appeal  from 
the  Courts  of  Scotland,  1836-39,  reported  by  Patrick  Shaw,  Advocate,  and  the 
Exhibitioner. 

Died  at  Wilton  Crescent,  Belgrave  Square,  London,  S.W.,  i4th  August,  1839. 

GEORGE  MAURICE  DRUMMOND.  25th  March,  1823. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  3oth  June,  1800.  Fifth  son  of  James  Drummond  of 
Strageath,  Parish  of  Muthill,  Perthshire.  The  Exhibitioner  was  an  elder  brother 
of  the  Rev.  David  Thomas  Kerr  Drummond  (B.A.Oxon.  1830),  Incumbent  of 
St.  Thomas'  Episcopal  Church,  Edinburgh,  who  died  9th  June,  1877,  aged  71. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  three  Sessions,  namely, 
1817-18  to  1819-20.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1817-18,  Logic, 
fifth  (in  Senior  Division)  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  Essays  executed 
during  the  Christmas  Holidays.  1818-19,  Junior  Mathematics  (First  Division), 
sixth  for  general  eminence  ;  Moral  Philosophy,  fourth  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Worcester  College,  Oxford,  24th  May,  1822,  doubtless  removing 
to  Balliol  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Graduated  B.A.  1826,  M.A.  1829.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1833. 

Took  Holy  Orders.  Was  the  first  Incumbent  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church 
at  Portobello,  near  Edinburgh,  1828-39.  Rector  of  Tarleton,  near  Preston,  Lanca- 
shire, 1839-42.  Incumbent  of  Trinity  Church,  Williamstown,  near  Melbourne, 
Australia,  1853-55.  Incumbent  of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Batavia,  Java, 


Married  Georgiana,  daughter  of  Dr.  Brougham,  Kirby  Stephen,  Westmore- 
land. Issue  :  James  Brougham,  of  the  Victoria  Civil  Service,  who  resides  at  923 
Punt  Hill,  South  Yarra,  Melbourne  ;  Beatrice  Grace,  deceased  ;  Georgiana  Mary, 
deceased;  Mary  Anne,  deceased;  Helen  Jane,  deceased;  George  Maurice,  deceased. 
A  niece,  Harriet  E.  B.  Drummond,  is  wife  of  the  Rev.  H.  Owen,  Vicar  of  St. 
Alkmund's,  Derby. 

Published  Writings  :  Three  Valedictory  Sermons  preached  by  .  .  .  G.  M.  D. 
on  the  occasion  of  his  resignation  of  the  cure  of  Williamstown  —  Melbourne, 
1854. 

Died  at  Bonnington  Cottage,  Ratho,  near  Edinburgh,  zoth  October,  1860. 

ROBERT   ALLAN   SCOTT.  2gth  April,  1825. 

Born  at  Pettinain,  Lanarkshire,  22nd  November,  1804.  Second  son  of  the 
Rev.  Archibald  Scott  (M.A.Glas.  1788),  Minister  of  Pettinain  (from  zgih  March, 
1804,  till  his  death,  aged  36,  on  2ist  December,  1805),  by  his  marriage  with  Helen 
Allan,  who  died  at  Canonmills-Garden  Cottage,  near  Edinburgh,  3rd  August,  1819. 
The  Exhibitioner's  elder  brother  was  named  George  Cuming  Scott.  His  grandfather 
was  the  Rev.  James  Scott  (D.D.Glas.  1797),  Minister  of  (i)  Libberton  and  Quoth- 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


109 


quhan  1761-63,  (2)  Carluke  1763-1812,  who  died  4th  October,  1812,  aged  78.  The 
latter  married  on  4th  November,  1762,  Janet  (who  died  nth  July,  1791,  aged  59), 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Hamilton,  Minister  of  Douglas.  Of  this  marriage 
there  were  three  sons  and  three  daughters  :  (i)  the  Exhibitioner's  father ;  (2)  Robert, 
Surgeon  of  Artillery ;  (3)  William,  Receiver-General  of  H.M.  Revenues  in  the 
Isle  of  Man ;  (4)  Christian ;  (5)  Rebecca  (who  died  at  London  3Oth  December, 
1824);  and  (6)  Janet,  who  married  James  Watson,  Merchant  in  Glasgow.  The 
Exhibitioner  was  nephew  of  the  Very  Rev.  Duncan  Macfarlan  (M.A.Glas.  1788, 
D.D.  1806),  Principal  of  the  University  of  Glasgow  from  1823  till  his  death  on 
251!)  November,  1857. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Edin- 
burgh, 1813-18,  under  the  Rev.  James  Gray  and  the  Rev.  James  Pillans.  By  the 
latter,  in  a  Testimonial  dated  August,  1818,  he  is  described  as  "a  boy  of  especial 
promise,  distinguished  in  every  branch  of  early  education,  but  far  the  first  among 
his  schoolfellows  in  all  relating  to  Geography,  whether  in  learning  the  various 
regions  of  the  Earth  from  Maps,  or  in  describing  them  with  the  rod  and  in  words 
together,  or  in  placing  them  in  Water  Colours  before  the  eye." 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1819-20  to 
1821-22.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1819-20,  Logic,  second  for  excelling 
in  the  Black  Stone  Examination.  1820-21,  Latin,  second  for  the  best  Poetical 
Translation  of  Horace,  Book  3,  Ode  29. 

Matriculated  at  St.  Mary  Hall,  Oxford,  24th  October,  1822,  removing  to 
Balliol  College  in  1825  on  election  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  the 
Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1828.  Graduated  B.A.  1828,  M.A.  1831. 
Exhibition  vacated  by  his  marriage  (infra),  1832. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  After  holding  various  Curacies, 
was  in  1846  appointed  Vicar  of  Cranwell,  near  Sleaford,  Lincolnshire,  which  charge 
he  retained  till  his  death  (infra),  1870.  Was  likewise  Domestic  Chaplain  to  the 
Duke  of  Montrose. 

Married,  i4th  September,  1832,  at  St.  Mary's,  Bryanstone  Square,  Cordelia 
(who  died  7th  March,  1853),  only  daughter  of  Lieutanant-General  White.  Issue  : 
Sophia  Jenison,  born  1835,  married,  1873,  the  Rev.  A.  Hanbury;  Frederick  Allan, 
born  1838;  James  Hamilton,  born  1839,  died  1891. 

Published  Writings:  Metrical  Paraphrases  of  the  Psalms,  1839;  English  Trans- 
lation of  the  Cyclops  of  Euripides,  1843;  Translations  and  Imitations  of  Anacreon 
and  others,  1863. 

Died  at  Cranwell  Vicarage,  25th  March,  1870.  Left  to  the  University  of 
Glasgow  the  sum  of  £100  for  a  Gold  Medal,  to  be  called  the  "  Scott-Macfarlan 
Prize  for  Greek,"  in  memory  of  Principal  Macfarlan  (supra),  and  to  be  given  on 
the  last  day  of  the  session  in  each  year  to  the  best  scholar  in  Greek  of  the 
session.  As  the  Jeffrey  Medal  had  long  been  awarded  to  the  best  student  in  the 
Senior  Greek  Class,  the  "Scott-Macfarlan"  Medal  was,  by  arrangement,  appropriated 
to  the  best  student  in  the  Middle  Class. 


HO  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

GEORGE  LOWTHER  HAMILTON.  4th  November,  1825. 

Born  at  Glasgow  7th  August,  1808.  Only  son  of  Thomas  Hamilton, 
sometime  a  Merchant,  variously  described  as  of  Edinburgh  and  of  Lanarkshire. 
The  mother  of  the  Exhibitioner  had  (by  her  first  husband,  Robert  Charnock)  a 
daughter,  Henrietta  Cecilia,  who  became,  in  1823,  the  wife  of  Sir  Daniel  Keyte 
Sandford,  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  1821-38.  The 
Exhibitioner  was  thus  half-brother  to  Lady  Sandford,  or,  in  the  facetious 
phraseology  of  the  Memorial  referred  to  at  page  27,  "the  son  of  the  husband 
of  the  mother-in-law  of  Sir  Daniel  Sandford."  It  follows  that  he  was  half-uncle 
of  Francis  Richard  John  Sandford  (Baron  S.),  Exhibitioner  of  1841  (q.v.).  He 
was  likewise  first  cousin  to  James  Alexander  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1838  (q.v.). 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1822-23  to 
1825-26.  Obtained  seventh  place  (third  among  non-competitors)  in  the  Greek 
Black  Stone  Examination  of  1824-25. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  I5th  April,  1826.  Vacated  Exhibition  in 
November,  1830. 

Was  appointed  Ensign,  by  purchase,  in  the  99th  (or  Lanarkshire)  Regiment 
of  Foot,  ist  August,  1834.  Exchanged  to  the  Ceylon  Rifle  Regiment,  as  Second 
Lieutenant,  2nd  September,  1836. 

Died  at  Chatham  Barracks,  unmarried,  circa  24th  November,  1836. 

WILLIAM  WALTER  RALEIGH  KERR.  4th  March,   1828. 

Born  (probably  at  Coalston,  East  Lothian)  26th  November,  1809.  Eldest 
son  of  Lord  Robert  Kerr  (fourth  son  of  the  fifth  Marquis  of  Lothian),  who  was 
born  i4th  September,  1780,  and  died  23rd  June,  1843,  Major-General  K.H., 
Secretary  to  the  Order  of  the  Thistle,  and  D.A.G.  Scotland,  by  his  marriage,  on 
i4th  June,  1806,  with  Mary  (who  died  27th  November,  1861),  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Edmund  Gilbert  of  Windsor  House,  Cornwall. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1825-26  to  1827-28. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  May,  1828.  Resigned  Exhibition 
towards  end  of  1831. 

Became  Treasurer  of  the  Island  of  Mauritius,  and  held  that  office  for  many 
years. 

Married,  i2th  February,  1850,  Mary  Rouet,  youngest  daughter  of  James 
Wilson  of  Renfrew,  Chief  Judge  of  the  Mauritius.  Issue :  Henry  Teviot,  born 
25th  May,  1857  ;  Mark  Ancrum,  born  2nd  May,  1859 ;  William  Walter  Raleigh, 
born  8th  February,  1863;  Charles  Arthur  Humphrey,  born  22nd  December,  1864; 
Mary  Louisa  Cranstoun,  married,  3rd  August,  1869,  Edward  Newton,  C.M.G., 
Colonial  Secretary  of  the  Island  of  Mauritius,  and  died  3rd  May,  1870 ;  Sophie 
Mary  Frances,  married,  isth  January,  1877,  Surgeon-Major  George  Joseph 
Hamilton  Evatt,  M.D.,  Army  Medical  Department;  Ethel  Georgtna;  Mary 
Caroline  Alice. 

Died  at  Vale  House,  Jersey,  26th  May,   1881. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  III 

HENRY  JOHN  PROVAND.  4th  March,  1828. 

Born  at  Cathcart,  Renfrewshire,  circa  1810.  Third  and  youngest  son  of 
James  Provand,  Merchant  in  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1823-24  to 
182627.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1823-24,  Greek  (Provectiores),  fifth 
for  general  eminence ;  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Latin  Verses,  and  fourth  (in  Fourth 
Division)  for  general  eminence.  1824-25,  Greek,  sixth  (on  Greek  Side)  for 
general  eminence,  and  first  for  Translation  into  English  Verse  of  Extracts  from 
Tyrtseus  and  Anacreon  ;  Latin  (Division  I.),  seventh  for  general  eminence.  1825-26, 
Junior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence.  1826-27,  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for 
superior  merit  of  Poetical  Exercises. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  May,   1828. 

Died  at  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man,  3rd  September,   1829. 

THE  RIGHT  HON.  JOHN  INGLIS  of  Glencorse.  6th  November,  1828. 

Born  in  George  Square,  Edinburgh,  aist  August,  1810.  Fourth  and 
youngest  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Inglis  (D.D.Edin.  1804),  Minister  of  (i) 
Tibbermore,  Perthshire,  1788-99,  (2)  Old  Greyfriars,  Edinburgh,  1799-1834, 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  1804,  and  Dean  of  the  Chapel  Royal  1810, 
who  died  2nd  January,  1834,  aged  72,  by  his  marriage,  on  i6th  October,  1798, 
with  Maria  Moxham  (who  died  izth  January,  1864,  aged  87),  daughter  of 
Abraham  Passmore  of  Rolle  Farm,  Devonshire.  Dr.  Inglis  was  son  of  the 
Rev.  Harry  Inglis,  Minister  of  Forteviot,  Perthshire,  from  1752  till  his  death  on 
3oth  September,  1799,  aged  75,  and  Mary  Bryce,  whom  he  married  7th  March, 
1757,  and  who  died  i2th  June,  1802.  The  Exhibitioner's  eldest  brother,  Harry 
Maxwell  of  Loganbank,  born  1800,  was  admitted  W.S.  in  1828,  held  office  as 
Crown  Agent  for  Scotland,  and  afterwards  as  Principal  Clerk  of  Session,  and 
died,  unmarried,  7th  May,  1883.  The  second  brother,  Abraham  Passmore,  was 
an  officer  in  the  Black  Watch,  and  died  in  1878,  aged  75.  The  third,  William 
Bryce,  died  young.  Their  only  sister,  Jane,  married  a  son  of  Sir  Hector 
Mackenzie  of  Gairloch,  Bart. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of 
Edinburgh,  1819-24,  and  was  "dux"  of  his  Class  in  1822. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1825-26 
and  1826-27,  and  while  there  resided  with  Principal  Macfarlan.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes :  1825-26,  Latin,  first  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone 
Examination,  and  third  (in  Second  Division)  for  Exemplary  Eminence  throughout 
the  session.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1868. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  27th  November,  1828.  Gained  a  Prize  there 
in  February,  1830,  for  an  Essay  on  the  Character  and  Opinions  of  Socrates. 
Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1833. 
Graduated  B.A.  1833,  M.A.  1837.  Created  D.C.L.  1859.  Vacated  Exhibition  1838. 

Studied  Law  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Sessions  1832  and 
1833.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1858. 


H2  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Admitted  Advocate,  1835.  Advocate-Depute,  1844-46.  Solicitor  General  for 
Scotland,  February-May,  1852.  Lord  Advocate,  May-November,  1852,  and  March- 
July,  1858.  M.P.  for  Stamford,  March-July,  1858.  Dean  of  the  Faculty  of  Advocates, 
1852-58.  Lord  Justice-Clerk  and  President  of  the  Second  Division  of  the  Court 
of  Session,  taking  the  judicial  title  of  Lord  Glencorse,  1858-76.  Privy  Councillor, 
1859.  Lord  Justice-General  and  Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session,  1867-91. 

Was  author  of  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act  1858,  and  Chairman  of  the 
Commission  thereunder,  as  also  Chairman  of  the  Commission  appointed  by  the 
Universities  (Scotland)  Act  1876.  Was  Lord  Rector  of  King's  College,  Aberdeen, 
1857-60,  and  LL.D.  thereof  1857;  Lord  Rector  of  Glasgow  University,  1865-68; 
and  Chancellor  of  Edinburgh  University,  1868-91.  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of 
Edinburgh,  1855.  Grand  Dignitary  of  the  Brazilian  Imperial  Order  of  the 
Rose,  1885. 

Acquired  in  1855  the  historic  demesne  of  House  o'  Muir  and  Rullion  Green, 
on  the  south-eastern  slope  of  the  Pentlands;  in  1866  the  adjoining  estate  of 
Glencorse;  and  some  years  afterwards  that  of  Bellwood.  Succeeded  in  1883,  on 
the  death  of  his  brother  Harry  (supra),  to  the  also  adjoining  property  of 
Loganbank.  Was  a  Deputy-Lieutenant  of  the  City  and  County  of  the  City  of 
Edinburgh. 

Married  at  i  Royal  Circus,  Edinburgh,  2oth  July,  1842,  Isabella  Mary  (who 
died  2oth  November,  1855,  aged  38),  daughter  of  Alexander  Wood,  one  of  the 
Lords  of  Session  under  the  judicial  title  of  Lord  Wood.  Issue :  John  David, 
born  5th  November,  1843,  died  gth  November,  1861 ;  Alexander  Wood,  now  of 
Glencorse,  born  i4th  April,  1845,  Secretary  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for 
Manufactures,  etc.,  Edinburgh;  Harry  Herbert,  born  2ist  July,  1848,  admitted 
W.S.  i6th  July,  1873. 

Published  Writings  :  On  the  present  position  of  the  Church  of  Scotland, 
BlackivoocFs  Magazine,  1839;  On  Montrose  and  the  Covenant  of  1638,  Ib.  1887; 
Inaugural  Discourse  to  the  Graduates  of  King's  College,  Aberdeen,  on  his 
installation  as  Lord  Rector,  i4th  October,  1857;  Address  to  the  Juridical  Society 
on  the  Historical  Study  of  Law,  1865  ;  Inaugural  Address  to  the  University  of 
Glasgow  on  his  installation  as  Lord  Rector,  22nd  March,  1866;  Inaugural  Address 
to  the  University  of  Edinburgh  on  his  installation  as  Chancellor,  2ist  April,  1869; 
A  pamphlet  on  the  spelling  of  Glencorse,  1877.  "  He  never  wrote,  or  even 
edited,  a  book"  {Memoir  by  Crabb  Watt,  p.  314]. 

Died  at  Loganbank  House,  2oth  August,  1891.  Interred  in  New  Gallon 
Burying  Ground,  Edinburgh. 

SAMUEL   HORSLEY.  yth  November,  1828. 

Born  circa  1811.  Only  son  of  the  Very  Rev.  Heneage  Wyndham  Horsley, 
M.A.,  Dundee,  Dean  of  Brechin  (who  died  6th  October,  1847),  and  Frances  Emma 
(who  died  i6th  November,  1821),  sister  of  General  Sir  Richard  Burke,  at  one  time 
Governor  of  New  South  Wales,  who  afterwards  lived  at  Thornfields,  near  Limerick. 
Thomas  Carlyle  was  the  General's  guest  there,  and  gives  some  account  of  the  visit 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  1 13 

in  his  Journal  of  his  Irish  tour.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather,  the  Right  Rev. 
Samuel  Horsley,  D.D.  (a  grandson  of  Principal  William  Hamilton  of  Edinburgh 
University),  was  successively  Dean  of  Westminster,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  and  Bishop 
of  St.  Asaph.  Professor  Sir  Richard  Claverhouse  Jebb,  LL.D.,  D.C.L.,  M.P.,  who 
held  the  Greek  Chair  in  Glasgow  University  from  1875-89,  is  a  nephew  of  the 
Exhibitioner. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1825-26,  1826-27,  and  1827-28.  Gained  in  1825-26  the  tenth  prize  in 
Junior  Logic  for  general  eminence  and  superiority. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3ist  March,  1829.  Graduated  B.A.  1833, 
M.A.  1837.  Vacated  Exhibition  1838. 

Acted  as  an  Inspector  under  the  Poor  Law  (afterwards  Local  Government) 
Board  for  Ireland  from  1847  to  circa  1882.  From  1850-82  resided  at  Killarney; 
afterwards  at  Bath. 

Died  at  Bath,  unmarried,  27th  May,  1889. 

Sir  Richard  Jebb  says:  "Mr.  Samuel  Horsley's  life  was  a  secluded  and  uneventful 
one ;  but  those  who  knew  it  are  aware  that  he  was  noted  for  the  able  and  efficient 
performance  of  his  official  duties,  and  that  he  gained,  in  a  quite  exceptional  degree, 
the  warm  regard  of  people  of  all  sorts  with  whom  he  was  brought  into  contact. 
His  popularity  with  all  classes  at  Killarney,  where  about  thirty-two  years  of  his  life 
were  spent,  and,  indeed,  throughout  the  county  of  Kerry,  was  very  remarkable,  and 
was  due  to  a  character  of  singular  gentleness,  strength,  and  beauty.  He  was  a  man 
whose  advice  was  much  sought  by  his  friends ;  not  merely  because  his  judgment 
was  shrewd  and  sound,  but  because  everyone  who  knew  him  well  felt  the  delicacy 
and  sureness  of  his  instinct  in  all  questions  of  conduct.  Two  other  traits  deserve 
mention — his  wonderful  aptitude  for  winning  the  good  graces  of  children,  and  the 
trustful  affection  of  young  people,  in  whose  society  he  always  delighted;  and  his 
keenness  as  a  sportsman.  He  was  a  good  shot  and  a  skilled  angler — salmon- 
fishing  being  perhaps  his  favourite  sport.  In  his  earlier  life  he  was  a  keen 
golfer." 

FRANCIS  JOHN  GARDNER.  I2th  November,  1829. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1810.  Third  and  youngest  son  of  William  Fullerton 
Gardner,  sometime  in  the  service  of  the  Honourable  East  India  Company,  Bengal 
Establishment,  and  who  died  at  West  Heriot  Row,  Edinburgh,  23rd  July,  1814. 
Mary,  a  sister  of  the  Exhibitioner,  died  at  3  Mount  Stuart  Road,  Rothesay,  2nd 
May,  1854.  According  to  the  Edinburgh  Evening  Courant  of  5th  December,  1808, 
there  died  "  At  Duke  Street,  on  the  3rd  December,  Margaret  Ann,  infant  daughter 
of  W.  F.  Gardner  Esq.  of  Gifford  Vale."  This  is  probably  another  sister  of  the 
Exhibitioner. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1826-27  to 
1828-29.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1826-27,  Junior  Logic,  third  for 
general  eminence.  1827-28,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  general  eminence. 

H 


II4  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

1828-29,  Civil  History,  second  for  Essay  on  the  State  of  Literature  at  Rome  during 
the  age  of  Augustus. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3oth  November,   1829. 

Died  28th  November,  1831. 

ARCHIBALD  CAMPBELL  TAIT.  I2th  November,  1829. 

Born  2ist  December,  1811,  in  Park  Place,  Edinburgh,  in  the  Tail  family 
house,  on  the  site  of  which  is  now  erected  part  of  the  New  Buildings  of  Edinburgh 
University.  Sixth  son  and  youngest  child  of  Craufurd  Tail  (1765-1832),  W.S., 
of  Harviestoun  and  Castle  Campbell,  Clackmannanshire,  and  of  Cumlodden, 
Lochfyneside,  by  his  marriage,  on  lyth  June,  1795,  with  Susan  (who  died  1814), 
fourth  daughter  of  Sir  Hay  Campbell,  Baronet,  of  Succoth  (LL.D.Glasg.  1804), 
Lord  President  of  the  Court  of  Session.  The  Exhibitioner  was  thus  first  cousin 
to  Arthur  Connell,  Exhibitioner  of  1812  (q.v.),  and  James  Connell,  Exhibitioner 
of  1832  (q.v.).  Craufurd  Tait,  who  had  eventually  to  sell  his  estates  owing  to 
unprofitable  agricultural  experiments,  was  the  only  son  of  John  Tait,  W.S.,  of 
Harviestoun  and  Cumlodden  (who  died  1800,  aged  73),  by  Charles  Murdoch,  so 
called  after  Prince  Charlie,  in  whose  cause  her  family  had  greatly  suffered.  The 
Exhibitioner  had  five  brothers  and  three  sisters.  John,  born  nth  February,  1796, 
became  Sheriff  successively  of  Clackmannanshire  and  Perthshire,  and  died  22nd 
May,  1877.  Susan  Marion,  born  2nd  March,  1797,  married  in  1818  Sir  George 
Sitwell  of  Renishaw,  near  Chesterfield,  and  died  i3th  May,  1880.  James 
Campbell,  born  291)1  October,  1798,  was  admitted  W.S.  27th  June,  1823,  and 
died,  unmarried,  i8th  January,  1879.  Charlotte  Murdoch,  born  gth  June,  1800, 
married  on  ist  June,  1822,  Sir  Charles  Wake  of  Courteen  Hall,  Northamptonshire, 
and  died  3ist  March,  1888.  Anna  Mary,  born  i5th  February,  1804,  married 
Mr.  Wildman,  and  died  22nd  February,  1879.  Thomas  Forsyth,  born  2oth 
August,  1805,  entered  the  Indian  Army  as  an  Infantry  Cadet  in  1825,  distinguished 
himself  as  the  Commander  of  "  Tail's  Horse,"  or  the  Third  Bengal  Irregular 
Cavalry,  in  the  Afghan  Expedition  under  Nott  and  Pollock  in  1842,  and  in  the 
Sutlej  and  Punjab  Campaigns,  and  died  in  the  house  of  the  Exhibitioner,  then 
Bishop  of  London,  i6th  March,  1859.  Craufurd,  born  gth  September,  1807, 
died  6th  April,  1828.  Hay  Campbell,  born  ist  June,  1809,  died  at  Edinburgh 
28th  February,  1821. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  (i)  the  High  School  of 
Edinburgh  1821-24,  ar>d  (2)  the  Edinburgh  Academy  1824-27.  At  the  latter,  in 
1824-25,  he  was  third  prizeman,  and  in  the  two  following  sessions  "dux"  of  the 
whole  school,  besides  carrying  off  numerous  prizes. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1827-28, 
1828-29,  and  1829-30.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1827-28, 
Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  third  for  general  eminence;  Latin,  first  (in  First 
Division)  for  the  best  original  Latin  Verses,  first  for  the  best  Metrical  Translation 
of  Horace,  Book  3rd,  Ode  29,  second  (in  First  Division)  for  excelling  in  the 
Weekly  Exercises,  first  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination,  and  second 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  115 

(among  Seniors  of  one  year's  standing)  for  general  eminence.  1828-29,  a  Silver 
Medal  given  by  the  Lord  Rector  (Thomas  Campbell,  the  Poet,  LL.D.Glas.  1827) 
for  the  best  Translation  from  English  into  Latin  Verse ;  Senior  Mathematics, 
third  for  general  eminence ;  Greek  (Greek  Side),  first  for  general  eminence. 
1829-30,  Senior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Greek  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  English  Prose  of  the  Corinthian  and  Corcyrean 
Speeches  at  Athens,  Thucy.  Book  I.,  c.  32-43 ;  Senior  Greek,  second  for  excelling 
at  the  Black  Stone  Examination ;  Greek,  first  (on  Logic  side)  for  general  eminence, 
and  third  for  excelling  in  the  Weekly  Exercises  in  Greek  Verse.  Received  the 
Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1868. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2gth  January,  1830.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1833.  Graduated  B.A.  1833,  M.A. 
1836.  Created  D.C.L.  1842,  D.D.  1869.  Scholar  of  Balliol  1830-35,  Fellow 
1834-42,  Junior  Dean  1836,  Catechetical  Lecturer  1840,  Tutor  and  Logic  Lecturer 
1835-42.  Classical  Examiner  at  Oxford  1841-42.  Select  Preacher  1843.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1839. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1836,  Priest  1838. 
Curate  of  Baldon,  near  Oxford,  1836-41.  Headmaster  of  Rugby  School  1842-50. 
Dean  of  Carlisle  1850-56.  Bishop  of  London  1856-69.  Archbishop  of  Canterbury 
1869-82. 

Married,  22nd  June,  1843,  in  Elmdon  Church,  near  Rugby,  Catharine  (1819-78), 
youngest  daughter  of  the  Ven.  William  Spooner,  Archdeacon  of  Coventry  and 
Vicar  of  Elmdon.  Issue  :  Catharine  Anna,  born  15111  March,  1846,  died  25th 
March,  1856;  Mary  Susan,  born  2Oth  June,  1847,  died  8th  April,  1856;  Craufurd, 
born  22nd  June,  1849,  B.A.Oxon.  1872,  M.A.  1874,  Curate  of  Saltwood,  Kent, 
1874,  Vicar  of  St.  John's,  Notting  Hill,  1878,  died  2gth  May,  1878 ;  Charlotte, 
born  7th  September,  1850,  died  6th  March,  1856;  Frances  Alice  Marion,  born 
29th  June,  1852,  died  2oth  March,  1856;  Susan  Elizabeth  Campbell,  born 
ist  August,  1854,  died  nth  March,  1856;  Lucy  Sydney  Murray,  born  nth 
February,  1856;  Edith  Murdoch,  born  7th  December,  1858,  married  on  i2th 
November,  1878,  the  Right  Rev.  Randall  Thomas  Davidson,  D.D.,  now  Bishop 
of  Rochester ;  Agnes  Sitwell,  survived  her  father,  but  now  deceased.  Catharine 
Anna,  Mary  Susan,  Charlotte,  Frances  Alice  Marion,  and  Susan  Elizabeth  Camp- 
bell were  all  carried  off  by  scarlet  fever  within  a  period  of  thirty-three  days. 

Published  Writings  (inter  alia) :  Suggestions  offered  to  the  theological  student, 
under  present  difficulties,  1846;  A  charge  delivered  in  November,  1858,  to  the 
clergy  of  the  Diocese  of  London,  1858 ;  The  dangers  and  safeguards  of  modern 
theology,  1861 ;  The  spiritual  wants  of  the  metropolis  and  its  suburbs,  1863 ; 
Harmony  of  revelation  and  the  sciences,  1864 ;  The  present  condition  of  the 
Church  of  England,  1872;  The  church  of  the  future,  1880. 

Died  at  Addington  Park,  Croydon,  3rd  December,  1882.  Buried  in  Addington 
Churchyard,  in  conformity  with  the  wishes  of  himself  and  his  surviving  daughters, 
notwithstanding  the  offer  of  a  resting-place  in  Westminster  Abbey. 


U6  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

LOCKHART  WILLIAM  JEFFRAY.  i;th  December,  1830. 

Born  in  the  Professors'  Court,  Old  University,  High  Street,  Glasgow,  4th 
November,  1814.  Third  son  of  James  Jeffray  of  Cardowan  (born  1759,  M.A.Glas. 
1778,  M.D.Edin.  1786,  died  28th  January,  1848),  Professor  of  Anatomy  in  Glasgow 
University  from  1790  to  1848,  by  his  second  wife  (married  6th  September,  1809), 
Margaret,  daughter  of  James  Lockhart,  "  the  most  successful  ironmonger  Glasgow 
ever  saw  .  .  .  who  raised  an  ample  fortune  in  a  small  shop  in  the  Saltmarket, 
[and]  had  his  handsome  dwelling-house  in  St.  Andrew's  Square"  [Glasgow  Past 
and  Present\  The  Exhibitioner's  eldest  brother,  James,  born  2nd  August,  1811, 
graduated  M.A.Glas.  1831,  M.D.  1834,  assisted  his  father  for  some  years  in  the 
duties  of  the  Anatomy  Chair,  but  never  practised,  and  died,  unmarried,  24th 
May,  1886.  The  next  brother,  John,  born  24111  January,  1813,  was  admitted  a 
member  of  the  Faculty  of  Procurators  of  Glasgow  in  1838,  but  took  no  active 
part  in  the  profession.  He  succeeded  to  Cardowan,  and  died  2ist  January,  1900, 
leaving  a  widow  and  married  daughter.  The  eldest  sister,  Agnes,  born  gth  July, 
1810,  became,  ist  July,  1841,  the  second  wife  of  Robert  Stewart  of  Carphin, 
W.S.  The  younger  sister,  Mary  Margaret,  born  3rd  March,  1820,  died  22nd 
April,  1839.  Professor  Jeffray's  first  wife  (married  6th  January,  1794)  was  Mary 
(who  died  i3th  June,  1806),  daughter  of  Walter  Brisbane,  merchant  in  Glasgow. 
Of  this  marriage  there  was  a  daughter,  Margaret  Ann,  born  4th  February,  1801. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1827-28  to  1830-31. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  25th  March,  1831,  and  remained  there  four 
years.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics  1834. 
Graduated  B.A.  1834,  M.A.  1837.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his  marriage  in  March, 
1840.  The  following  letter  was  addressed  to  him  by  the  Master  of  Balliol: 

"BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  February  \A,th,  1835. 

"  MY  DEAR  SIR, — I  have  great  pleasure  in  requesting  you  to  accept,  in  my 
own  name,  and  in  that  of  the  Fellows,  the  accompanying  Edition  of  Lord 
Clarendon's  History,  printed  at  our  University  Press.  It  is  offered  to  you  as  a 
slight  memorial  of  the  opinion  which  your  exemplary  conduct  during  your 
residence  here  has  enabled  us  to  form  of  your  character,  and  especially  of  that 
talent  and  persevering  industry  by  which  you  attained  one  of  our  highest 
Academical  distinctions  for  Mathematical  science.  With  every  sincere  wish  that 
your  future  career  in  life  may  be  equally  successful  and  satisfactory  to  those 
about  you, — I  am,  my  dear  sir,  yours  very  faithfully, 

"  (Signed)        R.  JENKYNS. 
"L.  W.  Jem-ay,  Esq.,  Glasgow." 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1838,  Priest  1839. 
Curate  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Preston,  1838-39.  Incumbent  of  St.  Thomas's 
Church,  Preston,  1839-43.  Perpetual  Curate  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Aston -on- 
Ribble,  1843-54.  Rector  of  Aldford,  Cheshire,  1854-62. 

Married  in  March,  1840,  at  the  Parish  Church,    Preston,    Catherine  (who    is 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  1 17 

still  alive),  daughter  of  Thomas  Miller  of  Preston.  Issue :  Katharine,  who  married 
on  2gth  May,  1867,  Archibald  Hamilton,  M.D.,  J.P.,  Oakthorpe,  Windermere. 

Published  Writings :  Sermon  and  two  Tracts  on  the  Romish  Controversy. 

Died  at  Merlewood,  Grange-over-Sands,  Lancashire  (the  house  of  his  wife's 
sister,  Mrs.  Horrocks),  i6th  April,  1862. 

JAMES  PATRICK  MUIRHEAD.  3rd  February,  1832. 

Born  at  The  Grove,  Parish  of  Hamilton,  Lanarkshire,  26th  July,  1813.  Only 
son  of  Lockhart  Muirhead  (M.A.Glas.  1797,  LL.D.  1820,  died  23rd  July,  1829, 
aged  63),  Principal  Librarian  to,  and  (1808-29)  first  Regius  Professor  of  Natural 
History  in,  the  University  of  Glasgow,  by  his  marriage,  on  igth  June,  1804,  with 
Anne,  daughter  of  James  Campbell,  of  the  families  of  Ballochlaven  and  Craignish, 
Argyllshire.  The  Exhibitioner  had  two  sisters,  Marion  Elizabeth,  born  3oth 
October,  1811,  and  Anne  Janet,  born  23rd  February,  1815.  His  grandfather,  the 
Rev.  Patrick  Muirhead  (D.D.Glas.  1775),  Minister  of  Dysart,  Fife,  and  his  great- 
uncle,  John  Muirhead  of  Teggetsheugh,  gave  in  1776  a  sum  of  ^100  to  found 
the  Muirhead  Prizes  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  in  memory  of  their  brother, 
the  Rev.  George  Muirhead  (M.A.Edin.  1742),  Minister  of  (i)  Minnigaff,  (2) 
Dysart,  and  Professor  in  Glasgow  University  of  (i)  Oriental  Languages  1753-54, 
(2)  Humanity  1754-73.  Professor  George  Muirhead  was  associated  with  Professor 
Moor  in  superintending  the  fine  edition  of  Homer  published  by  Robert  and 
Andrew  Foulis,  the  Iliad  in  1756,  and  the  Odyssey,  with  the  Hymns  and  Frag- 
ments, in  1758.  The  Exhibitioner's  uncle,  the  Rev.  George  Muirhead  (D.D.Glas. 
1816)  was,  like  Patrick  and  Professor  George,  Minister  of  Dysart,  subsequently 
holding  the  charge  of  Cramond,  and  "coming  out"  at  the  Disruption  of  1843. 
The  family  is  known  to  be  descended  from  the  Muirheads  of  I^auchop  in  Lanark- 
shire, though  the  connecting  link  is  difficult  to  establish,  the  family  records  having 
been  lost  when  the  mansion  house  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  consequence  of  the 
shelter  afforded  by  the  laird  in  1570  to  James  Hamilton  of  Bothwellhaugh,  the 
assassin  of  Regent  Murray  at  Linlithgow. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  five 
Sessions,  namely,  1826-27,  1827-28,  1829-30,  1830-31,  and  1831-32.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes  :  1826-27,  Latin  (Second  Division),  first  for  the  best 
original  I^atin  Verses ;  Junior  Latin  (Second  Division),  eighth  for  general  eminence. 
1827-28,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Latin  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  the  best  original  Latin  Verses.  1829-30,  Junior  Logic,  sixth 
for  general  eminence.  1830-31,  Moral  Philosophy,  third  (in  Junior  Division)  for 
general  eminence,  and  second  for  excelling  in  Poetical  Composition.  1831-32, 
Private  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Analytical  Abridgment  of  Aristotle's 
Rhetoric,  as  prelected  on  in  the  Class,  and  first  for  Translation  into  English  Verse 
of  the  second  Olympic  Ode  of  Pindar. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  April,  1832.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1835.  Graduated  B.A.  1835,  M.A.  1838. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1841. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Admitted  Advocate  1838,  and  practised  in  Edinburgh.  Latterly  resided  at 
Haseley  Court,  Tetsworth,  Oxfordshire,  for  which  County  he  was  a  Deputy 
Lieutenant.  Was  likewise  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh. 

Married  at  Hands  worth  Parish  Church,  Birmingham,  2-jth  January,  1844, 
Katharine  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Matthew  Robinson  Boulton  of  Soho, 
Staffordshire,  and  Tew  Park,  Enstone,  Oxfordshire.  Issue :  Lionel  Boulton  Camp- 
bell Lockhart ;  Francis  Montagu ;  Beatrix  Marion  (Mrs.  Napier  G.  Sturt) ;  Herbert 
Hugh ;  Bertram  Arthur ;  Eleanor  Anne. 

Published  Writings:  Disputatio  Juridica  ad  Lib.  XII.  Tit.  II.  Digest  =  de 
Jurejurando  sive  voluntario  sive  necessario  sive  Judiciali,  1838;  Historical  Eloge 
of  James  Watt  by  Arago,  Perpetual  Secretary  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  trans- 
lated, 1839;  Correspondence  of  James  Watt  on  his  discovery  of  the  theory  of  the 
Composition  of  Water,  1846;  The  origin  and  progress  of  the  mechanical  inventions 
of  James  Watt,  1854;  Winged  Words  on  Chantrey's  Woodcocks,  1857;  The  Life 
of  James  Watt,  1859;  The  Vaux-de-Vire  of  Maistre  Jean  le  Houx,  Advocate  of 
Vire,  edited  and  translated,  1875;  Contributions,  in  prose  and  verse,  to  the 
Glasgow  College  Album,  1830  and  1832;  Poems  and  Translations  in  Blackwood's 
Magazine,  1882  to  1891,  at  long  intervals. 

Died  at  Haseley  Court  (supra),  i5th  October,  1898. 

JOHN  JAMES  CAMPBELL.  3oth  March,  1832. 

Born  at  Cathcart,  Renfrewshire,  icth  August,  1813.  Third  son  of  Alexander 
Campbell  of  Kailyards  (a  partner  of  the  firm  of  John  Campbell,  Senior,  &  Co., 
West  India  Merchants  in  Glasgow),  by  his  marriage  with  Barbara,  daughter  of 
Archibald  Campbell  of  Jura.  Alexander  Campbell  (born  at  Doune  1768,  died  at 
Glasgow  1817),  variously  known  as  "Sandy  Doune"  or  "Business  Sandy,"  was  an 
Officer  of  the  Highland  Sharpshooters,  and  a  Director  of  the  Celtic  Society.  His 
son  Mungo,  the  Exhibitioner's  brother,  was  known  as  "  White  Mungo,"  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  his  partner,  "Black  Mungo." 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  four 
Sessions,  namely,  1828-29  to  J83i-32.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc.: 
1828-29,  Latin  (First  Division),  fourth  for  general  eminence;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  fifth  place.  1829-30,  Junior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  April,  1832.  Graduated  B.A.  1835,  M.A. 
1838.  Vacated  Exhibition  1841. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1837,  Priest  1838. 
Rector  of  Glenealy,  Wicklow,  Ireland,  up  to  1844.  Vicar  of  Great  Tew,  Enstone, 
Oxfordshire,  1844-77. 

Married  (i)  Lucy,  daughter  of  Colonel  Moore,  one  of  the  Drogheda  family, 
(2)  Lucy,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Egerton,  Hextable,  Kent.  Issue  of  the  first 
marriage:  Elizabeth  Mary,  who  died  April,  1892.  No  issue  of  second  marriage. 

Publication :  "  Song  of  the  Bell "  and  other  poems,  translated  from  the 
German,  1836. 

Died  at  Farrs,  Wimborne,  Dorset,  2gth  March,   1882. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  1 19 

WILLIAM  DUNLOP.  3oth  March,  1832. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  1815.  Third  son  of  George  Dunlop,  W.S.,  and  Isabella, 
second  daughter  of  William  Simpson  of  Ogle.  The  Exhibitioner  was  great- 
grandson  of  Provost  Colin  Dunlop  of  Carmyle,  and  grandson  of  James  Dunlop 
of  Garnkirk.  Two  of  his  brothers  were  James  Dunlop  of  Tollcross  and  Colin 
Robert  Dunlop  of  Quarter.  One  of  his  sisters  is  still  alive  and  resident  at 
53  Great  King  Street,  Edinburgh;  another,  Marion,  died  at  Edinburgh,  2ist 
December,  1825.  Mr.  George  Dunlop,  W.S.  (admitted  1873),  is  a  nephew. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1828-29  to  1831-32.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1828-29,  Greek 
(Provectiores),  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and  third  for  exercises  in  Greek 
Verse;  Latin  (First  Division),  fifth  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  the 
best  Original  Latin  Verses.  1829-30,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  fifth  for  general 
eminence;  Greek  (Greek  side),  fourth  for  general  eminence.  1831-32,  Senior 
Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Attic  Prose  of  Hume's 
Character  of  Charles  I.,  from  "  Some  historians  have  rashly  questioned  "  to  "  which 
form  an  accomplished  Prince." 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3ist  May,  1832.  Graduated  B.A.  1836, 
M.A.  1839.  Vacated  Exhibition  towards  end  of  1841. 

Became  a  Parliamentary  Solicitor  in  London,  his  firm  being  Deans,  Dunlop, 
and  Hope. 

Married  Mary  Burney  (no  issue),  who  subsequently  became  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  W.  Honnywill,  and  died  at  Norfolk  Cottage,  Lee,  Kent,  24th  June, 
1860. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  Cheltenham,   iyth  January,  1850. 

JAMES  CONNELL.  23rd  November,  1832. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  313!  August,  1812.  Third  and  youngest  son  of  Sir  John 
Connell;  brother  of  Arthur  Connell,  Exhibitioner  of  1812  (q.v.) ;  and  cousin  of 
Archibald  Campbell  Tail,  Exhibitioner  of  1829  (q.v.). 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy. 

Probably  studied  for  some  Sessions  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1831-32.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes :  Senior  Logic,  fifth  for  general  eminence ;  Greek  (Logic 
Side),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Greek,  first  for  the  best  poem  in 
Greek  Verse  on  the  Cyreian  Greeks  in  sight  of  the  sea. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  iyth  December,  1832.  Obtained  in  1836  a 
Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  and  a  Second-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Mathematics.  Graduated  B.A.  1836,  M.A.  1838.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1842. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1836,  Priest  1837. 
Curate  of  Titsey,  Surrey,  1842.  Curate  of  Ashe,  Hants,  1842-1845.  Curate  of 
Hurstbonne,  Hants,  1845-47.  Curate  of  Home,  Surrey,  1847-57.  Incumbent  of 
Homerton,  Middlesex,  1857-60.  Vicar  of  Hammersmith,  London,  1860-71.  Rural 


120  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Dean  of  Barnes  and    Hammersmith  1870-71.      Rector  of  Monks  Eleigh,  Suffolk 
1871-78. 

Married  at  Tandridge  Church,  Surrey,  aoth  April,  1843,  Elizabeth,  eldest 
daughter  of  John  Pearson  of  Tandridge  Hall.  Issue :  Mary  Elizabeth,  who  died 
March,  1862,  aged  18;  Fanny  Jane,  married  (i)  Archdeacon  Fisher,  (2)  the 
Rev.  R.  H.  Fair,  M.A.Cantab.,  Rector  of  West  Meon,  Hants ;  Archibald  J  C 
M.A.Oxon,  Rector  of  Monks  Eleigh;  Charles  J.,  of  the  Bengal  Civil  Service' 
died  1892;  Arthur  Knatchbull,  M.A.Oxon.,  author,  married  Miss  Benett,  and  was' 

Unionist  Candidate  in  the  Parliamentary  Election  for  Central  Edinburgh  in 
1892;  George,  died  1852;  Alexander  R.  C.,  died  1895;  Alice  Margaret  Sumner, 
who  died  3ist  March,  1862,  aged  8;  Hay  Wallace  Campbell,  who  died  i8th  March, 
1862,  aged  5.  Mary,  Alice,  and  Hay,  who,  it  will  be  observed,  all  died  within  a 
period  of  thirteen  days,  were  carried  off  by  diphtheria. 

Published  Writings:  "  Pesso-machia  or  the  Game  of  Chess,  a  Poem";  a  Letter 
on  "The  Endowment  of  Parochial  Schools,"  1847;  Tract,  "Have  you  signed  the 
Petition  against  Popery?— a  Dialogue,"  1851;  Sermon,  "Christ  the  Head  of  the 
mversal  and  the  Sovereign  the  Head  of  the  National  Church,"  1850;  Sermon 
"What  is  Popery?"  1850;  Tract,  "Forewarned  is  Forearmed,"  against  the  Church 
of  Rome,  1851;  Sonnets;  Hymns  for  Children. 

Died  at  Monks  Eleigh  Rectory,  4th  March,   1879. 

GEORGE  JOSEPH   BELL. 

nth  January,  1833. 

Born   at    or   near   Edinburgh,    i9th   August,    18x2.     Second   son    of  George 
Joseph       II  (1770-1843),  Advocate,  sometime  Lecturer  on  Conveyancing  to   the 
W.S.  Society,  afterwards  Professor  of  Scots  Law  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh 
by   hll   mamage  with   Barbara,    eldest   daughter  of  Charles   Shaw  of  Ayr       The 
Ixhibitioner's   elder   brother,  Charles  William,  died   at   Parkfield   Cottage,   Staffs 
h  June,  1862 ;  his  immediate  younger  brother,  John  Robert,  died  at  Edinburgh 
May,    !825 ;  and   his   youngest   sister,    Caroline,   died   at  Auchinleck  Castle 
i?th  December,  1860.      Professor  Bell   had  three  brothers,  all  of  whom  attained 
to  high  professional  eminence,  namely,  Robert,  who  preceded  him  in  the  Convey- 
ancing lectureship;    John,  Lecturer  on  Surgery  and  Anatomy  in  the  Extra  Mural 
School  of  Edinburgh;  and  Sir  Charles,  Professor  of  Surgery  in  Edinburgh  Univer- 
sity    Then-  father  was  the  Rev.  William  Bell,  Clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
Doune,  Perthshire.      Mr.  Charles  G.  Shaw,  Solicitor,   Ayr,  is  a  cousin   of  the 
.xhibitioner,  and  Mr.  Francis  Jeffrey  Bell,  M.A.,  Emeritus-Professor  of  Compara- 
tive Anatomy  m  King's  College,  London,  is  a  nephew. 

The    Exhibitioner   studied   at   the   University    of  Glasgow   for   two   Sessions 
namely,  1830-31  and  1831-32. 

Matriculated  at   Balliol   College    2Sth   February,    l833.     Obtained   a  Fourth- 
Class  m  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores    1836.       Graduated  B.A.  1836 
M.A.    1842,    B.M.    i84a.      Radcliffe     Travelling    Fellow    of    Oxford     University 
September,  1842.     Vacated  Exhibition  by  October,  1842 

Was  appointed  by  the  Earl  of  Aberdeen  to  succeed  his  brother,  Dr.  Charles 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  121 

W.  Bell,  as  Physician  to  Her  Majesty's  Mission  in  Persia,  on  29th  July,  1845, 
with  a  salary  of  ^600  to  commence  on  ist  August. 

Died  in  the  house  of  Consul  James  Brant  at  Erzeroum,  at  half-past  three  in 
the  morning  of  the  2oth  May,  1847,  and  was  interred  in  the  Armenian  Church- 
yard, Consul  Brant  reading  the  funeral  service  at  the  grave. 

Was  schoolfellow,  lifelong  friend,  and  deathbed  attendant  of  Charles  Scott 
(second  son  of  Sir  Walter),  who  died  at  Teheran,  28th  October,  1841. 

GEORGE  ROBINSON-DOUGLAS  of  Orchardton.  I2th  April,  1833. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  251!!  March,  1813.  Eldest  son  of  William  Rose 
Robinson  of  Clermiston,  Midlothian,  Advocate,  Sheriff  of  Lanarkshire  from 
1822-34,  and  who  died  i6th  December,  1834,  by  his  marriage  with  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  Douglas  of  Orchardton.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather,  George 
Robinson  of  Clermiston  (second  son  of  William  Robinson,  merchant  in  Banff), 
was  admitted  W.S.  1784,  and  held  office  as  Lord  Treasurer's  Remembrancer  in 
the  Exchequer  of  Scotland  from  1815  till  his  death  on  6th  May,  1825.  His  wife, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Robinson,  died  igth  March,  1822.  They  had,  besides  the  Exhi- 
bitioner's father,  three  sons  and  four  daughters.  James,  the  second  son,  Lieutenant 
R.N.,  died  i6th  December,  1811,  on  the  passage  home  from  Jamaica.  George 
T.,  the  third  son,  a  Cornet  in  the  8th  Regiment  of  Native  Cavalry,  died  at 
Jaulna,  i3th  December,  1808,  aged  16.  Andrew  Hay,  the  youngest  son,  died  at 
Clermiston,  3oth  January,  1822.  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter,  died  at  Auchry, 
nth  September,  1814.  Agnes  died  at  Clermiston,  2oth  December,  1808.  Another 
daughter,  wife  of  Dr.  John  M'Neill,  of  the  Bombay  Establishment,  died  in  India, 
5th  November,  1816.  Jane  Murray,  widow  of  Alexander  Forrester,  died  at  Edin- 
burgh, 2nd  June,  1860.  The  Exhibitioner's  younger  brother,  born  28th  June, 
7822,  was  Sir  William  Rose  Robinson,  K.C.S.I.,  of  the  Madras  Civil  Service,  who 
married,  1851,  Julia,  daughter  of  James  Thomas  of  the  same  Service,  and  died  at 
London,  2yth  April,  1886,  leaving  a  son,  James  Shaw  (who  married,  i3th 
November,  1880,  Julia  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Harold  Barkworth  of  Beverley, 
Yorks.,  and  of  London),  and  a  daughtei. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  at  least  three 
Sessions,  namely,  1829-30  to  1831-32.  He  gained  the  following  Class-Prizes: 
1829-30,  Latin,  first  in  First  Division  (Seniors  of  one  year's  standing),  for  general 
eminence,  and  second  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination.  1830-31, 
Senior  Greek,  second  for  excelling  at  the  Black  Stone  Examination,  and  second 
(on  Logic  side)  for  general  eminence.  1831-32,  Junior  Mathematics  (Second 
Division),  third  for  proficiency  in  the  class,  and  second  for  superior  merit  in 
performing  the  exercises  ;  Private  Greek,  second  for  excelling  in  the  Voluntary 
Examinations  on  the  business  of  the  class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  gth  May,  1833.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1837.  Graduated  B.A.  1837,  M.A. 
1840.  Vacated  Exhibition  1843. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.      Deacon   1840,  Priest  1841. 


122  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Was  sometime  Curate  of  Woking,   Surrey,    thereafter   (1845-56)   Rector  of  Bisley, 
Held  no  permanent  charge  subsequent  to    1856,  and  practically  retired 
from  active  work  as  a  clergyman  many  years  prior  to  his  death. 

Succeeded  in  1874  to  the   estate  of  Orchardton,  near  Castle-Douglas,  Kirk- 
cudbrightshire, and  assumed  the  additional  name  of  Douglas. 

Married,  6th  February,  1849,  Jane  Eleanor  (who  died  at  Rome,  i6th  February 
1874),  daughter  of  Boyd  Miller  of  Collierswood,  Surrey.  Issue:  William  Douglas' 
now  of  Orchardton,  B.A.Oxon.  1873,  M.A.  1878;  Margaret  Eleanor,  who  died 
1865;  Mary  Beatrice,  who  died  1872. 

The  Exhibitioner  died  at  Edinburgh,  3oth  January,   1878. 

JAMES  'ALEXANDER  HAMILTON.  Ioth  October>  ^ 

Born  at  Edinburgh,    i7th   June,  1815.      Eldest   son   of  James   Hamilton   of 
-ames,  in  the   Island  of  Bute  (youngest  son  of  Alexander  Hamilton  of  Gilkers- 
cleugh,    Lanarkshire),   who   was   admitted   a  Writer  to   the  Signet,    1801,  married 
Harriet  Frances,  daughter  of  Richard  Wynne  of  Folkingham,  Lincolnshire,   1809 
d  died   5th    January,    1849,   aged    72.      His   elder   brother   (the   Exhibitioner's 
uncle),  Daniel  Hamilton  of  Gilkerscleugh,  was  admitted  W.S.  1786,  married  Harriet 
second  daughter  of  Walter  Campbell   of  Shawfield,    1793,    and   died   3oth   June,' 

«J* 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  one  Session 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  i83I-,2 
1832-33.  and  1833-34. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College    i6th   December,    1835,  and   remained   there 
years,    his    course    being   practically    completed    before    election    to   Snell 
Graduated  B.A.   1839,  M.A.  1842.     Vacated  Exhibition  1848 

Took  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  but  was  received  into  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church  in  ,853.  Still  alive,  and  resident  at  43  St.  Aubyns,  Hove, 
Brighton. 

Is  first  cousin  to  George  Lowther  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1825  (q.v.). 

THOMAS  IVORY. 

loth  October,  1838. 

Born   at    Edinburgh,    28th    September,    1818.      Eldest   son   of  James    Ivory 
(1792-1866),    Advocate   (afterwards   one   of  the  Judges   of  the  Court   of  Session 
under    the   judicial   title   of   Lord   Ivory),   by   his   marriage   with    a    daughter    of 
Alexander  Lawne,  Deputy  Gazette  Writer  for  Scotland.     Lord  Ivory  was  a  nephew 
the  celebrated  mathematician,  and   had  a  younger  brother,  William  (admitted 
327),  who   in   1846    married  Robina,  daughter  of  Robert  Cox   of  Gorgie 
Exhibmoner's    brother,    William    (admitted   Advocate    1849),    was   till   lately 
Sheriff  of  Inverness-shire,  and  is  father  of  Mr.  Holmes  Ivory  (W.S.  1876)  who  in 
1877  became  the  husband   of  Margaret,    eldest   daughter   of  John    Dick   Peddie, 

IX.  .  I    1.    t\,  y         JYL.  A     . 

The  Exhibitioner   studied   at   the   University   of  Glasgow   for   four   Sessions, 
Lamely,    1834-35    to    1837-38.      Gained    the    following   Class    and   other   Prizes  : 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


123 


1834-35,  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side),  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
weekly  exercises  in  Greek  Verse  and  Prose.  1835-36,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics, 
first  for  general  eminence ;  Logic  (Second  Division),  fourth  for  general  eminence ; 
Senior  Greek  (Logic  side),  second  for  general  eminence,  first  for  weekly  exercises 
in  Greek  Verse  and  Prose,  first  for  competition  in  Greek  Versification  without 
the  aid  of  any  Lexicon  or  other  book,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters 
from  Bowring's  Russian  Anthology,  first  for  Translation  into  Tragic  Iambic 
Trimeters  of  Shakspeare's  Measure  for  Measure,  Act  in.  Scene  i,  from  "  So, 
then,  you  hope  for  pardon,"  to  "  And  death  unloads  thee,"  and  first  for  Translation 
into  Attic  Greek  Prose  of  Csesar  de  Bella  Gallico,  L.  v.,  c.  12-14.  l836-37,  A 
Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  of  the  Jon  of  Plato ;  Lower  Senior  Mathe- 
matics, third  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  25th  October,  1838,  and  remained  there 
till  1842.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores 
1842.  Graduated  B.A.  1842,  M.A.  1846.  Vacated  Exhibition  1848. 

Was  admitted  Barrister-at-Law  of  Lincoln's  Inn  1845,  and  Member  of  the 
Faculty  of  Advocates  in  Scotland  1851.  Practised  in  London  and  Edinburgh. 
Was  Junior  Counsel  for  H.M.  Woods  and  Forests  1862-82. 

Died  suddenly  at  Edinburgh  on  Saturday,  6th  May,  1882.  Interred  on  loth 
in  Calton  New  Burying  Ground. 

JOHN   BOYLE.  i2th  November,  1839. 

Born  at  Hawkhill  House,  near  Edinburgh,  gth  September,  1819.  Fourth  son 
of  the  Right  Hon.  David  Boyle  of  Shewalton  (born  26th  July,  1772,  died 
4th  February,  1853),  who  was  Advocate  1793;  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland 
1807;  M.P.  for  Ayrshire  1807-11;  Lord  of  Session  and  Justiciary,  February, 
1811;  Lord  Justice  Clerk,  October,  1811  ;  Lord  Rector  of  the  University  of 
Glasgow  1815-17;  P.C.  1820;  Lord  Justice  General  and  Lord  President  of  the 
Court  of  Session  1852,  in  succession  to  the  Right  Hon.  Charles  Hope,  Lord 
Granton.  The  Lord  President  (fourth  son  of  the  Hon.  Patrick  Boyle  of 
Shewalton,  third  son  of  the  second  Earl  of  Glasgow)  was  twice  married  (i) 
24th  December,  1804,  to  Elizabeth  (who  died  14*  April,  1822),  eldest 
daughter  of  Alexander  Montgomerie  of  Annick  Lodge,  Ayrshire,  brother  of  the 
twelfth  Earl  of  Eglinton,  (2)  i7th  July,  1827,  to  Camilla  Catherine  (who  died 
25th  December,  1880),  eldest  daughter  of  David  Smythe  of  Methven  (Lord 
Methven). 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy, 
two  of  his  fellow-pupils  being  Thomas  Ivory,  Exhibitioner  of  1838  (q.v.),  and 
John  Campbell  Shairp,  Exhibitioner  of  1840  (q.v.).  Thereafter  went,  for  one 
year,  to  a  private  tutor,  the  Rev.  Donald  Cameron,  Rector  of  Lapworth  Rectory, 
Warwickshire. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1835-36  to 
1  ^37-38-  Obtained  in  1836-37  prizes  in  the  Second  Division  of  the  Logic  Class, 
and  in  the  Logic  side  of  the  Greek  Class. 


124  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  March,   1839,  and  remained   there  till 
Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1847 
Graduated  B.A.  1843,  M.A.  1846.     Vacated  Exhibition  1849. 

Was    admitted    a    Barrister-at-Law  of  the   Inner   Temple    i2th   June     1846 

t.sed   ,n   London   and   on   the   Northern   Circuit,  going  regularly  through  the 

;  for  three  years,  and  leaving  it  for  the  Chancery  Bar  in   1849      Practice 

.andoned  in    1852   on   being  appointed   by   the   Court   of  Chancery    Managing 

Trustee   under  the  Will   of  John,  Marquess   of  Bute,   who  died  in   j848    in  the 

>om   of    Mr.    MacNabb,    one    of   the   two    Trustees    named    in    the   Will    who 

retired  from  that  duty  in  1852.     This  appointment  of  the  Exhibitioner  was  'made 

under  the  provisions  of  a  Statute  passed  in  that  year  in  order  to  enlarge  some  of  the 

nvers  of  the  Will,  for  the  better  management  of  the  Estates   in   England   and 

Wales. 

Married    6th  September,  1853,  at   Hamilton   Episcopal   Chapel,  Lanarkshire, 
ane,   second   daughter  of   Theodore   Walrond,    Esq.,    of    Calder    Park,    in    that 
county.     Issue  :   Jane  Flora,  Henry  David,  and  Montgomerie. 

Is   a   nephew  of  John   Boyle  (q.v.),   Exhibitioner  of  1784,  and  a  brother  of 
the  present  Dean  of  Salisbury 

House> 


JOHN   CAMPBELL   SHAIRP. 

3om   at   Houstoun,  Parish   of  Uphall,  Linlithgowshire  (a  property  acquired 
•airps    in    the    sixteenth    century),    3oth    July,    1819.     Third    son    of 

SfiT  ?Tan  P  °f  H°UStOUn  (b0m   26th    °Ct°ber'   '77ft  died   7th  April, 

!64  ,  by  his  mamage,  on  6th  March,   1808,  with   Elizabeth  Binning  (who  died 

1853),    fourth   daughter    of    John    Campbell    of    Kildalloig,    Argyllshire.      Major 

nthYhT,     m    ?C  /^   Amly   f°r    deVen    ^    t0°k    P*rt    in    thirteen 
pitched   batUes,   and,    dunng   Lord    Lake's   campaigns    of    l8o3-6,    was   with    his 

egiment  under  canvas.     Through  his  great-grandmother,  Anne  Scott  of  Harden 

,xh,bit,oner  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Mary  Scott,  "The  Flower  of  Yarrow" 

at-grandmother's  only  sister,  Mary  Lilias  Scott,  called  the  "Second  Flower 

of  Yarrow,"   d.ed   at    Edinburgh   in    x79o.      The   Exhibitioner   had  two   brothe 

and  I  eight  s.sters.     Thomas,  the  eldest  brother,  born   24th  March,   ,814,    became 

laird  of  Houstoun  on  the  Major's  death,  and  died  in  January,   ,89:,  succeeded 

by  the  Ex-bmoner's  son,  John  Campbell  (infra).     The  second  brother,  Norman, 

S  «     mbet      8         VaS  4th   SeptCmber'   l8'6'  and   di£d'  Unmarried'  *9th 

September^    1844.      One    sister,    Elizabeth    Binning,    married,    ,6th    June,    1847 

Captain   Charles   T.    Leckie,    R.N.,   and   died   in    1867.      Mary   Ann    Eliza    and 

a 


i  M  '  ' 

,  Grace,  and  Helen  Montgomery  survived  the  Exhibitioner 

,xhib,t,oner  became   a   pupil   of  the   Edinburgh  Academy  in  October, 
1829,  and  remained  there  till  1834,  with  a  break  of  one  year 

i  at  the   University  of  Glasgow  for  three   Sessions,   namely,    1836-37, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  12$ 

1837-38,  and  1838-39.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1836-37,  Logic 
(Second  Division),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side), 
fifth  for  general  eminence.  1837-38,  Logic  (Summer  Vacation  Essays),  first  for 
the  best  Account  of  Sophisms,  extra  dictionem  (according  to  the  Aristotelian 
classification  of  them),  illustrated  by  actual  cases  of  them  from  English  authors ; 
Private  Greek,  first  for  Critical  Essay  on  Pope's  Translation  of  the  i8th  Book 
of  the  Iliad;  Senior  Latin  (First  Year  Students),  fifth  for  general  eminence, 
and  second  for  excelling  in  Translations  into  English  Verse  from  Horace.  1838-39, 
Senior  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  excellence  in 
Poetical  Composition  ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  a  Comparison 
of  the  Ajax  of  Sophocles  with  the  Coriolanus  of  Shakespeare;  Senior  Latin, 
first  for  the  best  Translation  into  English  Verse  of  certain  Odes  of  Horace. 
Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D  in  1868. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3rd  June,  1840,  and  remained  there  till  1846. 
Gained  in  1842  the  Newdigate  Prize  for  an  English  Poem — subject,  Charles  XII. — 
and  in  connection  therewith  a  Gold  Medal  bestowed  by  the  King  of  Sweden. 
Obtained  in  1844  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores. 
Graduated  B.A.  1844,  M.A.  1877.  Vacated  Exhibition  1850. 

Was  one  of  the  Masters  of  Rugby  School  1846-57.  Taught  the  Greek 
Class  in  Glasgow  University  for  Professor  Lushington  in  Autumn  1856.  Was 
Assistant  to  the  Professor  of  Latin  in  the  United  College  of  St.  Salvador  and 
St.  Leonard,  St.  Andrews  University,  1857-61.  Succeeded  to  the  Latin  Professorship 
in  1 86 1,  and  held  it  for  ten  years.  Was  Principal  of  the  United  College 
1868-85,  and  Professor  of  Poetry  in  the  University  of  Oxford  1877-85. 

Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D  from  the  University  of  Edinburgh 
at  the  Ter-centenary  Celebrations  of  1884. 

Married  at  Bute  House,  Petersham,  23rd  June,  1853,  Eliza,  sister  of  Henry 
Alexander  Douglas,  Exhibitioner  of  1841  (q.v.).  Issue:  Norman,  born  1855, 
died  in  infancy;  John  Campbell,  now  of  Houstoun,  born  June,  1858,  B.A., 
Advocate,  Sheriff  Substitute  of  Argyllshire  at  Inveraray,  married,  1890,  Caroline 
Harriet,  third  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Erskine,  Bart.,  of  Cambo,  Fife,  and 
has  issue. 

Published  Writings  (besides  contributions  to  periodicals,  etc.) :  The  Wants 
of  Scottish  Universities  and  some  of  the  Remedies,  1856;  Kilmahoe,  a  Highland 
Pastoral,  and  other  Poems,  1864;  Studies  in  Poetry  and  Philosophy,  1868; 
Culture  and  Religion,  1870;  Life  and  Letters  of  J.  D.  Forbes  (in  collaboration 
with  Professor  Tait),  1873;  Edited  Dorothy  Wordsworth's  Journal,  1874;  Poetic 
Interpretation  of  Nature,  1877;  Life  of  Burns,  1879;  Aspects  of  Poetry,  1881  ; 
(Posthumous)  Sketches  in  History  and  Poetry,  1887;  Glendessary  and  other 
Poems,  1888. 

Died  while  on  a  visit  to  Ormsary,  Argyllshire,  i8th  September,  1885.  Buried 
in  the  family  vault  within  the  Parish  Church  of  Uphall. 


'26  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

HENRY  ALEXANDER  DOUGLAS.  29th 

>rn  at  Lockerbie   House,   Lockerbie,   Dumfriesshire,   22nd    February,   182, 
son   of  Henry  Alexander   Douglas   (1781-1837),   Merchant   in   London    by 
•nage,  in  September,  1812,  with  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Dalzell  Esq 
Mr.   H.   A.   Douglas,  senior,  was  third  son  of  Sir  William   Douglas' 

nd    br°ther   °f   thC    fifth 


«*>  >ther   of   the    fifth    and    sixth    Marquesses,    of    Queens- 

The  Exhibitioner  was  a  brother  of  the   Hon.  John   Douglas    CMC     a 
distinguished  settler  and  legislator  in  Queensland,  and   Premier  thereof  1877-70 
Thar  s          Eliza  married  in   1853  John  Campbell  Shairp,  Exhihitioner  0/1840 

shireThe  Exhib'ti0ner  recdved  his  early  educ*t'°n  at  Sherborne  School,  Dorset- 
Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,   l837.,8  to 
1840-41      Gamed    the    following    Class-Prizes   etc,    1837-38,    Senior    Latin    (first 
,  sixth  for  general  eminence;    Private  Latin,  third  for  a  voluntary 
:  work   of  the   session.     1838-39,    Senior   Latin   (second   year 
ts),  third  for  general  eminence;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  second  in 
competmon   for   Cowan   Gold   Medal.      ,839-40,    Logic   (First   Division),   secon" 
for  general  eminence;   Senior  Greek  (Logic   side),  second  for  general  eminence 
for  voluntary  examination  on  subjects  prepared  during  summer;    Private 
Latin,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  English  Verse  of  certain  passages  fron 


ass.  hfT 
M  A     I8^8      r      ,  H    n  n  ^  Humaniores'   l845-     Graduated  B.A.   ,845, 


Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.     Deacon   r846,  Priest   1847 

ReeenVst  rT40"^  ^^  l846-48'  MinJSter  °f  Archbish°P  Bison's  Chap'e  ' 
Regent  Street  London,  1848-49.  Was  presented  by  Balliol  College  in  x  840  to 
the  hvjng  of  Abbotsley,  Huntingdonshire,  which  he  retained  till  ,85,  Dean  of 
Cape  Town  South  Afnca,  r852-68.  Bishop  of  Bombay  1869-75.  While  at  Cap 
Town,  he,  by  request  of  local  clerical  authorities,  brought  forward  the  ac  sadon 
of^erro  ;Ous  teachmg  against  Bishop  Colenso  before  the  Metropolitan  Bishop 

Married  at  the  Parish  Church  of  Alverstoke,   aoth  November,   ,849,   Eliza 
me 


Edith 


exande      M  '         "  '       SSUC  :         t          -eth    Hen 

•ander,   Margaret,    Henry    Dalzell,    Catherine    Mary   Grey    James    Archil 
Robert,  Archibald  Charles,  Grace  Emily,  Katherine  Helen 

•shed  Writings:  Book  of  Sermons,  1862;  Trial  of  the  Bishop  of  Natal 
for  Erroneous  Teaching,  l863  ;  Indian  Missions,  1872;  A  Charge   l87c     Mis.i 
»  India:  The  Religious  Education  of  Unbelievers    ,877 


D  lft°n  ^  Maida  Vale'  London'  '3th  December, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  ,27 

PATRICK  CUMIN.  loth  December,  1841. 

Born  igth  June,  1823.  Eldest  son  of  William  Cumin  (M.A.Glas.  1805, 
M.D.  1813),  sometime  Surgeon  in  the  88th  Regiment  of  Foot,  afterwards  Professor 
of  (i)  Botany  in  Anderson's  College,  Glasgow,  (2)  Midwifery  in  Glasgow  University 
1834-40,  who  was  son  of  Patrick  Cumin  (M.A.Edin.  1760,  LL.D.Glas.  1803), 
Professor  of  Oriental  Languages  in  Glasgow  University  1761-1814.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner's mother,  Ann  Johnston,  died  at  Bath,  i8th  February,  1860,  aged  75. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1837-38  to  1840-41.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1837-38,  Junior 
Greek  (Provectiores),  sixth  for  general  eminence ;  Private  Latin,  second  for  weekly 
exercises  in  Latin  Verse.  1838-39,  Senior  Greek,  third  for  general  eminence,  first 
for  weekly  exercises  in  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition,  and  first  for  Trans- 
lation into  Greek  Hexameters  of  a  passage  from  Paradise  Lost ;  Greek  (Provectiores 
°f  l837-38)>  nrst  f°r  Homeric  and  Attic  Greek,  Part  I.  1839-40,  Logic  (Third 
Division),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side),  first  for  general 
eminence,  and  first  for  weekly  exercises  in  Greek  Verse  and  Prose  Composition. 
1840-41,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  general  eminence;  Private  Latin, 
first  for  English  Verse  Composition. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  lyth  December,  1841.  Obtained  a  Third-Class 
in  the  Final  Mathematical  School  1845.  Graduated  B.A.  1845,  M.A.  1850. 
Vacated  Exhibition  by  March,  1852. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Inner  Temple  7th  June,  1855.  Served  on  the  New- 
castle Education  Commission  of  1859.  Temporary  Examiner  for  the  Education 
Department,  Whitehall,  3oth  March,  1868,  to  315!  December,  1869.  Private 
Secretary  to  Mr.  Forster,  Vice-President,  i4th  December,  1868,  to  ist  May,  1870, 
upon  the  occasion  of  the  passing  of  the  Elementary  Education  Act.  Assistant 
Commissioner  Endowed  Schools  Commission,  and  May,  1870,  to  i5th  August, 
1870.  Assistant  Secretary  to  the  Department,  i6th  August,  1870,  to  i4th  May, 
1884.  Secretary,  isth  May,  1884,  to  death. 

Created  C.B.   1886. 

Publication :  A  Manual  of  Civil  Law,  or,  Examination  in  the  Institutes  of 
Justinian,  1854  (and  Ed.  1865). 

Died  at  his  residence,  16  Chester  Square,  London,  S.W.,  on  Saturday,  nth 
January,  1890. 

BARON  SANDFORD  of  Sandford.  loth  December,  1841. 

Francis  Richard  John  Sandford.  Born  in  the  Professors'  Court,  Old 
University,  High  Street,  Glasgow,  i4th  May,  1824.  Eldest  son  of  Sir  Daniel 
Keyte  Sandford,  D.C.L.,  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  1821- 
38,  and  M.P.  for  Paisley  1834-35,  by  his  marriage,  on  and  July,  1823,  with 
Henrietta  Cecilia  (who  died  iath  February,  1878),  only  daughter  of  Robert 
Charnock,  of  Ostend  and  London.  Sir  Daniel,  the  elder  brother  of  John 
Sandford,  Exhibitioner  of  1820  (q.v.),  was  born  at  Edinburgh,  3rd  February,  1798, 
died  at  Glasgow,  of  typhus  fever,  4th  February,  1838,  and  was  buried  at 


128  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Rothesay.  To  commemorate  him,  there  was  founded,  twenty-four  years  after- 
wards, in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  £20,  tenable 
for  two  years,  which  is  awarded  to  the  student  who,  on  examination,  gives  proof 
of  the  greatest  proficiency  in  the  Greek  Language.  Besides  the  Exhibitioner,  Sir 
Daniel  had  two  sons  and  seven  daughters.  Herbert  Bruce,  born  I3th  August, 
1826,  Col.R.A.,  was  sometime  Assistant-Resident  at  Satara,  obtained  Knighthood 
in  1877,  and  died  zist  January,  1892.  Daniel  Fox  (LL.D.Glas.  1874)  was  born 
25th  July,  1831,  took  Holy  Orders  (Deacon  1853,  Priest  1855),  and,  after  holding 
various  Curacies  in  Scotland,  has  been  (i)  Incumbent  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church,  Edinburgh,  1873-83,  (2)  Bishop  of  Tasmania  1883-89,  and  (3)  Bishop 
Coadjutor  of  Durham  and  Rector  of  Boldon,  Sunderland,  since  1889.  Eliza 
Ellen  Charnock,  born  i?th  September,  1825,  married,  28th  August,  1854,  John 
More  Douglas  of  Sutton,  Surrey  (who  died  26th  September,  1878),  and  now 
resides  at  109  Boughton,  Chester.  Cecilia  Catherine  Charlotte  married,  at  Wynd- 
ham,  Isle  of  Bute,  i7th  June,  1847,  the  Rev.  Francis  Le  Grix  White,  M.A.,  who 
died  1 7th  May,  1887,  she  herself  dying  29th  December,  1897.  Eleanor  Sarah 
married,  at  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Westbourne  Terrace,  London,  i6th  December, 
1851,  James,  third  son  of  Robert  Findlay  of  Easterhill,  Lanarkshire,  and  Boturich 
Castle,  Dumbartonshire  (infra),  and  died  i6th  January,  1856.  Julia  Lane 
married,  28th  August,  1860,  William  Francis  Kemp,  of  Berkeley  Gardens,  London, 
and  now  resides  at  2  Grenville  Place,  London,  S.W.  Louisa  Fitzgerald  married, 
4th  April,  1861,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Baird,  who  died  two  months  afterwards,  namely 
8th  June,  1861,  she  herself  dying  27th  November,  1865.  Susette  Parish  died 
March,  1874.  Harriet  Ross  died  3ist  July,  1844.  The  Exhibitioner  was  related 
to  George  Lowther  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1825  (q.v.),  and  to  James 
Alexander  Hamilton,  Exhibitioner  of  1838  (q.v.). 

The    Exhibitioner    received    his    early    education    at    the    High    School   of 
Glasgow,  and  at  Grange  School,  Sunderland. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1839-40  to 
1841-42.  Obtained  in  1839-40  the  Dundonald  (Philosophical)  Bursary  of  ,£40, 
tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  vacated  in  1841-42  on  appointment  to  Snell. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1839-40,  Junior  Mathematics,  first  for  Exam- 
inations on  Propositions  not  previously  known  to  the  students,  and  first  (in 
Junior  Division)  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Greek,  first  (on  Greek  side)  for 
general  eminence,  second  for  Greek  Verse  and  Prose  Composition,  and  first  for 
the  best  Copy  of  Greek  Elegiac  Verse  on  the  Story  of  Acontius  and  Cydippe ; 
Senior  Latin,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  as  best  student  in  the  Latin  Class,  and 
second  for  Latin  Prose  Composition;  Private  Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1840-41, 
Junior  Mathematics,  first  for  Geometrical  Exercises  written  during  the  Summer 
Vacation;  Logic  (Third  Division),  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Greek,  first 
(on  Logic  side)  for  general  eminence,  second  for  Greek  Verse  and  Prose  Composi- 
tion, and  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  and  Iambic  Verse  of  Cic. 
Tusc.  Disp.  i.  c.  7;  Private  Greek,  second  for  Voluntary  Examination  on  the  subjects 
of  Lectures ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  second  in  competition  for  Cowan 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  129 

Gold  Medal;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1841-42,  Senior  Mathematics, 
second  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  monthly  examinations ;  Mathematics, 
first  for  examination  at  beginning  of  session,  on  Junior  Mathematical  Course, 
and  on  additional  Reading  connected  with  it ;  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  fourth 
for  general  eminence;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on  subjects 
read  during  session ;  Private  Latin,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Verse 
of  certain  passages  from  the  English  Poets.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of 
LL.D.  in  1859. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  loth  March,  1842.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1846.  Graduated  B.A.  1846,  M.A. 
1858.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his  marriage  in  1849  (infra}. 

Examiner  and  Assistant-Secretary  in  the  Education  Department  1848-68. 
Assistant  Under-Secretary  of  State  for  the  Colonies  1868-70.  Secretary  to  Com- 
mittees of  Privy  Council  on  Education  for  England  and  Scotland,  and  of  Science 
and  Art  Department,  1870-84.  One  of  the  paid  Charity  Commissioners  for 
England  and  Wales,  and  Vice-Chairman  of  the  Parliamentary  Boundary  Com- 
missioners 1884-85.  Member  of  the  Committee  of  Privy  Council  on  Education  in 
Scotland  1885.  Under  Secretary  for  Scotland  1885-87.  Member  of  the  Royal 
Commission  on  Education  in  England  1886-88.  One  of  the  Commissioners 
under  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act  1889. 

Knighted  1863.  C.B.  1871.  K.C.B.  1879.  P.C  1885.  Succeeded  in  1886 
to  the  entailed  estate  of  Sandford  in  Shropshire  [vide  John  Sandford,  Exhibi- 
tioner of  1820].  Raised  to  the  Peerage  in  1891  under  the  title  of  Baron 
Sandford  of  Sandford,  which  title  became  extinct  on  his  death. 

Married,  at  Easterhill,  Lanarkshire,  ist  August,  1849,  Margaret  (who 
survives),  fourth  daughter  of  Robert  Findlay  of  Easterhill  and  Boturich  Castle 
(supra). 

Died  at  his  residence,  96  Gloucester  Terrace,  Hyde  Park,  London,  W.,  3151 
December,  1893.  Commemorated  by  a  Tablet  in  the  University  of  Glasgow. 

THOMAS  HARVEY.  nth  November,  1842. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  3rd  December,  1823.  Third  son  of  James  Harvey,  Writer 
in  Glasgow,  who  in  1825  acquired  the  Estate  of  Janefield,  now  occupied  as 
Janefield  Cemetery.  His  father  was  John  Harvey  of  Garthamlock,  near  Glasgow, 
who  in  turn  was  son  of  John  Harvey,  gentleman  farmer  near  Aberfoyle.  The 
latter  was  also  the  ancestor  of  Sir  George  Harvey,  P.R.S.A. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1837-38  to  1841-42.  Was  presented  in  1840  to  the  Exchequer  (Philo- 
sophical) Bursary  of  £10,  tenable  for  two  years.  Gained  the  following  Class- 
Prizes,  etc.:  1837-38,  Junior  Greek  (Tyrones),  first  for  general  eminence;  Junior 
Latin,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition.  1838-39, 
Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  first  for  general  eminence;  Junior  Greek  (previous 
year's  Tyrones),  first  for  Translation  of  Lucian's  Dialogues  of  the  Dead, 
with  Parsing  of  Dialogues  8,  9,  10 ;  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination 


I30  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

on  subjects  prepared  during  summer;  Senior  Latin,  first  (among  second  year 
students)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition ;  Latin 
Black  Stone  Examination,  second  in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal. 
1839-40,  Senior  Greek  (Greek  side),  third  for  general  eminence.  1840-41,  Logic 
(Third  Division),  fourth  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Greek,  Lord  Jeffrey's  Gold 
Medal  as  the  most  distinguished  student,  and  the  Lord  Rector's  (Lord  Breadal- 
bane's)  Priie  of  Ten  Sovereigns;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  Cowan  Gold 
Medal.  1841-42,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  lyth  December,  1842,  and  remained  at  Oxford 
(first  as  Undergraduate  and  latterly  as  Tutor)  till  1853.  Obtained  a  Third-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1846.  Graduated  B.A.  1847,  M.A. 
1850.  Vacated  Exhibition  1852. 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession.  Tutor  at  Oxford  1847-53.  Classical 
Master  in  Edinburgh  Academy  1853-57.  HeacJ  Master  of  Merchiston  Castle 
School,  Edinburgh,  1857-69.  Rector  of  Edinburgh  Academy  1869-88,  when 
retired.  Now  resident  at  Montrose. 

Was  Examiner  in  Classics  for  Degree  of  M.A.  in  Glasgow  University  1863-66. 
In  1864  and  again  in  1865  taught  Professor  Lushington's  Greek  Class  there  as 
locum  tenens,  and  in  1868-69  similarly  took  the  Humanity  Class  in  Edinburgh 
University  for  Professor  William  Young  Sellar,  Exhibitioner  of  1842  (q.v.).  Was 
a  candidate  for  the  Greek  Chair  at  Glasgow  when  Professor  Lushington  retired 
in  1875.  In  1866  was  appointed  by  the  Education  (Scotland)  Commission, 
jointly  with  late  Alexander  Craig  Sellar,  M.P.,  Assistant  Commissioner  to  enquire 
into  the  state  of  Education  in  the  Burgh  and  Middle  Class  Schools  in  Scotland 
and  Ireland.  Was  a  Member  of  the  first  School  Board  of  Edinburgh,  and  con- 
tinued on  the  Board  nine  years. 

Obtained  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  from  the  University  of  Edinburgh 
in  1870,  and  was  elected  same  year  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh. 
Is  also  a  Member  of  the  Edinburgh  Antiquarian  Society. 

Married,  4th  August,  1853,  Rebecca  (who  died  25th  September,  1899), 
daughter  of  William  Harvey,  Esq.,  Yoker,  Renfrewshire,  and  has  sons  and 
daughters.  The  eldest  born  son,  James,  died  at  Merchiston  Castle,  i6th  February, 
1861,  aged  2  years  and  10  months.  The  eldest  surviving  son,  William,  M.A., 
LL.B.  (Cantab,  and  Edin.),  was  admitted  a  Member  of  the  Scottish  Bar  in  1886. 

WILLIAM  YOUNG  SELLAR.  25th  November,  1842. 

Bora  at  Morvich  (a  house  of  the  Duke  of  Sutherland's),  near  Golspie, 
Sutherlandshire,  22nd  February,  1825.  Third  son  of  Patrick  Sellar  (1780-1851) 
of  Westfield,  Morayshire,  and  of  Ardtornish  and  Acharn,  Argyllshire,  sometime 
Factor  for  the  Duke  of  Sutherland,  thereafter  sheep  farmer  on  the  Sutherland 
Estate,  by  his  marriage  in  1819  with  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Craig  of  Bar- 
muckety,  Elgin.  The  Exhibitioner  had  six  brothers  and  two  sisters.  The  youngest 
brother,  Alexander  Craig  (1835-90),  was  admitted  Advocate  in  1862,  and  sat  as 
M.P.  for  (i)  the  Haddington  Burghs  1882-85,  (2)  'he  Partick  Division  of  Lanark- 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  131 

shire  1885-90.  One  of  the  sisters,  Jane  Plenderleath,  was  mother  of  Andrew 
Lang,  Exhibitioner  of  1864  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  entered  the  Edinburgh  Academy  when  seven  years  of  age, 
and  remained  there  till  fourteen,  when  he  gained  the  Gold  Medal  as  "  Dux "  of 
the  School,  besides  accumulating  nearly  all  the  other  prizes. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1839-40  to 
1842-43.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1839-40,  Senior  Greek,  second  on 
Greek  side  for  general  eminence,  and  fourth  for  Greek  Verse  and  Prose  Com- 
position ;  Senior  Latin,  first  among  First  Year  Students  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition;  Private  Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first 
for  Latin  Verse ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  second  in  competition  for 
the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1840-41,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  fifth  for  general 
eminence;  Senior  Greek,  first  on  Greek  side  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
Greek  Verse  and  Prose ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on 
the  subjects  of  Lectures ;  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best 
copy  of  Greek  Hexameters  upon  the  Sabine  women  separating  the  Romans 
and  Sabines,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters  of  Virg. 
Georg.  I.,  316-350,  and  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on  Subjects  prepared 
during  the  Summer;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize;  Private  Latin  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  of  passages  from  Byron 
and  Akenside;  Senior  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation 
into  Latin  Prose  of  a  Paper  from  the  Spectator  (No.  425).  1841-42,  Logic 
(Second  Division),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examina- 
tion, the  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Verse  Composition; 
Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Greek 
Hexameters  of  Catullus,  Carm.  64,  from  line  43  to  115.  1842-43,  Private 
Greek,  first  for  Greek  Verse  Composition,  and  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Iambics  of  Hamlet,  Act  i.  Sc.  2,  "  And  now,  Laertes,  what's  the  news  with 
you?"  to  "I  shall  in  all  my  best  obey  you,  Madam." 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  December,  1842.  Balliol  Scholar 
1843-48.  Resigned  Exhibition  on  being  elected  Fellow  of  Oriel  1848.  Held 
that  Fellowship  till  1853.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1847.  Graduated  B.A.  1847,  M.A.  1850. 

Lectured  for  a  short  time  in  the  University  of  Durham.  Acted  as  Assistant 
to  the  Professor  of  Latin  in  Glasgow  University  1851-53,  and  as  Assistant  to 
the  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  United  College  of  St.  Salvador  and  St.  Leonard, 
St.  Andrews  University,  1853-59.  Succeeded  to  the  Greek  Professorship  in  the 
United  College  1859,  and  held  it  till  1863.  Was  Professor  of  Latin  in  the 
University  of  Edinburgh  1863-90. 

Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  from  (i)  the  University  of  St. 
Andrews  in  1863,  and  (2)  the  University  of  Dublin  in  1890.  Elected  in  1889 
a  member  of  the  Athenaeum  Club,  without  ballot,  as  being  "  of  distinguished 
eminence  in  literature." 

Married,  at   Lagarie,    Row,    Dumbartonshire,    ist  June,    1852,    Eleanor  (who 


132  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

survives),  daughter  of  Alexander  Dennistoun  of  Golfhill.  Issue,  inter  alias :  Walter 
D.,  born  1862,  Captain  ist  K.O.S.B.;  William  Grant,  M.B.,  C.M.  Edin.  1892, 
deceased ;  Edmund  Lushington,  settled  in  Ceylon ;  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Arkoll ; 
Florence  Anne  De  Quincey,  married,  26th  September,  1887,  John  MacCunn, 
Exhibitioner  of  1872  (q.v.). 

Published  Writings  (besides  contributions  to  Oxford  Essays  and  articles  in 
Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  etc.):  The  Roman  Poets  of  the  Republic,  1863;  The 
Roman  Poets  of  the  Augustan  Age — Virgil,  1877;  The  Roman  Poets  of  the 
Augustan  Age — Horace  and  the  Elegiac  Poets,  1892  (posthumous). 

Died  at  Kenback,  near  Dairy,  Galloway,  his  vacation  residence,  on  Sunday, 
nth  October,  1890.  Buried  in  the  Churchyard  of  Dairy. 

HENRY  MORDAUNT  FLETCHER.  3rd  November,  1843. 

Born  at  n  Queen  Street,  Edinburgh,  26th  November,  1822.  Third  and 
youngest  son  of  Miles  Angus  Fletcher,  Advocate,  by  his  marriage  (at  Ardencaple 
Castle,  27th  December,  1817)  with  Charlotte  Catherine,  daughter  of  General 
Clavering.  Miles  Fletcher  died  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  his  widow  married  John 
Christison,  Advocate.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather  was  Archibald  Fletcher  of 
Parkhill  (son  of  Angus  Fletcher,  Poobale,  Glenlyon),  known  as  "  the  father  of 
Burgh  Reform."  He  was  born  1745,  admitted  W.S.  1783,  and  Advocate  1791, 
married,  i6th  July,  1791,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Miles  Dawson,  Tadcastle,  and  died 
2oth  December,  1828.  His  second  son,  Angus,  the  Exhibitioner's  uncle,  was 
admitted  W.S.  1822,  but  relinquished  the  legal  profession  and  became  a  Sculptor 
in  London.  He  died,  unmarried,  6th  March,  1862,  aged  63. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session 
1838-39. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1840-41, 
1841-42,  and  1842-43.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1840-41, 
Senior  Latin,  Prize  of  Ten  Sovereigns  given  by  the  Lord  Rector  (Marquis  of 
Breadalbane),  and  also  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal,  to  the  most  distinguished  student 
in  the  Latin  Class ;  Latin,  first  for  Weekly  Exercises  in  Latin  Prose  Composition ; 
Private  Latin,  first  for  Weekly  Exercises  in  Latin  Verse;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1841-42,  Logic  (First  Division),  fifth  for 
general  eminence ;  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side),  first  for  general  eminence ;  Greek 
Black  Stone  Examination,  second  in  competition  for  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  ; 
Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Greek  Prose 
and  Iambics  of  Samson  Agonistes  I.  1-42,  together  with  the  Preface. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  December,  1843,  and  remained  there 
three  years.  Graduated  B.A.  1847,  M-A-  1851.  Exhibition  vacated  by  his 
marriage  in  1851. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1847,  Priest  1848. 
Curate  of  Wordsley,  Staffordshire,  1847-48.  Curate  of  Nettlecombe,  Somerset- 
shire, 1848-50.  Curate  of  Peasemore,  Berkshire,  1850-53.  Rector  of  North 
Stoke,  Somersetshire,  1853-56.  Vicar  of  Christ  Church,  Derry  Hill,  Calne, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  !33 

Wiltshire,  1856-72.  Curate-in-charge  of  Alton-Berners,  Wiltshire,  1872-76.  Curate- 
in-charge  of  Bicknor,  Kent,  1876-78.  Rector  of  Grasmere,  Westmoreland,  1878- 
93.  Vicar  of  Nackington,  Kent,  1893-97.  Now  resident  at  2  Rawlinson  Road,  Oxford. 
Married,  i4th  October,  1851,  at  St.  John's  Chapel,  Edinburgh,  Charlotte, 
youngest  daughter  of  Alexander  Monro  (tertius)  of  Craiglockhart,  M.D.,  Professor 
of  Anatomy  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  and  aunt  of  David  Binning  Monro, 
Exhibitioner  of  1854  (q.v.).  Issue  :  Miles  Douglas,  Charlotte  Maria,  Archibald 
Henry  John,  Elizabeth  Grace,  George  Charles. 

ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL  IRVINE.  2nd  August,  1848. 

Born  at  Rothesay,  Isle  of  Bute,  nth  July,  1825.  Only  son  of  Alexander 
Irvine,  Sheriff-Substitute  of  Buteshire  at  Rothesay. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1840-41  to 
1843-44.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1840-41,  Senior  Greek 
(Greek  side),  fourth  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Latin  (first  year  students),  first 
for  general  eminence ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  third  in  competition  for 
Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1841-42,  Logic  (Third  Division),  fifth  for  general  eminence; 
Greek,  The  Rector's  (Marquis  of  Breadalbane's)  Prize  of  Ten  Sovereigns,  and  Lord 
Jeffrey's  Gold  Medal,  for  the  most  distinguished  student;  Senior  Greek,  first  for 
excelling  in  the  Weekly  Exercises  of  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition,  and  first 
for  the  best  Copy  of  the  Greek  Elegiac  Verses  on  the  subject,  "  Themistocles  at 
the  Court  of  Admetus."  1842-43,  a  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  into 
English  of  the  Speech  of  Demosthenes  against  Leptines ;  Senior  Greek  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  Cicero  pro  Milone, 
c.  1-3,  and  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters  of  Statius,  Theb.  v.  499-551. 

Matriculated  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford,  2ist  March,  1844,  removing  to 
Balliol  in  1848  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final 
School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1848.  Graduated  B.A.  1849,  M.A.  1850.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1855. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1849,  Priest  1850. 
Curate,  sometime  at  Lochgilphead,  thereafter  at  All  Saints,  Southampton.  Per- 
petual Curate  of  Longfleet,  Dorsetshire,  1852-58.  Incumbent  of  St.  Paul,  Walsall, 
1858-73.  Head  Master  of  Queen  Mary's  Grammar  School,  Walsall,  1858-81. 
Vicar  of  St.  Mary's,  Warwick,  1881-99.  Acting  Chaplain  to  the  Forces  at  Bred- 
brook  Barracks  1880.  Surrogate,  Diocese  of  Worcester  1881.  Rural  Dean  of 
Warwick  1894.  His  great  work  at  St.  Mary's  was  the  restoration  of  the  Parish 
Church,  for  which  he  raised  .£13,000. 

Married,  at  All  Saints,  Southampton,  Frances  Octavia  Keele.  Issue :  Mary 
and  Dora  Frances. 

Died  at  St.  Mary's  Vicarage,  Warwick,  loth  March,   1899. 

HENRY  HILL  LANCASTER.  I2th  January,  1849. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  loth  January,  1829.  Fifth  son  of  Thomas  Lancaster, 
Merchant  in  Glasgow,  by  his  marriage  with  Jane  Kelly. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1843-44  to 
1848-49.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1843-44,  Junior  Greek  (Tyrones), 
fourth  for  general  eminence;  Junior  Latin,  third  for  general  eminence.  1844-45, 
Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  fourth  for  general  eminence ;  Junior  Greek  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  Introduction  to  the  Writing  of  Greek,  P.  III.  and  IV.,  Homeric 
and  Attic  Greek,  p.  1-12;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Voluntary  Examina- 
tion on  Xenophon's  Cyropsedia,  B.V.,  and  Extracts  from  Herodotus,  p.  128-137; 
Senior  Latin,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  as  best  student  in  the  Latin  Class;  Junior 
Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Examination  in  certain  Latin  Authors  prepared 
during  the  summer.  1845-46,  Logic  (Second  Division),  first  for  general  eminence. 
1846-47,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence.  1847-48,  Senior 
Greek  (Greek  side),  first  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Greek,  first  for  Greek 
Prose  and  Verse  Composition ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on 
subjects  read  during  the  session. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  I7th  May,  1849.  Obtained  in  1853  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  and  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final 
School  of  Law  and  Modern  History.  Gained  in  1854  the  Arnold  Prize  for  an 
Essay  on  "The  Benefits  arising  from  the  Union  of  England  and  Scotland  in  the 
reign  of  Queen  Anne."  Graduated  B.A.  1853,  M.A.  1872. 

Was  admitted  Advocate  1858,  and  practised  in  Edinburgh.  Was  appointed, 
1858,  Secretary  of  the  Commission  of  Enquiry  into  the  state  of  King's  and 
Marischal  Colleges,  Aberdeen.  Member  of  the  Endowed  Schools  and  Hospitals 
(Scotland)  Commission  1872.  Advocate-Depute  1868-74.  Rector's  Assessor  in 
Edinburgh  University  Court  1871. 

Married,  at  Skelmorlie  Castle,  Ayrshire,  nth  September,  1862,  Margaret, 
second  daughter  of  John  Graham  of  Skelmorlie.  Issue :  three  daughters,  all 
married,  one  (Elizabeth  in  1890)  to  Sir  Ludovic  James  Grant,  Bart.,  of  Dalvey, 
Advocate,  Professor  of  Public  Law  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh ;  another  to 
Mr.  R.  T.  Boothby;  and  a  third  to  Mr.  Nevile  Dundas. 

Published  Writings  :  Essays  and  Reviews,  1876. 

Died  suddenly  at  5  Ainslie  Place,  Edinburgh,  24th  December,  1875. 

NINIAN  HILL  THOMSON.  23rd  April,  1849. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  i7th  July,  1830.  Second  son  of  William  Thomson,  M.D., 
sometime  Lecturer  in  Edinburgh  on  Physiology  and  Practice  of  Medicine,  there- 
after (1841-52)  Professor  of  Practice  of  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  by 
his  marriage  with  Eliza,  second  daughter  of  Ninian  Hill,  W.S.  Professor  William 
Thomson  was  the  second  son  of  John  Thomson,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Pathology 
in  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  by  his  first  wife,  Margaret  Crawford,  second 
daughter  of  John  Gordon  of  Carroll  in  Sutherlandshire.  Professor  John  Thomson's 
second  wife  was  Margaret,  third  daughter  of  John  Millar,  Professor  of  Law  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow  from  1761  to  1801.  Allen  Thomson,  M.D.,  Professor  of 
Anatomy  in  the  last-mentioned  University  from  1848-77,  was  a  son  of  this  second 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  135 

marriage,  and  consequently  half-brother  of  William.  Vide  also  James  Hutchison, 
Exhibitioner  of  1800,  John  Millar,  Exhibitioner  of  January,  1819,  and  James 
William  Mylne,  Exhibitioner  of  November,  1819. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely, 
1844-45  to  1848-49.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1846-47,  Logic  (third 
division),  second  for  general  eminence.  1847-48,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  third 
for  general  eminence.  1848-49,  Private  Latin,  second  for  English  Verse  Com- 
position ;  Latin  (Vacation  Exercises),  first  for  Translation  into  English  Verse  of 
Ovid.  Amorr.  ii.  6,  iii.  9. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  December,  1849,  and  remained  there 
four  years.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores 
1853.  Graduated  B.A.  1853,  M.A.  1856.  Vacated  Exhibition  1859. 

After  graduating  B.A.,  attended  Law  Classes  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for 
two  Sessions. 

Admitted  to  the  Scottish  Bar  1855,  to  the  Calcutta  Bar  1859,  to  the  English 
Bar  (Middle  Temple)  1877.  Appointed  in  1862  Chief  Judge  of  the  Courts  of 
Small  Causes  in  the  Kishnaghur  District  of  the  Bengal  Presidency,  and  in  1863 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Small  Causes  in  Calcutta.  Left  India  in  1873  and  returned  to 
England.  Reported  Indian  Appeal  Cases  heard  by  the  Judicial  Committee  of  the 
Privy  Council  1875-78.  Now  resident  in  Florence. 

Married,  at  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  Calcutta,  igth  December,  1863,  Margaret, 
elder  daughter  of  John  Couper,  M.D.,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow  1834-55. 

Published  Writings  :  A  Commentary  on  Act  XIV.  of  1859  regulating  the 
limitation  of  Civil  Suits  in  British  India,  Calcutta  1865,  2nd  ed.,  with  a  supplement, 
Calcutta  1871.  Translations  from  the  Italian  :  The  Prince,  by  Niccolo  Machiavelli, 
London  1882,  2nd  ed ,  revised,  Oxford  1897;  Discourses  on  the  first  Decade  of 
Livy,  by  Niccolo  Machiavelli,  London  1 883 ;  Counsels  and  Reflections  of  Francesco 
Guicciardini,  London  1895. 

ROBERTSON   BAIRD.  29th  January,  1850. 

Born  at  Rutherglen,  Lanarkshire,  circa  1826.  Fifth  son  of  John  Baird, 
Manufacturer  in  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1843-44  to 
1848-49.  Obtained  in  1844  Leighton's  Bursary  of  ^9,  tenable  for  three  years. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes :  1843-44,  Junior  Latin,  fourth  for  general 
eminence.  1844-45,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  first  for  general  eminence. 
1845-46,  Greek,  Lord  Jeffrey's  Gold  Medal  for  general  eminence  throughout  the 
session ;  Senior  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition ;  Junior 
Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  from  Sophocles  Trachiniae,  v.  1-494, 
with  portions  into  English  verse,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  from  Arnold's 
History  of  Rome,  vol.  i. — Legend  of  Tullus  Hostilius,  and  first  for  Voluntary 
Examination  on  Subjects  prepared  during  the  summer. 

Matriculated  at   University   College,   Oxford    (why   there,   does    not  appear), 


136  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

I7th    May,    1850,    afterwards    removing    to    Balliol.     Obtained   a    First-Class   in 
Classical  Moderations  1852.     Graduated  B.A.   1854. 

Entered  the  Ministry— presumably  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Died  at  101  Eaton  Place,  Belgravia,  London,   ist  August,   1858. 

LEWIS   CAMPBELL.  29th  Januaryj  l8ja 

Born  at  13  Howard  Place,  Edinburgh,  3rd  September,  1830.  Eldest  son 
of  Robert  Campbell,  Commander  R.N.,  sometime  Governor  of  Ascension  Isle, 
who,  after  retiring  from  active  service,  married  a  Miss  Pryce  of  Gunley,  Mont- 
gomeryshire, and  settled  in  the  Scottish  Metropolis.  The  Commander's  father, 
resident  in  Greenock,  was  a  scion  of  the  old  Craignish  family,  and  had  beeri 
engaged  in  the  West  India  trade.  His  sister,  the  Commander's  aunt,  was  mother 
of  Thomas  Campbell,  the  poet. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy. 
Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1847-49. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1847-48,  Senior  Greek  (Greek  side),  second 
for  general  eminence;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics; 
Senior  Latin  (first  year  students),  first  for  general  eminence;  Private  Latin,  first 
Muirhead  Prize,  and  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  second  place  and  additional  prize  in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold 
Medal.  1848-49,  Logic  (Second  or  Middle  Division),  first  for  general  eminence ; 
Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Private  Greek,  first  for 
Vacation  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  of  Shakespeare's  Henry  VI.,  P.  iii., 
Act  5,  Sc.  2,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics  during  session,  and  first 
for  a  voluntary  examination;  Private  Latin  Vacation  Work,  first  for  translation 
into  Latin  Elegiac  Verse  of  Gray's  Elegy.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of 
LL.D.  in  1871. 

Matriculated  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  Sth  June,  1849,  removing  to  Balliol 
the  following  year  when  elected  to  Snell  Exhibition.  Obtained  a  Second-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1852,  and  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1853.  Graduated  B.A.  1853,  M.A.  1856.  Gained  the  Prosser  Prize 
at  Balliol,  and  also  held  the  Warner  Exhibition.  Elected  Fellow  of  Queen's 
College  1855,  and  thereupon  vacated  the  Snell.  Remained  at  Queen's  as  Tutor 
1856-58.  Classical  Examiner  1863-64.  Honorary  Fellow  of  Balliol  1895. 

Took  Holy  Orders  (ordained  by  Bishop  of  Oxford)  1857.  Vicar  of  Milford, 
Hants.,  1858-63.  Professor  of  Greek  in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  1863-92^ 
when  retired.  Residence  33  Campden  Hill  Chambers,  London,  W.  Acted  as 
Gifford  Lecturer  on  Natural  Theology  at  St.  Andrews  1894-95. 

Married,  1859,  at  Brighton,  Frances  Pitt,  daughter  of  Thomas  Andrews, 
Serjeant-at-Law.  Her  mother  was  a  Maynard. 

Published  Writings  :  Edition  of  Plato's  Theaetetus,  1861  (2nd  ed.  1883);  Edition 
of  Plato's  Sophistesand  Politicus,  1867 ;  Edition  of  Sophocles,  vol.  i.,  1871  (2nd  ed. 
1879),  vol.  ii.,  1881,  School  Edition  (with  E.  Abbott),  completed  1886;  The 
Christian  Ideal  (Sermons),  1877  ;  Life  of  James  Clerk  Maxwell  (with  W.  Garnett), 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  137 

1882  (and  ed.  1884);  Sophocles  in  English  Verse,  completed  1883  (2nd  ed.  1896) ; 
Aeschylus  in  English  Verse,  1890;  Guide  to  Greek  Tragedy,  1891;  edited  Plato's 
Republic  (with  late  Professor  Jowett),  1894;  Life  of  Benjamin  Jowett  (with  E.Abbott), 
1897  ;  Letters  of  B.  Jowett  (with  E.  Abbott),  1898 ;  Edition  of  Aeschylus  in  Parnassus 
Series,  1897;  Religion  in  Greek  Literature,  1898;  the  Articles  Plato  and  Sophocles 
in  Ency.  Brit.,  ed.  ix. 

HELY  HUTCHINSON  ALMOND.  3°th  April,  1850. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  I2th  August,  1832.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  George  Almond, 
sometime  Incumbent  of  St.  Mary's  Episcopal  Chapel  there,  afterwards  Curate  of 
Costock,  Leicestershire.  The  Exhibitioner's  mother  was  brought  up  by  her  uncle, 
Viscount  Hutchinson,  and  was  grand-daughter  of  the  Right  Hon.  John  Hely 
Hutchinson,  Provost  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely, 
1845-46  to  1849-50.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1845-46,  Junior  Latin, 
eighth  for  general  eminence.  1846-47,  Latin,  fifth  for  general  eminence,  Cowan 
Gold  Medal  in  Black  Stone  Examination,  and  first  for  Vacation  Work,  namely, 
Translations  into  English  Prose,  with  a  Commentary,  of  Cicero's  Speeches  "In 
Vatinium,"  and  "De  Provinciis  Consularibus."  1847-48,  Junior  Division  of  Junior 
Mathematics,  third  for  general  eminence.  1848-49,  Senior  Greek  (Greek  side), 
first  for  general  eminence.  1849-50,  Junior  Mathematics  (second  year  students), 
first  for  general  eminence ;  Logic  (Second  or  Middle  Division),  second  for  general 
eminence ;  Greek,  additional  Prize  (i.e.  second  place)  in  Black  Stone  Examination. 
Received  in  1886  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  June  1850,  and  remained  there  five  years. 
Obtained  in  1853  a  First-Class  in  Classical,  and  a  First-Class  in  Mathematical, 
Moderations,  and  in  1854  a  Second-Class  in  Final  Classical,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  Final  Mathematical,  Schools.  Graduated  B.A.  1855,  M.A.  1862.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1860. 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession.  Assistant  Master  in  Loretto  School,  Mussel- 
burgh,  1856-58.  Second  Master  in  Merchiston  School,  Edinburgh,  1858-62. 
Headmaster  of  Loretto  School  since  1862. 

Married,  in  April,  1876,  at  Durham,  Eleanora  Frances,  daughter  of  Canon 
Tristram.  Issue :  George  Hely  Hutchinson,  Christiana  Georgiana,  Henry  Tristram, 
Eleanora  Mary,  Rowland  Latimer,  and  Jocelyn  Charlotte. 

Publications:  Lectures  by  Lay  Headmaster,  1884-1892;  Edinburgh  Health 
Lectures  (2),  1884;  English  Prose  Extracts,  1896;  Athletics  and  Education  (Mac- 
millan's  Magazine),  1881 ;  Football  as  a  Moral  Agent  (Nineteenth  Century, 
December),  1893;  Army  Examinations  (Fortnightly  Review,  January),  1899;  and 
many  other  articles  in  magazines. 

The  Exhibitioner  has  kindly  supplied  the  following  note :  "  Loretto  was  a 
preparatory  boarding  school  of  twelve  boys  when  Mr.  Almond  took  it,  and  now 
numbers  one  hundred  and  thirty.  It  has  been  the  object  of  his  life  to  leave  it 
as  a  Public  School,  on  the  principles  of  boy  government  (not  by  Sixth  Form, 


138  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

but  by  selected  prefects),  no  competitive  scholarships,  and  the  application  of 
rational  rather  than  conventional  ideas  to  all  matters  of  food,  exercise,  ventilation, 
and,  as  far  as  possible,  clothing.  The  only  part  of  the  school  which  has  as  yet 
been  passed  over  to  Trustees  is  the  School  Chapel,  which  was  a  gift  from  'old 
and  present  boys'  in  1893.  Mr.  Almond  hopes  eventually  to  put  himself  under 
a  governing  body  of  'old  boys,'  who  will  have  two  powers  only  (not  financial) 
over  a  Headmaster,  viz.,  appointment  and  dismissal.  By  his  constitution  the 
Headmaster  will  have  a  free  hand,  except  that  he  will  be  bound  to  maintain 
some  of  the  peculiar  institutions  of  the  school." 

CHARLES  JAMES  LANGHORNE.  l8th  September,  1850. 

Born  at  Musselburgh,  near  Edinburgh,  i2th  September,  1830.  Fourth  son 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Langhorne  (LL.D.Glasg.  1856),  sometime  Incumbent  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  Musselburgh,  afterwards  resident  at  45  Scarsdale  Villas, 
London,  who  died  2ist  December,  1881,  aged  81.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Langhorne, 
M.A.,  sometime  Vicar  of  Elsfield,  Oxford,  now  of  Leamington,  is  an  elder  brother 
of  the  Exhibitioner.  A  younger  brother,  Brisbane,  died  at  Loretto,  2oth  July, 
1839.  A  sister,  Mary,  died  there  igth  September,  1829. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions, 
namely,  1847-48  and  1849-50.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1847-48,  Senior 
Greek  (Greek  side),  fourth  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Latin  (first  year  students), 
second  for  general  eminence;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  The  Cowan  Gold 
Medal.  1849-50,  Senior  Logic,  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize, 
and  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  December,  1850.  Obtained  the  Warner 
Exhibition  there.  Graduated  B.A.  1856,  M.A.  1857.  Vacated  Snell  Exhibition 
1860. 

Took  Holy  Orders  in  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1856,  Priest  1858. 
Was  for  three  years  Assistant  at  the  Episcopal  Church,  Musselburgh,  and  afterwards 
(1870-74)  Curate  of  Curridge,  Newbury. 

Died  at  London,  igth  October,  1874. 

JOHN  M'INTYRE  GALBRAITH.  2nd  April,  1852. 

Born  at  Stranraer,  Wigtownshire,  i8th  August,  1829.  Eldest  son  of  William 
Galbraith,  Shoemaker  in  and  sometime  Harbour-Master  and  Town  Councillor 
of  Stranraer,  by  his  marriage  with  Helen  M'Intyre.  The  Exhibitioner's  brother, 
James  (born  7th  January,  1831,  M.A.Glas.  1856,  died  4th  April,  1880),  was  a 
Writer  in  Glasgow,  and  one  of  the  Sheriffs-Substitute  of  Lanarkshire.  The 
Sheriffs  son,  William  Gunn  Galbraith  (M.A.Glas.  1885,  B.L.  1888),  is  also  a 
Writer  in  Glasgow. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1847-48  to  1851-52.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes,  etc.: 
1847-48,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Junior  Latin, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  139 

first  for  general  eminence.  1848-49,  Senior  Latin,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal  as 
best  student  in  the  Latin  Class ;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first  for 
Latin  Verse  Composition  ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  second  for  the  best  Trans- 
lation into  English  Prose,  with  notes,  of  Cicero's  Speeches,  "Divinatio  in  Q. 
Caecilium,"  and  "In  Verrem  Actio  I.";  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  the 
Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1849-50,  Senior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence;  Senior 
Greek  (Logic  side),  first  for  general  eminence;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination, 
second  place  and  additional  prize  in  competition  for  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal. 
1850-51,  The  University  Silver  Medal  for  the  best  Critical  Analysis  of  the  Principal 
Classifications  of  Fallacies  in  Reasoning ;  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  first  for 
general  eminence,  and  first  for  written  examinations ;  Senior  Moral  Philosophy, 
second  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  written  examinations ;  Senior  Greek 
Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters,  Virgil,  ^Eneid, 
II.  318  to  402;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  and  first 
for  a  voluntary  examination ;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation 
into  Greek  Iambics  of  Macbeth,  Act  v.  Sc.  i ;  Private  Latin,  second  for  English 
Verse  Composition.  1851-52,  Senior  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence, 
and  second  for  written  examinations ;  Mathematics,  first  for  examinations  on 
Summer  Reading  on  Algebra ;  Natural  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  written  examinations. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  April,   1852. 

Died  at  George  Street,  Stranraer,  unmarried,  2oth  July,  1854. 

ROBERT  BLAIR.  2;th  April,  1852. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1834.  Eldest  son  of  the  Hon.  William  Blair, 
Advocate,  of  Aventown,  near  Linlithgow  (an  estate  purchased  by  Lord  President 
Blair  circa  1791),  Judge  in  the  Ionian  Islands,  and  Member  of  the  Council  of 
Corfu,  author  of  "Slavery  among  the  Romans." 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1849-50,  1850-51,  and  1851-52.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes: 
1849-50,  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  Additional  Prize  (second  place) 
in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1850-51,  Junior  Logic,  fourth  for 
general  eminence;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  Additional  Prize  (second 
place)  in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Private  Latin,  third  Muirhead 
Prize. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  May,  1852,  and  left  in  December,  1853, 
vacating  Exhibition. 

Entered  the  Army.  Cornet,  gth  Lancers,  i6th  December,  1853.  Lieutenant, 
9th  Lancers,  2nd  November,  1855.  Captain,  2nd  Dragoon  Guards,  7th  July, 
1858.  Gained  the  Decoration  of  "The  Victoria  Cross"  for  an  act  of  bravery 
performed  by  him  in  India,  28th  September,  1857,  on  which  occasion  he  was 
severely  wounded. 

Died  at  Cawnpore,  East  Indies,  28th  March,   1859. 


140 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


HUBERT   HAMILTON.  2gth  April,  1853. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  4th  July,  1834.  Second  son  of  Sir  William  Hamilton, 
Baronet,  Exhibitioner  of  1807  (q.v.). 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1850-51, 
1851-52,  and  1852-53.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1851-52,  Logic  (Second 
or  Middle  Division),  third  for  general  eminence;  Logic  (Junior  Division),  first 
for  Prose  Essay  on  the  Laws  of  Association  as  serving  to  explain  and  account 
for  some  of  the  more  remarkable  Phenomena  in  Dreams ;  Senior  Greek,  third 
(on  Logic  side)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse 
Composition ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  second  for 
Voluntary  Examination,  and  Additional  Prize  (i.e.  second  place)  in  Black  Stone 
Examination  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Private  Latin,  first  for  Latin  Verse  Com- 
position, and  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  during  Vacation  of  various 
pieces  of  English  Poetry.  1852-53,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  fourth  for  general 
eminence;  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose 
of  a  passage  from  Gibbon ;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation 
into  Greek  Iambics  from  the  Tempest;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Composition  of 
Greek  Iambics.  Acted  from  1866-69  as  Examiner  in  Classics  for  the  Degree 
of  M.A. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  ist  June,  1853,  and  remained  there  till  1857. 
Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1855,  and  a  Second-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1857.  Graduated  B.A.  1857,  M.A.  1860. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1863. 

Attended  Law  Classes  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

Admitted  Advocate  1860,  and  was  appointed  Sheriff-Substitute  of  the 
Lothians  and  Peebles  at  Edinburgh  in  May,  1868,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

Married,   1868,  Louisa  Wentworth,  daughter  of  Laurence  Davidson,  Esq. 

JAMES  MACCONECHY.  2gth  April,  1854. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  loth  April,  1833.  Second  son  of  James  MacConechy 
(1796-1866),  sometime  Lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Marines,  afterwards  Medical 
Practitioner  in  Glasgow,  and  (1833-35)  Lecturer  on  Chemistry  in  Portland  Street 
School  of  Medicine  there,  thereafter,  for  twenty-three  years,  Editor  of  The  Glasgow 
Courier.  Dr.  MacConechy  became  a  Member  of  the  Faculty  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  Glasgow  in  1832,  and  received  the  M.D.  Degree  of  Glasgow  Uni- 
versity in  1858.  His  wife,  Davida  Fleming,  died  isth  October,  1861,  aged  64. 
The  Exhibitioner's  elder  brother,  John  Fleming,  died  4th  July,  1834,  aged  3  years 
and  5  months. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1847-48  to  1851-52.  Presented  by  the  Earl  of  Glasgow  in  1848  to  the 
Ross  Bursary  of  .£25,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the  following  Class  and 
other  Prizes :  1847-48,  Junior  Latin,  twelfth  for  general  eminence.  1848-49, 
Senior  Latin  (second  year  students),  second  for  general  eminence;  Private  Latin, 
third  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  English 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  I4I 

Prose,  with  notes,  of  Cicero's  Speeches  "  Divinatio  in  Q.  Caecilium,"  and  "  In 
Verrem  Actio  I."  1849-50,  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into 
Latin  Verse  of  various  pieces  of  English  Poetry.  1850-51,  Junior  Moral  Philo- 
sophy, first  for  Written  Examinations.  1851-52,  a  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best 
Translation  of  the  i8th  Book  of  the  Natural  History  of  Pliny,  with  Illustrative 
Notes;  the  Lord  Rector's  (Sheriff  Archibald  Alison's)  Prize  for  the  best 
Translations  from  Greek  into  English  Prose ;  Natural  Philosophy,  fifth  for  general 
eminence ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  a  Voluntary  Examination ;  Private  Latin, 
first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  May,  1854,  and  remained  there  till 
December,  1858.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1856.  Gradu- 
ated B.A.  1858,  M.A.  1861.  Vacated  Exhibition  1864. 

Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England.  Deacon  1858,  Priest  1859.  Curate 
of  Sonning,  near  Reading,  1859-60.  Curate  of  Kensington  1861-66.  Curate  of 
St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  1866-68.  Vicar  of  Christ  Church,  St.  George's-in- 
the-East,  1868-71.  Vicar  of  All  Saints,  Paddington,  1871-93.  Rector  of  Wiggon- 
holt  with  Greatham,  Sussex,  1893-96. 

Married,  at  All  Saints,  Paddington,  3oth  June,  1874,  Henrietta  Clara  Marion, 
fourth  daughter  of  William  Hunter  Baillie  of  Duntisbourne,  Gloucestershire, 
and  grand-daughter  of  Matthew  Baillie,  Exhibitioner  of.  1779  (q.v.),  and  has 
issue. 

DAVID  BINNING  MONRO  of  Auchenbowie  and  Softlaw.  24th  November,  1854. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  i6th  November,  1836.  Eldest  son  of  Alexander  Binning 
Monro,  otherwise  Alexander  Monro  Binning  (1805-91),  W.S.,  of  Auchenbowie, 
Stirlingshire,  and  Softlaw,  Roxburghshire,  by  Harriet,  daughter  of  Dr.  Alexander 
Monro  of  Craiglockhart  (known  as  Alexander  Monro,  tertius),  Professor  of 
Anatomy  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  The  latter  was  son  of  Dr.  Alexander 
Monro,  secundus,  also  of  Craiglockhart,  his  predecessor  in  the  Anatomy  Chair, 
who  again  was  son  of  Dr.  Alexander  Monro,  primus,  the  first  real  holder  of  the 
same  Professorship.  The  Exhibitioner  is  thus  grandson,  great-grandson,  and 
great-great-grandson  respectively  of  three  successive  generations  of  Anatomy  Pro- 
fessors in  one  University,  all  bearing  the  same  name  and  surname,  and  all,  it 
may  be  added,  holding  the  Edinburgh  M.D.  Degree.  Their  united  periods  of 
office  extended  to  126  years,  namely,  1720  to  1846.  A  maternal  aunt  of  the 
Exhibitioner  became  in  1851  the  wife  of  Henry  Mordaunt  Fletcher,  Exhibitioner 
of  1843  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1851-52  to  1853-54.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes: 
1851-52,  Senior  Latin  (first  year  students),  first  for  general  eminence;  Private 
Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1852-53,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  first  (among 
first  year  students)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  written  examinations ; 
Senior  Greek  (Greek  side),  third  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose 
and  Verse  Composition ;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Prose 


I42  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

and  Verse  of  Eurip.  Phoen.  1-835,  and  fast  for  examination  on  subjects  prepared 
during  summer;  Private  Latin,  first  for  an  English  Essay  on  the  subject  of  the 
Lectures,  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Hooker,  and 
first  for  Translation  into  English  Verse  of  passages  from  Tibullus  and  Horace. 
1853-54,  a  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  into  English,  with  Illustrative 
Notes,  of  the  Dialogue  "  De  Oratoribus,"  in  the  works  of  Tacitus ;  Senior  Mathe- 
matics, second  for  written  examinations;  Junior  Mathematics  (class  of  1852-53), 
first  for  examinations  in  Summer  Reading;  Second  or  Middle  Logic,  first  for 
general  eminence ;  Junior  Logic,  first  for  Prose  Essay  on  the  more  marked  points 
of  agreement  and  of  difference  between  the  states  of  Dreaming,  of  Reverie,  and 
of  Insanity,  with  especial  reference  to  the  question — How  far  they  exemplify  or 
receive  their  explanation  from  the  Laws  of  Association;  Senior  Greek,  first  for 
Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Niebuhr's  Lectures,  and  first  for 
Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters  of  a  passage  from  Milton ;  Private  Greek,  first 
for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  and  first  for  a  Voluntary  Examination ;  Greek 
Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  Received  the  Honorary 
Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1883. 

Matriculated  at  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  i6th  June,  1854  (Scholar  of 
Brasenose  same  year),  removing  to  Balliol  College  on  appointment  to  Snell,  and 
remaining  at  Balliol  till  1858.  Scholar  of  Balliol  1854-59.  Obtained  in  1856 
a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations,  and  a  First-Class  in  Mathematical  Modera- 
tions; in  1858,  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores,  and  a 
Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics.  Graduated  B.A.  1858,  M.A. 
1862.  Ireland  Scholar  1858.  Latin  Essay  1859.  Classical  Examiner  1863-65  and 
1871-72.  Classical  Moderator  1866-67  and  1876.  Member  of  the  Hebdomadal 
Council  1872-78  and  1881-87.  Delegate  of  the  University  Press  from  1885. 
Delegate  of  University  Museum  from  1886.  Fellow  of  Oriel  (vacating  Snell) 
1859-82.  Classical  Lecturer  1862-66.  Tutor  1866-73.  Vice-Provost  1874-82. 
Provost  since  1882. 

Received  the  Honorary  D.Litt.  of  Dublin  University  at  the  Tercentenary  of 
1892.  Elected  to  the  Athenaeum  Club,  under  Rule  2,  1885.  Appointed  Officier 
de  1'Instruction  Publique  (France)  April,  1890. 

Published  Writings :  A  Grammar  of  the  Homeric  Dialect,  1882  (2nd  ed. 
1891);  Homer,  Iliad  I.-XIL,  1884;  Iliad  xm.-xxiv.,  1888;  The  Modes  of  Ancient 
Greek  Music,  1894. 

GEORGE  RANKINE  LUKE.  2nd  November,  1855. 

Born  at  Edinburgh  circa  1836.  Second  son  of  James  Luke,  Baker  in  Edin- 
burgh, by  his  marriage  with  Catherine  Rankine,  who  died  isth  December, 
1845. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Edinburgh  Academy,  of  which  he  was  "dux" 
in  1853. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  two  Sessions,  namely,  1853-54 
and  1854-55.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes :  1853-54,  Senior  Greek,  Lord 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


143 


Jeffrey's  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition;  Senior 
Latin,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  a  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of 
a  passage  from  Gibbon;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first  for  Latin 
Verse  Composition ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  Additional  Prize  (i.e.  second 
place)  in  Cowan  Gold  Medal  Competition.  1854-55,  Senior  Logic,  third  for  general 
eminence,  and  first  for  the  best  Prose  Essay  on  the  Law  of  Transference  in  the 
associating  of  our  ideas;  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation 
into  Greek  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Niebuhr;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Exercises> 
first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  of  a  passage  from  Milton;  Private  Greek, 
first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  and  first  for  Voluntary  Examination ; 
Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Latin  Vacation  Exer- 
cises, first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  of  certain  passages  from  Milton 
and  Pope,  and  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  8th  November,  1855,  and  remained  there 
four  years.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1857,  and  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1859.  Graduated  B.A.  1859. 
Gaisford  Prizeman  (Prose)  1858,  Gaisford  Prizeman  (Verse)  1859.  Ireland  Scholar, 
1859.  Student  of  Christ  Church  1859-62.  Tutor  1861-62. 

Drowned  at  Oxford,  3rd  March,  1862.  "  A  melancholy  accident  occurred  on 
Monday  on  the  Isis.  Mr.  G.  R.  Luke,  student  and  tutor  of  Christ  Church, 
took  one  of  the  light  boats  called  'dingies,'  and  rowed  alone  down  the  river. 
Some  little  time  afterwards  a  boat  was  observed  bottom  upwards  floating  down 
a  part  of  the  river  called  Kennington  Reach.  An  alarm  was  at  once  given,  and 
on  the  drags  being  used  the  unfortunate  gentleman  was  brought  to  the  surface 
and  carried  ashore.  Every  means  of  restoration  was  tried,  but  without  effect ; 
life  appeared  to  have  been  extinct  some  time.  It  is  expected  that  Mr.  Luke 
fell  from  his  boat  in  a  fit  of  giddiness,  as  he  was  liable  to  attacks  of  that 
nature.  .  .  ."  {Scotsman,  Thursday,  6th  March,  1862]. 

"  .     .     .     from  my  tongue  should  fall 
His  name  whom  sorrow  and  reverent  love  recall, 
The  sign  to  friends  on  earth  of  that  dear  head 
Alive,  which  now  long  since  untimely  dead 
The  wan  grey  waters  covered  for  a  pall. 
Their  trustless  reaches  dense  with  tangling  stems 
Took  never  life  more  taintless  of  rebuke, 

More  pure  and  perfect,  more  serene  and  kind, 
Than  when  those  clear  eyes  closed  beneath  the  Thames, 
And  made  the  now  more  hallowed  name  of  Luke 
Memorial  to  us  of  morning  left  behind." 

[Sonnet,  dated  May,  1881,  by  A.  C.  Swinburne  to  John  Nichol,  Exhibitioner  of 
1856  (q.v.),  both  of  whom,  as  well  as  G.  R.  Luke,  were  members  of  the  "Old 
Mortality  Club"  at  Oxford.] 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  Exhibitioner,  there  were  founded  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow  in  1863  (i)  the  Luke  Fellowship  (present  value  ^95 
per  annum),  tenable  for  three  years,  and  awarded  on  examination  on  English 


J44  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Literature  and  on  prescribed  periods  in  History,  and  (2)  the  Luke  Historical 
Prize  (present  value  £9),  awarded  biennially  on  examination  on  general  subjects 
connected  with  Ancient  History  and  Literature. 

JOHN  NICHOL.  25th  April,  1856. 

Born  at  Montrose,  Forfarshire,  8th  September,  1833.  Only  son  of  John 
Pringle  Nichol  (LL.D.Glasg.  1836,  M.A.Abn.  1856),  Schoolmaster  at  (i)  Dun, 
near  Montrose,  (2)  Hawick,  (3)  Cupar-Fife,  Rector  of  Montrose  Academy  1827-36, 
and  Professor  of  Astronomy  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  1836-59,  by  his  first 
wife  Jane,  daughter  of  Mr.  Tullis,  Auchmuty,  Fife.  The  Exhibitioner's  only  sister, 
Agnes  Jane,  is  the  wife  of  William  Jack  (M.A.Glasg.  1853,  LL.D.  1875),  the 
present  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Glasgow  University. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  (i)  John  Street  School, 
Glasgow,  (2)  the  Western  Academy,  Glasgow,  (3)  from  1847  to  *&4%  the  Grammar 
School  of  Kelso,  where  he  boarded  with  the  Rector,  John  Fergusson  (LL.D.Glasg. 


Attended  the  Natural  History  Class  in  Glasgow  University  1845-46,  and 
also  the  Anatomy  Class  there,  in  what  session  does  not  appear.  Commenced 
the  Arts  classes  in  1848-49,  and  continued  till  1854-55.  Gained  the  following 
Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1848-49,  Natural  Philosophy  (Private  Students  of  the 
Experimental  Classes),  second  for  general  eminence.  1849-50,  Latin  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  excelling  in  an  examination  on  Roman  History.  1850-51, 
Senior  Latin  (second  year  students),  third  for  general  eminence.  1851-52,  The 
Lord  Rector's  (Sir  Archibald  Alison's)  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  from  Latin 
into  English  Prose;  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence, 
and  first  for  Written  Examinations  ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  Additional 
Prize  (i.e.  second  place)  in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1852-53,  A 
Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation  into  English  of  the  Tenth  Book  of  Plato's 
Laws;  Junior  Mathematics  (Class  of  1851-52),  first  for  examinations  at  beginning 
of  session  on  Summer  Reading;  Senior  Logic,  first  for  the  best  Prose  Analysis 
of  Imagination,  under  its  two  modes  of  manifestation,  the  simply  Conceptive  and 
Creative;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises  (Provectiores  of  1851-52),  first  for  Translation 
into  Prose  and  Verse  of  Eurip.  Phoen.  1-835  >  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize, 
and  first  for  English  Verse  Composition.  1853-54,  The  Lord  Rector's  (Lord 
Eglinton's)  Prize  of  Twenty  Guineas  for  the  best  Delineation  of  the  social  condition 
of  the  Roman  people  during  the  early  period  of  the  Commonwealth  ;  Senior  Greek, 
first  for  excelling  in  weekly  exercises  of  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition; 
Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  English  Verse  of 
certain  passages  from  Lucretius  and  Tibullus. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  April,  1855,  and  remained  there  as  an 
undergraduate  till  1859.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores,  and  a  Fourth-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics,  1859. 
Graduated  B.A.  1859,  M.A.  1874.  Vacated  Exhibition,  1861. 

Entered  as  a  student  of  Gray's  Inn  1859,  but  did  not  go  forward  to  the  Bar. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  145 

Remained  at  Oxford  till  1862  as  a  Tutor  or  "Coach"  for  the  philosophical 
side  of  the  Final  Honours  Schools.  Appointed  in  1862  first  Professor  of 
English  Literature  in  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  retained  that  Chair  till 
1889,  when  he  retired.  Widely  known  in  England  and  Scotland  as  a  public 
lecturer. 

Married,  at  43  St.  George's  Road,  Glasgow,  loth  April,  1861,  Jane  Stewart 
(who  died  9th  January,  1894),  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Glassford  Bell  (LL.D. 
Glas.  1868),  Sheriff  of  Lanarkshire,  and  author  of  "  Mary  Queen  of  Scots,"  etc. 
Issue  :  John  Pringle,  Exhibitioner  of  1883  (q.v.),  and  two  daughters. 

Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  from  the  University  of  St.  Andrews, 


Published  Writings  :  Leaves  from  my  Life,  1854  ;  Fragments  of  Criticism, 
1860;  An  Inaugural  Address  to  the  English  Literature  Class,  1862;  Address  on 
National  Education,  1869  ;  A  Sketch  of  the  Early  History  of  Scottish  Poetry, 
1871  ;  Hannibal,  1873;  Tables  of  European  Literature  and  History,  1876  (fourth 
ed.  1888);  Tables  of  Ancient  Literature  and  History,  1877  ;  Primer  of  English 
Composition,  1879;  Byron  (in  "English  Men  of  Letters"),  1880;  The  Death  of 
Themistocles,  and  other  Poems,  1881  ;  Robert  Burns,  1882;  American  Literature, 
1882  (second  ed.  1885);  University  Reform,  1888;  Francis  Bacon  (in  the  "Philo- 
sophical Classics  for  English  Readers"),  1888,  1889;  Questions  and  Exercises  on 
English  Composition,  1890;  The  Teaching  of  English  Literature  in  our  Universities, 
and  its  relation  to  Philology,  1891  ;  Carlyle  (in  "  English  Men  of  Letters"),  1892; 
also  numerous  magazine  and  other  articles. 

Died  at  n  Stafford  Terrace,  Kensington,  London,  W.,  nth  October, 
1894. 

ARCHIBALD  DUNCAN  GRANT.  2oth  April,  1859. 

[Mr.  Grant  and  Mr.  R.  B.  Ranken  (q.v.)  were  the  first  Exhibitioners  nomin- 
ated by  Glasgow  University  on  the  results  of  a  Public  Competitive  Examina- 
tion.] 

Born  at  Leith,  in  what  served  as  the  Manse,  on  3rd  June,  1839.  Fifth  and 
youngest  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Grant,  D.D.,  D.C.L.  (1800-90),  Parish  Minister 
of  South  Leith,  1824-43,  ar>d  of  St.  Mary's,  Edinburgh,  1843-71,  when  he  retired. 
Dr.  Grant  held  numerous  posts  of  honour  and  responsibility.  He  was  Moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly  in  1854;  Fellow  and  Member  of  Council  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Edinburgh  ;  Collector  of  the  Ministers'  Widows'  Fund  ;  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 
He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  from  Glasgow  University  in  1842,  and 
that  of  D.C.L.  from  Oxford  in  1854,  being  the  only  Presbyterian  minister, 
besides  Dr.  Thomas  Chalmers,  on  whom  the  latter  distinction  has  been  conferred. 
His  father  (the  Exhibitioner's  grandfather)  was  the  Rev.  Dr.  Andrew  Grant, 
owner  of  the  small  estate  of  Limepotts,  in  Perthshire,  which  remained  in  the 
family  for  255  years,  having  been  acquired  in  1607  and  sold  in  1862.  The 
following  inscription  appears  on  the  Grant  tombstone  in  the  old  Kirkyard  of 
Scone  : 

K 


146  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Here  are  interred  the  remains  of 

ROBERT  GRANT  of  Limepottis, 

Formerly  part  of  the  Lands  of  the  Abbey  of  Scone, 

Who  acquired  that  property  in  1607,  and  died  in  1619, 

PATRICK  GRANT  of  Limepottis, 
His  eldest  son,  who  died  in  1625  without  issue, 

DAVID  GRANT  of  Limepottis, 

His  brother  and  heir,  who  died  in  1671, 

DAVID  GRANT  of  Limepottis,  his  son,  who  died  in  1743, 

DAVID  GRANT  of  Limepotts, 

His  son,  who  was  born  in  1716,  and  died  in  1806, 

And  also  the  remains  of  many  members  of 

Their  families  in  successive  generations. 


THE  REV.  DR.  ANDREW  GRANT  of  Limepotts, 

Eldest  surviving  son  of  the  last  named  David  Grant, 

And  who  was  Minister  in  succession  of  the  Parishes 

of  Portmoak  in  Kinross-shire,  Kilmarnock  in  Ayrshire, 

and  Canongate,  Trinity  College,  and  St.  Andrews, 

in  the  City  of  Edinburgh, 

Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  1808,  and 

Chaplain  in  Ordinary  in  Scotland  to  Their  Majesties 

Geo.  III.  Geo.  IV.  and  Will.  IV.  was  born  at  Limepotts  in  1758, 

Died  at  Edinburgh  in    1836, 
And  was  interred  in  South  Leith  Churchyard. 

GEORGE  GRANT  of  Limepotts, 

Advocate,  Sheriff-Substitute  of  Fifeshire, 

His  eldest  surviving  son,  was  born  at  Portmoak  in  1795, 

Died  in  1857  at  Cupar,  and  was  interred  there. 

It  is  curious  to  learn  that  from  1562  to  1607  this  estate  of  Limepotts  was 
held,  first  by  a  person  of  the  name  of  John  Snell,  and  latterly  by  his  son  Patrick, 
from  whom  Robert  Grant  acquired  it.  Dr.  James  Grant  had  an  idea  that  there 
may  have  been  a  family  connection  between  these  Snells  and  Robert  Grant — 
that,  perhaps,  the  latter  was  the  son-in-law  of  John  Snell ;  but,  owing  to  the 
defective  state  of  the  local  registers,  he  never  succeeded  in  establishing  his 
theory.  His  researches,  however,  make  it  clear  that  from  1562  to  1678  there 
was  quite  a  numerous  colony  of  Snells  in  the  parishes  of  Perth  and  Scone,  the 
name  occurring  in  the  registers  with  great  frequency.  Dr.  Grant  also  indulged 
the  conjecture  of  a  possible  relationship  between  the  Perthshire  Snells  and  the 
founder  of  the  Exhibitions,  but  the  as  yet  ascertained  facts  do  not  support 
this  interesting  hypothesis. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  (i)  the  Circus  Place  School, 
Edinburgh,  1845-49,  throughout  all  which  period  he  was  at  the  top  of  his  class, 
(2)  the  Edinburgh  Academy,  1849-55,  during  which  time  he  twice  obtained  the 
"  dux  "  medal. 

Studied  at   the   University  of  Glasgow   for   three   Sessions,  namely,    1855-56, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


'47 


l856-57.  ar>d  1857-58.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1855-56,  Senior  Greek 
(Greek  side),  first  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Latin  (first  year  students),  second 
for  general  eminence;  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1856-57,  Private  Latin,  first  for  English 
Verse  Composition. 

Matriculated  at  University  College,  Oxford,  igth  May,  1858,  and  remained 
there  till  Easter,  1859,  when  removed  to  Balliol  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Continued 
at  Balliol  till  end  of  1861.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations 
1860.  Graduated  B.A.  1861.  Vacated  Exhibition  1862. 

Underwent  the  Competitive  Examination  for  Indian  Civil  Service,  and  gained  a 
place.  Tnrning  afterwards  to  commercial  pursuits,  went  out  to  Bombay  in  1863,  and 
soon  joined  his  brother,  late  Member  of  Parliament  for  the  Leith  Burghs,  in  the  firm 
of  Campbell  Mitchell  &  Co.,  and  later  of  Grant  Brothers  &  Co.,  Liverpool.  Had  a 
prosperous  career  in  Bombay,  and  held  many  important  posts  there.  Was  a  member 
of  the  Harbour  and  Pilotage  Board ;  a  member  of  the  Commission  appointed  by 
Government  to  enquire  into  the  question  of  Docks  for  Bombay ;  one  of  the  original 
promoters,  and  first  Chairman  of  the  New  Bank  of  Bombay  (the  Presidency  Bank) ; 
a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and,  as  such,  member  of  the  Municipal  Body ;  Chairman  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  from  1867  till  he  left  for  England  in  1868,  and  reappointed 
on  return  to  Bombay  in  1869.  Acted  also  as  Lloyd's  Agent,  and  Agent  for  the 
Liverpool  Underwriters'  Association.  Came  home  early  in  1871,  and  carried  on 
business  in  Liverpool  till  1878,  when  retired.  Resides  at  18  India  Street,  Edinburgh. 
Unmarried. 

No  published  writings — does  "  occasional  scribbling  for  his  own  amusement,  not 
for  the  public  eye." 

ROBERT   BURT   RANKEN.  2oth  April,  1859. 

[Mr.  Ranken  and  Mr.  A.  D.  Grant  (q.v.)  were  the  first  Exhibitioners  nominated 
by  Glasgow  University  on  the  results  of  a  Public  Competitive  Examination.] 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  24th  February,  1840.  Eldest  son  of  Thomas  Ranken, 
S.S.C.,  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  rtwo  Sessions,  namely,  1856-57  and 
1857-58.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1856-57,  Senior  Greek,  Lord  Jeffrey's 
Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition;  Private  Greek, 
first  for  composition  of  Greek  Iambics;  Senior  Latin,  first  (among  first  year 
students)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  a  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of 
certain  passages  from  Gibbon ;  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first 
for  Latin  Verse  Composition.  1857-58,  Logic  (Middle  Division),  fourth  for  general 
eminence ;  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Hexameters  of  a  passage  from  Virgil ;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first 
for  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  of  a  passage  from  King  John;  Private  Greek, 
first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  and  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on 
subjects  read  in  the  Class ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold 
Medal ;  Private  Latin,  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition  ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises, 


148  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon,  and 
first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  of  a  passage  from  Byron. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  29th  January,  1859,  and  remained  there 
till  Midsummer  1863.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1860,  a 
First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1862,  and  a  Fourth-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Law  and  Modern  History  1863.  Proxime  accessit  for 
Balliol  College  Scholarship,  November,  1858.  Graduated  B.A.  1863,  M.A.  1865. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1864. 

Admitted  W.S.  2Sth  March,  1869,  and  has  all  along  practised  in  Edinburgh — 
firm  T.  &  R.  B.  Ranken,  W.S. 

Married,  at  All  Saints'  Church,  Knightsbridge,  London,  3oth  June,  1874, 
Mary  Witherington,  only  daughter  of  the  deceased  Charles  Tennant  Dunlop, 
Merchant,  St.  Rollox,  Glasgow.  Issue,  six  children. 

EDWARD   CAIRO.  28th  April,  1860. 

Born  at  Greenock,  22nd  March,  1835.  Sixth  son  of  John  Caird,  managing 
partner  of  the  firm  of  Caird  &  Co.,  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  there.  Brother 
of  the  Very  Rev.  John  Caird,  D.D.,  LL.D.  (born  isth  December,  1820,  died 
3<3th  July,  1898),  who  was  Principal  and  Vice-Chancellor  of  the  University  of 
Glasgow  1873-98. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Greenock. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1850-51,  1852-53, 
1853-54,  1854-55,  1855-56,  and  1858-59.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other 
Prizes:  1850-51,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  seventh,  and  Junior  Latin,  third, 
for  general  eminence.  1852-53,  Senior  Latin  (second  year  students),  first  for 
general  eminence ;  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1854-55,  A  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best 
Translation  into  English  of  Plato's  Dialogue,  the  "  Meno,"  with  illustrative  notes. 
1858-59,  Divinity,  first  for  translating  portions  of  Calvin's  Institutes;  Public 
Senior  Hebrew,  second  class  prize  and  first  for  private  written  examinations ; 
Private  Senior  Hebrew,  first  for  private  written  examinations  ;  Senior  Ecclesiastical 
History,  first  for  Essays.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1894. 
Gifford  Lecturer  on  Natural  Theology  1900. 

Studied  Divinity  at  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  during  Session  1856-57. 
Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1878.  Acted  as  Gifford  Lecturer 
on  Natural  Theology  there  1891-92. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  October,  1860,  and  remained  there  as 
undergraduate  till  1863,  teaching  privately  from  1863-64.  Gained  the  Pusey  and 
Ellerton  Scholarship  for  Hebrew  1861,  and  the  Jenkyns  Exhibition  1862.  Obtained 
a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1862,  and  a  First-Class  in  the  Final 
School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1863.  Graduated  B.A.  1863,  M.A.  1873,  Hon. 
D.C.L.  1892.  Elected  Fellow  of  Merton  College  1864,  and  was  Tutor  there  till 
1866. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


149 


Received  the  degree  of  Lftt.D.  Cambridge  1898. 

Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  1866-94. 
Master  of  Balliol  College  since  1893.  Classical  Examiner  at  Oxford  1894. 

Married,  at  Carluke,  Lanarkshire,  1867,  Caroline  Frances,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  John  Wylie,  parish  minister  there,  and  aunt  of  Francis  James  Wylie, 
Exhibitioner  of  1884  (q.v.). 

Published  Writings:  A  Critical  Account  of  the  Philosophy  of  Kant,  1877; 
The  Social  Philosophy  and  Religion  of  Comte,  1885  ;  Hegel,  in  Blackwood's 
Philosophical  Classics;  The  Critical  Philosophy  of  Immanuel  Kant,  2  vols.,  1889; 
Essays  on  Literature  and  Philosophy,  2  vols.,  1892;  The  Evolution  of  Religion 
(St.  Andrews  Gifford  Lectures),  2  vols.,  1893. 

JOHN  PURVES.  28th  April,  1860. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  28th  May,  1840.  Eldest  son  of  William  Purves,  Mer- 
chant, 7  Crichton  Street,  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1854-55  to 
1859-60.  Gained  the  following  Class- Prizes :  1856-57,  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side), 
first  for  general  eminence.  1858-59,  A  Coulter  Prize  for  the  best  Translation 
into  English  of  "  Demosthenis  Oratio  in  Aristocratem,"  with  brief  notes  illus- 
trating the  historical  allusions ;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Trans- 
lation into  Greek  Iambics  of  a  passage  from  Macbeth.  1859-60,  Private  Greek, 
first  for  excelling  in  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics;  Private  Latin,  first  for 
excelling  in  Latin  Verse  Composition.  Examiner  in  Classics  for  degree  of  M.A. 
1869-72. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i3th  October,  1860.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1862,  and  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1864.  Graduated  B.A.  1864,  M.A.  1867.  Pusey  and  Ellerton 
Scholar  1862.  Craven  Scholar  1864.  Kennicott  Scholar  1865.  Fellow  of  Balliol 
1866.  Classical  Moderator  1872-73.  Vacated  Exhibition,  Midsummer  1865. 

Classical  Lecturer  in  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  1864-66.  Classical  Lecturer 
in  Balliol  College  1867.  Junior  Dean  1868.  Junior  Bursar  1872. 

Published  Writings:  Selections  from  Plato,  1883;  The  Iliad  of  Homer, 
translated  into  English  Prose  (published  posthumously),  1891. 

Died  at  Oakfield,  Tullypowrie,  Perthshire,  2oth  December,  1889. 

PATRICK  ARKLEY  WRIGHT  HENDERSON.  23rd  April,  1861. 

Born  at  Stirling,  i8th  June,  1841.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Henderson, 
(M.A.  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge),  Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England, 
and  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland,  Incumbent  for  forty  years  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Stirling.  Descended  from  the  Hendersons  of  Hallyards  in 
Forfarshire,  which  family  is  now  merged  in  that  of  the  Clayhills-Hendersons  of 
Invergowrie. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1858-59, 
1859-60,  and  1860-61.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1858-59,  Senior  Latin, 


!50  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  as  the  best  student  in  the  Class,  and  first  for 
Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon ;  Private  Latin,  first  for 
Latin  Verse  Composition ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  additional  prize  (i.e. 
second  place)  in  competition  for  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1859-60,  Senior  Greek 
Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  a  passage  from 
Niebuhr;  Private  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Iambics  of  a  passage  from  Shakespeare;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the 
Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into 
Latin  Verse  of  certain  passages  from  Pope  and  Cowper.  1 860-61,  Private  Greek, 
first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i2th  October,  1861,  and  remained  there  till 
1865.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1863,  and  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1865.  Graduated  B.A.  1866,  M.A. 
1868.  Vacated  Exhibition,  December,  1865. 

Is  a  Clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England.  Has  been  Fellow  of  Wadham 
College,  Oxford,  since  1867,  and  Chaplain  and  Classical  Tutor  therein  since 
1868.  Sub-Warden  and  Bursar  1881.  Proctor  of  the  University  of  Oxford 
1876-77. 

Married  at  the  Episcopal  Church,  Alyth,  N.B.,  on  3oth  June,  1870,  Ann 
Wood,  daughter  of  Major  J.  C.  Gray,  H.E.I.C.S.,  and  grand-daughter  of  Charles 
Gray  of  Carse  Gray  in  Forfarshire.  Issue :  Annie  Gray,  Hamilton  Frances,  Robert 
William,  and  Lilian  Janet. 

No  Published  Writings  except  occasional  articles  in  Blackwood — one  of 
which,  "Glasgow  and  Balliol"  (March,  1894),  is  of  special  interest  to  Snell 
Exhibitioners. 

DUNCAN   ARCHIBALD   M'NEILL.  23rd  April,  1861. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  5th  March,  1841.  Second  son  of  Archibald  M'Neill  of 
Colonsay,  Argyllshire,  by  his  marriage,  on  i8th  July,  1836,  with  Christina  Erskine, 
daughter  of  Major  William  Mitchell  of  the  Royal  Bengal  Artillery.  The  Exhibi- 
tioner's eldest  brother  (also  named  Duncan)  died  at  Edinburgh,  2nd  November,  1839. 
Their  father,  born  September,  1803,  was  admitted  W.S.  i8th  June,  1829,  acted 
as  Director  in  Chancery  1843-58,  and  as  Principal  Clerk  of  Session  1858-70, 
and  died  2nd  June,  1870.  His  father,  John  M'Neill  of  Colonsay  (born  1767,  died 
February,  1846),  had  other  five  sons.  Alexander,  born  1791,  succeeded  to 
Colonsay,  and,  along  with  his  wife  and  two  daughters,  perished  in  the  wreck  of 
the  Orion,  off  Portpatrick,  i8th  June,  1850.  Duncan,  bom  1793,  acquired 
Colonsay  by  purchase  from  Alexander  in  1848,  became  Lord-Justice  General  in 
1852,  was  created  a  Lord  of  Appeal,  and  raised  to  the  peerage  as  Baron  Colonsay, 
in  1867,  and  died  unmarried  in  1874,  when  the  title  became  extinct.  John,  born 
1795,  received  in  1836  the  appointment  of  Envoy  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary 
to  the  Court  of  Persia,  was  created  K.C.B.  1839,  and  died  1883.  His  third  wife, 
whom  he  married  in  1870,  was  Lady  Emma-Augusta  Campbell  (born  1825, 
died  1893),  sister  of  the  late  Duke  of  Argyll.  Malcolm,  Lieut-Col,  and  Brigadier 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  151 

H.E.I.  Co.'s  Cavalry,  Governor  of  Vellore,  and  Military  Commandant  of  Arcot, 
fell  leading  the  attack  on  Prome,  1852.  Forbes,  sometime  of  the  H.E.I.C.S., 
afterwards  Merchant  in  London,  died  in  1843.  The  present  laird  of  Colonsay 
(son  of  Alexander  M'Neill,  supra)  is  the  Exhibitioner's  cousin,  Major-General 
Sir  John  Carstairs  M'Neill,  born  2gth  March,  1831,  K.C.B.,  K.C.M.G.,  V.C., 
Knight  of  the  Medjidie,  and  Equerry  to  the  Queen,  and  who  served  in  the  Indian 
Mutiny,  in  the  Ashantee  War,  and  at  Suakin,  etc.,  etc.  Another  cousin,  Sir  John's 
brother,  is  Mr.  Malcolm  M'Neill,  Vice- President  of  the  Local  Government  Board 
for  Scotland,  whose  wife  is  a  sister  of  the  Exhibitioner.  Another  sister,  Ina-Erskine, 
V.A.,  Extra  Woman  of  the  Bedchamber  to  the  Queen,  became  in  1895  the  third 
wife  of  the  late  Duke  of  Argyll,  thus  forming  (vide  supra)  a  double  connection 
between  the  Argyll  and  Colonsay  families. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1858-59  to  1860-61.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1858-59,  Senior 
Greek,  first  (on  Greek  side)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  and 
Verse  Composition ;  Senior  Latin  (first  year  students),  third  for  general  eminence ; 
Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1859-60,  Senior  Greek 
Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters  of  a  passage 
from  Virgil ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin 
Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon.  1 860-61,  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first 
for  a  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  from  Shakespeare. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i2th  October,  1861.  Had  to  leave  at  the 
end  of  his  second  term  on  account  of  illness.  Returned  after  an  absence  of 
two,  and  attended  for  seven,  terms,  but  again  fell  into  bad  health,  and  was  obliged 
to  go  abroad  without  taking  his  degree.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical 
Moderations  1863. 

Died  unmarried,  at  Mentone,  3ist  March,   1866. 

WILLIAM  EDWARD  ADDIS.  29*  April,  1862. 

Born  at  Morningside,  Edinburgh,  gth  May,  1844.  Son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Addis  (D.D.  St.  Andrews  1885),  Minister  of  Morningside  in  (i)  the  Church  of 
Scotland,  1841-43,  (2)  the  Free  Church  from  1843  till  his  death  in  July,  1899, 
who,  born  in  London  of  English  parents,  was  brought  to  Scotland  in  childhood. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Merchiston  Castle  School, 
Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1859-60  and 
1860-61.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1859-60,  Latin,  the  Cowan  Gold 
Medal  as  the  best  student,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  in  the  Black  Stone  Examina- 
tion, the  second  Muirhead  Prize,  and  a  Second  Prize  for  Latin  Verse  Com- 
position. 1860-61,  Greek  (Logic  side),  first  Prize;  Greek  (Public,  Senior),  first 
Prize  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition;  Greek,  Cowan  Gold  Medal 
in  Black  Stone  Examination  ;  Latin  Vacation  Work,  Prize  for  the  best  Transla- 
tion into  Latin  Verse  of  a  passage  from  Akenside. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College   i2th  October,  1861,  and  remained  there  till 


1  52  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

1866.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1863,  and  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1865.  Graduated  B.A.  1866,  M.A. 
1891.  Vacated  Exhibition  1867. 

Joined  Roman  Catholic  Church  1866.  At  London  Oratory  1868-78.  Or- 
dained Priest  there  1872.  Parish  Priest  at  Sydenham  1878-88.  Resigned  priest- 
hood 1888,  after  issuing  a  circular  to  his  parishioners  announcing  his  abjuration 
of  Roman  Catholic  doctrines.  Assistant-Minister  to  Rev.  Charles  Strong,  D.D., 
Australian  Church,  Melbourne,  1888-92.  Minister  of  High  Pavement  (commonly 
called  Unitarian)  Chapel,  Nottingham,  since  1892.  Appointed  to  Chair  of  Old 
Testament  Language  and  Literature  in  Manchester  College,  Oxford,  1898.  Fellow 
of  Royal  Irish  University  1882. 

Married,  sth  November,  1888,  at  St.  John's  Parish  Church,  Nottinghill, 
Mary  Rachel  (born  in  London,  24th  February,  1855),  youngest  daughter  of 
Robert  Flood,  Esq.,  Sydenham,  and  has  issue  alive,  Robina  Law  and  Thomas 
Henry  Liddon. 

Publications  :  Catholic  Dictionary  (along  with  T.  Arnold),  1884  ;  Documents 
of  Hexateuch,  2  vols.,  1892-98;  Christianity  and  Roman  Empire,  1893. 

CHARLES  ERSKINE  VERTUE.  29th  April>  l862. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  i4th  April,  1842.  Eighth  son  of  William  Vertue,  Wine 
Merchant  in  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1859-60  and 
1860-61.  Gained  in  1859-60  the  following  Class-Prizes:  Logic  (Middle  Division), 
fifth  for  general  eminence  ;  Senior  Greek  (Logic  side),  third  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  i6th  April,  1861,  removing  to  Balliol 
in  1862  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Modera- 
tions 1863.  Prevented  by  illness  from  competing  for  Honours  in  the  Final 
School.  Graduated  B.A.  1865.  Vacated  Exhibition  1867. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  inner  Temple  1871.  Entered  the  service  of  the 
Education  Department  same  year.  Inspector  of  Returns  under  the  Elementary 
Education  Act  of  ^70  from  3rd  May,  1871,  to  4th  February,  1873.  One  of 
H.M.  Inspectors  of  Schools  from  5th  February,  1873,  to  22nd  October,  1893, 
when  retired  on  account  of  ill-health.  Present  residence,  The  Court,  Grayshott^ 
Hants. 

Married  at  St.  Leonards,  1887,  Ada  Caroline  Hitchcock. 


JAMES  WREN  CARULE.  28th  April> 

Born  at  Birr  (alias  Parsonstown),  King's  County,  Ireland,  2  2nd  August,  1842. 
Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Carlile  (born  at  Paisley,  1784,  D.D.Glasg.  1845), 
Minister  of  Mary's  Abbey  Presbyterian  Congregation,  Dublin,  1813-54,  Missionary 
of  that  Congregation  to  Parsonstown  1839-51,  and  Commissioner  ot  Irish  Board 
of  National  Education  1830-39,  and  who  died  at  Dublin,  3ist  March,  1854. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1858-59, 
1859-60,  1860-61,  and  1862-63.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1859-60, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  153 

Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  second,  and  Middle  Logic,  second,  both  for  general 
eminence.  1 860-61,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  general  eminence;  Private 
Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1861-62.  Received  a 
Certificate  of  Merit  in  the  Second  Class  of  Mathematics ;  the  Tenth  Prize  in  the 
Third  Division  of  Natural  Philosophy;  and  the  Twenty-first  Prize  for  Prose 
Composition  in  the  Class  of  Rhetoric  and  English  Literature. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  October,  1863,  and  remained  there  four 
years.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1865,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1867.  Graduated  B.A.  1868, 
M.A.  1871.  Vacated  Exhibition  1868. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple  roth  June,  1870.  Practised  as  a 
Barrister  and  Solicitor  in  Napier,  New  Zealand,  from  1874  to  1898.  Was  President 
of  Hawkes  Bay  Law  Society,  N.Z.,  1893,  and  Chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Governors  of  High  Schools,  Napier,  1896-97. 

Married,  at  Napier,  25th  February,  1880,  Agnes  Rose,  second  daughter  of 
Samuel  Begg  (native  of  Scotland),  Merchant,  Napier. 

Died  (while  on  a  visit  to  England)  on  Thursday,  2oth  October,  1898,  at  38 
Christchurch  Road,  Streatham  Hill,  London,  S.W.,  the  house  of  his  cousin,  Mrs. 
W.  F.  Hamilton. 

DANIEL  ROSE.  7th  January,  1864. 

Born  at  Cupar-Fife,  24th  February,  1843.  Fifth  son  of  James  Rose,  of  H.M. 
Inland  Revenue,  then  at  Cupar,  afterwards  in  Glasgow,  and  who  died  at  167 
Hospital  Street,  Hutchesontown,  Glasgow,  I2th  April,  1860,  aged  60.  The 
Exhibitioner's  paternal  grandfather  was  probably  Daniel  Rose,  Supervisor  of  Excise, 
Dumbarton,  whose  eldest  daughter,  Mary  Campbell,  married,  at  Dumbarton,  ist 
July,  1834,  James  M'Lintock,  Merchant. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions, 
namely,  1858-59  to  1863-64.  Obtained  in  1859  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  £10, 
tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1858-59,  Junior  Greek 
(Tyrones),  first  for  general  eminence.  1859-60,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  first 
for  general  eminence;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises  (Tyrones  of  1858-59),  first  for 
Exercise  from  Sandford's  Introduction  and  Homeric  and  Attic  Greek,  and  first  for 
Examination  on  subjects  prepared  during  the  Summer.  1860-61,  Senior  Greek, 
the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises  (Provectiores  of  1859-60),  first 
for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  from  Smith's  History  of  Greece,  and  first  for 
Examination  on  subjects  prepared  during  the  summer;  Private  Greek,  first  for 
Voluntary  Examination  on  subjects  read  in  the  Class.  1861-62,  Upper  Junior 
Mathematics,  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises  (Seniors  of 
1 860-61),  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  from  Arnold's  History  of  Rome. 
Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  January,  1864.  Obtained  a  Second-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1865,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1868.  Vacated  Exhibition  1868. 


IS4  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Notwithstanding  a  series  of  extensive  enquiries,  it  has  been  found  impossible 
to  trace  the  Exhibitioner.  He  left  Oxford  without  graduating,  and  is  said  to  have 
been  for  a  time  in  America  or  Australia,  but  afterwards  returned  to  England. 
He  wrote  to  some  of  his  fellow  Exhibitioners  a  few  years  ago,  but  his  present 
whereabouts  is  unknown  to  any  of  them.  If  alive,  he  is  probably  engaged  in 
casual  teaching  or  literary  work. 

ALEXANDER  JAMES   MONTGOMERIE   BELL.  ajth  April,  1864. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  24th  September,  1845.  Son  of  Alexander  Montgomerie 
Bell,  W.S.,  Professor  of  Conveyancing  in  the  University  of  Edinburgh  1856-66, 
and  author  of  Lectures  on  Conveyancing,  who  was  born  at  Paisley,  4th  December, 
1809,  studied  at  Glasgow  University  1822-25,  and  died  igth  January,  1866. 
Professor  Bell's  wife  was  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Hugh  Colquhoun,  Merchant  in 
Glasgow,  and  sister  to  (i)  Hugh  Colquhoun,  M.D.,  of  The  Anchorage,  Bothwell, 
Merchant  in  Glasgow,  well  known  for  promoting  the  interests  of  the  Royal  Botanic 
Gardens  and  other  scientific  objects,  (2)  Archibald  Colquhoun  of  Riddrie  Park,  who 
in  1873  founded  the  "Colquhoun  Trust"  for  persons  suffering  from  incurable 
disease  in  Glasgow  and  neighbourhood.  Mrs.  Bell  was  also  a  grandniece  of 
Thomas  Thomson,  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  University  of 
Glasgow  1818-52,  and  granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Gourlay,  Minister  of  the 
Parish  of  Balfron. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions, 
namely,  1861-62  to  1863-64.  Gained  the  following  Class- Prizes :  1861-62,  Senior 
Greek,  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Composition;  Senior  Latin,  second  for 
general  eminence ;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first  for  Latin  Verse 
Composition.  1862-63,  Senior  Greek,  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Vacation 
Work,  namely,  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  from  Arnold ;  Private  Greek,  first 
for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics,  and  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on  subjects 
read  in  class;  Latin  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  of 
certain  passages  from  Milton  and  Burns.  1863-64,  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Work, 
first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Hexameters  of  a  passage  from  Virgil,  and  first 
for  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  of  a  passage  from  Shakespeare. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  October,  1864,  and  remained  there 
till  1869.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1866,  Gaisford  Prize 
for  Greek  Verse  1867,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1868.  Graduated  B.A.  1869,  M.A.  1871.  Vacated  Exhibition 
1869. 

Has  followed  the  teaching  profession,  and  acts  as  occasional  Examiner  to 
Civil  Service  Commission.  Master  at  Marlborough  College  1869-70.  Master  at 
Fettes  College,  Edinburgh,  1870-75.  Lecturer  in  Classics  at  St.  John's  College, 
Oxford,  1876-77.  Classical  Moderator  in  Pass  School  1876-77.  Private  Tutor 
at  Limpsfield,  Surrey,  1877-90.  Private  Tutor  in  Oxford  since  1890.  Was 
Examiner  in  Classics  for  Preliminary  Examinations  in  University  of  Glasgow 
l893-97.  an<l  Member  of  Joint  Board  1893-96.  President  of  Oxford  Natural 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


155 


History  Society  1898-99.  Fellow  of  the  Geological  Society  (F.G.S.)  nth  May, 
1899. 

Married,  April,  1875,  at  St.  John's  Church,  Edinburgh,  Anna  Mary,  daughter  of 
William  Robert  Rayne,  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  and  has  issue  surviving,  Mary 
Montgomerie,  William  Montgomerie,  Archibald  Colquhoun,  Evelyn  Leighton ; 
issue  deceased,  Eliott  Montgomerie,  Margaret  Colquhoun. 

Publications:  Selections  from  Burns,  Revington,  1876;  Greek  Reader, 
Clarendon  Press ;  Caesar  E.G.,  Book  I.,  Williams  and  Norgate ;  Early  Stone 
Age  in  Surrey,  1888.  Is  perhaps  best  known  as  a  writer  on  the  Prehistoric 
Times  of  human  history,  on  which  he  has  read  papers  at  the  British  Association, 
1890-1896,  and  written  in  various  journals — Anthropological  Society  1894,  Antiquary 
1884,  1894,  Longmans'  1898,  besides  other  publications  and  frequent  lectures 
in  Oxford  and  elsewhere. 

ANDREW  LANG.  25th  April,  1864. 

Born  at  Selkirk,  315!  March,  1844.  Eldest  son  of  John  Lang  of  Overwells, 
Roxburghshire,  Sheriff  Clerk  of  the  County  of  Selkirk,  by  his  marriage  with  Jane 
Plenderleath,  sister  of  William  Young  Sellar,  Exhibitioner  of  1842  (q.v.). 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  during  Sessions  1861-62  and  1862- 
63.  Obtained,  in  1861-62,  second  rank  in  Logic,  and  first  rank  in  Second  Greek, 
Greek  Prose,  and  Second  Humanity;  in  1862-63,  Honours  rank  in  Moral  Philo- 
sophy and  Political  Economy,  first  rank  in  Third  Greek,  and  second  rank  in  Third 
Humanity.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  from  St.  Andrews  in  1885, 
and  was  appointed  its  first  Gifford  Lecturer,  1888-90. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1863-64.  Obtained 
the  third  prize  on  the  Logic  side  of  the  Senior  Greek  Class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  January,  1865.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1866,  and  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1868.  Graduated  B.A.  1869,  M.A.  1875.  Vacated  Exhibition  on 
election  in  1868  to  a  Fellowship  of  Merton  College,  which  latter  he  retained  till 
1876.  Held  also  the  Graves  and  Jenkyns  Exhibition  at  Balliol. 

Devoted  himself  from  early  manhood  to  literary  pursuits,  and  has  proved 
one  of  the  most  pleasing  and  prolific  writers,  both  in  prose  and  verse,  of  his 
time.  Vide  "  Published  Writings  "  (infra). 

Married,  on  i3th  April,  1875,  at  Clifton  (by  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Alleyne,  uncle 
of  the  bride),  Leonora  Blanche,  youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Charles  T.  Alleyne, 
Esq.,  of  Clifton,  and  of  Porters  in  the  Island  of  Barbadoes. 

Residences :    i  Marloes  Road,  London,  W.,  and  The  Club,  St.  Andrews. 

Published  Writings:  Ballads  and  Lyrics  of  Old  France,  1872;  Oxford:  Brief 
Historical  and  Descriptive  Notes,  1879;  Ballades  in  Blue  China,  1880;  Helen  of 
Troy,  1882;  Custom  and  Myth,  1884;  Ballades  and  Verses  Vain,  1884;  Rhymes 
a  la  Mode,  1884;  Princess  Nobody,  1884;  Books  and  Bookmen,  1886;  In  the 
Wrong  Paradise,  1886;  Letters  to  Dead  Authors,  1886;  The  Mark  of  Cain,  1886; 


'56  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


n,»     ,  nd  Religi°n'   l88^  Grass  of  Parnassus, 

Ballads  of  Books,   1888;  Gold  of  Fairnilee,   1888;   Blue  Fairy  Tale  Book 
.889;   Letters  on   Literature,  1889;   Lost   Leaders,    l889;    Prince   Prigio,    ,889! 
Fairy  Tale  Book,  1890;  Life,  Letters,  and  Diaries  of  Sir  Stafford  Northcote 
How  to  Fail  in  Literature,   !89o;  Old  Friends,   l89o;   Blue  Poetry  Book, 
189       Anglmg  Sketches,  189!  ;  Essays  in  Little,  1891  ;  Green  Fairy  Book,   r892  ; 
The  L.brary  ,1892;  Prmce  Ricardo  of  Pantouflia,  ,893;  True  Story  Book,  ,893 
Homer  and  the  Epic,   1893;  St.  Andrews,   !893  ;  Yellow  Fairy  Book,  1894;  Ban 
et  Arnere  Ban    ,894;    Cock  Lane  and   Common  Sense,   x894;    My  Own  Fairy 
189S;   L'fe  and  Letters  of  John  Gibson  Lockhart)  p  ^        / 

1897  ;    The  Book  of  Dreams  and  Ghosts,   1897  ;    The  Pink  Fairy  Book,    1897 
Translation  of  Odyssey  (with   Professor  Butcher);    of  Iliad  (with  Mr.   Myers  and 

"  > 


Reon       8  8h  ;        e      a°S  o 

Th    ?9  L       ,  C°mpani0nS  Of  Pickle'    I898;    History  of  Scotland,    ,900; 
Prmce  Charles  Edward,  i9oo. 

SIR  HENRY  CRAIK. 

2Sth  April,  1865. 

m  ^  T  A'  ?     g°W>  'I*  °Ct0ber>  l846'     F°Urth  S°n  Of  the  Rev"  Jam«  Craik 
St.  Andrews  l844),  Parish  Minister  of  Scone,  ,832-43,  and  of  St.  George's 
asgow,  from  ,  84  3  ull   his   death   in    l87o.      D,    Craik   was   Moderator   of  the 
eneral    Assembly   m    l863.      His   father   was   the   Rev.    William   Craik,    Parish 
Schoolmas  er   of  Kennoway,    Fife,   whose   other   sons   were   Professor   G  orge  L 
Cra,k    author  of  H.story  of  English  Literature,  and  the  Re,  H.  Craik  of  Bristol' 

Glasgot'  nCr    rCCeiVed    hiS    ^^    edUCati°n    at    the    Hi8h    Sch°ol    of 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,   namely, 


first  for  exammation   on    subjects    prepared   during  summe   /Senior   Latin 
for  general  emznence,  and  first  for  Written  Examination;    Private  Lt    seco 
Mu,rhead  Prize;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  Cowan  Gold   MedaLx  86    64 

G°rfl  S:dsiLTdlf  Dlvlsioni'  fifth  for  general  e™;  SJ«£ 

Greek  (Log.c  side),   first  for  general   eminence;   Greek   Vacation   Exercises    first 
for   Translation   mto   Greek   Prose   from   Schmitz'   History    of   Greece      5   fir 

^7^:-  °n/UbJeCtPrePared   ^  "'    ^vateS,   first  t 
oluntary  Exammat.on.      X864-6S,  Private  Greek,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek 
Iambics.   _  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1884. 

Matnculated  at  Balliol  College  z6th  October,  ,865,  and  remained   there   till 
Gained  an  open  Scholarship   l866.      Obtained   a    First-Class  in   Classic! 
Moderations  l867,  a  Second-Class   in   the   Final   School    of  Literae   Hu. 

MA9'  %,*  vIStf  ^F1;-?6  Fbal  ""^  Sch°01  I86^'     Gradu'ed  BAT8 
IVI.A.   i»»2.     Vacated  Exhibition  1870, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  157 

Examiner  in  Education  Department,  London,  1870-78.  Senior  Examiner 
1878-85.  Secretary  to  Scotch  Education  Department  since  1885.  Examiner  in 
London  University  1884-89. 

Created  C.B.   1887,  K.C.B.   1897. 

Married,  1873,  Fanny  Esther,  daughter  of  Charles  Duffield,  Esq.,  of  Man- 
chester. Issue:  three  sons  (i)  George  Lillie  (born  1874),  educated  at  Eton  and 
New  College,  Oxford,  Student  of  Law,  (2)  Henry  Duffield  (born  1876),  educated 
at  Eton  and  Pembroke  College,  Oxford,  Indian  Civil  Service,  (3)  John  Gordon 
Edgeworth  (born  1878),  educated  at  Eton  and  Merton  College,  Oxford. 

Published  Writings  :  Life  of  Swift,  1882  ;  The  State  and  Education,  1883  ; 
Selections  from  Swift,  1893;  English  Prose  Selections,  1892-96. 

GEORGE  TODD.  zjth  April,   1865. 

Born  at  Greenock,  sth  August,  1844.  Third  son  of  John  Todd,  Cooper 
in  Greenock. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Greenock  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1 860-61  to 
1863-64.  Gained  in  1860  a  Patrick  Bursary  of  .£100,  tenable  for  two  years. 
Obtained  in  1861-62  the  First  Prize  in  the  Logic  side  of  the  Senior  Greek 
Class. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1864-65. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1865,  and  remained  there  till 
1870.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1867,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1869.  Graduated  B.A.  1870, 
M.A.  1877.  Vacated  Exhibition  1870. 

Is  a  Civil  Servant.  Principal  of  Colombo  Academy  (now  Royal  College), 
Colombo,  Ceylon,  1871-78,  and  for  a  time  (1875)  Director  of  Public  Instruction, 
Ceylon.  Examiner,  Scotch  Education  Department,  Dover  House,  Whitehall, 
London,  1878-99.  Assistant  Secretary  and  Senior  Examiner  since  1899. 

Married  Emily  Mary,  younger  daughter  of  the  late  J.  H.  Ellerman,  Hanoverian 
Consul  at  Hull.  Issue:  two  daughters  and  two  sons. 

ADAM  RANKINE.  28th  April,  1866. 

Born  at  Liverpool,  i3th  November,  1846.  Only  son  of  John  Rankine, 
Merchant  in  Liverpool,  who  was  born  at  Dumfries. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1862-63, 
1864-65,  and  1865-66.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1864-65,  Senior  Greek, 
first  (on  Greek  side)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Greek  Verse  and  Prose 
Composition;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination  on  subjects  read 
in  the  Class;  Private  Latin,  second  for  Latin  Verse  Composition. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1863-64.  Carried  off 
the  First  Prize  (Medal)  in  Senior  Latin,  and  the  seventh  for  general  excellence 
in  Second  Greek  Class. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1866,  and  remained  there  five 


,58  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

years.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1868,  and  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1870.  Graduated  B.A.  1871. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1871. 

Entered  Education  Department  I7th  May,  1871,  and  is  Inspector  of  Training 
Colleges,  for  the  Department,  in  England  and  Wales. 

Married  (i)  at  London,  1873,  Carolina  (who  died  1878),  daughter  of  Gottlob 
Haagar,  Ohringen,  Wiirtemberg — no  issue — a  stepson,  Charles  Henry  Rankine 
(M.A.Glasg.  1888),  is  Sub-Inspector  of  Schools,  Scotch  Education  Department, 
(2)  at  London,  1880,  Louisa,  daughter  of  John  Lawson,  Artist,  London.  Issue : 
John  L.,  born  i6th  June,  1881 ;  Roger  A.,  born  24th  November,  1885  ;  Adam  D., 
born  1895,  died  1898. 

FAVOUR  JAMES  GREG.  2ist  June,  1866. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  ist  March,  1846.  Only  son  of  John  Greg,  Merchant  in 
Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1861-62  to 
1865-66.  Obtained  in  1862  a  Forfar  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years. 
Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes,  etc.  :  1861-62,  Junior  Latin,  second 
for  general  eminence.  1862-63,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  ninth  for  general 
eminence ;  Senior  Latin  (second  year  students),  second  for  general  eminence ;  Latin 
Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  examination  on  certain  Latin  Authors  prepared  during 
the  summer.  1863-64,  Logic  (Middle  Division),  second  for  general  eminence; 
Private  Latin,  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition.  1864-65,  Senior  Moral  Philo- 
sophy, sixth  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Written  Examinations ;  Junior  English 
Literature,  first  for  general  eminence.  1865-66,  Senior  Greek  (Greek  side),  second 
for  general  eminence ;  The  University  Silver  Medal  for  the  best  Essay  on  "  Desire 
and  Will,  their  Characteristics  and  Relations."  Graduated  M.A.  1869,  with  First- 
Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Entered  the  Theological  Hall  of  the  U.P.  Church  in  1865,  with  a  view  to 
the  Ministry  of  that  denomination. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1866.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1868. 

Died  suddenly  at  Oxford,  2znd  May,  1870. 

WILLIAM  METHVEN  GORDON  DUCAT.  2;th  April,   1867. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  i7th  March,  1847.  Third  son  of  James  Stewart  Ducat, 
W.S.,  Edinburgh  (son  of  Charles  Ducat  of  Fullerton),  by  his  marriage  with 
Catherine,  daughter  of  James  Steele,  Surgeon,  52nd  Regiment.  The  date  of  Mr. 
J.  S.  Ducat's  admission  as  a  W.S.  was  i8th  November,  1830,  and  he  died, 
aged  50,  on  joth  April,  1853,  when  the  Exhibitioner  was  six  years  of  age.  The 
Exhibitioner's  youngest  brother,  James,  died  at  48  Great  King  Street,  Edinburgh, 
4th  March,  1839,  and  his  eldest  brother,  Charles,  was  accidentally  drowned  at  sea, 
near  Calcutta,  23rd  February,  1860. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at -the  University  of  Glasgow  during  two  Sessions, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


159 


namely,  1865-66  and  1866-67.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1865-66,  Senior 
Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Greek  Verse  and  Prose  Composition  ; 
Senior  Latin,  second  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  Latin  Prose  Com- 
position. 1866-67,  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon.  Obtained  in  1866  the  Forfar  Bursary  of 
£20,  tenable  for  four  years,  but  must  have  resigned  it  in  1867  on  appointment 
to  Snell. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2ist  October,  1867,  and  remained  there  till 
1871.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1869,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1871.  Graduated  B.A.  1872, 
M.A.  1874.  Vacated  Exhibition  1871. 

Clerk  in  Holy  Orders  :  Deacon  1873,  Priest  1874.  Assistant  Curate  of  All 
Souls  Church,  Langham  Place,  London,  1873-76.  Chaplain  of  Theological 
College,  Cuddesdon,  Oxon.,  1876-77.  Rector  of  Lamplugh,  Cumberland,  1877-80. 
Principal  of  Clergy  School  (Theological  College),  Leeds,  and  Lecturer  of  Parish 
Church  of  Leeds,  1880-83.  Principal  of  Theological  College,  Cuddesdon,  and 
Vicar  of  Cuddesdon,  1883-94.  Rural  Dean  of  Cuddesdon  1890-94.  Rector  of 
St.  Giles,  Reading,  since  1895.  Honorary  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
1895. 

Married,  7th  May,  1878,  at  All  Souls,  Langham  Place,  London,  Fanny 
Marian,  eldest  daughter  of  Alexander  Allan  Webbe,  Esq. 

ALLAN  ROBERTSON  MURRAY.  2;th  April,  1867. 

Born  at  Greenock,  23rd  March,  1843.  Only  son  of  Robert  Murray,  Merchant 
in  Greenock,  by  his  marriage  with  Elizabeth  Stevenson. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  eight  Sessions,  namely,  1858-59  to 
1865-66.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes,  etc.:  1858-59,  Junior 
Greek  (Provectiores),  first  for  general  eminence ;  Junior  Latin,  third  for  general 
eminence.  1859-60,  Senior  Greek,  The  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal ;  Greek  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  from  Schmitz'  History  of 
Greece.  1863-64,  The  John  Adam  Bursary  of  ,£15,  tenable  for  four  years;  The 
Rae-Wilson  Gold  Medal  for  the  best  Essay  on  "The  Ethics  of  Christianity"; 
Junior  Divinity,  third  for  general  eminence.  1864-65,  The  Henderson  Prize  of 
Twenty  Guineas  for  the  best  Essay  on  "  The  Adaptation  of  the  Sabbath  to  the 
social  well-being  of  Men,  and  especially  of  the  Working  Classes ";  Senior 
Divinity,  third  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Written  Examinations ;  Junior 
Church  History,  first  for  the  best  Essays,  and  first  for  the  best  Examinations  ; 
Biblical  Criticism,  third  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1867. 

Matriculated  at  Merton  College,  Oxford,  i6th  October,  1866,  removing  to 
Balliol  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of 
Literae  Humaniores  1869.  Graduated  B.A.  1870.  Vacated  Exhibition  1872. 

Intended  for  the  Ministry. 

Died  at  Gartnavel,  Glasgow,  of  phthisis   pulmonalis,   ist  June,   1878. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

JOHN  ASHTON  CROSS.  ist  May,  1868. 

Born  in  Indiana  County,  Pennsylvania,  U.S.,  America,  2Oth  May,  1845. 
Only  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Cross  (who  was  born  in  Paisley,  Renfrewshire), 
Clergyman  at  Middletown,  Pennsylvania. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  eight  Sessions,  namely,  1 860-61  to 
1867-68.  Obtained  in  1860  a  Patrick  Bursary  of  .£50,  tenable  for  two  years, 
candidates  for  which  "must  have  gone  through  a  course  of  education  at  some 
one  of  the  Public  Schools  in  the  county  of  Renfrew  where  a  regular  course  of 
Classical  Study  is  pursued."  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1860-61, 
Junior  Latin,  third  for  general  eminence.  1861-62,  Senior  Latin,  The  Cowan 
Gold  Medal ;  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize  ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises, 
second  for  an  Examination  on  certain  Latin  Authors,  first  for  an  Examination  on 
Roman  Antiquities,  and  first  for  an  Examination  on  Roman  History.  1862-63, 
Logic  (Middle  Division),  second  for  general  eminence;  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the 
best  Translation  into  English  Verse  of  certain  Odes  of  Horace.  1863-64,  Junior 
Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence.  1864-65,  Natural  Philosophy, 
ninth  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  Experimental  Investigations,  in  the 
Laboratory  of  the  Class,  on  Elasticity  of  Metals.  1865-66,  first  winner  of  the 
Luke  Historical  Prize  of  ^15  for  an  Examination  on  Ancient  Greek  and  Roman 
History.  1866-67,  Senior  Greek,  The  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal ;  The  Sandford  (Greek) 
Scholarship  of  ^19,  tenable  for  two  years.  Carried  off  in  1870  the  Ferguson 
(Classical)  Scholarship  of  ^80,  tenable  for  two  years,  open  to  graduates  of  all 
the  four  Scottish  Universities.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1870,  with  First-Class  Honours 
in  Classics  and  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  October,  1868.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1870,  and  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Litcrae 
Humaniores  1871.  Graduated  B.A.  1872. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple  7th  June,  1875.  Practises  in  London 
and  on  the  Oxford  Circuit. 

Published  Writings:  Hunter's  Roman  Law,   1876;  Law  of  Patents. 

COLIN  RITCHIE  MACCLYMONT.  ist  May,  1868. 

Born  at  Stranraer,  Wigtownshire,  8th  December,  1843.  Third  son  of  Alex- 
ander MacClymont,  Tanner  and  Leather  Merchant  in  Stranraer,  by  his  marriage 
with  Elizabeth  Gavine  Ritchie.  The  Exhibitioner  had  three  brothers  and  one 
sister.  Alexander  died  in  childhood.  James,  a  young  man  of  great  promise,  was 
in  the  service  of  the  Oriental  Bank,  and  died  at  Calcutta  in  1869,  aged  27. 
Archibald,  for  many  years  with  Messrs.  Jardine,  Mathieson  &  Co.,  Hong  Kong, 
died  at  London  in  1889,  aged  43.  The  sister,  Helen,  is  wife  of  the  Rev.  William 
Muirhead,  M.A.,  Minister  of  the  West  U.P.  Church,  Stranraer. 

The  Exhibitioner  never  attended  any  public  school.     Was  educated  by  his  father. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1862-63  to 
1867-68.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes :  1862-63,  Junior  Latin,  second  for 


THE   FOUNDATIONERS  !6i 

general  eminence.  1863-64,  Senior  Latin,  The  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Private 
Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Examination  on 
a  portion  of  Roman  History.  1865-66,  Scots  Law,  first  for  general  eminence, 
and  the  Prize  given  by  the  Faculty  of  Procurators  for  the  best  Essay  on  a  given 
Legal  Subject.  1866-67,  Senior  Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  general  eminence, 
and  second  for  Written  Examinations ;  English  Literature,  first  for  general  emin- 
ence, and  second  for  voluntary  Written  Examination.  1867-68,  Moral  Philosophy 
Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  the  best  Essay  on  the  Philosophy  of  Spinoza ; 
English  Literature,  first  for  Vacation  Essay.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1871,  with  First- 
Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  October,  1868,  and  remained  there  till 
1873.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1870,  a  Second-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1872,  and  a  Second-Class  B.C.L.  1873. 
Graduated  B.A.  1873.  Vacated  Exhibition  1873. 

Studied  Law  for  one  Session  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Inner  Temple  1873.  Practised  in  London  and  on 
the  North-Eastern  Circuit. 

Married,  at  Stranraer,  25th  November,  1873,  Charlotte  Gumming  (who 
survives),  daughter  of  the  late  William  Kerr.  Issue :  Charlotte  E.  Ritchie,  Helen 
Ritchie,  Colin  Alexander,  Archibald  John. 

Died,  4th  May.  1889,  of  acute  pneumonia,  at  55  St.  James's  Square,  Netting 
Hill,  London.  Buried  in  Paddington  Cemetery. 

JOHN  MACMILLAN  BROWN.  3<3th  April,  1869. 

Born  at  Irvine,  Ayrshire,  5th  May,  1846.  Third  son  of  James  Brown,  Ship, 
master,  to  which  calling  (chiefly  in  whaling  and  foreign  trade)  his  ancestors  for 
many  generations  belonged. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Irvine  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1864-65, 
1866-67,  1867-68,  and  1868-69.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes: 
1864-65,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  second,  and  Junior  Latin,  third,  for  general 
eminence.  1866-67,  Senior  English  Literature,  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  Verses  on  "The  Restoration  of  Venice";  Senior  Greek  (Greek 
side),  second  for  general  eminence.  1867-68,  Senior  Mathematics,  third  for 
general  eminence,  and  third  for  Written  Examinations;  Senior  Moral  Philosophy, 
third  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Written  Examinations ;  English  Literature, 
first  for  Vacation  Essay.  1868-69,  Natural  Philosophy,  twelfth  for  general 
eminence;  a  Coulter  Prize  of  £,2  los.  for  the  best  Essay  on  "The  Characteristics 
of  the  so-called  Augustan  Age  of  Literature."  1869-70,  the  Rector's  (Lord 
Stanley's)  Prize  of  ^35  for  the  best  Essay  on  Democracy.  1870-71,  the  Rector's 
(Lord  Stanley's)  Prize  of  .£35  for  the  best  Critical  Essay  on  "The  Poetry  of 
Wordsworth,  Tennyson,  and  Browning."  (N.B. — The  last  two  Prizes  were  open 
to  former  students.)  Graduated  M.A.  1872,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental 
Philosophy. 


1 62  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1865-66,  taking  the 
Classes  of  Senior  Latin,  Senior  Greek,  and  Logic. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2ist  October,  1869.  Obtained  a  Second-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1871,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1873,  but  was  prevented  by  ill-health  from  completing  his  course  and 
proceeding  to  graduation. 

Professor  in  Canterbury  College,  Christchurch,  New  Zealand,  of  (i)  Classics 
and  English,  1874-79,  (2)  English  Language,  Literature,  and  History,  1879-95, 
when  retired  owing  to  a  serious  breakdown  in  his  health.  Still  resident  in 
Christchurch. 

Was  a  Member  of  the  Royal  Commission  appointed  in  1879  to  investigate 
the  state  of  Higher  Education  in  New  Zealand,  and  for  some  years  Examiner  of 
Teachers  in  English  and  History  for  the  Government  Education  Department. 
Has  assisted  in  the  conduct  of  annual  examinations  in  several  of  the  Secondary 
Schools  of  the  Colony,  and  acted  as  Examiner  in  Matriculation  and  Junior 
Scholarships  Examinations  for  the  University  of  New  Zealand,  of  which  he  has 
been  since  1879  a  Fellow  and  Member  of  Senate.  Was  one  of  the  founders,  in 
1875,  of  the  short-lived  New  Zealand  Magazine. 

Married,  in  1886,  Miss  Helen  Connon,  M.A.,  one  of  the  first  female 
graduates  in  Her  Majesty's  dominions,  who  occupied  for  twelve  years  the  position 
of  Lady  Principal  of  the  Girls'  High  School,  Christchurch.  Issue,  two  daughters. 

Published  Writings :  Several  volumes  of  Lectures ;  Student  Life  and  the 
fallacies  that  beset  it,  An  Inaugural  Address,  1881 ;  A  Manual  of  English  Litera- 
ture of  the  Eighteenth  and  Nineteenth  Centuries,  1894. 

THOMAS  ROWLAND  WYER.  3oth  April,  1869. 

Born  at  Peebles,  24th  October,  1850.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Rowland  Wyer  (A.B.Cantab.  1842,  A.M.  1846),  Episcopal  Clergyman  at  Peebles, 
by  his  marriage  with  Jane  (who  died  zoth  January,  1900,  aged  90),  daughter  of 
the  Right  Rev.  Michael  Russell  (M.A.Glas.  1806,  LL.D.Glas.  1820,  D.C.L.Oxon. 
1841),  Bishop  of  Glasgow  and  Galloway. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1865-66  to 
1868-69.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes :  1865-66,  Senior  Latin,  third 
(among  first  year  students)  for  general  eminence,  and  third  for  a  comprehensive 
written  examination.  1866-67,  Senior  Greek  (Greek  side),  third  for  general 
eminence;  Senior  Latin,  first  (among  second  year  students)  for  general  eminence, 
first  for  a  comprehensive  written  examination,  and  second  for  voluntary  exercises 
in  Latin  Prose  Composition;  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1867-68,  Private 
Greek,  first  for  Composition  of  Greek  Iambics ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination, 
the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1868-69,  Private  Greek,  first  for  voluntary  examinations; 
Greek,  the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  ^19,  tenable  for  two  years. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2ist  October,  1869,  and  remained  there  till 
1873.  Gained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1871.  Graduated  B.A. 
1873.  Vacated  Exhibition  1874. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  163 

Entered  the  Indian  Civil  Service  1871,  and  was  soon  afterwards  appointed 
to  N.AV.  Provinces  and  Oudh.  Arrived  2oth  October,  1873,  and  served  in  the 
N.W.  Provinces  as  Assistant  Magistrate  and  Collector  and  Assistant  Settlement 
Officer;  Assistant  Commissioner,  November,  1884;  Joint  Magistrate,  March,  1888; 
Settlement  Officer  in  addition,  March,  1890;  Deputy  Commissioner,  November, 
1890;  District  and  Sessions  Judge,  December,  1891;  Magistrate  and  Collector, 
May,  1894. 

ALEXANDER  ROBERTSON  MACEWEN.  291(1  April,  1870. 

Born  in  Howard  Place,  Edinburgh,  i4th  May,  1851.  Only  son  of  the  Rev. 
Alexander  MacEwen  (M.A.Glas.  1841,  D.D.  1864),  Minister  of  the  Secession 
Church,  Helensburgh,  afterwards  of  Claremont  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Glasgow 
(son  of  the  Rev.  William  MacEwen,  Secession  Minister  of  Howgate),  who  in  1846 
married  his  cousin  Eliza,  daughter  of  Alexander  Robertson,  Esq.,  Manufacturer 
in  Dunfermline.  The  Exhibitioner  is  uncle  of  George  Hope  Stevenson,  Exhibi- 
tioner of  1900  (q.v.). 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1866-67 
to  1869-70.  Was  awarded  in  1867  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  ^10,  tenable 
for  four  years,  which  he  would  vacate  in  1870  on  appointment  to  Snell. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc. :  1866-67,  Senior  Latin,  fourth  for  general 
eminence,  and  second  for  Voluntary  Exercises  in  Latin  Prose  Composition. 
1867-68,  Senior  Greek,  second  (on  Greek  side)  for  general  eminence,  and  first 
for  Examination  on  subjects  prepared  during  summer;  Senior  Latin,  first 
(among  second  year  students)  for  general  eminence,  first  for  an  extensive 
Written  Examination,  and  second  for  Latin  Prose  Composition ;  Private  Latin, 
first  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Written  Examination 
on  subjects  prepared  during  summer.  1868-69,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  third 
for  general  eminence  in  the  noon  section  of  the  class,  and  sixth  place  for  Written 
Examinations  in  both  sections;  Junior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence,  and 
Honourable  Mention  for  Preparatory  Summer  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately ; 
Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Weekly  Exercises  in  Greek 
Prose  and  Verse  Composition.  1869-70,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for 
general  eminence,  and  first  for  Written  Examinations ;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises, 
first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Gibbon.  Acted  as 
Deputy  for  Professor  Lushington  (Greek)  1874-75,  as  Assistant  to  Professor 
Ramsay  (Latin)  1875-77,  as  Deputy  for  Professor  Jebb  (Greek)  1877-78,  and 
as  Examiner  in  Classics  for  M.A.  Degree  1881-84.  Graduated  B.D.  1880,  and 
received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  D.D.  in  1892. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  October,  1870,  and  remained  there 
till  1874.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1872,  and  a 
Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1874.  Graduated  B.A. 
1874,  M.A.  1877.  Gained  the  Arnold  Historical  Prize  in  1877,  and/m*.  access. 
for  Ellerton  Theological  Prize.  Vacated  Exhibition  1875. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Gottingen  1876. 


1  64  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Entered  the  ministry  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  ordained 
in  1880  to  the  charge  of  Moffat.  Translated  in  1886  to  Anderston,  Glasgow, 
and  in  1889  to  his  present  charge  (formerly  his  father's),  Claremont,  Glasgow. 

Was  Chairman  of  Moffat  School  Board  1882-87,  Member  of  Glasgow  School 
Board  1891-94.  Has  been  a  Governor  of  Hutchesons'  Educational  Trust  since 
1894,  and  is  a  member  of  several  other  charitable  and  educational  bodies. 

Married  in  1885,  at  Moffat,  M.  J.  Begg,  daughter  of  R.  H.  Begg,  Esq., 
Holm  Park,  Moffat.  Issue:  Eliza,  born  1890,  Alexander,  born  1894,  and 
Robert,  born  1898. 

Published  Writings:  Memoir  of  Alexander  MacEwen,  1877;  The  Origin  and 
Growth  of  the  Roman  Satiric  Poetry,  1877;  Editor  of  Lectures  of  Professor  John 
Ker,  1888;  Life  and  Letters  of  Principal  Cairns,  1895;  Lives  of  the  Erskines, 
1899;  Miscellaneous  Articles  in  Reviews  and  Magazines. 


WILLIAM  WARDLAW  WADDELL.  29th  April> 

Born  at  Girvan,  Ayrshire,  25th  March,  1848.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  Peter 
Hately  Waddell  (son  of  James  Waddell  of  Balquhatston,  Stirlingshire),  and  Helen 
Halcro  Wardlaw  (niece  of  the  Rev.  Ralph  Wardlaw,  D.D.,  of  the  Congregational 
Church),  descended  from  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Erskine  through  his  grand-daughter, 
Ann  Fisher.  Mr.  Hately  Waddell  (1817-91)  was  Minister  of  (i)  the  Free  Church 
at  Rhynie,  (2)  the  Free  Church  at  Girvan,  (3)  an  independent  congregation 
there,  founded  by  himself,  (4)  a  similar  congregation  in  Glasgow,  meeting  in  (a) 
the  City  Hall,  (b)  a  church  in  East  Howard  Street,  (c)  the  Trades  Hall,  (<t)  the 
same  congregation,  meeting  in  the  same  place,  but  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland. 

The   Exhibitioner  studied   at   the   University  of   Glasgow  for   eight  Sessions, 

namely,   1862-63   to    1869-70.     Obtained   the   following   Class   and   other   Prizes! 

1862-63,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  fourth,  and  Junior  Latin,  seventeenth,  both  for 

general  eminence.     1864-65,  Junior  Greek  (Tyrones),  fifth  for  general  eminence; 

Private    Latin,   first    Muirhead    Prize,   and   first   for    Latin   Verse    Composition; 

Latin  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Verse  of  passages  from 

Milton     and    Wordsworth.       1865-66,    Junior    Greek    (Provectiores),    second    for 

general   eminence;    Greek   Vacation   Exercises   (Tyrones   of  1864-65),   first  for  a 

portion  of  Musgrave  Wilkins'  Elementary  Greek  Exercises.     1866-67,  Senior  Logic, 

fifth  for  general  eminence;    Greek  Vacation  Exercises  (Provectiores  of   1865-66)' 

first    for    Translation    into    Greek    Prose   of  a   passage  from   Smith's   History   of 

Greece.      1867-68,    a   Coulter    Prize   of  £2    ios.  for   the   best   Translation   into 

The  Dialogue  of  Tacitus  de  Oratoribus  »  ;    Bracketed  for  the  Luke 

stoncal    Prize   for  an    Examination    in   Ancient    Greek   and    Roman    History 

1868-69,    Natural   Philosophy,  eighth,  and  Junior  English   Literature,  third,  both 

for  general   eminence.     1869-70,  Private   Greek,   first   for   Composition   of  Greek 

Iambics.      Graduated    M.A.    1871.      Gained   in    1872    the    Ferguson    (Classical) 

•cholarship    of   ^80    for    two    years,    open    to    students     of    all    the    Scottish 

Universities, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  165 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  xyth  October,  1870,  and  remained  there 
till  1874.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1872,  the  Gaisford 
Prize  for  Greek  Prose  1873,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1874.  Graduated  B.A.  1874,  M.A.  1890.  Vacated  Exhibition 

1875. 

One    of    Her    Majesty's    Inspectors   of    Schools.      Stationed    at    Edinburgh 

1875-84,  and  at  Stirling  since  1884. 

Published  Writings  :  Gaisford  (keek  Prose  Essay  (ut  supra),  "  Siege  of  London- 
derry," 1873  ;  Versions  and  Imitations  in  Greek  and  Latin,  1890  ;  The  Parmenides 
of  Plato,  1894. 

WILLIAM  BATHGATE.  25th  April,  1871. 

Born   at   Ayr,    3ist    October,    1848.      Son   of   the    Rev.    William    Bathgate 

(1820-79),    Minister   of  the   Congregational    Church   at   (i)  Stane,   (2)  Bridgeton, 

Glasgow,  (3)  Ayr,  (4)  Forres,  and  of  the  Evangelical  Union  Church  at  (i)  Forres, 

(2)  Kilmarnock. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1866-67  to 
1870-71.  Gained  in  1866  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  .£10,  tenable  for  four  years, 
but  vacated  it  in  1867  on  obtaining  a  Forfar  Bursary  of  .£20,  tenable  for  a  like 
period.  Was  awarded  in  1870  the  Sandford  Greek  Scholarship  of  ^19,  tenable 
for  two  years.  Carried  off  the  following  Class-Prizes :  1866-67,  Junior  Greek 
(Provectiores),  first  for  general  eminence;  Junior  Latin,  first  for  general  eminence, 
and  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition.  1867-68,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold 
Medal;  Senior  Latin,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal  as  the  best  student,  the  Cowan 
Gold  Medal  in  the  Black  Stone  Examination,  second  for  Written  Examination  on 
all  the  subjects  read  in  the  class,  with  some  additional  books,  and  first  for  Latin 
Prose  Composition;  Private  Latin,  fourth  Muirhead  Prize.  1868-69,  Senior  Logic, 
second  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Preparatory  Summer  Reading  in  Reid 
and  Whately ;  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  of  a 
passage  from  Niebuhr ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ; 
Latin  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from 
Merivale's  Rome.  1869-70,  Senior  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence, 
first  for  Written  Examinations,  and  first  for  Examination  (Vacation  Work)  on 
Terrier's  Lectures  on  Greek  Philosophy;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary 
Examination  on  subjects  read  in  the  class.  1870-71,  Natural  Philosophy,  fifth  for 
general  eminence;  Senior  English  Literature,  fifth.  Graduated  M.A.  1873,  with 
First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  October,  1871,  and  remained  there  till 
1875.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1873,  and  a  Third- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1875.  Graduated  B.A.  1875. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1876. 

One  of  Her  Majesty's  Inspectors  of  Schools,  stationed  sometime  in  Ayrshire, 
and  latterly  in  Glasgow.  Was  Examiner  in  Classics  for  Preliminary  Examinations 
in  University  of  Glasgow  1892-93. 


!66  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

JOSEPH  SCOTT.  25th  April,  1871. 

Born  at  Roberton,  Lanarkshire,  gth  July,  1846.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev. 
Robert  Dixon  Scott,  Minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  at  Roberton 
1845-94.  The  Exhibitioner's  great-great-grandfather,  John  Crawford,  of  Greenock, 
was  the  founder  of  the  firm  of  Walter  Ritchie  &  Co.,  of  Greenock,  South 
America,  London,  etc.,  which  owned  by  far  the  largest  fleet  ever  held  by  a 
private  company  before  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century.  No  fewer  than 
nine  of  these  vessels  were  fitted  out,  under  Letters  of  Marque,  to  encounter  the 
warships  of  Napoleon.  On  one  occasion  (1807)  they  towed  into  the  Clyde,  as 
a  prize,  the  French  ship  "Charles  Maurice,"  which  was  sold  for  .£25,000.  An 
extremely  interesting  account  (unfortunately  too  long  for  reproduction  here)  of  the 
adventures  of  this  irregular  navy,  its  triumphs  and  defeats,  appeared  in  The 
Greenock  Telegraph  and  Clyde  Shipping  Gazette  of  2nd  February,  1899. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions, 
namely,  1863-64,  1864-65,  1865-66,  1866-67,  1868-69,  an<i  1869-70.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes:  1865-66,  Senior  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse 
Composition.  1869-70,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  fourth  for  general  eminence, 
and  eighth  for  Written  Examinations ;  Natural  Philosophy,  twelfth  for  general 
eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1872. 

Matriculated  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  i8th  October,  1870,  and  remained 
there  (gaining  an  Open  Exhibition)  till  1871,  when  removed  to  Balliol  on  appoint- 
ment to  Snell.  Continued  at  Balliol  till  1874.  Obtained  in  1872  a  Third-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  and  a  Third-Class  in  Mathematical  Moderations,  and  in 
1874  a  Fourth-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores.  Passed  all  the 
examinations  for  B.A.,  but  did  not  graduate.  Vacated  Exhibition  1875. 

Resides  in  London,  and  follows  the  literary  profession  (vide  "  Published 
Writings  "). 

Married,  in  1891,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Caleb  Lainson,  Esq.,  of  Clapham. 
Issue  :  Robert  Michael  Crawford,  born  6th  December,  1892  ;  Kenneth  Crawford, 
born  3rd  February,  1895 ;  Helen  Dorothea  Sarah  Crawford,  born  5th  April,  1897. 

Published  Writings :  Several  anonymous  novels,  as  also  (under  the  name  of 
J.  Crawford  Scott)  "Arthur  Jessieson,"  a  novel,  2  vols.,  1878,  and  "The 
Swintons  of  Wandale,"  a  novel,  3  vols.,  1879  ;  frequent  contributions,  while  an 
undergraduate,  to  "Once  a  Week,"  "All  the  Year  Round"  (under  the  editorship 
of  Dickens),  "  Chambers's  Journal,"  and  other  periodicals.  Many  of  these  early 
sketches  dealt  with  Scottish  village  life,  in  a  form  almost  identical  with  those  by 
Barrie  and  others,  which  have  recently  acquired  such  great  popularity. 

SIR  JAMES  FORREST,  Bart.,  of  Comiston.  25th  April,  1872. 

Born  at  Edinburgh,  and  September,  1853.  Eldest  son  of  Lieut.-Col.  Sir 
William  Forrest  (1823-94),  third  Baronet,  by  his  marriage  with  Margaret  Anne, 
daughter  of  William  Dalziel,  Esq.,  and  widow  of  Charles  Delacourt,  Esq.  The 
first  Baronet  (cr.  1838)  was  James  Forrest  (1780-1860),  Advocate,  sometime  Lord 
Provost  of  Edinburgh,  son  of  James  Forrest,  W.S.,  1744-1820  (who  married 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  167 

Catherine,  only  daughter  of  James  Forrest  of  Comiston),  and  grandson  of  John 
Forrest,  Merchant  in  Edinburgh,  by  his  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Riddell, 
Bart.,  of  Riddell,  Roxburghshire.  The  second  Baronet  was  Sir  John,  1817-83 
(the  eldest  son  of  Sir  James),  who  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Sir  William. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Clifton  College. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1870-71  and 
1871-72.  Stood  fifth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1870,  but  passed  on  claim  to 
other  competitors.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1870-71,  Senior  Greek, 
third  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  Latin,  first  for  general  eminence,  first  for 
Written  Examinations,  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition,  and  first  for  Latin  Prose 
Composition.  1871-72,  Senior  Logic,  fifth  for  general  eminence;  Latin  (Seniors 
of  1870-71),  first  for  Summer  Vacation  Exercises.  1872-73,  Greek  Vacation 
Work  (Seniors  of  1871-72),  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Iambics  of  a  passage 
from  Cymbeline. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1872,  and  remained  there  till 
1876.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1874,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Jurisprudence  1876.  Graduated  B.A.  1877.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1877. 

Studied  Law  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  three  Sessions.  First  Prize- 
man in  Civil  Law  1876-77,  in  Public  Law  1877-78,  and  in  Scots  Law  1878-79. 

Was  admitted  Advocate  1879,  but  did  not  practise.  Acted  in  the  University 
of  Edinburgh  as  Assistant  to  the  Professors  of  (i)  Scots  Law  1880-81,  (2)  Civil 
Law  1882-85. 

Succeeded  as  fourth  Baronet,  on  the  death  of  his  father,  3oth  August,  1894. 
Was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Midlothian.  Residences  :  Comiston  House, 
Morningside,  Midlothian,  and  2  Marlborough  Mansions,  Victoria  Street,  London, 
S.W. 

Married  at  London,  January,  1897,  Eadith  Florence,  eldest  daughter  of 
James  Jarvis,  of  Ware,  Herts. 

Published  Writings:  several  Magazine  Articles  in  1895;  Articles  in  Black- 
wood's  1897  and  1898. 

Died  at  Edinburgh,  i8th  September,  1899,  without  issue,  the  Baronetcy 
passing  to  his  brother,  William  Charles  Forrest,  a  Banker  in  Canada.  Buried  in 
the  Dean  Cemetery,  Edinburgh. 

JOHN  MACCUNN.  25th  April,  1872. 

Born  at  Greenock,  22nd  September,  1846.  Third  son  of  John  MacCunn, 
Shipowner  there.  Uncle  of  Hamish  MacCunn,  the  composer. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1867-68  to 
1871-72.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc.:  1867-68,  Chemistry,  Second- 
Class  Certificate  of  Merit ;  Senior  English  Literature,  seventh  prize  for  general 
eminence.  1868-69,  Senior  Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  English  Literature,  third  for  general 
eminence.  1869-70,  Senior  Latin,  first  for  general  eminence,  first  for  extensive 


1 68  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Written  Examination,  and  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1870-7 1,  Senior  Logic,  first  for 
general  eminence.  1871-72,  Logic  Summer  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Essay  on 
The  Principles  of  Cause  and  Effect,"  and  first  for  Essay  on  "  The  Baconian 
Induction."  Graduated  M.A.  in  1873,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental 
Philosophy.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D.  in  1897.  Preliminary 
Examiner  in  English  1893. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i6th  October,  1872,  and  remained  there  till 
1876.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1876 
Graduated  B.A.  1876,  M.A.  iSSt.  Vacated  Exhibition  1877. 

Professor  of  Philosophy  in  University  College,  Liverpool  (one  of  the  Colleges 
of  Victoria  University),  since  1881. 

Examiner  in  Mental  Philosophy  for  the  Degree  of  M.A.  in  St.  Andrews 
University  1892-95.  Examiner  in  Logic,  etc.,  for  Indian  Civil  Service. 

Married,  26th  September,  1887,  at  Dairy,  Galloway,  Florence  Anne  De 
Qumcy,  daughter  of  William  Young  Sellar,  Exhibitioner  of  1842  (q.v.).  Issue  : 
Francis  John,  William  Sellar,  Mary  Poldoris. 

Publication:  Ethics  of  Citizenship,   ist  edition,  1896. 

JAMES  BONAR. 

28th  April,  1873. 

Born  at  Collace,  Perthshire,  27th  September,  1852.  Only  son  of  the  Rev 
Andrew  Alexander  Bonar  (D.D.Edin.  1874),  Minister  of  (i)  the  Parish  of  Collace, 
)  the  Free  Church  there,  (3)  Finnieston  Free  Church,  Glasgow,  by  his  marriage 
with  Isabella,  daughter  of  James  Dickson,  Stationer  in  Edinburgh.  Dr.  A.  A  Bonar 
Dr.  Horatius  Bonar,  the  well-known  hymn  writer,  and  Dr.  John  James  Bonar  sons 
of  James  Bonar,  Solicitor  of  Excise,  Edinburgh,  were  all  ordained  Ministers  of  the 
Church  of  Scotland,  and  all  "came  out"  at  the  Disruption  of  1843.  Andrew  and 
Horatius  both  became  Moderators  of  the  Free  Church  General  Assembly  the 
former  in  !878,  and  the  latter  in  1883.  James  Bonar,  their  father,  was  eighth 
son  of  John  Bonar,  Parish  Minister  successively  at  Cockpen  and  Perth,  who  in 
turn  was  son  of  John  Bonar,  Minister  of  the  united  parishes  of  Fetlar  and  North 
Yell,  Shetland,  who  again  was  son  of  John  Bonar,  Parish  Minister  of  Torphichen 
s  latter  being  son  of  John  Bonar,  fifth  laird  of  Kilgraston.  The  Exhibitioner  is 
:hus  descended  from  a  long  line  of  clerical  ancestors— his  father,  great-grandfather 
great-great-grandfather,  and  great-great-great-grandfather  having  all  been  Ministers 
of  the  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely, 

367-6  3  to  1871-72.     Obtained  the  following  Class  and  University  Prizes  :  1867-68 

Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  fourth  for  general  eminence;    Junior  Latin,  first  for 

general  eminence.     1868-69,  Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 

Prose  of  a  passage  from  Smith's   History  of  Greece,  and   first   for   an   Examina- 

lon   on   subjects   prepared   during   the   summer;    Senior   Latin,   first   for  general 

emmence,  fifth  for  Written  Examination,  and  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition  • 

Private  Latin,  fourth  Muirhead  Prize;   Latin  Vacation  Work,  second  for  Written 

Examination,  and  first  for  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Men- 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  1 69 

vale's  Rome.  1869-70,  Junior  Logic,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
Preparatory  Summer  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately.  1870-71,  a  Coulter  Prize 
of  £2  los.  for  the  best  Latin  Essay  on  "  Roman  Satire  compared  with  the 
old  Attic  Comedy " ;  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence,  and 
second  for  Written  Examinations ;  Moral  Philosophy  Vacation  Work,  first  for 
Examination  on  Ferrier's  Lectures  on  Greek  Philosophy,  and  first  for  Essay  on 
the  Philosophy  of  Berkeley ;  Logic  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Essay  on  Scientific 
Induction,  and  first  for  Examination  on  the  Theaetetus  of  Plato.  1871-72,  the 
University  Silver  Medal  for  the  best  Essay  on  "The  Philosophy  of  Kant"; 
Moral  Philosophy  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Examination  on  Kant's  "Critiques 
of  Pure  and  Practical  Reason";  Junior  English  Literature,  first  for  general 
eminence.  Gained  in  1869  the  Exchequer  (Arts)  Bursary  of  £10,  tenable  for 
three  years.  Graduated  M.A.  1874,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  (a)  Classics, 
(b)  Mental  Philosophy,  and  in  1887  received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Summer  Session  1872,  at 
Leipzig  in  1872-73,  and  at  Tubingen  in  Summer  1873. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i5th  October,  1873,  and  remained  there  till 
1877.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1875,  and  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1877.  Graduated  B.A.  1877, 
M.A.  1881.  Vacated  Exhibition  1878. 

Lecturer,  under  the  London  Society  for  the  Extension  of  University  Teaching, 
in  Tower  Hamlets,  London,  E.,  1877-80;  Junior  Permanent  Examiner,  H.M.  Civil 
Service  Commission,  Westminster,  1881-95;  Senior  Permanent  Examiner  since  1895. 
President  of  Section  F  (Economics)  of  British  Association  1898. 

Married,  at  Langley  Fitzurse,  Wiltshire,  igth  June,  1883,  Mary  Mewburn 
Miller,  of  Liverpool.  Issue :  Andrew,  born  and  died  1887 ;  Marjory  Caroline, 
born  1889;  Elizabeth  Mary,  born  1893. 

Publications:  Translation  of  Bech's  Biblical  Psychology  (Clark),  1877;  Parson 
Malthus  (MacLehose),  1881 ;  Malthus  and  His  Work  (Macmillan),  1885;  Ricardo's 
Letters  to  Malthus  (Clarendon  Press),  1887;  Philosophy  and  Political  Economy 
(Sonnenschein),  1893;  Adam  Smith's  Library  (Macmillan),  1894. 

DUNCAN  FERGUSON.  28th  April,   1873. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  28th  June,  1853.  Eldest  son  of  Duncan  Ferguson,  Gold- 
smith, Buchanan  Street,  Glasgow,  who  died  in  1875. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Glasgow,  where  he  went 
through  the  complete  curriculum  of  study,  carrying  off  the  highest  honours  in  all 
departments. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1869-70  to 
1872-73.  Stood  fourth  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1870,  and  was  awarded  the 
Hastie  (Philosophical)  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  vacated 
in  1873  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc.: 
1869-70,  Senior  Mathematics,  eighth  place  for  Written  Examinations;  Junior  Latin, 
ninth  prize  for  general  eminence.  1870-71,  Senior  Mathematics,  fourth  for  general 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

eminence,  and  second  for  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  Latin  (second  year 
students),  fifth  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  the  best  Translation  into  Latin 
Prose  of  a  passage  from  Macaulay.  1871-72,  Natural  Philosophy,  fourth  for 
general  eminence.  On  3Oth  December,  1871,  he  was  severely  injured  by  the 
bursting  of  a  steam  traction  engine  in  Paisley  Road,  Glasgow,  and  the  course  of 
his  studies  was  thereby  interrupted  for  a  time. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  isth  October,  1873,  a"d  remained  there  till 
November,  1876.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Jurisprudence, 
1876.  Graduated  B.A.  1876.  Vacated  Exhibition,  November,  1876. 

Member  of  the  Middle  Temple,  1875. 

In  1874,  passed  eleventh  in  the  Indian  Civil  Service  Examination,  38 
competitors  that  year  having  received  appointments.  Sailed  for  India  on  24th 
December,  1876.  On  arriving  at  Calcutta,  was  ordered  up  to  Henzadah,  in 
British  Burmah,  as  Assistant  Commissioner  Bengal  Civil  Service,  and  placed  in 
charge  of  the  Jail. 

Died  at  Henzadah,  of  typhoid  fever,  27th  August,  1877.     Unmarried. 

Appreciative  notices  of  the  deceased  appeared  in  the  Rangoon  Gazette,  27th 
August,  1877;  the  Glasgow  Herald,  gth  October,  1877;  and  the  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  Undergraduates'  Journal,  i8th  October,  1877. 

WILLIAM  YUILL  KING.  28th  April,  1873. 

Born  at  Glenpatrick,  Elderslie,  Renfrewshire,  24th  August,  1852.  Eldest  son 
of  William  King,  then  Distiller  at  Glenpatrick,  afterwards  Brewer  in  Norwich. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1868-69  to 
1872-73.  Gained  in  1869  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  £10,  tenable  for  four  years. 
Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1868-69,  Junior  Greek  (Tyrones),  second, 
and  Junior  Latin,  second,  for  general  eminence.  1869-70,  Junior  Greek  (Pro- 
vectiores),  first  for  general  eminence;  Junior  Greek  (Tyrones  of  1868-69),  first 
for  a  portion  of  Musgrave  Wilkins'  Elementary  Exercises,  and  first  for  examina- 
tion on  subjects  prepared  during  summer;  Senior  Latin,  the  Cowan  Gold 
Medal  as  the  best  student  in  the  class,  third  for  an  extensive  Written 
Examination,  second  Muirhead  Prize,  and  third  for  Written  Examination  on 
subjects  prepared  during  Vacation.  1870-71,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  one  of 
eight  prox.  ace.  to  prizemen  in  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey 
Gold  Medal;  Greek  (Provectiores  of  1869-70),  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Prose,  and  first  for  examination  on  subjects  prepared  during  summer ;  Latin 
Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1871-72,  bracketed  for 
Coulter  Prize  of  £2  IDS.  for  the  best  Translation,  with  brief  Illustrative 
Notes,  of  Demosthenes  "  De  falsa  Legatione " ;  Senior  Logic,  tenth  for  general 
eminence ;  Senior  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek 
Hexameters  of  a  passage  from  Virgil;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the 
Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1872-73,  a  Coulter  Prize  of  £2  IDS.  for  the  best  Latin 
Essay  on  "The  connection  between  the  Family  Relations  and  the  Political 
Organization  of  the  Ancient  Greek  and  Roman  States";  Senior  Moral  Philosophy, 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


171 


sixth  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1875,  with  First-Class  Honours 
in  Classics.  Gained  same  year  the  Ferguson  Classical  Scholarship  (^80  for  two 
years),  open  to  graduates  of  all  the  Scottish  Universities.  Examiner  in  Classics 
for  the  degree  of  M.A.  1887-90. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  isth  October,  1873,  an(i  remained  there  till 
1877.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1875,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1877.  Graduated  B.A.  1877,  M.A. 
1881.  Vacated  Exhibition  1878. 

Acted  as  Assistant  to  the  Professor  of  Humanity  in  Glasgow  University, 
1879-80.  Appointed  1880  one  of  Her  Majesty's  Inspectors  of  Schools.  Served 
with  Chief  Inspector  in  Glasgow,  and  afterwards  for  a  short  time  in  Edinburgh. 
Appointed  to  charge  of  District  No.  3  (Border  District)  in  1888.  Resided  for 
ten  years  in  Melrose,  but  now  resident  at  27  Rutland  Street,  Edinburgh.  Un- 
married. 

LAURENCE  KAY.  I9th  May,  1874. 

Born  at  Airdrie,  Lanarkshire,  i5th  June,  1853.  Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  John 
Kay  (D.D.  St.  Andrews  1882),  Minister  of  (i)  the  R.P.  Church  at  Airdrie  1850-60, 
(2)  the  R.P.  Church  at  Castle  Douglas  1860-72,  (3)  the  R.P.  Church  at  Coat- 
bridge  1872-76,  (4)  the  East  Free  Church,  Coatbridge,  1876-79.  (5)  Argyle  Place 
U.P.  Church,  Edinburgh,  1879-88. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1868-69  to 
1871-72.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc. :  1868-69,  Junior  Latin,  second 
for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  Latin  Prose;  First  Greek  Class,  second  for 
general  eminence.  1869-70,  Senior  Latin,  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and  first 
for  Latin  Prose;  Senior  Greek,  fourth  for  general  eminence.  1870-71,  Advanced 
(Private)  Greek,  Medal  for  general  eminence;  Logic,  Certificate  of  Merit.  1871-72, 
Third  Latin  Class,  fourth  for  Examinations  and  Essays. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1872-73  and 
I873-74-  Obtained  in  1872  a  Forrest  Bursary  of  ^£22  per  annum,  which  he 
would  vacate  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  in  1872-73  the  following  Class- 
Prizes  :  Private  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition ;  Senior  and  Private 
Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  October,  1874.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1876,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1878.  Graduated  B.A.  1878.  Vacated  Exhibition  1879. 

Was  for  some  time  a  Master  in  Bradford  Grammar  School.  Commenced  the 
study  of  Medicine  in  the  Extra  Academical  School,  Edinburgh,  2ist  November, 
1884,  but  does  not  seem  to  have  qualified,  at  all  events  his  name  has  never 
appeared  in  the  Medical  Register.  His  address,  early  in  1899,  was  35  Mardale 
Crescent,  Edinburgh,  but  he  subsequently  resided,  for  a  time  at  least,  with  his 
sister,  Miss  Janet  M'Intyre  Kay,  Medical  Practitioner,  100  High  Street,  Paisley. 


I72  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

WILLIAM  PATON  KER.  igth  May,  1874. 

Born  at  7  Jane  Street,  Glasgow,  3oth  August,  1855.  Eldest  son  of  William 
Ker,  of  the  firm  of  Ker,  Bolton  &  Co.,  Merchants  in  Glasgow. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1870-71  to 
l873-74-  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1870-71,  Junior  Latin,  thirteenth  for 
general  eminence.  1872-73,  Junior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence;  Senior 
Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  and  Verse  Com- 
position. 1873-74,  Moral  Philosophy,  the  Buchanan  Medal,  first  for  Written 
Examinations,  and  first  for  Examination  on  Ferrier's  Lectures ;  Logic  Summer 
Vacation  Work,  first  for  Essay  on  the  Platonic  Idea;  Senior  Greek  Vacation 
Work,  first  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose  from  Curtius,  and  first  for  Translation 
into  Greek  Hexameters  from  Virgil.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of  LL.D. 
in  1898. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  aoth  October,  1874.  Obtained  a  First-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1876,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae 
Humaniores  1878.  Graduated  B.A.  1878,  M.A.  1881.  Taylorian  Scholar  (Italian) 
1878.  Fellow  of  All  Souls  College  1879-86.  Vacated  Exhibition  1879. 

Professor  of  English  Language,  Literature,  and  History  in  the  University 
College  of  South  Wales  and  Monmouthshire,  Cardiff,  1883-89.  Professor  of 
English  Literature  in  University  College,  London,  since  1889. 

Published  Writings  :  "  On  the  Philosophy  of  Art "  in  "  Essays  in  Philosophical 
Criticism,"  edited  by  A.  Seth  and  R.  B.  Haldane,  1883;  "Epic  and  Romance": 
Essays  in  Medieval  Literature,  1897;  Essays  on  Dryden,  1900;  edited  the  late 
Professor  W.  Y.  Sellar's  Horace  (and  part  of  "  Roman  Poets  of  the  Augustan 
Age"),  published  in  1892  (left  in  MS.  at  the  author's  death). 

JOHN  GUTHRIE  KERR.  igth  May,  1874. 

Born  at  Girvan,  Ayrshire,  27th  June,  1853.  Second  son  of  James  Drynan 
Kerr,  Commission  Agent  in  Girvan, — of  Border  extraction. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Burgh  Academy,  Dumbarton. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1871-72, 
1872-73,  1873-74,  and  1888-89.  Took  fourth  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of 
1871,  and  was  awarded  the  Browne  (Ayrshire)  Bursary  of  j£2o,  tenable  for  four 
years,  which  he  vacated  in  1874  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following 
Class-Prizes:  1871-72,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  first  for  general  eminence,  and 
second  for  Written  Examinations;  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  fourth  for  general 
eminence.  1872-73,  Senior  Mathematics,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
Written  Examinations;  Upper  Junior  Mathematics  (students  of  1871-72),  first 
for  Summer  Reading.  1873-74,  Natural  Philosophy  (first  year  students),  first  for 
general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1876.  Received  the  Honorary  Degree  of 
LL.D.  1900.  Acted  as  Entrance  Examiner  for  the  six  years  1886-91. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  October,  1874,  and  remained  there  till 
1876,  when  he  had  to  leave  on  account  of  severe  illness.  Vacated  Exhibition  1877. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  173 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession.  Mathematical  Master  in  Kilmarnock 
Academy  1876-77.  Lecturer  on  Mathematics  and  Physics  in  the  Church  of 
Scotland  Training  College,  Glasgow,  1877-90.  Headmaster  of  Allan  Glen's  School, 
Glasgow,  since  1890. 

President  of  Educational  Institute  of  Scotland  1895.  President  of  Sloyd 
Association  of  Scotland  since  1896. 

Married,  1877,  Euphemia,  daughter  of  Captain  George  Fleming.  Issue:  James 
Rutherford,  student  of  Medicine ;  Barbara  Grace ;  and  George  Fleming. 

Published  Writings:  Algebra  Text-Book,  1878;  Physics  (Elementary)  Theory 
and  Practice,  1898;  papers  mainly  on  educational  subjects. 

THOMAS  GREGORY.  2gth  April,  1875. 

Bora  at  Anstruther,  Fife,  8th  April,  1856.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  Alexander 
Gregory,  M.A.,  Minister  of  (i)  Roxburgh  Parish  Church,  Edinburgh,  1842-43, 
(2)  Roxburgh  Free  Church  there,  1843-51,  (3)  Free  Church,  Anstruther,  1851-88. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1873-74, 
1874-75,  and  1879-80.  Took  first  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1873,  and 
was  awarded  the  Forfar  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years.  Vacated  it  on 
appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1873-74,  Senior 
Mathematics,  second  for  Written  Examinations;  Senior  Greek,  fourth,  and  Senior 
Latin,  fifth,  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  and  Private  Latin,  fourth  Muirhead  Prize. 
1874-75,  Natural  Philosophy,  first  for  general  eminence  among  first  year  students, 
first  in  Higher  Mathematical  Department,  and  one  of  six  for  work  done  in 
the  Physical  Laboratory;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Voluntary  Examination. 
Gained  in  1880  the  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Scholarship  of  .£50,  tenable  for  four, 
years.  Graduated  M.A.  1880,  with  the  unique  distinction  of  Treble  First-Class 
Honours,  i.e.  in  (a)  Classics,  (b)  Mental  Philosophy,  (c]  Mathematics  and  Natural 
Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  zoth  October,  1875,  and  remained  there  till 
December,  1879.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Mathematical  Moderations  1876,  a 
First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1877,  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of 
Mathematics  1878,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores 
1879.  Gained  the  Ellerton  Theological  Prize  1881.  Graduated  B.A.  1879,  M.A. 
1883.  Vacated  Exhibition  1880. 

Entered  the  Ministry  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  and  was  ordained  in 
1884  to  the  charge  of  Kilmalcolm,  Renfrewshire,  where  he  still  is. 

Married,  at  12  Westbourne  Gardens,  Glasgow,  8th  September,  1887,  Jane 
Adam,  eldest  daughter  of  the  deceased  James  Lament  Lochhead,  M.D.,  Greenock. 
Issue :  Alexander,  James,  William,  Thomas,  and  John. 

WILLIAM    MUIR.  2gth  April,  1875- 

Born  at  Glasgow,  i6th  October,  1849.  Eldest  son  of  William  Muir, 
Manufacturer  there. 


I74  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Belfast  Seminary,  and  was  also,  for  a 
time,  a  student  of  Queen's  College,  Belfast 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1872-73, 
1873-74,  and  1874-75.  Stood  first  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1872,  and  was 
awarded  the  MacGrouther  Bursary  of  ,£20,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he 
vacated  in  1875  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  in  1875  the  Sandford 
Scholarship  (Greek)  of  ^£19,  tenable  for  two  years.  Obtained  the  following 
Class  and  other  Prizes:  1872-73,  Senior  Latin,  fifth  for  general  eminence, 
and  second  for  Latin  Prose  Composition.  1873-74,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey 
Gold  Medal ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  excelling  in  a  Voluntary  Examination  on 
subjects  read  in  the  Class;  Senior  Latin,  sixth  for  general  eminence.  1874-75, 
the  Luke  Historical  Prize  of  £12  for  Examination  in  Ancient  Greek  and  Roman 
History ;  Senior  Mathematics,  third  for  Written  Examination. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  2oth  October,  1875.  Obtained  a  Second-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1877,  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Law  1879, 
and  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1880.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1880. 

Acted  as  Assistant  Tutor  to  Alexander  James  Montgomerie  Bell,  Exhibitioner 
of  1864  (q.v.),  at  Limpsfield,  Surrey,  1883-90.  Now  resident  at  82  Buccleuch  Street, 
Glasgow. 

JOHN   HENRY   MUIRHEAD.  2gth  April,  1875. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  28th  April,  1855.  Third  son  of  John  William  Muirhead, 
Writer  in  Glasgow,  by  his  marriage  with  Mary  Burns,  who  was  related  to  Miss 
Ferrier,  the  novelist,  and  Professor  P'errier,  as  also  to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Guthrie,  D.D., 
and  Professor  Islay  Burns,  father  of  Islay  Ferrier  Burns,  Exhibitioner  of  1876  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1870-71  to 
J874-75-  Stood  first  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1871,  and  was  awarded  the 
Forfar  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the  following  Class- 
Prizes,  etc. :  1870-71,  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  sixth,  and  Junior  Latin, 
second,  both  for  general  eminence.  1871-72,  Senior  Latin,  second  for  general 
eminence,  first  for  Written  Examinations  on  Session's  Work,  and  first  for 
Written  Examination  on  Books  prepared  during  summer ;  Senior  and  Private 
Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1872-73,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics  (mid-day 
section),  eighth  for  general  eminence,  and  fifth  for  Written  Examinations ;  Junior 
Logic,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Preparatory  Reading  in  Reid  and 
Whately.  1873-74,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  thirteenth  place  for  Written 
Examinations;  Logic  (students  of  1872-73),  first  for  Essays  on  The  Law  of 
Cause  and  Effect.  1874-75,  Moral  Philosophy,  the  Buchanan  Medal,  first  for 
Written  Examinations,  first  for  Examination  on  Ferrier's  Lectures  on  Greek  Philosophy, 
and  first  for  Examination  on  Plato's  Republic.  Graduated  M.A.  1876.  Assistant 
to  Professor  of  Latin,  1880-84.  Examiner  for  M.A.  Degree  in  (i)  Classics  1884-87, 
(2)  Mental  Philosophy  1891-94. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


175 


Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  May,  1875,  and  remained  there  till 
1879.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1877,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1879.  Graduated  B.A.  1879,  M.A. 
1887.  Gained  Chancellor's  Prize  for  Latin  Essay  1881.  Prox.  ace.  for  Gaisford 
Greek  Essay.  Vacated  Exhibition  1880. 

Professor  of  Classics  in  Royal  Holloway  College,  London,  1889-91.  Lecturer 
on  Mental  and  Moral  Science  there  1891-97,  and  at  same  time  Professor  of 
Mental  and  Moral  Science  in  Bedford  College,  London.  Professor  of  Moral 
Philosophy  and  Political  Economy  in  Mason  University  College,  Birmingham, 
since  1898. 

Acted  from  1894-96  as  Examiner  in  Mental  Philosophy  for  M.A.  Degree  in 
the  University  of  St.  Andrews. 

Married,  in  St.  Matthew's  Church,  West  Kensington,  London,  2gth  July,  1892, 
Mary  Talbot,  daughter  of  Gilbert  Innes  Wallas  and  Frances  Talbot  Peacock. 

Published  Writings :  Edition  of  Selected  Letters  of  Cicero  (Rivington's  Catena 
Classicorum),  1885;  The  Elements  of  Ethics,  1892  (and  ed.  1893);  Various 
Articles  in  "International  Journal  of  Ethics,"  "Mind,"  "Fortnightly,"  "Con- 
temporary," and  elsewhere. 

I  SLAY  FERRIER  BURNS.  28th  April,  1876. 

Born  at  Dundee,  i8th  September,  1854.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  Islay 
Burns  (D.D.Aberdeen  1864),  Minister  of  St.  Peter's  Free  Church,  Dundee,  1843- 
64,  afterwards  Professor  of  Apologetics  and  Systematic  Theology  in  the  Free 
Church  College,  Glasgow,  from  1864  till  his  death  on  2oth  May,  1872.  Dr. 
Burns,  who  was  born  in  the  Manse  of  Dun  on  i6th  January,  1817,  married  in 
1845  his  cousin,  Catharine  Sarah,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Brown,  Esq.,  of  the 
Inland  Revenue  Service,  Aberdeen.  His  father  was  the  Rev.  William  Hamilton 
Burns,  sometime  Parish  Minister  of  Dun,  afterwards  Parish  and  Free  Church 
Minister  at  Kilsyth,  three  of  whose  brothers  (Robert,  George,  and  James)  were 
also  Ministers  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  the  two  former  "coming  out"  in  1843. 
The  Exhibitioner  is  second  cousin  of  John  Henry  Muirhead,  Exhibitioner  of 
1875  (q.v.). 

Received  his  early  education  at  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1870-71 
to  1875-76.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1870-71,  Junior  Greek 
(Provectiores),  tenth,  and  Junior  Latin,  fifth,  for  general  eminence.  1871-72,  second 
in  Bursary  Competition,  receiving  the  Stuart  Bursary  of  ^15,  tenable  during 
Gown  Course ;  Senior  Greek,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Senior  and  Private  Greek, 
second  Muirhead  Prize;  Senior  Latin,  fourth  for  Written  Examinations,  first  for 
Latin  Prose  Composition,  and  first  for  Latin  Verse  Composition;  Latin  Black 
Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1872-73,  Logic  (Senior  Division), 
Gold  Medal  for  general  eminence ;  Logic  Summer  Vacation  Work,  first  for 
Preparatory  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately;  Latin  Vacation  Work,  first  for 
a  Translation  into  Latin  Prose  of  a  passage  from  Lord  Macaulay's  Essays. 


176  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

1873-74,  Moral  Philosophy  (Junior  Division),  first  for  general  eminence,  and  second 
for  Written  Examinations.  1874-75,  the  Henderson  Prize  of  Twenty  Guineas  for 
the  best  Essay  on  "  The  Adaptation  of  the  Sabbath  to  Man's  Intellectual  and 
Moral  Nature."  1875-76,  a  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Scholarship  of  ^50,  tenable 
for  four  years.  Graduated  M.A.  1876,  with  Second-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3rd  June,  1876,  and  remained  there  till  1880. 
Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1878,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the 
Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1880.  Graduated  B.A.  1880,  M.A.  1899. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1881. 

Received,  7th  December,  1899,  the  Cambridge  M.A.  Degree,  by  incorpora- 
tion, and  is  thus  trebly  M.A. 

Ordained,  1893,  Minister  of  the  English  Presbyterian  Church  at  Darenth, 
Kent,  which  charge  he  still  holds.  Resident  Tutor  in  Westminster  College, 
Cambridge,  1899. 

Married,  28th  April,  1893,  at  Trinity  Presbyterian  Church,  Middlesbro', 
Yorks,  May  Carmichael  Henderson.  Issue :  Catharine  Helen  Hamilton,  Islay 
Ferrier,  and  Robert  Henderson  (Roy). 

Publication :  Essay  on  Nature  and  Ground  of  Christian  Belief. 

ROBERT  HAMILTON  PINKERTON.  28th  April,  1876. 

Born  at  Rutherglen,  Lanarkshire,  22nd  February,  1855.  Third  son  of  John 
Pinkerton,  Farmer  and  Market  Gardener,  sometime  at  Gooseberry  Hall,  Ruther- 
glen, afterwards  at  Hogganfield,  Lanarkshire.  The  family  have  resided  in 
Rutherglen  for  the  last  hundred  years;  believed  to  have  come  originally  from 
Ireland. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  and  a  half 
Sessions,  namely,  1870-71,  1871-72,  1872-73,  1873-74,  Summer  1875,  and  1875-76. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc.:  1870-71,  Lower  Junior  Mathematics 
(noon  section),  seventh  for  general  eminence.  1872-73,  Senior  Mathematics, 
fourth  for  Written  Examinations.  Summer  1873,  Botany,  Second-Class  Certificate 
of  Merit.  Autumn  1873,  Metcalfe  Bursary  of  .£25,  tenable  for  two  years. 
l873-74.  Chemistry,  Second-Class  Certificate  of  Merit.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1876, 
with  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy.  Gained  in 
1879  the  George  A.  Clark  (Mathematical)  Scholarship  of  ^200,  tenable  for  four 
years.  Assistant  to  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Sessions  1884-85  and  1885-86. 
Examiner  in  Mathematics  to  the  Local  Examination  Board  for  five  years,  1886-90. 
Preliminary  Examiner  in  Mathematics  and  Dynamics  from  ist  February,  1892,  to 
3ist  January,  1896.  Member  of  Joint  Board  of  Preliminary  Examiners  of  the 
four  Scottish  Universities  from  ist  February,  1894,  to  3151  January,  1896. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  February,  1877,  and  remained  there  for 
three  years.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Mathematical  Moderations  1878,  and  a 
First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Mathematics  1880.  Graduated  B.A.  1881. 
Vacated  Exhibition  in  November,  1879,  on  appointment  to  George  A.  Clark 
Scholarship  (ut  supra). 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


177 


Has  been  Assistant  Lecturer  on  Mathematics  in  University  College  of  South 
Wales  and  Monmouthshire,  Cardiff,  since  November,  1887.  Acted  in  1897  and 
1898  as  Assistant  Examiner  in  Mathematics  under  the  Central  Welsh  Board. 

Member  of  the  Edinburgh  Mathematical  Society  since  1884.  Member  of  the 
London  Mathematical  Society  since  1898. 

Married,  at  Lawrence  Place,  Dowanhill,  Glasgow,  5th  July,  1888,  Isabella, 
daughter  of  John  M'Lean  and  Marion  M'Callum.  Issue:  John  M'Lean,  born 
29th  April,  1889;  Mabel  Jane  Brown,  born  zist  January,  1891. 

Published  Writings :  I.  ORIGINAL  PAPERS  (in  Proceedings  of  Edin.  Math. 
Soc.) — Note  on  Normals  to  a  Conic — vol.  viii. ;  On  the  Condition  that  a  Straight 
Line  may  be  a  Normal  to  a  Conic,  the  Co-ordinates  being  Trilinear — vol.  xi. ; 
On  the  Condition  that  a  given  Straight  Line  may  be  a  Normal  to  the  Quadric 
Surface  (a,  b,  c,  d,  f,  g,  h,  u,  v,  w)  (x,  y,  z,  i)2  =  o — vol.  xiii.  II.  EDUCATIONAL 
WORKS — Questions  on  Mathematics,  1884;  Elementary  Text-Book  of  Trigo- 
nometry, 1884;  Elementary  Text-Book  of  Dynamics,  1888;  Theoretical  Mechanics, 
1890;  Hydrostatics  and  Pneumatics,  1893. 

WILLIAM  DUNCAN  SCOTT.  28th  April,  1876. 

Born  at  Partick,  near  Glasgow,  26th  September,  1855.  Only  son  of  the  Rev. 
William  Scott  of  Abbotsmeadow,  Melrose,  sometime  Minister  of  Ebenezer  Inde- 
pendent Chapel,  Waterloo  Street,  Glasgow,  and  residing  at  Laurel  Bank,  Partick, 
who  was  son  of  a  Melrose  lawyer  and  proprietor.  The  Exhibitioner's  mother  was 
Jessie  Matthews  Duncan,  of  Aberdeen,  sister  of  Dr.  James  Matthews  Duncan, 
the  eminent  obstetrician,  and  of  Canon  Duncan,  Calne,  Wilts. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions, 
namely,  1871-72  to  1875-76.  Gained  in  1872  the  Monteith  (German)  Bursary 
of  j£r6,  tenable  for  three  years.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes  :  1872-73, 
Senior  Greek,  sixth  for  general  eminence.  1873-74,  Junior  English  Literature, 
sixth  for  general  eminence,  and  third  for  voluntary  Written  Examinations.  1874-75, 
Junior  English  Literature,  third  for  general  eminence. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  Febtuary,  1877.  Obtained  a  Second-Class 
in  Classical  Moderations  1878,  and  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Natural 
Science  1880.  Graduated  B.A.  1880,  M.A.  1883.  Vacated  Exhibition  1881. 

Studied  Medicine  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  three  Sessions,  namely, 
1880-83.  Gained  the  following  Class-Distinctions:  1880-81,  Junior  Surgery, 
eleventh  in  Honours  List;  Physiology,  second-class  Certificate.  1881-82,  Senior 
Practical  Anatomy,  first-class  Honours.  1882-83,  Senior  Surgery,  twelfth  in 
Honours  List;  Junior  Medicine,  second-class  Honours.  Graduated  M.B.,  C.M. 
1883,  M.D.  (Commended  for  Thesis)  1891. 

Studied  Medicine  also  at  Vienna  University. 

Practised  as  follows:  At  Brighton,  as  assistant  to  Dr.  Davidson,  1884;  as 
District  Surgeon  at  Perak,  Straits  Settlements,  1885-90;  as  Medical  Officer,  North 
Sylhet  Tea  Co.,  Assam,  1890 ;  at  Watford,  Herts.,  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Brady, 
1892-93. 

M 


178  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Married,  at  Batu  Gajah,  Kinta,  Perak,  Straits  Settlements,  22nd  May,  1886, 
Alice  Mary,  second  daughter  of  Thomas  Douglas  Hewett,  late  I.N.,  and  Mary 
Anne  Waller.  Issue :  Jessie  Mary  Duncan,  James  Matthews  Duncan,  William 
Duncan  Hewett,  Allan  Douglas.  Mrs.  Scott  resides  at  Buchanan  Place,  Dollar, 
Clackmannanshire. 

Publication:  "Beri-beri,"  in  the  Practitioner  of  May,  1892. 

Died  6th  September,  1894,  on  board  s.s.  "Laertes,"  O.S.S.  Co.  (Liverpool), 
in  the  Indian  Ocean. 

WALLACE  MARTIN  LINDSAY.  ist  May,  1877. 

Born  at  Pittenweem,  Fifeshire,  i2th  February,  1858.  Youngest  son  of  the 
Rev.  Alexander  Lindsay,  of  the  Free  Church.  Brother  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Martin  Lindsay  (D.D.Glas.  1874),  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  the  Free 
Church  College,  Glasgow. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Edinburgh  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  [874-75, 
l875-76,  and  1876-77.  Bracketed  with  John  Wilson  Marshall,  Exhibitioner  of 
1879  (q.v.),  for  first  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1874,  and,  like  him,  was 
awarded  a  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  £30,  tenable  for  four  years,  which 
he  vacated  in  1877  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following  Class  and 
other  Prizes,  etc.  :  1874-75,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  eleventh  place  for  Written 
Examinations;  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose 
and  Verse  Composition ;  Private  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Iambics ;  Senior  Latin, 
the  Cowan  Gold  Medal,  first  for  Written  Examinations,  and  first  for  Latin 
Prose  Composition;  Senior  and  Private  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1875-76, 
Junior  Logic,  first  for  general  eminence;  Greek  Vacation  Exercises,  first  for 
Greek  Prose,  and  first  for  Greek  Hexameters  and  Greek  Iambics ;  Greek  Black 
Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal;  Latin  (Seniors  of  1874-75),  first 
for  Translation  into  Latin  Prose.  1876-77,  the  Luke  Historical  Prize  of  £12  for 
Examination  in  Ancient  Greek  and  Roman  History.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1877, 
with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics,  and  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philo- 
sophy. Examiner  in  Classics  for  M.A.  degree  1893-96. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  October,  1877,  and  remained  there  till 
1881.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1878,  and  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1881.  Graduated  B.A.  1881,  M.A. 
1885.  Gained  the  Craven  (University)  Scholarship  1883.  Classical  Moderator 
1891-92.  Vacated  Exhibition  1882. 

Studied  at  Leipzig  during  two  Sessions,  namely,   1882  and  1883. 

Acted  as  Assistant  to  Professor  of  Humanity  in  Edinburgh  University  1884-85. 
Fellow,  Tutor,  and  Librarian  of  Jesus  College,  Oxford,  1885-99.  Professor  of 
Humanity  in  the  University  of  St.  Andrews  since  1899.  Lecturer  in  Classics  at 
Harvard  University,  U.S.A.,  in  1898.  Unmarried. 

Published  Writings:  Plautus  "Captivi,"  school  edition,  1887;  The  Latin 
Language,  1894;  Short  Historical  Latin  Grammar,  1895;  Introduction  to  Latin 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


179 


Textual    Emendation,    1896;    Handbook   of   Latin  Inscriptions   (Allyn   &  Bacon, 
Boston,  U.S.A.),  1897;  The  Codex  Turnebi  of  Plautus,   1898. 

JOHN  STUART.  1st  May,  1877. 

Born  at  Dumbarton,  i8th  November,  1855.  Second  son  of  Alexander 
Stuart,  Joiner  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Burgh  Academy  of  Dumbarton. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  and  a  half  Sessions,  namely, 
1873-74,  1874-75,  1875-76,  1876-77,  Summer  1880,  1881-82,  and  1882-83,  taking 
(besides  the  Arts  Course)  Classes  in  Engineering  and  Medicine.  Stood  fifth  in 
Bursary  Competition  of  1873,  and  was  awarded  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  £10, 
tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  vacated  in  1875  on  being  appointed  to  the 
Metcalfe  Bursary  of  ^25  for  two  years.  Obtained  the  following  Class  and  other 
Prizes,  etc.:  1873-74,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics,  first  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  Written  Examinations.  1874-75,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics  (of  1873-74), 
first  for  Summer  Reading  ;  Senior  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  Written  Examination.  1875-76,  Natural  Philosophy  (first  year  students), 
first  for  general  eminence ;  Chemistry,  the  Joseph  Black  Medal.  Summer  1876, 
Zoology,  a  Second-Class  Certificate  of  Merit.  1876-77,  a  Junior  Arnott 
Prize  for  examination  in  General  Physics.  Summer  1882,  Junior  Clinical 
Medicine,  third  place  and  First-Class  Certificate  of  Merit.  Graduated  M.A. 
in  1 88 1,  with  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy. 
Gained  same  year  the  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Scholarship  of  £50,  tenable  for 
four  years. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  6th  June,  1877,  and  remained  there  till  1881. 
Obtained  a  First-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Natural  Science  1881.  Graduated 
B.A.  1 88 1.  Vacated  Exhibition  1882. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Strasburg  during  Summer  Session  1879. 

Studied  Medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Chicago,  U.S.A., 
and  graduated  M.D.  of  the  University  of  Illinois  1899. 

Mathematical  Tutor,  Pembroke  Lodge,  Richmond,  1887-88.  Mathematical 
and  Science  Master,  Cathedral  Grammar  School,  Ely,  1888-89.  Tutor  in  Natural 
Science,  University  College,  Jamaica,  1889-92.  Senior  Mathematical  Instructor, 
St.  Paul's  School,  Garden  City,  U.S.A.,  1892-93.  Senior  Mathematical  Master, 
Condon  School,  New  York  City,  U.S.A.,  1893-97.  Practitioner  of  Medicine  and 
Surgery  at  263  N.  Clark  Street,  Chicago,  U.S.A.,  1899,  and  one  of  the  Editorial 
Staff  of  the  Chicago  Tribune. 

Published  Writings:  The  Liguanea  Plain,  Victoria  Quarterly,  Kingston, 
Jamaica,  Jan.,  1891  ;  The  Robin  Redbreast  of  Jamaica— Todus  viridis — Ibid., 
April,  1891;  The  Sensitive  Plant — Mimosa  pudica — Ibid.,  July,  1891;  The  Palis- 
adoes,  Gardner's  Monthly,  Kingston,  Oct.,  1891;  Some  Physiographical  Features 
of  Jamaica,  produced  by  the  Agency  of  Water,  Journal  of  the  Institute  of 
Jamaica,  Feb.,  1892 ;  The  Marine  Laboratory  at  Port  Henderson,  and  the  search 
for  Balanoglossus  and  Amphioxus,  Ibid.,  Feb.,  1892  ;  A  Tropical  Marine  Labora- 


jg0  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

tory  for  Jamaica,  Ibid.,  May,  1892  ;  A  Tropical  Reading  Party,  Victoria  Quarterly, 
July,  1892  ;  Rambles  of  a  Naturalist  in  Jamaica,  The  Chevron,  Garden  City,  New 
York,  Feb.,  March,  and  April,  1893. 

ALEXANDER  NEILSON  GUMMING.  3Oth  April,  1878. 

Born  at  Perth,  3rd  July,  1859.  Second  son  of  the  Rev.  James  Elder 
Gumming  (D.D.Glasg.  1872),  Minister  of  (i)  East  Parish,  Perth,  (2)  Newington 
Parish,  Edinburgh,  (3)  Sandyford  Parish,  Glasgow,  where  he  still  officiates. 

The  Exhibitioner  studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions, 
namely,  1874-75  to  1877-78.  Presented  in  1875  to  the  Dundonald  (Philosophy) 
Bursary  of  ^40,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  relinquished  in  1878  on 
appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1875-76, 
Lower  Junior  Mathematics,  thirteenth  place  in  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  Latin, 
ninth  prize  for  general  eminence.  1876-77,  Junior  Logic,  second  for  general 
eminence,  and  first  for  Preparatory  Summer  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately. 
1877-78,  the  University  Silver  Medal  for  the  best  Essay  on  "  Sextus  Empiricus — 
the  value  of  his  Sceptical  Criticism  of  Philosophy  and  Science " ;  Junior  Moral 
Philosophy,  third  for  general  eminence,  and  third  for  Written  Examinations ;  Logic 
Summer  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Essay  on  Hamilton's  Theory  of  the  Con- 
ditional, second  for  Reading  of  Theaetetus,  and  second  for  Reading  of  Thomson's 
Outline ;  Advanced  Logic  (Higher  Metaphysics),  second  for  Essay  on  Hume's 
Doctrine  of  Causality.  Graduated  M.A.  1880,  with  Second-Class  Honours  in 
Classics  and  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  28th  January,  1879.  Gained  the  Cobden 
Prize  1880,  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1880,  and  a  Second-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Jurisprudence  1882.  Graduated  B.A.  1882.  Was  President 
of  the  Union. 

Was  admitted  Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Middle  Temple  25th  June,  1884,  and 
practised  (sometime  acting  as  reporter  in  the  Law  Courts)  till  1893,  when  appointed 
first  leader-writer  on  the  Manchester  Courier.  Has  been  Managing  Editor  of  that 
newspaper  since  1897.  Unmarried. 

Published  Writings  :  The  Value  of  Political  Economy  to  Mankind  ;  numerous 
magazine  and  leading  articles. 

JOHN  EDGAR.  3oth  April,  1878. 

Born  at  Dumfries,  23rd  May,  1857.  Eldest  son  of  John  Edgar,  Clothier 
there,  on  both  sides  sprung  from  a  yeoman  stock  long  settled  in  the  south-west 
of  Scotland. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Dumfries  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1873-74 
to  1877-78.  Was  ninth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1873,  and  sixth  in  that  of 
1874.  Obtained  in  1874  a  Foundation  Bursary  of  £>\o,  and  the  Dumfriesshire 
Society's  Bursary  of  ^15,  both  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the  following 
Class-Prizes:  1873-74,  Junior  Latin,  ninth  for  general  eminence.  1874-75,  Senior 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  181 

Greek,  eighth  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Latin,  second  for  general  eminence, 
and  second  for  Written  Examination  in  books  prepared  during  the  summer. 
1875-76,  Senior  Logic,  sixth  for  general  eminence.  1876-77,  Natural  Philosophy 
(first  year  students),  sixth  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first 
for  a  Written  Examination  on  Sophocles'  Oedipus  Tyrannus  and  Aristophanes' 
Equites.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1878,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  iQth  October,  1878,  and  remained  there  till 
1882.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1880,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1882.  Graduated  B.A.  1883. 
Vacated  Exhibition  that  year. 

Has  been  Classical  Master  in  the  Royal  High  School,  Edinburgh,  since 
1882. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1892-93. 

Acted  for  a  period  of  four  years  as  Examiner  in  Greek  to  the  Synod  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  Was  appointed,  i3th  November,  1896,  Preliminary 
Examiner  in  Classics  to  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  years  from  ist 
February,  1897,  and  held  office  as  a  Member  of  the  Joint  Board  of  Preliminary 
Examiners  for  the  four  Scottish  Universities  from  1897-99. 

Holds  the  Higher  Diploma  in  Education  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh, 
and  is  F.S.A.  (Scot.)  1894. 

Married,  at  Halifax,  August,  1884,  Jemima,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Bowman,  U.P.  Minister  at  Catrine,  Ayrshire.  Issue:  Thomas  Bowman;  Isabel 
Berwick ;  Elizabeth  Dalgliesh. 

Published  Writings:  Translation  of  Aeschines  in  Ctesiphontem,  1886;  Trans- 
lation of  the  Homeric  Hymns,  1891 ;  Latin  Unseens,  1892 ;  History  of  Early 
Scottish  Education,  1893;  besides  literary  work  for  various  Scottish  papers  and 
magazines. 

JOHN  WILSON  MARSHALL.  25th  April,  1879- 

Born  at  Kilmarnock,  Ayrshire,  igth  October,  1857.  Eldest  son  of  Alexander 
Marshall  (1827-94),  who  graduated  M.D.  Glasgow  1851,  and  practised  in  Kilmar- 
nock for  forty-two  years. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Kilmarnock  Academy  and 
Glasgow  High  School. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1874-75  to 
1878-79.  Bracketed  with  Wallace  Martin  Lindsay,  Exhibitioner  of  1877  (q.v.), 
for  first  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1874,  and,  like  him,  was  awarded  a 
John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  ^30,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes  :  1874-75,  Junior  Greek,  fourth,  and  Junior  Latin,  second, 
both  for  general  eminence.  1875-76,  Senior  Greek,  second  for  general  eminence; 
Senior  Latin,  second  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for  Written  Examinations; 
Senior  and  Private  Latin,  second  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examina- 
tion, the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1876-77,  Junior  English  Literature,  fifth  for 
general  eminence ;  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  Greek  Composition ;  Greek 


182  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Greek,  the  Sandford  Scholar- 
ship of  £ig  for  two  years.  1877-78,  Senior  Moral  Philosophy,  third  for  general 
eminence,  and  third  for  Written  Examinations.  1878-79,  Natural  Philosophy 
(first  year  students),  fourteenth  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1879,  with 
Second-Class  Honours  in  Classics  and  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philo- 
sophy. Examiner  in  Classics  for  (i)  M.A.  degree  1890-93,  (2)  Preliminary 
Examinations  1893-97. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3ist  May,  1879,  and  remained  there  till 
1883.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1881,  and  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1883.  Graduated  B.A.  1883,  M.A. 
1886.  Prox.  ace.  for  Jenkins  Exhibition  at  Balliol  1883.  Vacated  Snell  Exhibi- 
tion 1884. 

Has  been  Assistant  Professor  of  Greek,  and  Lecturer  on  Latin,  in  the 
University  College  of  Wales  at  Aberystwyth  since  1884.  Internal  Examiner  in 
Greek  in,  and  Member  of  the  Court  of,  the  University  of  Wales  since  1896. 

FRANCIS  WILLIAM  CLARK  of  Ulva.  i6th  May,  1879. 

Born  at  Ulva,  Parish  of  Kilninian  and  Kilmore,  Argyllshire,  8th  December, 
1857.  Only  son  of  Francis  William  Clark,  younger  of  Ulva  (LL.D.Glasgow  1877), 
Advocate,  Sheriff  Principal  of  Lanarkshire,  who  died  j6th  November,  1886. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Park  School,  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1874-75  to 
1878-79.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1874-75,  Junior  Latin, 
thirteenth  for  general  eminence.  1875-76,  Bracketed  eighth  in  Bursary  Competi- 
tion, receiving  the  Forfar  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years ;  Senior  Greek, 
seventh,  and  Senior  Latin,  tenth,  for  general  eminence.  1876-77,  Upper  Junior 
Mathematics,  sixth  place  in  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  Logic,  first  for  general 
eminence,  and  first  for  Preparatory  Summer  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately. 
1877-78,  Junior  Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  general  eminence,  and  second  for 
Summer  Reading  of  Thomson's  Outline.  1878-79,  Advanced  Logic  (Higher 
Metaphysics),  second  for  Essay  on  the  Philosophy  of  Hume.  Graduated  M.A. 
1879,  with  Second-Class  Honours  in  Classics  and  Second-Class  Honours  in 
Mental  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  3151  May,  1879,  and  remained  there  till 
1883.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1881,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Jurisprudence  1883.  Graduated  B.A.  1883,  M.A.  1886. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1884. 

Was  admitted  Barrister-at-Law  of  the  Inner  Temple  1885,  and  practised  in 
London  till  1892,  when  ceased  to  follow  the  profession.  Became  "  Chief  of  Ulva's 
Isle "  on  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  Francis  William  Clark  of  Ulva,  131)1 
September,  1887.  Resides  on  the  estate.  Is  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Commissioner 
of  Supply,  Income  Tax  Commissioner  for  Argyllshire,  Member  of  School  Board, 
and  Parish  Councillor.  Unmarried. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  183 

JOHN  LEE.  29th  April,  1880. 

Born  at  the  Manse  of  Roxburgh,  I4th  February,  1860.  Third  son  of  the 
Rev.  William  Lee  (born  6th  Nov.,  1817,  D.D.Edin.  1868,  died  xoth  Oct.,  1886), 
Minister  of  Roxburgh  1843-74,  and  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  the 
University  of  Glasgow  1874-86,  by  his  marriage  with  Margaret  Mary  Rutherford, 
who  died  loth  Oct.,  1860.  The  Exhibitioner's  grandfather  was  the  Rev.  John 
Lee,  D.D.,  Principal  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh  1840-59,  and  his  uncle, 
Robert,  became  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Session  under  the  judicial 
title  of  Lord  Lee. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Fettes  College,  Edinburgh. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1877-78, 
1878-79,  1879-80,  1884-85,  and  1885-86.  Took  second  place  in  Bursary 
Competition  of  1877,  and  was  awarded  a  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of 
^£30,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  vacated  in  1880  on  appointment  to  Snell. 
Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc. :  1877-78,  Senior  and  Private  Greek, 
proxime  accessit  in  an  examination  on  Sophocles,  Ajax;  Senior  Latin,  first  for 
Latin  Prose  Composition.  1878-79,  Senior  Mathematics  (first  year  students),  ninth 
place  for  Written  Examinations  :  Senior  Greek,  ninth  prize  for  general  eminence ; 
Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  an  examination  on  Plato,  Gorgias,  and 
first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition  during  Vacation ;  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Senior  Latin  Vacation  Work,  first 
for  Translation  into  Latin  Prose.  1885-86,  Senior  Engineering,  third  place; 
Junior  Engineering,  second  prize ;  Engineering,  second  Walker  Prize ;  Senior 
Engineering  Drawing,  third  place.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1885,  with  First-Class 
Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  zist  October,  1880,  and  remained  there  till 
1884.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1882,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1884.  Graduated  B.A.  1885.  Vacated 
Exhibition  that  year. 

Civil  Engineer  (i)  with  the  Caledonian  Railway  Company  at  Kilwinning, 
(2)  with  the  London  and  North-Western  Railway  Company  at  (a)  Leeds,  (b) 
Mansfield. 

HUGH  WALKER.  29th  April,  1880. 

Born  at  Kilbirnie,  Ayrshire,  7th  January,  1855.  Eldest  son  of  James  Walker, 
Net  Manufacturer  there.  Is  brother-in-law  of  Henry  Jones,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  University  of  Glasgow. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  six  Sessions,  namely,  1872-73  to 
1877-78.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1872-73,  Junior  Latin,  fifth  for 
general  eminence.  1873-74,  Senior  Latin,  ninth  for  general  eminence.  1875-76, 
Senior  Mathematics  (first  year  students),  fourth  for  Written  Examinations ;  Logic, 
the  Buchanan  Gold  Medal,  and  first  for  Preparatory  Reading  in  Reid  and  Whately. 
1876-77,  Moral  Philosophy,  the  Buchanan  Prize,  and  first  (Students'  Prize  of 


184  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Books)  for  Written  Examinations.  Summer  1877,  Public  Law,  first  for  general 
eminence.  1877-78,  Civil  Law,  fifth  (Second-Class  Honours)  for  general  eminence ; 
Scots  Law,  fourth  (First-Class  Honours)  for  general  eminence,  and  Second  Prize 
given  by  the  Faculty  of  Procurators  in  Glasgow  for  eminence  in  a  special  Written 
Examination.  Graduated  M.A.  1878.  Acted  as  Examiner  in  English  for  degree 
of  M.A.  1895-98. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Session  1878-79. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  22nd  January,  1880,  and  remained  there  till 
June,  1883.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1881,  and  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1883.  Graduated  B.A.  1883, 
M.A.  1886.  Vacated  Exhibition  1885. 

Lecturer  on  English  Literature  in  St.  David's  College,  Lampeter,  South  Wales, 
1884-91.  Professor  of  English  Literature  therein  since  1891. 

Has  been  Examiner  in  English  Literature  to  the  Victoria  University  since 
1896. 

Married  Jane,  only  daughter  of  Alexander  Roxburgh  and  Agnes  Steel.  Issue : 
Agnes  Nea,  born  1888;  Janet  Elsi  Alice,  born  1891;  Frances  Damaris  Arnold, 
born  1896. 

Published  Writings:  Three  Centuries  of  Scottish  Literature,  1893;  The  Greater 
Victorian  Poets,  1895;  The  Age  of  Tennyson,  1897. 

GEORGE  SAUNDERS.  2oth  May,  1881. 

Born  at  Rattray,  Perthshire,  7th  October,  1859.  Eldest  son  of  David  Hogg 
Saunders,  Merchant,  19  Albany  Terrace,  Dundee,  and  Craigmill,  Rattray. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Dundee. 

Studied  at  the  Universities  of  (i)  Bonn,  1876,  (2)  Gottingen,  1877. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1876-77  to 
1880-81.  Stood  fourteenth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1876,  and  was  awarded 
the  Perthshire  Society's  Bursary  of^25,  tenable  for  three  years.  Gained  in  1878 
the  Monteith  (German)  Bursary  of  £16  for  three  years.  Obtained  the  following 
Class  and  other  Prizes :  1878-79,  Senior  English  Literature,  the  Buchanan  Prize. 
1879-80,  Senior  Logic,  sixth  for  general  eminence.  1 880-81,  Moral  Philosophy, 
the  Buchanan  Prize,  and  second  for  Written  Examinations ;  the  Rector's  (Mr. 
Gladstone's)  Prize  of  ^50  for  the  best  Essay  on  "The  Moral  and  Social  State 
of  the  Christian  Community  before  and  after  Constantine  the  Great,  in  connection 
with  his  conversion,  and  his  public  measures  consequent  thereon."  [Vide  "  Pub- 
lished Writings."] 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i8th  October,  1881,  and  remained  there  four 
years.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1883,  and  a  Third-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Modern  History  1885.  Graduated  B.A.  1886.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1886. 

Correspondent  at  Berlin  of  (i)  The  Morning  Post,  1888-97,  (2)  The  Times 
since  January,  1897.  . 

Married,  at   Berlin,   22nd   June,    1893,  Gertrude,  third   daughter  of  the  late 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


I85 


Oscar   Hainauer,    Banker,    Berlin.     Issue:   (i)   Eric,  (2)    Marion    Margaret   Julia, 
(3)  Malcolm  George,  (4)  James  Oscar  Stewart. 

Published  Writings:  Prize  Essay  on  Constantine's  Time  (ut  supra),  1882; 
"  Smokeless  Powder,  Movable  Fortifications,  and  the  Employment  of  large  Cavalry 
masses,"  read  before  the  United  Service  Institute,  1890;  very  numerous  contri- 
butions to  the  daily  press. 

DANIEL  RANKIN.  2;th  April,  1882. 

Born  at  Dumbarton,  3rd  November,  1857.  Third  son  of  Daniel  Rankin, 
Engineer  in  Greenock,  inventor  of  several  well-known  improvements  on  the  steam 
engine. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1872-73, 
l873-74,  i878-79.  1879-80,  and  1880-81.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes: 
l873-74>  Senior  Latin,  second  for  Latin  Prose  Composition.  1878-79,  Senior 
Greek,  seventh  for  general  eminence;  Greek,  Gold  Medal  for  Modern  Greek 
(given  by  G.  Gilmour,  Esq.,  Consul  for  Greece,  Glasgow),  awarded  on  a  Written 
Examination  in  Grammar,  Translation,  and  Composition.  1879-80,  Senior  and 
Private  Greek  (students  of  1878-79),  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition;  Senior 
Latin,  eleventh  for  general  eminence,  and  second  (out  of  Section  I.)  for  Latin 
Prose  Composition.  1880-81,  Senior  Latin  (students  of  1879-80),  first  for  a 
Translation  into  Latin  Prose;  Greek,  the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  £ig,  tenable 
for  two  years. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  October,  1882,  and  remained  there  till 
1886.  Highly  commended  1883  for  Chancellor's  Prize  for  Latin  Verse,  and  also 
for  Hertford  Scholarship.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1884, 
and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1886.  Graduated 
B.A.  1886.  Vacated  Exhibition  1887. 

Assistant  in  the  University  of  Glasgow  to  the  Professor  of  Humanity  since 
1890,  and  to  the  Professor  of  English  Literature  (as  regards  Anglo-Saxon)  in  1898 
and  1899.  Taught  Anglo-Saxon  in  Summer  Sessions  1897  and  1898. 

JOHN  PRINGLE  NICHOL.  ?.6th  April,  1883. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  6th  January,  1863.  Only  son  of  John  Nichol,  Exhibitioner 
of  1856  (q.v.). 

Received  his  early  education  at  Clifton  College. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1878-79  to 
1882-83.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes  :  1881-82,  a  Coulter  Prize 
of  £2  IDS.  for  the  best  Translation  into  Verse  of  Aeschylus's  Eumenides,  566  to 
577 ;  Senior  English  Literature  (his  father's  class),  "  Mr.  John  Pringle  Nichol,  who 
had  not  competed  for  the  ordinary  Class-Prizes,  was  presented  by  his  fellow- 
students  with  a  valuable  prize,  as  an  expression  of  their  appreciation  of  his  high 
literary  abilities,  which  had  placed  him  in  the  position  of  first  student  of  his 
year"  [Univ.  Ca/.].  1882-83,  Moral  Philosophy,  the  Buchanan  Prize,  and  first 
(given  by  former  students  of  the  class)  for  excellence  in  Written  Examinations. 


,86  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  zznd  October,  1883,  and  remained  there  till 
1886.  Obtained  a  Third-Class  in  the  Final  School  of  History  1886.  Graduated 
B.A.  1888.  Scholar  of  Balliol  1883-86.  Vacated  Exhibition  1887. 

Resides  at  n  Stafford  Terrace,  Kensington,  London,  W. 

FRANCIS  JAMES  WYLIE.  ist  May,  1884. 

Born  at  Bromley,  Kent,  i8th  October,  1865.  Second  son  of  Richard 
Northcote  Wylie  (born  in  Scotland),  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  St.  Petersburg,  whose 
sister,  Caroline  Frances,  is  wife  of  Edward  Caird,  Exhibitioner  of  1860  (q.v.). 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  St.  Edward's  School,  Oxford. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  two  Sessions,  namely,  1882-83  and 
1883-84.  Stood  twelfth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1882,  and  second  in  that  of 
1883,  when  awarded  the  Scott  Bursary  of  ^25,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he 
vacated  in  1884  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes, 
etc.:  1882-83,  Senior  Greek,  third  for  general  eminence;  Senior  and  Private  Greek, 
first  for  an  Examination  on  Sophocles,  Ajax;  Senior  Latin,  twelfth  for  general 
eminence ;  Private  Latin,  third  place  for  Examination  on  Lectures  delivered  and 
Authors  read  in  Class.  1883-84,  Senior  English  Literature,  sixth  for  general 
eminence ;  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  an  Examination  on  Sophocles, 
Oedipus  Tyrannus,  first  for  Greek  Composition,  and  first  (among  students  of 
1882-83)  for  Translation  into  Greek  Prose;  Senior  and  Private  Latin,  first  Muir- 
head  Prize;  Senior  Latin  (Section  I.),  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition;  Latin 
Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  15111  October,  1884,  and  remained  there  till 
June,  1888.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1886,  and  a  First- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1888.  Graduated  B.A.  1888, 
M.A.  1892.  Vacated  Exhibition  1889. 

Was  elected  Fellow  of  Brasenose  College  1892,  and  has  continued  there  (as 
Fellow  and  Tutor)  since  then. 

WILLIAM  ANDERSON  GRAY.  ist  May,  1885. 

Born  at  Aberdeen,  nth  March,  1867.  Third  son  of  Alexander  R.  Gray, 
Merchant  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Walker's  Academy,  Aberdeen. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Aberdeen  during  Sessions  1882-83  an<i  1883-84. 
Stood  third  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1882,  and  was  awarded  the  Rose  Bursary 
of  ^30,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  would  vacate  in  1884  on  removing  to 
Glasgow  University.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc. :  1882-83,  Junior 
Greek,  ninth  prize ;  Junior  Greek  (Provectiores),  tenth  place ;  Junior  Latin,  sixth 
prize;  Junior  Latin  (Provectiores),  first  prize;  English,  thirteenth  place.  1883-84, 
Junior  Mathematics,  sixteenth  place;  Senior  Greek,  first  prize;  Senior  Greek 
(Provectiores),  fourth  prize  (resigned);  Senior  Greek  (Summer  Reading),  second 
prize;  Senior  Latin,  twelfth  prize;  Senior  Latin  (Provectiores),  sixth  place;  Senior 
Latin  (Summer  Reading),  second  prize. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


I87 


Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  during  Session  1884-85.  Bracketed 
for  first  Muirhead  Prize  in  Class  of  Private  and  Senior  Latin,  and  took  second 
place  in  Senior  Latin  Class  (Section  I.)  for  Latin  Prose  Composition. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  24th  October,  1885,  and  remained  there  till 
1889.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1887,  and  a  First-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1889.  Graduated  B.A.  1889.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1890. 

Studied  Medicine  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh  during  Sessions  1889-90  and 
1890-91.  Gained  the  following  Class-Distinctions:  1889-90,  Chemistry,  forty-eighth 
place  and  second-class  honours ;  Practical  Chemistry,  ninety-seventh  place  and 
second-class  honours ;  Anatomy,  thirty-ninth  place  and  first-class  honours ;  Practical 
Anatomy,  fifth  place  and  first-class  honours.  Summer  1890,  Junior  Botany  (Section 
A),  second  place,  medal,  and  first-class  honours ;  Practical  Botany,  fifteenth  place 
and  second-class  honours;  Botany  (Drawings),  fourth  place  and  second-class 
honours;  Natural  History,  fifth  place,  medal,  and  first-class  honours;  Practical 
Anatomy,  twentieth  place  and  first-class  honours  for  examinations  on  own 
Dissections. 

Died  at  Aberdeen,  i4th  April,   1891. 

JOHN  M'GILCHRIST.  2gth  April,  1886. 

Bom  at  the  Manse,  Bowmore,  Islay,  Argyleshire,  151)1  September,  1866. 
Eldest  son  of  the  Rev.  John  M'Gilchrist,  Parish  Minister  of  Bowmore. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Bowmore  and  Newton  Public  Schools,  Islay. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  eight  Sessions,  namely,  1881-82  to 
1885-86  in  Arts,  and  1891-92  to  1893-94  in  Divinity.  Presented  by  the  Synod 
of  Argyle  to  the  Gillian  Maclaine  Bursary  of  ^100,  which  he  held  for  six  years, 
three  in  Arts  and  three  in  Divinity.  Took  forty-second  place  in  University  Bursary 
Competition  of  1881,  and  was  awarded  the  Hannay  Bursary  of  ^15,  tenable  for 
three  years.  Gained  also,  in  1891,  the  Hastie  (Divinity)  Bursary  of  ^£25  for  three 
years;  in  1892,  the  James  Ferguson  Bursary  of  ^80  for  two  years;  and,  in  1894, 
the  Black  Theological  Fellowship  of  ^147  for  one  year.  Obtained  the  following 
Class  and  other  Prizes,  etc.:  1881-82,  Upper  Junior  Latin,  sixth  for  general 
eminence.  1882-83,  Senior  Latin,  fourth  for  general  eminence,  and  third  place 
for  Written  Examinations.  1883-84,  Junior  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence. 
1884-85,  Logic  (students  of  1883-84),  first  for  Reading — Thomson's  Outline  of 
the  Laws  of  Thought;  Senior  Greek,  fifth  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Herodotus  VIII.  and  Odyssey  VI. ;  Latin, 
second  Muirhead  Prize.  1891-92,  Junior  Divinity,  first  for  Written  Examinations; 
Junior  Hebrew,  third  for  general  eminence;  Junior  Church  History,  third  for 
general  eminence.  1892-93,  Second  Year  Divinity,  first  for  Written  Examinations; 
Junior  Biblical  Criticism,  third  for  Written  Examinations;  Senior  Hebrew,  second 
for  general  eminence.  1893-94,  the  Jamieson  Prize  of  £10  for  Examination  in 
Hebrew,  New  Testament  Exegesis,  and  Apologetics;  The  Macfarlan  and  Cook 
Testimonial  Prize  of  £21  for  Examination  in  Greek,  Moral  Philosophy,  Hebrew, 


1 88  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Church  History,  and  Divinity ;  Senior  Divinity,  first  for  Written  Examinations ; 
Senior  Biblical  Criticism,  second  for  Written  Examinations ;  Senior  Church  History, 
third  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1891,  with  Second-Class  Honours 
in  Classics,  and  B.D.  1894. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  October,   1886,  and  remained  there  till 

1890.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1888,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1890.     Graduated  B.A.  1892.     Vacated 
Exhibition  1891. 

Minister  of  the  Church  of  Scotland.  Ordained  to  the  Parish  of  Glengarry, 
Inverness-shire,  1894,  translated  to  the  Parish  of  Fodderty,  Strathpeffer,  Ross-shire, 
1896,  and  to  the  Parish  of  Skelmorlie,  Ayrshire,  1899. 

Married,  at  Park  Church,  Glasgow,  23rd  January,  1896,  Beatrice,  daughter  of 
Charles  Blatherwick,  M.D.,  M.R.C.S.,  L.R.C.P.,  sometime  of  Highgate,  London, 
afterwards  of  Row,  Dumbartonshire. 

Publication  :  Discourse  entituled,  "  Old  Testament  Writers  and  the  historical 
conditions  under  which  they  wrote,"  1899. 

CHARLES  JAMES  MACKAY  GORDON.  28th  April,  1887. 

Born  at  Adventure,  Tobago,  West  Indies,  ryth  June,  1866.  Fifth  son  of  the 
Hon.  Robert  Gordon  (born  in  Tongue  Parish,  Sutherlandshire),  Sugar  Planter 
in  Tobago,  and  for  many  years  Member  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  the  island. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1882-83  to 
1886-87.  Took  eighth  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1882,  and  was  awarded 
a  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  .£30,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the 
following  Class-Prizes :  1883-84,  Senior  Greek,  tenth  for  general  eminence,  and 
first  for  an  Examination  on  Herodotus,  Book  IX.,  and  Homer  (Odyssey),  Book  XII. 
1884-85,  Senior  English  Literature,  fifth  for  general  eminence.  1885-86,  Moral 
Philosophy,  second  for  general  eminence.  1886-87,  Higher  Moral  Philosophy, 
first  for  an  Examination  on  the  work  done  during  the  Session.  Graduated  M.A. 
1887,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  igth  October,   1887,  and  remained  there  till 

1891.  Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1889,  and  a  Second- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1891.      Graduated  B.A.   1892. 
Vacated  Exhibition  1891. 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession,  (i)  Assistant  to  Professor  of  Greek  in  the 
University  of  St.  Andrews  1891-92;  (2)  Master  in  Kelvinside  Academy,  Glasgow, 
September,  1892,  to  June,  1895  ;  (3)  Tutor,  at  Castle  Howard,  Yorkshire,  to  sons 
of  Earl  of  Carlisle;  (4)  Master  in  Shrewsbury  School,  October,  1897,  to  July,  1898; 
(5)  Master  in  Magdalen  College  School,  Oxford,  since  September,  1898. 

ERNEST  FINDLAY  SCOTT.  26th  April,  1888. 

Born  at  Towlaw,  County  Durham,   i8th  March,    1868.      Eldest   son   of  the 

Rev.    Ernest   Fidelis    Scott    (born    in    Scotland),    sometime    United    Presbyterian 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


189 


Minister  at  Towlaw,  afterwards  Chaplain  of  the  Glasgow  Royal  Lunatic  Asylum, 
and  who  died  at  46  Lawrence  Place,  Dowanhill,  Glasgow,  28th  December,  1899, 
aged  67. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  the  Grammar  School  of 
Paisley. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1884-85  to 
1887-88.  Stood  nineteenth  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1884,  and  was  awarded 
the  Pollock  Bursary  of  ^£35,  tenable  for  three  years.  Gained  in  1886  a  Lorimer 
(Philosophical)  Bursary  of  ^25  for  three  years,  which  he  vacated  on  appointment 
to  Snell,  and  in  1888  the  Ferguson  (Classical)  Scholarship  of  ;£8o  for  two  years, 
open  to  students  of  all  the  Scottish  Universities.  Obtained  the  following  Class 
and  other  Prizes:  1884-85,  Middle  Greek,  twelfth,  and  Middle  Latin,  fourth,  both 
for  general  eminence.  1885-86,  Senior  Greek,  sixth  for  general  eminence;  Senior 
Latin,  second  for  general  eminence,  first  for  Written  Examinations,  second  (out 
of  Section  I.)  for  Latin  Prose  Composition,  and  first  for  Written  Examination  on 
Vacation  Work;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal. 
1886-87,  the  Luke  Historical  Prize  of  j£io  for  the  best  Examination  in  Ancient 
Greek  and  Roman  History ;  Senior  Logic,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for 
Preliminary  Examination  in  Reid  and  Institutes  of  Logic ;  English  Literature,  the 
Buchanan  Prize,  and  first  for  Prose  Essay  on  "English  Essayists";  Senior  and 
Private  Greek,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Sophocles, 
Antigone,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition  (Vacation  Work) ;  Middle  Greek, 
Gold  Medal  for  Modern  Greek ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan 
Gold  Medal;  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first  (among  Seniors  of  1885-86)  for 
Translation  into  Latin  Prose.  1887-88,  the  Gartmore  Gold  Medal  for  the  best 
Essay  on  "The  Grattan  Parliament";  Moral  Philosophy,  the  Buchanan  Prize, 
first  for  Written  Examinations,  and  first  for  Vacation  Work.  Graduated  M.A.  in 
1888,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics  and  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental 
Philosophy,  and  received  the  Thomas  Logan  Medal  and  Prize  of  ^12  as  the 
most  distinguished  Graduate  in  Arts  of  the  year. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  iSth  October,  1888,  and  remained  there  till 
1892.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1890,  and  a  Second-Class 
in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1892.  Graduated  B.A.  1894.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1893. 

Entered  the  Ministry  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  ordained 
in  1895  to  the  charge  of  Prestwick,  Ayrshire,  which  he  still  holds. 

HUGH  M'PHERSON.  27th  April,  1889. 

Born  at  Paisley,  Renfrewshire,  3rd  May,  1870.  Eldest  son  of  Duncan 
M'Pherson,  Building  Contractor  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Paisley  Grammar  School. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1886-87  to 
1888-89.  Took  first  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1886,  and  was  awarded 
a  John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  £30,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he 


I90  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

would  vacate  in  1889  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following  Class- 
Prizes  :  1886-87,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics  A.,  second,  Middle  Greek,  fourth, 
and  Middle  Latin,  second,  all  for  general  eminence.  1887-88,  Senior  Greek, 
ninth  for  general  eminence ;  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  Written  Examina- 
tions and  Exercises  on  Sophocles,  Philoctetes;  Senior  Latin,  fifth  for  general 
eminence.  1888-89,  Senior  Mathematics,  second  for  Written  Examinations ; 
Senior  Logic,  second  for  general  eminence;  Latin,  first  for  set  of  "unseen" 
Exercises  done  in  the  Class  of  the  George  A.  Clark  Fellow. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i7th  October,  1889,  and  remained  there  till 
1891,  when  he  had  to  proceed  to  India  (ut  infra).  Prox.  ace.  for  Boden 
Scholarship.  Vacated  Exhibition  in  June,  1891. 

Graduated  B.A.  of  London  University  in  1889,  with  Honours  in  Classics. 

Was  selected  as  Probationer  for  India  Civil  Service  in  1889.  Passed  second 
in  Final  Examination  1891,  gaining  Special  Prize  in  Political  Economy.  Has 
served  in  Lower  Bengal  since  November,  1891,  and  is  at  present  Settlement 
Officer,  Sonthal  Pergunnahs. 

Married,  24th  February,  1897,  at  Dumka,  Sonthal  Pergunnahs,  Gertrude, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Kelly,  Civil  Surgeon  of  Dumka.  Issue:  Elsie,  born  i2th 
June,  1898. 

Address:  Dumka,  S.P.,  Lower  Bengal. 

JOHN  EDGAR  M'FADYEN.  26th  April,  1890. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  i7th  July,  1870.  Eldest  son  of  James  Hemphill  M'Fadyen, 
Manager  of  the  Publishing  Department  of  the  Weekly  Citizen  and  Evening 
Citizen  newspapers,  Glasgow. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Hutchesons'  Grammar  School,  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1886-87  to 
1889-90.  Stood  third  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1886,  and  was  awarded  a  John 
Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  ,£30,  and  a  Hutchesons'  Educational  Trust  Bursary 
of  £,20,  each  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other 
Prizes,  etc.:  1886-87,  Upper  Junior  Mathematics  A.,  third  for  general  eminence; 
Middle  Greek,  second  for  general  eminence,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and 
Exercises  on  Xenophon,  Anabasis  IV.,  and  first  for  Greek  Composition  ;  Middle 
Latin,  third  for  general  eminence.  1887-88,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold 
Medal,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Attic  Orators  (Selections), 
first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Herodotus  IX.  and  Odyssey 
XII.,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition  during  Vacation;  Middle  Greek 
Vacation  Work,  Gold  Medal  for  Modern  Greek ;  Senior  Latin,  fourth  for  general 
eminence,  and  third  place  for  Written  Examinations ;  Latin  Vacation  Exercises, 
second  prize  for  Written  Examination,  and  second  place  for  Latin  Prose;  Private  and 
Senior  Latin,  bracketed  for  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1888-89,  a  Coulter  Prize  of 
£2  los.  for  the  best  English  Essay  on  "The  Characteristics  of  Thucydides  as 
an  Historian";  the  Luke  Historical  Prize  of  £12  for  the  best  Examination  in 
Ancient  Greek  and  Roman  History ;  Senior  Logic,  ninth  for  general  eminence ; 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  igi 

Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on 
Thucydides  VI.,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Sophocles, 
Trachiniae,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition  during  Vacation ;  Greek, 
the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  £20,  tenable  for  two  years ;  Private  and  Upper 
Senior  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize.  1889-90,  a  Coulter  Prize  of  £$  for  the 
best  Latin  Essay  on  "  Corruptissima  republica  plurimae  leges ";  Junior  English 
Literature,  fourth  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1890,  with 
First-Class  Honours  in  Classics,  and  received  the  Thomas  Logan  Medal 
and  Prize  of  £12  as  the  most  distinguished  graduate  in  Arts  of  the  year. 
Gained  in  1893  the  George  A.  Clark  Classical  Scholarship  of  ^180,  tenable  for 
four  years. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  i4th  October,  1890,  and  remained  there 
till  1894.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1892,  and  a  Second 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1894.  Graduated  B.A.  1895. 
Carried  off  the  Junior  Hall  Houghton  Septuagint  Prize  1893,  the  Senior  Hall 
Houghton  Septuagint  Prize  1896,  and  the  Denyer  and  Johnson  Theological 
Scholarship  1897.  Vacated  Exhibition  1893. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Marburg,  Germany,  1896. 

Attended  the  Theological  Course  of  the  Free  Church  College,  Glasgow, 
from  1894  to  1898,  and  gained  three  Scholarships  there — the  Stevenston  in  1894, 
the  Freeland  in  1896,  and  the  Joshua  Paterson  in  1898.  Obtained  also  the 
Williams  Divinity  Scholarship,  London,  in  1895. 

Has  been  Professor  of  Old  Testament  Literature  and  Exegesis  in  Knox 
College,  Toronto,  Canada,  since  1898. 

Married  Marie  Scheffer,  ist  September,  1898,  at  Eschwege  a/W.,  Hessen, 
Germany.  Issue  :  a  son,  born  22nd  February,  1900. 

Publication  :  His  Inaugural  Address  on  the  Place  of  the  Old  Testament  in 
the  Faith  and  Teaching  of  the  Church — not  yet  published  separately — appeared 
in  the  Westminster  for  8th  October,  1898. 

GEORGE  DOUGLAS  BROWN.  2jth  April,   1891. 

Born  at  Ochiltree,  Ayrshire,  26th  January,  1869.  Eldest  son  of  George 
Douglas  Brown,  Farmer  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Ayr  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1887-88  to 
1890-91.  Stood  sixteenth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1887,  and  was  awarded 
the  Cowan  Bursary  of  ,£35,  tenable  for  two  years.  Obtained  in  1889  the 
Stewart  Bursary  of  ^15,  tenable  during  Gown  Course,  and  in  1890  the  Eglinton 
Classical  Fellowship  of  £100,  tenable  for  three  years,  which  last  he  vacated  in 
1891  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes: 
1887-88,  Senior  Greek,  fourth  for  general  eminence;  Senior  Latin,  ninth  for  general 
eminence,  and  second  place  for  Latin  Prose  Composition.  1888-89,  Senior 
English  Literature,  second  for  general  eminence.  1889-90,  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1890-91,  the  Luke  Historical  Prize  of 


1 92  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

£12  for  the  best  Examination  in  Ancient  Greek  and  Roman  History.  Graduated 
M.A.  in  1890,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  aoth  October,  1891,  and  remained  there 
till  1895.  Obtained  a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1893,  and  a  Third- 
Class  in  the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1895.  Has  passed  all  the 
necessary  examinations  for  B.A.,  but  has  not  yet  graduated. 

Journalist  and  Publishers'  Reader  in  London.  Has  acted,  ever  since  leaving 
Oxford,  as  adviser  to  John  Macqueen,  Esq.,  Publisher,  Hastings  House,  Norfolk 
Street,  Strand,  in  some  of  his  higher-class  undertakings. 

EDWARD  HAMILTON  WALLACE.  22nd  April,  1893. 

Born  at  Sunderland,  County  Durham,  i3th  May,  1873.  Son  of  the  Rev. 
George  Wallace,  D.D.  (born  at  Dundee),  Minister  of  (i)  the  Free  Church  at 
Maryton,  Forfarshire,  1859-66,  (2)  the  English  Presbyterian  Church  at  Sunderland, 
1866-76,  (3)  the  Free  Church  at  Hamilton,  Lanarkshire,  since  1876. 

The  Exhibitioner  received  his  early  education  at  Hamilton  Academy  and 
Glasgow  High  School. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1888-89  to 
1892-93.  Stood  tenth  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1888,  and  was  awarded  the 
Malcolm  M'Ewen  Bursary  of  ^16,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  in  1890  the 
Lorimer  (Mathematical)  Bursary  of  £20  for  three  years,  vacating  the  M'Ewen. 
Obtained  the  following  Class  and  other  Prizes:  1888-89,  Middle  Greek,  the  Scott- 
Macfarlan  Gold  Medal,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Xenophon, 
Anabasis  IV.,  and  first  for  Greek  Prose  Composition ;  Middle  Latin,  second  for 
general  eminence.  1889-90,  Senior  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence; 
Senior  Greek,  second  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Vacation  work,  Demos- 
thenes, Olynthiacs ;  Senior  Latin,  tenth  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Examina- 
tion in  Livy  XXI.,  Horace,  Odes  I.,  and  Virgil,  Georgic  I.  1890-91,  Senior  and 
Private  Greek,  first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Aeschylus,  and 
first  for  Written  Examinations  and  Exercises  on  Pindar;  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Greek,  the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  £20, 
tenable  for  two  years;  Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1891-92,  Upper  Senior 
Mathematics,  the  Cunninghame  Gold  Medal ;  Natural  Philosophy  (first  year 
students),  twelfth  for  general  eminence;  Moral  Philosophy,  fifth  for  general 
eminence,  first  for  Written  Examinations,  and  first  for  Examination  on  the  Greek 
Text  of  Plato's  "Republic."  1892-93,  Senior  Logic,  sixth,  and  English  Literature, 
fourth,  both  for  general  eminence.  1893-94,  the  Gladstone  Historical  Prize  of 
£21  (open  to  graduates  of  not  more  than  two  years'  standing),  for  the  best 
Examination  in  English  History.  Graduated  M.A.  in  1893,  with  Second-Class 
Honours  in  Classics,  and  Second-Class  Honours  in  Mathematics  and  Natural 
Philosophy. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1893,  and  remained  there  till  1896. 
Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1895,  and  a  Second-Class  in 
Mathematical  Moderations  1895.  Graduated  B.A.  1896.  Vacated  Exhibition  1896. 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS 


193 


Is  a  Member  of  the  Indian  Civil  Service.  Assistant  Collector,  (i)  North  Arcot, 
Madras  Presidency,  from  January,  1897,  to  March,  1898,  (2)  South  Arcot,  since 
March,  1898.  Unmarried. 

WILLIAM  GOW.  I4th  April,  1894. 

Born  at  Coupar-Angus,  Perthshire,  26th  November,  1872.  Son  of  James  Gow, 
Druggist  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  High  School  of  Dundee. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1890-91  to 
1893-94.  Took  sixteenth  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1890,  and  was 
awarded  a  Buchanan  Bursary  of  ^£13,  tenable  for  three  years.  Obtained  also,  at 
same  time,  a  Macdougall  Bursary  of  ^33,  tenable  for  a  like  period.  Stood  third 
in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1891,  and  received  the  General  Council  Bursary 
of  ^20,  tenable  for  three  years,  vacating  the  Buchanan.  Gained  the  following 
Class-Prizes,  etc.:  1890-91,  Upper  Middle  Greek,  sixth  for  general  eminence; 
Senior  Latin,  ninth  for  general  eminence.  1891-92,  Senior  Greek,  ninth  for  general 
eminence,  one  of  four  for  repetition  of  Aeschylus'  Choephori,  and  one  of  two  for 
Aristophanes  Examination ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  second  place  in  Cowan 
Gold  Medal  Competition.  1892-93,  English  Literature,  third  for  general  eminence; 
Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  repetition  of  Aeschylus'  Agamemnon.  1893-94, 
Moral  Philosophy,  second  for  general  eminence ;  Greek,  first  for  Unseen  Translation 
with  the  Clark  Fellow ;  Senior  Latin  (Section  I.),  first  for  Latin  Prose  Composition. 
Graduated  M.A.  1895,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1894,  and  remained  there  till  1898.  Obtained 
a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1896,  and  a  Second-Class  in  the  Final 
School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1898.  Graduated  B.A.  8th  July,  1899.  Vacated 
Exhibition  1898. 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession.  Has  been  one  of  the  Masters  in  Merchiston 
Castle  School,  Edinburgh,  since  September,  1898. 

WILLIAM  KING  GILLIES.  I7th  April,  1895. 

Born  at  Gateside,  Beith,  Ayrshire,  zoth  March,  1875.  Son  of  William  Gillies, 
Blacksmith  there. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Spiers'  School,  Beith,  and  obtained  University 
Bursary  there. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1891-92  to 
1894-95.  Took  seventeenth  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1891,  and  was 
awarded  the  Black  Bursary  of  £20,  tenable  for  four  years.  Gained  in  1893  the 
John  Ferguson  Jaffrey  Bursary  of  ^34,  tenable  for  two  years.  Obtained  the 
following  Class-Prizes:  1892-93,  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  third  for  general  emin- 
ence; Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1893-94,  Moral  Philosophy,  third,  and  Senior 
Logic,  third,  both  for  general  eminence;  Logic  Summer  Vacation  Work,  first  for 
Preliminary  Examination  in  Institutes  of  Logic  and  Descartes ;  Senior  and  Private 
Latin,  third  Muirhead  Prize.  1894-95,  Honours  Moral  Philosophy,  second  place; 

N 


I94  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

Honours  Logic,  first  prize.  Graduated  M.A.  1895,  with  First-Class  Honours  in 
Classics,  and  First-Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy,  carrying  off  the  Thomas 
Logan  Medal  and  Prize  of  ^12,  as  the  most  distinguished  graduate  in  Arts 
of  the  year.  Proxime  accessit  in  the  1897  competition  for  the  Ferguson  Philoso- 
phical Scholarship  (.£80  for  two  years),  open  to  graduates  of  all  the  Scottish 
Universities. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1895,  and  remained  there  till  1898. 
Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1897,  and  a  Second-Class  in 
the  Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1898.  Graduated  B.A.  2oth  May,  1899. 
Vacated  Exhibition  in  June,  1898. 

Adopted  the  teaching  profession.  Was  Classical  Assistant  in  Greenock 
Academy,  from  September,  1898,  to  April,  1899,  since  when  he  has  been  Head 
Classical  Master  in  the  Grammar  School  of  Campbeltown. 

Married,  at  Clyde  Villa,  Kilmarnock,  nth  July,  1900,  Jean  Menzies,  daughter 
of  John  Carnie,  Esq.,  J.P.,  Manufacturer,  Kilmarnock. 

GEORGE  STEWART  ADAMS.  15*  April,  1896. 

Full  name  William  George  Stewart  Adams,  but  generally  drops  the  "  William." 

Born  at  Hamilton,  Lanarkshire,  8th  November,  1874.  Son  of  John  Adams, 
for  many  years  Rector  of  St.  John's  Grammar  School  there. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1891-92  to 
1895-96.  Took  thirty-eighth  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1891.  Pre- 
sented that  year  by  the  Duke  of  Hamilton  to  the  Dundonald  (Philosophy)  Bursary 
of  ^£40,  tenable  for  four  years.  Obtained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1891-92, 
Upper  Middle  Greek,  second  for  general  eminence ;  Middle  Latin,  fifth  for 
general  eminence.  1892-93,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal;  Greek  Vacation 
Work,  first  for  Examination  on  Aeschylus'  Agamemnon;  Senior  Latin,  second  for 
general  eminence.  1893-94,  Senior  and  Private  Greek,  first  for  general  eminence; 
Greek  Vacation  Work,  first  for  Greek  Prose ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination, 
the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1894-95,  Greek,  the  Sandford  Scholarship  of  ^20, 
tenable  for  two  years.  Graduated  M.A.  1897,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  October,  1896,  and  is  still  resident  there. 
Obtained  a  Second-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1898,  and  a  First-Class  in  the 
Final  School  of  Literae  Humaniores  1900. 

PETER  WILLIAM  MONIE.  8th  April,  1897. 

Born  at  Rothesay,   Isle  of  Bute,   3oth  March,    1877.      Son  of  Peter  Monie, 
.     Teacher  in  Irvine,  Ayrshire. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Royal  Academy  of  Irvine. 
Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  four  Sessions,  namely,  1893-94  to 
1896-97.  Took  sixteenth  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1893,  and  was 
awarded  the  Browne  (Ayrshire)  Bursary  of  ^20,  tenable  for  four  years.  Stood 
first  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1894,  receiving  the  Davidson  (Arts)  Bursary 
°f  £4°  for  three  years,  and  resigning  the  Browne.  Obtained  the  following  Class 


THE  FOUNDATIONERS  ,95 

and  other  Prizes:  1893-94,  Second  Mathematics,  first  (out  of  Division  B.)  for 
general  eminence,  and  second  (out  of  both  Divisions)  for  Written  Examinations; 
Upper  Middle  Greek,  third,  and  Middle  Latin,  second,  both  for  general  eminence. 
1894-95,  Intermediate  Honours  Mathematics,  third,  Senior  Greek,  third,  and 
Senior  Latin,  second,  all  for  general  eminence.  1895-96,  Natural  Philosophy, 
second,  and  Honours  Greek,  second,  both  for  general  eminence;  Private  and 
Honours  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan 
Gold  Medal.  1896-97,  a  Coulter  Prize  of  .£5  for  the  best  Translation  into 
English  of  the  three  speeches  of  Pericles  in  Thucydides  I.  140-144,  II.  35-46, 
and  II.  60-64.  Graduated  M.A.  1897,  with  First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1897,  and  is  still  resident  there.  Obtained 
a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1899. 

Selected  Candidate  for  Indian  Civil  Service  1899. 

SAMUEL  FRANCIS  HENDERSON  MACKAY.  I3th  April,  1898. 

Born  at  Helensburgh,  Dumbartonshire,  isth  February,  1880.  Son  of  the 
now  deceased  Martin  Mackay,  Writer  in  Glasgow. 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1896-97  to 
1898-99.  Took  first  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1896,  and  was  awarded  a 
John  Clark  (Mile-End)  Bursary  of  ^30,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he  vacated 
in  1899.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes:  1896-97,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey 
Gold  Medal,  and  second  for  Composition ;  Senior  Latin,  fifth  for  general  eminence. 
1897-98,  Second  Mathematics,  second  for  general  eminence;  Honours  Greek,  first 
for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Vacation  Greek  Prose;  Greek  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Latin,  first  Muirhead  Prize,  and  first 
(among  students  of  1896-97)  for  Latin  Essay  on  Sejanus ;  Latin  Black  Stone 
Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal.  1898-99,  Moral  Philosophy,  First-Class 
Certificate  of  Merit;  English  Literature,  third  prize.  Graduated  M.A.  1899,  with 
First-Class  Honours  in  Classics. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1898,  and  is  still  resident  there.  Obtained 
a  First-Class  in  Classical  Moderations  1900. 

ARCHIBALD  MAIN.  igth  April,  1899. 

Born  at  Partick,  Glasgow,  lyth  December,  1876.  Son  of  the  now  deceased 
Archibald  Main,  formerly  residing  at  9  Osborne  Place,  Govan,  sometime  Manager 
of  Joiner-work  in  Messrs.  D.  &  W.  Henderson's  Shipbuilding  Yard,  Contractor 
to  Messrs.  Mackie  &  Thomson,  Shipbuilders,  and  Superintendent  for  Mr.  G.  L. 
Watson,  Designer. 

Received  his  early  education  at  Garnethill  Public  School,  Glasgow. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  five  Sessions,  namely,  1894-95  to 
1898-99.  Took  thirty-fourth  place  in  Bursary  Competition  of  1894,  and  was 
awarded  a  Glasgow  City  Educational  Endowments  Bursary  of  £25,  tenable  for 
four  years.  Gained  the  following  Class-Prizes,  etc.:  1895-96,  Junior  Hebrew, 


196  THE  FOUNDATIONERS 

prox.  ace.  (i.e.  6th  place)  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  an  Examination  on 
Subject  of  Lectures;  Logic,  third  for  general  eminence.  1896-97,  Moral  Philo- 
sophy, third  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Vacation  Work ;  Logic,  first  for 
Summer  Essay;  English  Literature,  ninth  for  general  eminence.  1897-98, 
Honours  Logic,  first  for  general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  1899,  with  First- 
Class  Honours  in  Mental  Philosophy. 

Was  Lecturer  on  Logic  and  Rhetoric  at  the  Glasgow  Athenaeum  in  1898. 

Matriculated  at  Balliol  College  in  1899,  and  is  still  resident  there. 

GEORGE  HOPE  STEVENSON.  iSth  April,  1900. 

Born  at  Glasgow,  zsth  July,  1880.  Son  of  Hugh  F.  Stevenson,  of  the  firm 
of  Stevenson  &  Fleming,  East  India  Merchants  in  Glasgow.  The  Exhibitioner 
is  a  nephew  of  Alexander  Robertson  MacEwen,  Exhibitioner  of  1870  (q.v.). 

Received  his  early  education  at  the  Glasgow  Academy. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Glasgow  for  three  Sessions,  namely,  1897-98, 
1898-99,  and  1899-1900.  Took  first  place  in  the  Bursary  Competition  of  1897, 
and  was  awarded  the  Forfar  Bursary  of  ^36,  tenable  for  four  years,  which  he 
vacated  in  1900  on  appointment  to  Snell.  Gained  the  following  Class  and  other 
Prizes  :  1897-98,  Senior  Greek,  the  Jeffrey  Gold  Medal  as  the  most  distinguished 
student  of  the  Class,  and  second  prize  for  Composition ;  Senior  Latin,  the  Cowan 
Gold  Medal.  Summer  1898,  Mathematics,  first  for  general  eminence.  1898-99, 
a  Coulter  Prize  of  £$  for  the  best  Dissertation  in  English  on  the  Fragments  of 
Euripides ;  Logic,  the  Buchanan  Prize ;  Private  and  Honours  Latin,  first  Muir- 
head  Prize ;  Latin  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold  Medal ;  Honours 
Greek,  first  for  general  eminence,  and  first  for  Composition ;  Greek  Vacation 
Exercises,  first  for  Greek  Prose,  first  for  Repetition  of  Sophocles'  "Antigone," 
and  first  for  Ancient  History ;  Greek  Black  Stone  Examination,  the  Cowan  Gold 
Medal.  Summer  1899,  Mathematics,  first  for  general  eminence.  1899-1900, 
Logic,  first  for  Summer  Reading  1899;  Senior  and  Honours  Latin,  first  for  Latin 
Prose  Composition ;  Honours  Greek,  first  for  Composition ;  English,  third  for 
general  eminence.  Graduated  M.A.  i7th  April,  1900,  with  First-Class  Honours 
in  Classics. 

Studied  at  the  University  of  Jena  during  Summer  Semester  1900. 


APPENDICES. 


I.— THE    FOUNDER'S    WILL. 

IN  THE  NAME  OF  GOD,  AMEN.  I,  JOHN  SNELL,  of  Uffeton,  in  the  Countie  of  Warwick, 
being  in  health  of  bodie,  and  of  perfect  memorie  and  understanding,  God  be  praised  for 
the  same,  and  for  all  other  His  great  mercies  bestowed  upon  mee  ;  yet,  considering  my 
mortalitie  and  the  certaintie  of  my  death,  but  the  uncertaintie  of  the  tyme  thereof,  and  being 
mynded  to  settle  and  dispose  of  that  estate,  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  my  most  gracious 
and  bountiful  God  to  blesse  me  in  this  world  ;  doe  make  and  ordaine  this  my  last  will  and 
testament,  as  followeth  :— I  desire  to  be  decently  buried,  at  the  discretion  of  my  executors 
hereinafter  named.  And  whereas  I  have  purchased  to  mee  and  my  heires,  of  William 
Spencer,  Esquire,  the  Manor  of  Ollufeton  alias  Ulueton,  alias  UfFeton,  with  the  appur- 
tenances, in  the  said  Countie  of  Warwick,  and  divers  lands  and  tenements  thereunto 
belonging  in  the  same  countie.  And  whereas  by  a  note,  all  written  with  my  owne  hand, 
bearing  even  date  with  this  my  will,  and  left  under  a  cover  sealed  with  the  same,  it  doth 
appeare  what  debts  are  owing  to  mee,  and  by  whome,  and  what  debts  I  do  now  owe  and 
unto  whome.  I  doe  will  and  appoint  my  executors  hereafter  named,  to  satisfie  and  pay  all 
my  debts,  which  I  shall  owe  at  the  tyme  of  my  death,  and  all  such  legacies,  as  by  this  my 
will  are  given  and  bequeathed  to  any  person  or  persons,  together  with  my  funeral  charges, 
out  of  my  personall  estate,  soe  farr  as  the  same  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  and  discharge  the 
said  debts  ;  but,  because  my  personall  estate  may  fall  short  for  that  purpose,  it  is  my  will 
and  pleasure,  and  I  doe  appoint  my  said  executors,  by  lease  or  leases,  or  sale  of  any  part 
or  parts  of  my  said  mannor  and  lands  of  Uffeton  at  their  discretions,  to  pay  and  discharge 
the  rest  and  residue  of  my  debts  and  legacies  not  payd  by  my  personall  estate.  And  I 
doe  give  and  devise  unto  my  deare  and  loving  wife,  Johanna  Snell,  one  annuitie  or  yearly 
rent-charge  of  one  hundred  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England,  to  be  issuing  and  payd 
unto  her  yearly  out  of  my  said  manor  and  lands  of  Uffeton  during  her  naturall  life,  at  the 
place  of  her  dwelling  and  habitation  for  the  tyme  being,  at  two  payments  in  every  yeare 
(that  is  to  say),  upon  the  five  and  twentieth  day  of  June,  and  the  five  and  twentieth  day 
of  December,  the  first  payment  thereof  to  be  made  at  such  of  those  days  which  shall  first 
happen  next  after  my  death.  And  I  doe  further  give  and  bequeath  unto  her,  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds,  of  lawfull  money  of  England,  to  be  payd  unto  her  within  one  month 
after  my  death.  And  my  will  is,  and  I  doe  appoint,  that  my  said  wife  shall  have  and 
enjoy  my  now  dwelling  house  in  the  Savoy,  and  the  use  of  all  my  household  stuff,  plate, 
and  jewels  therein,  during  her  widdowhood.  And  I  doe  hereby  declare,  that  what  I  have 
given  and  bequeathed  to  my  wife,  shall  be  in  full  satisfaction  and  barr  of  all  dower  and 
thirds  which  shee  may  claime  out  of  my  reall  and  personall  estate.  And  I  doe  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Dorothy  Snell,  the  summe  of  two  thousand  pounds,  of  lawfull 

197 


198 


APPENDIX  1. 


money  of  England,  to  be   payd  to  her  at  her  age  of  eighteene  yeares  or  day  of  marriage, 
soe  as  she  doe  marrie  with  the  consent  of  my  executors,  or  of  the  survivours  or  survivour 
of  them  ;   but,  in  case   she   shall   marrie  without   such   consent,  if  they  or  any  of  them  be 
then  living,  I  doe  declare,  will,  and  appoint,  that  the  said  legacie  of  two  thousand  pounds, 
by  mee  hereby  devised  unto  her,  shall  cease  and  become  void,  and  shall  not  be  payd  unto 
her ;   but    in   lieu   and   stead   thereof,   I    doe   onely   give   and   bequeath    unto   her   my   said 
daughter,  five  hundred  pounds  of  lawful!  money  of  England,  to  be  paid  unto  her  within  six 
months  after  such  her  marriage,  without  their  consent  as  aforesaid.     And  I  doe  farther  give 
and    bequeath    unto    her    my   said   daughter,   one    annuitie   or   yearly   rent-charge    of   one 
hundred  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of  England,  during    her   natural   life,  to    be   issuing   and 
payd    unto    her    yearely   out    of    my    said    manner    and    lands    of    Uffeton,    whether    she 
marrie  with   or   without    any   such    consent    as    aforesaid.       And    I    doe    hereby    will    and 
appoint   my   executors   and    the   survivour  of  them,   or   whosoever    shall    be    possessed    of 
my  said  manner  and   lands   of   Uffeton,  shall   be   charged   with    the   true   payment  of  the 
same,   at    the   place   of  her    habitation   for    the    tyme    being,   at   two   payments   in   every 
yeare  (that  is  to  say),  upon   the   first   day  of  July,  and   the   first   day  of  January,  by  equal 
payments,    the    first    payment    thereof  to    be   made   at    such    of   those    dayes    which    shall 
first    happen   next    after   her   portion    of   two    thousand    pounds,    or   five   hundred    pounds 
shall    be    payd ;     but    I    doe    hereby    will    and    require,     that    the    said    payments     may 
constantly  be  made  to  her  owne  proper  hands,  and  not  to  the  hands  of  any  husband  with 
whome  shee  shall  marry,  nor  to  the  hands  of  any  other  person  or  persons  that  may  claime 
the  same  by  assignment  or  otherwise  howsoever,  but  it  shall  be  payd  and  imployed  to  and 
for  her  owne  sole  and  separate  use  and  maintenance,  and  with  which  her  husband  is  not 
to  intermeddle,  but  her  owne  receipt  and  acquitance  for  the  said  annutie  shall  be  a  sufficient 
discharge  to  my  executors,  or  to  such  other  person  or  persons  who  shall   be   possessed  of 
my  said  mannor  and  lands,  and  chargeable  by  this  my  will  to  pay  the  same.     And  I  doe  will 
and  appoint  that  shee  doe  live  and  contynue  with  her  mother  till  her  age  of  eighteen  yeares, 
or   day  of  marriage  ;   and  for  her  support  and  education  during   that   tyme,  I   do  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  said  wife,  to  be  employed  for  the  maintenance,   dyet,  and   apparell   of  my 
said   daughter,   one   other,   annuitie   or   yearly   rent-charge   of  threescore   pounds   of  lawfull 
money  of  England,  to  be  issuing  and  payable  to  my  said  wife  yearly  out  of  my  said  mannor 
and  lands  of  Uffeton,   in  manner  and  forme   as   aforesaid,  but  onely  till  the   said   annuitie 
of  one  hundred  pounds,  above  bequeathed  unto  my  said   daughter,   shall   become   due   and 
payable  unto  her,  and  noe  longer.     And  I  doe  give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  three  nephews, 
Andrew  Steward,  and  John    Steward,  and  James   Steward,  twentie   pounds  a  peece,  to  be 
payd  unto  them  severally  within  two  months  next  after  my  death,  besides   twentie   pounds 
to  James,  to  binde  him  to  a  trade.     And  to  my  wife's  nephew,  Edmond  Mason,  and  to  her 
neece   Elizabeth   Mason,   I   doe  give  and   bequeath  tenn   pounds  a  peece  to   be   payd   unto 
them   as   aforesaid.      And  for  the   better  performance  of  this  my  will,   I   doe  hereby  give, 
devise,  and  bequeath  all  my  said  mannor  and  lands  of  Uffeton,  charged  and  chargeable  as  afore- 
said, and  all  other  my  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  whatsoever,  whereof  or  wherein  I 
have   any  estate   of  freehold   or   inheritance,   or  whereof  or   wherein   any  other    person   or 
persons  have  or  hath  any  estate  or  freehold  in  trust  for  mee,  and  whereof  I  have  power  to 
dispose,  and  the  reversion  and  inheritance  thereof,  to  my  said  deare   wife,  Johanna   Snell, 
and  unto  my  honoured  and  worthy  freinds  William  Bridgeman,  of  St.  Martin's-in-the-Fields, 
in  the  countie  of  Middlesex,  Esqr.,  Benjamin  Cooper,  Register  to  the  University  of  Oxford, 
William  Hopkins,  of  Oxford,  aforesaid,  gent.,  and  Thomas  Newcombe,  citizen  and  stationer 
of  London,  and  to  the  survivour  of  them,  and  to  their  heires  and  assignes,  and  to  the  heires 
and  assignes  of  the  survivour  of  them  for  ever,  whome  I  doe  make  executors  of  this  my  last 


THE  FOUNDER'S    WILL  199 

will  and  testament  upon  trust,  for  the  performance  of  this  my  will,  according  to  the  directions 
herein  and  hereby  given  ;  and  I  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  them  the  said  Johanna  Snell, 
William  Bridgeman,  Benjamin  Cooper,  William  Hopkins,  and  Thomas  Newcombe,  their 
executors  and  administrators,  all  my  leases,  goods,  chatties,  and  personall  estate  whatsoever, 
upon  like  trust,  for  the  performance  of  this  my  will ;  and  I  doe  give  to  every  of  them,  the 
said  William  Bridgeman,  Benjamin  Cooper,  William  Hopkins,  and  Thomas  Newcombe,  who 
will  undertake  to  execute  this  my  will,  tenn  pound  a  peece  to  buy  each  of  them  mourning. 
And  I  doe  give  unto  my  sister,  Silvester  Cooper,  five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring  ;  and  to  every 
one  of  her  children  (who  shall  be  living  at  the  tyme  of  my  death)  twentie  shillings  a  peece 
to  buy  them  rings.  And  I  doe  give  to  the  poore  of  the  parish  of  Uffeton,  aforesaid,  tenn 
pounds  ;  and  to  the  poore  of  the  parishes  of  St.  Clement  Danes,  and  St.  Mary  le  Savoy, 
in  the  said  Countie  of  Middlesex,  five  pounds  to  each  parish  respectively.  And  I  doe  give 
fiftie  pounds  to  and  for  the  repayring  of  the  parish  church  of  Uffeton,  aforesaid,  in  case  I 
shall  not  disburse  the  same,  or  a  greater  summe  in  my  lifetyme  towards  the  repaire  of  the 
said  church.  And  my  farther  will  and  mind  is,  and  I  doe  hereby  desire,  direct,  and  appoint, 
that  after  all  my  debts,  legacies,  annuities,  and  rent  charges  hereby  devised  and  appointed, 
and  my  funeral  charges,  shall  be  all  discharged,  satisfied,  and  payd,  or  otherwise  sufficiently 
secured  to  be  payd,  the  said  Johanna  Snell,  William  Bridgeman,  Benjamin  Cooper,  William 
Hopkins,  and  Thomas  Newcomb,  and  the  survivours  and  survivour  of  them,  and  the  heires, 
executors,  and  administrators  of  the  survivour  of  them,  shall  convey  and  settle  all  the  rest 
and  residue  of  my  estate  which  shall  then  remaine  in  their  hands,  upon  five  or  more  persons, 
to  be  named  trustees  for  that  purpose,  and  upon  their  heires,  such  as  the  Vice-Chancellor 
of  the  said  Universitie  of  Oxford,  the  Provost  of  Queenes  Colledge,  the  Master  of  Baliol 
Colledge,  and  the  President  of  St.  John's  Colledge,  in  the  same  Universitie,  for  the  time 
being,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  nominate  and  appoint,  upon  trust,  that  the  profits  and 
product  thereof  may  be  imployed  and  disposed  for  the  maintenance  and  education  in  some 
colledge  or  hall  in  that  Universitie,  to  be  appointed  by  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost, 
Master,  and  President  for  the  tyme  being,  or  any  three  of  them,  and  in  such  proportions, 
and  with  such  allowances,  and  in  such  manner,  as  they  or  any  three  of  them  shall 
elect,  think  fit,  and  appoint,  such  and  so  many  scholars,  borne  and  educated  in  Scotland, 
who  shall  each  of  them  have  spent  three  yeares  in  the  Colledge  of  Glasgow  in  that  kingdome, 
or  one  year  there,  and  two  at  the  least  in  some  other  colledge  in  that  kingdome,  as  they 
the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master,  and  President  for  the  tyme  being,  or  any  three 
of  them,  shall  think  fit,  not  exceeding  the  number  of  twelve,  nor  being  under  the  number 
of  five,  at  any  one  tyme,  unlesse  the  revenue  and  profits  of  my  estate  for  the  purposes 
aforesaid  hereby  devised,  by  the  discreet  and  prudent  management  of  my  executors  and 
trustees,  shall  increase  to  such  a  condition  as  may  beare  an  allowance  competent  to  mainteyne 
a  greater  number.  And  my  farther  will  and  mynd  is,  that  every  such  scholar  and  scholars, 
upon  each  of  their  admissions  to  such  colledge  or  hall  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  bound  and 
obliged  by  such  security  as  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master,  and  President  for  the 
tyme  being,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  think  fit,  to  some  person  or  persons,  to  be  by  them 
or  any  three  of  them  thereunto  appointed,  that  the  said  scholar  or  scholars  shall  respectively 
forfeit  and  pay  to  that  colledge  or  hall  whereof  or  wherein  hee  or  they  shall  be  respectively 
admitted,  the  summe  of  five  hundred  pounds  a  piece  of  lawful  money  of  England,  if  hee 
shall  not  enter  into  holy  orders  ;  and  if  he  or  they  shall  at  any  tyme  after  such  his  or  their 
entring  and  admission  take  or  accept  of  any  spiritual  promotion,  benefice,  or  other  preferr- 
ment  whatsoever,  within  the  kingdome  of  England  or  dominion  of  Wales,  it  being  my  will 
and  desire  that  every  such  scholar  soe  to  be  admitted  shall  returne  into  Scotland,  and  there 
be  preferred  and  advanced  as  his  or  their  capacitie  and  parts  shall  deserve,  but  in  noe  case 


200  APPENDIX  I. 

to  come  back  into  England,  nor  to  goe  into  any  other  place,  but  onely  into  the  Kingdome 
of  Scotland,  for  his  or  their  preferrment.  And  my  will  alsoe  is,  that  none  of  the  scholars 
to  be  elected  and  admitted  as  aforesaid,  shall  take  any  benefit  of  this  my  bequest  above  the 
space  of  tenn  yeares,  or  eleven  at  the  most ;  for  after  that  tyme  they  are,  and  it  is  my 
expresse  will  and  desire  that  they  shall  and  may  be,  removed  into  Scotland  as  aforesaid. 
And  it  is  my  further  will  and  meaning,  and  I  doe  hereby  appoint,  that  when  any  one  or 
more  of  the  said  scholars  shall  be  removed  or  dye,  that  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost, 
Master,  and  President  for  the  tyme  being,  and  the  Governour  or  Principall  for  the  tyme 
being,  of  such  colledge  or  hall  (whereof  such  scholar  or  scholars  soe  removed  or  dead  shall 
be  a  member  or  members),  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  from  tyme  to  tyme  for  ever,  as  often 
as  occasion  shall  be,  have  power  to  elect  and  admit  one  or  more  other  scholar  or  scholars, 
borne  and  educated  as  is  aforesaid,  to  succeed  in  the  roome  and  stead  of  such  scholar  or 
scholars  soe  removed  or  dead.  And  my  further  will  and  mynd  is,  that  all  such  scholars  as 
shall  from  tyme  be  elected  and  admitted,  shall  before  their  admittance  be  recommended 
by  the  Principall  of  the  said  Colledge  of  Glasgow,  the  Professor  of  Divinity,  the  Regents 
and  other  the  chief  officers  of  the  said  colledge  for  the  tyme  being,  or  three  of  them  at  the 
least,  whereof  the  Principall  for  the  tyme  being  to  be  one,  by  their  letters  recommendatory 
under  their  colledge  seale  ;  and  alsoe  that  every  such  scholar,  soe  as  aforesaid  to  be  elected, 
shall  come  as  a  probationer  to  such  colledge  or  hall,  whereunto  hee  shall  be  appointed  as 
aforesaid,  and  shall  there  contynue  at  his  own  charge,  for  six  months  at  the  least,  to  give 
evidence  of  his  behaviour,  learning  and  abilities,  before  hee  shall  be  admitted  to  receive  any 
benefit  of  this  my  devise  and  will,  and  after  those  six  moneths  are  expired,  hee  shall  then 
be  allowed  and  admitted  or  disallowed  according  to  the  discretion  of  the  persons  before 
appointed  for  that  purpose,  or  any  three  or  more  of  them  ;  and  to  every  such  scholar,  I  doe 
allow  and  appoint  twentie  pounds  a  yeare  for  the  first  three  yeares  after  his  admission,  and 
thirtie  pounds  a  yeare  after  that  tyme,  to  be  payed  to  him  halfe  yearely  at  the  least ;  but  if 
my  estate  will  beare  a  greater  allowance  then  what  is  herein  expressed,  I  desire  that  the 
scholars  may  have  the  benefit  of  it,  and  to  be  payd  by  halfe  yearely  payments  at  Midsummer 
and  Christmas.  And  I  doe  give  and  devise  the  summe  of  tenn  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of 
England  yearely  for  ever  to  be  issuing  and  payd  out  of  my  said  mannor  and  lands  of  Uffeton, 
by  halfe  yearely  payments  at  Midsomer  and  Christmas,  that  is  to  say,  to  the  said  Benjamin 
Cooper  during  his  life,  to  commence  and  take  effect  at  such  of  the  said  feasts  next,  after  it  shall 
happen  that  five  or  more  of  the  said  scholars  shall  be  chosen  and  admitted  as  aforesaid,  and 
after  his  death  to  the  register  of  the  said  Universitie  for  the  tyme  being  for  ever,  or  unto  such 
other  person  as  the  Governour  or  Principall  of  such  colledge  or  hall,  where  such  scholars  shall  be 
admitted  by  the  advice  of  the  Vice-Chancellor  for  the  tyme  being  shall  think  fit,  and  appoint 
as  a  salarie  and  reward  for  the  making  of  such  bonds  and  securities  as  are  hereby  directed,  and 
as  shall  from  tyme  to  tyme  be  requisite,  and  to  see  them  duly  executed,  and  upon  any  breach  of 
any  covenants  or  conditions,  mentioned  in  such  bonds  or  securities,  that  hee  or  they  doe  sue  for 
and  recover  the  moneys  due  upon  and  by  the  breach  of  such  covenants  and  conditions,  as 
often  as  hee  or  they  shall  be  thereunto  required  ;  but  the  charges  of  such  suit  and  prosecu- 
tion, I  doe  will  and  appoint  to  be  payd  out  of  the  moneys  so  to  be  recovered,  from  tyme 
to  tyme,  but  the  remainder  of  the  moneys  soe  recovered  (after  the  charges  payd  as  afore- 
said) shall  be  kept  and  preserved  to  be  layd  out  upon  some  good  securitie,  at  the  discretion 
of  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master  and  President  for  the  tyme  being,  or  any 
three  of  them,  untill  it  shall  amount  to  some  competent  summe  to  purchase  lands  of 
inheritance,  to  be  for  an  increase  of  the  allowance  or  exhibition  which  shall  be  appointed 
for  every  one  of  the  said  scholars.  And  my  farther  will  and  mynd  is,  that  when  any 
three  or  more  of  the  persons  to  whome  the  estate  hereby  appointed  for  the  maintenance  of 


THE  FOUNDERS    WILL  2OI 

such  scholars,  as  aforesaid,  shall  by  my  executors  be  conveyed  shall  be  dead,  that  the 
survivours  and  survivour  of  them  or  their  heires,  shall  convey  the  same  to  five  or  more 
such  other  persons  and  their  heires,  as  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master  and 
President  for  the  tyme  being,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  nominate  and  appoint  upon  the 
like  trusts,  and  subject  to  the  same  conditions  before  in  this  my  will  mentioned  and 
declared,  directed  and  appointed,  and  that  the  same  course  shall  be  pursued  as  often  as 
there  shall  be  occasion  for  ever.  And  I  doe  give  and  bequeath  to  the  said  Vice-Chancellor, 
Provost,  Master  and  President,  for  the  tyme  being,  five  pounds  of  lawfull  money  of 
England  yearely,  for  ever  to  be  issuing  and  payd  out  of  my  said  mannor  and  lands  of 
Uffeton,  at  one  entire  payment,  upon  Midsomer  day,  upon  this  trust  nevertheless,  that  they 
the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master,  and  President,  and  also  the  Governour  or 
Principall  of  such  college  or  hall  where  such  scholars  shall  be  admitted,  together  with 
three  or  more  of  the  senior  scholars  soe  to  be  admitted,  shall  meet  yearely  upon  the  said 
day,  to  take  the  accompts  and  inquire  into  the  right  management  of  the  said  estate,  and 
the  five  pounds  is  to  be  then  spent  upon  a  dynner,  that  day  to  be  provided  for  them  in 
such  colledge  or  hall.  And  I  doe  will  and  devise  to  five  of  the  choysest  and  ablest  scholars 
of  that  number,  such  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master, 
and  President,  or  three  of  them  for  the  tyme  being,  five  pounds  a  peece  yearely  more 
than  what  shall  be  allowed  to  the  rest  of  that  number.  And  I  doe  devise  and  appoint, 
that  my  said  estate  shall  be  subject  and  lyable  to  all  reasonable  charges  and  expences  in  the 
management,  renewing,  and  preserving  the  said  trust,  and  in  doeing  of  all  acts  and  things 
which  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master,  and  President  for  the  tyme  being,  or  any 
three  of  them,  shall  think  fit.  And  I  doe  give  unto  every  one  of  my  menial  servants,  at  the 
tyme  of  my  death,  one  yeare's  wages  a  peece  over  and  above  what  wages  shall  be  then  due 
unto  them.  In  witness  whereof,  to  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  conteyned  in  six  sheets 
of  paper,  all  of  my  owne  handwriting,  I  have  set  my  hand  and  scale  at  the  bottome  of  every 
sheet ;  and  I  doe  declare  this  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament,  this  nyne  and  twentieth 
day  of  December,  in  the  nyne  and  twentieth  yeare  of  the  reigne  of  our  Sovereigne  Lord, 
Charles  the  Second,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  of  England,  Scotland,  France,  and  Ireland, 
King,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c.,  Annoq  Domini  1677. 

JOHN  SNELL  (L.S.) 
Signed,  sealed,  and  published  to  be 

the  last  Will  and  Testament  of 
the  said  John  Snell,  the  day  and 
yeare  above  written,  in  the  pre- 
sence of  us, 

RICHARD   TAYLER 

THO.   FOWLE 

FRA.    CANE 

ROBERT   FENWICK 

Re-published  and  declared  to  be  the  last  will  and  testament  of  mee,  the  said  John 
Snell,  the  sixth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  seventy  nyne,  and  all  the 
interliniations  and  alterations  are  made  by  my  owne  hand,  and  all  this  is  done  in  the 
presence  of 

RIC.   LYDALL 

THO.    MUNDY 

JOHN    MUNDY 

THO.   SNELL 

THOMAS  ADAMS 


202  APPENDIX  I. 

PROBATUM  fuit  Testamentum  suprascriptum  apud  London,  coram  venerabili  et 
egregio  viro  domino,  Leolino  Jenkins  milite  legum  Doctore  curias  Prerogativa  Cantuariensis 
Magistro  custode  sine  commissario  legitime  constituto  decimo  tertio  die  mensis  Septembris, 
anno  domini  millesimo  sexentesimo  septuagesim  nono  juramentio  Johannse  Snell,  Relicta? 
Gulielmi  Bridgeman,  Armig.,  Benjamin  Cooper,  Gulielmi  Hopkins  et  Thomas  Newcomb 
Executorum  in  hujus  modi  Testamento  nominatorum  quibus  commissa  fuit  administratio 
omnium  et  singulorum  bonorium  jurium  et  eriditorum  dictide  functi  de  bene  et  fideliter 
administrando  eadem  ad  sancta  Dei  Evangelia  vigore  commissionio  juratorum  (viz.)  dictio 
Johanna  Snell,  Gulielmo  Bridgeman,  et  Thoma  Newcomb,  coram  venerabili  viro  Henrico 
Fauconbrege  legum  doctore  Surrogate  dei  commissary  necnon  praefatis  Benjamin  Cooper  et 
Gulielmo  Hopkins  vigore  commissionio  juratio. 

CHARLES   DYNELEY,    ] 

JOHN    IGGULDEN,  Deputy  Registers. 

W.   F.   GOSTLING, 


II.— SPEECHES  DELIVERED  ON  PRONOUNCING  JUDGMENT  IN  APPEAL 
TO  HOUSE  OF  LORDS,  27x11  JULY,   1848. 

Present — The  Lord  Chancellor,  Lord  Brougham,  Lord  Campbell,  and  Lord  Lyndhurst. 

THE    LORD    CHANCELLOR. 

MY  LORDS, — This  case  came  before  your  Lordships  upon  an  appeal  from  the  Court  of 
Chancery,  upon  a  Gift  under  the  Will  of  Mr.  John  Snell,  dated  December,  1677.  By  that 
will  certain  property  was  disposed  of,  and  the  purpose  for  which  the  property  in  question 
was  disposed  of,  was  for  the  purpose  of  educating  certain  young  men,  who  were  first  to  be 
educated  at  Glasgow,  who  were  to  receive  a  Scotch  Education  at  Glasgow,  and  from  thence 
were  to  go  to  Balliol  College *  in  Oxford  ;  and  the  part  of  the  will  that  raises  the  present 
question  is  in  these  words,  "And  my  further  will  and  mind  is,  that  every  such  Scholar  or 
"  Scholars,  upon  each  of  their  admissions  to  such  College  or  Hall,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
"bound  and  obliged  to  submit  and  conform  to  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the  Church 
"of  England,  and  to  enter  into  Holy  Orders  as  soon  as  he  or  they  shall  be  respectively 
"  capable  by  the  Canons  of  the  Church  of  England  ;  and  shall  also  be  respectively  bound 
"and  obliged  by  such  security  as  the  said  Vice-Chancellor,  Provost,  Master,  and  President 
"for  the  time  being,  or  any  three  of  them,  shall  think  fit,  to  some  person  or  persons  to  be 
"  by  them  or  any  three  of  them  thereunto  appointed,  that  the  said  Scholar  or  Scholars 
"  shall  respectively  forfeit  and  pay  to  that  College  or  Hall,  whereof  or  wherein  he  or  they 
"shall  be  respectively  admitted,  the  sum  of  ,£100  of  lawful  money  of  England,  if  he  or  they 
"  shall  at  any  time  after  such  his  or  their  admission,  take  or  accept  of  any  spiritual 
"promotion,  benefice,  or  other  preferment  whatsoever  within  the  Kingdom  of  England  and 
"  Dominion  of  Wales ;  it  being  my  will  and  desire  that  every  such  scholar  so  to  be 
"admitted  shall  return  into  Scotland,  and  there  be  preferred  and  advanced  as  his  or  their 
"  capacity  and  parts  shall  deserve  ;  but  in  no  case  to  go  back  into  England,  nor  to  go  into 
"  any  other  place,  but  only  into  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland,  for  his  or  their  preferment." 2 

Now,  my  Lords,  it  must  be  borne  in  mind,  that  at  the  time  of  the  date  of  this  will, 
Episcopacy  was  the  form  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland,  and  that  Episcopacy  is  not 
now  the  form  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland.  I  shall  have  occasion  to  refer  to  various 

1This  is  a  slip  on  the  part  of  His  Lordship.  The  words  of  the  will  are  "some  colledge  or  hall"  in 
the  University  of  Oxford. 

8  His  Lordship  cannot  be  complimented  on  the  accuracy  of  his  quotations.  The  above  is  full  of 
errors,  and  appears  to  be  a  jumble  of  the  Will  and  of  one  of  the  proposed  Schemes  of  1758. 

203 


204  APPENDIX  II. 

proceedings  which  have  at  different  intervals  taken  place  upon  the  subject  of  this  bequest, 
the  result  of  all  which,  I  think  your  Lordships  will  be  of  opinion,  has  established  this  rule  ; 
that  in  consequence  of  Episcopacy  ceasing  to  be  the  form  of  Church  Government  in 
Scotland,  and  the  Presbyterian  form  of  Church  Government  being  substituted  in  its  place, 
the  provisions  made  by  the  Testator  in  his  will  could  not  be  carried  into  effect.  As  they 
could  not  be  carried  into  effect,  it  was  necessary  to  come  to  some  conclusion  as  to  what 
was  to  be  done  with  this  property.  It  was  at  one  time  contended  that  the  direct  object  of 
the  Testator  having  failed,  the  gift  itself  had  become  void,  and  that  it  had  become  the 
property  of  the  heir  at  Law  ;  and  that  contention  was  overruled  by  the  Judgment  of  the 
Court.  But  still  it  was  in  that  case,  as  in  all  the  subsequent  proceedings,  assumed  as  a 
fact,  and  as  a  necessary  conclusion  of  the  facts  that  had  taken  place,  that  the  terms  of  the 
will  could  not  be  carried  into  effect ;  and  it  was  necessary,  therefore,  to  come  to  some 
arrangement,  or  to  some  scheme  by  which  so  much  of  the  Testator's  intention  as  could  be 
carried  into  effect  should  be  enforced,  leaving  out  that  part  which,  by  the  course  of  events, 
had  become  impossible. 

My  Lords,  the  present  Decree  under  appeal  takes  a  very  different  view  of  the  conse- 
quences of  what  has  taken  place  in  Scotland.  By  the  Decree  appealed  from  it  is  referred 
to  the  Master  to  enquire  "  Whether '  the  scheme  can  be  modified  or  varied,  so  as  to  make 
"such  charity  more  effectually  conducive  to  the  supply  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church 
"  in  Scotland,  with  fit  and  competent  Clergymen,  who,  having  been  born  in  Scotland,  and 
"educated  wholly,  or  in  part,  at  Glasgow  and  Oxford,  shall  exercise  their  clerical  functions 
"  in  Scotland  ;  and  if  the  said  Master  shall  be  of  opinion  in  the  affirmative,  he  is  to  approve 
"  of  a  scheme  for  such  purpose  ;  but  the  Master,  in  making  such  inquiry  and  considering 
"and  approving  of  a  scheme,  (if  any)  is  to  have  regard  to  the  said  will,  and  to  the  circum- 
"  stance,  that  the  established  Church  of  Scotland  was,  in  the  years  1677  and  1679,  Episcopal, 
"and  is  now  Presbyterian  ;  and  the  Court  declared  its  opinion,  that  the  Principal,  Professors, 
"  Regents,  and  Chief  Officers  of  Glasgow  College,  in  so  administering  the  said  Charity, 
"ought  to  have  regard,  as  far  as  conveniently  may  be,  in  the  present  state  of  the  Episcopal 
"  Church  in  Scotland,  to  the  circumstance,  that  the  said  Testator  is  to  be  considered  as 
"having  been,  when  he  made,  and  when  he  republished  his  said  will,  a  member  of  the 
"then  established  Church  of  England,  or  of  the  then  established  Church  of  Scotland,  and 
"  therefore  an  Episcopalian  Protestant,  and  as  having  by  the  expression  '  Holy  Orders,' 
"  meant  Holy  Orders  by  Episcopal  ordination." 

Now,  my  Lords,  it  is  quite  clear  that  according  to  the  present  state  of  the  Law,  it 
is  possible  and  legal  to  apply  any  income  for  the  better  provision  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland.  The  Master  has  by  this  Decree  received  direction  that 
he  is  to  adopt  a  scheme,  the  effect  of  which  will  be  to  employ  the  income  arising  from  this 
property,  in  favour  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland.  The  Court  has  declared 
that  to  be  the  view  which  the  Court  takes,  and  the  Master  is  directed  to  enquire  how  a 
scheme  can  be  arranged  which  shall  be  more  effectually  conducive  to  the  supply  of  Ministers 
to  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland.  The  Master,  therefore,  had  no  discretion  at  all 
upon  the  subject. 

It  was  argued  at  the  Bar,  that  the  effect  of  this  Decree  was  merely  to  refer  it  to  the 
Master  to  say  whether  the  present  scheme  is  one  that  ought  to  be  continued,  the  Decree 
leaving  no  discretion  in  the  Master  on  the  subject,  but  giving  him  a  Rule  by  which  he  is 
to  act — he  is  not  to  approve  of  a  scheme  generally  which  would  be  improper.  Therefore, 
without  giving  directions  how  he  is  to  be  guided,  it  declares,  that  in  the  opinion  of  the 

'Here,  again,  the  Lord-Chancellor  is  not  strictly  accurate.  In  the  decree  the  words  " consistently  with 
the  law  of  Scotland"  follow  this  word  "whether." 


APPEAL  TO  HOUSE  OF  LORDS 


205 


Court,  the  subject  matter  should  be  referred  to  the  Master,  and  he  is  only  to  approve  of  a 
scheme  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  the  view  of  the  Court  into  operation. 

Now,  my  Lords,  before  I  refer  to  what  has  been  decided  in  this  case  for  some  century 
and  a  half,  I  shall  call  your  Lordships'  attention  to  what  would  naturally  be  according  to 
the  view  I  take  of  this  case,  the  result  of  the  Testator's  gift  coupled  with  the  transactions 
that  had  taken  place.  At  the  time  he  made  his  will,  Episcopacy  was  the  form  of  Church 
Government  in  Scotland,  and  (which  is  not  material)  I  assume  he  was  of  that  persuasion, 
and  approved  of  that  form  of  Church  Government  himself.  It  is  quite  obvious,  therefore, 
that  that  being  the  rule  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland,  and  certainly  the  rule  of  Church 
Government  at  Oxford,  he  very  naturally  provided  means  by  which  young  Scotchmen,  after 
having  commenced  their  education  in  Scotland)  should  finish  their  education  in  Oxford  ; 
and,  as  he  says,  by  the  terms  of  his  will,  to  supply  the  Church  in  Scotland  with  well 
educated  Ministers,  he  directs  that  they  shall  take  Holy  Orders.  And  I  think  there  is  no 
doubt  that  whatever  he  meant  by  "  Holy  Orders,"  it  was  consistent  with  the  state  of  Scotland 
and  the  state  of  England  at  that  time  ;  that  by  the  expression,  "  Holy  Orders,"  he  meant 
Holy  Orders  according  to  the  understanding  of  the  Episcopal  form  of  Church  Government. 
They  were  to  take  Holy  Orders,  and  then  they  were  to  come  "into  Scotland,  and  there  be 
"preferred  and  advanced  as  his  or  their  capacity  and  parts  shall  deserve,  but  in  no  case 
"to  go  back  into  England,  nor  to  go  into  any  other  place,  but  only  into  the  Kingdom  of 
"Scotland  for  his  or  their  preferment."  His  object,  therefore,  beyond  all  question,  was  to 
have  young  men  educated  who  should  be  competent  to  carry  on  the  duties  of  the  clergy 
according  to  the  then  established  form  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland.  Whether  receiving 
their  ordination  in  England  or  Scotland,  is  quite  immaterial — they  were  to  have  ordination 
according  to  the  forms  of  the  Episcopal  Church  ;  and  having  received  that,  they  were  to 
come  into  Scotland,  and  there  they  were  to  seek  their  preferment ;  prohibiting  them  from 
obtaining  their  preferment  elsewhere — they  were  to  go  into  Scotland  again,  and  consequently, 
it  was  his  object  to  supply  Scotland  with  able  and  well  educated  Ministers,  and  who  were 
there  to  derive  the  benefit  of  the  establishment  as  it  then  existed.  Well  then,  my  Lords, 
this  was  the  state  of  Scotland  at  the  time  the  will  was  made,  it  having  ceased  to  be  the 
state  of  Scotland  prior  to  the  year  1693.  That  form  of  Church  Government  having  ceased 
to  be  the  form  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland,  and  the  Presbyterian  form  of  Church 
Government  having  been  substituted  in  its  place,  the  heir  at  Law  said,  assuming  the  gift 
cannot  be  carried  into  effect,  here  is  a  gift  intended  for  the  benefit  of  a  Charity,  but  which 
cannot  now  be  carried  into  effect,  and  therefore  the  property  would  devolve  on  me  as 
heir  at  Law. 

Now,  although  it  does  not  appear  upon  the  face  of  Lord  Somers'  Decree,  that  the 
Doctrine  of  Cy-prh  was  discussed  before  him,  it  was  discussed,  and  must  have  been  discussed 
before  him,  and  it  appears  to  have  been  so  discussed  by  the  Report  in  the  2d  Vernon,  because 
the  whole  question  turned  upon  whether  there  was  a  failure  of  the  object  of  the  Testator, 
so  that  the  heir  at  Law  would  come  in,  or  whether  it  was  within  the  province  of  a  Court 
of  Equity  to  administer  it  upon  the  principle  of  Cy-prh — it  not  being  contended  by  anybody, 
or  thought  of,  that  in  the  circumstances  as  they  then  existed,  the  Trust  could  be  carried 
into  effect  according  to  the  terms  of  the  gift.  Lord  Somers  was  of  opinion  that  the  heir 
at  law  was  not  entitled,  and  so  declared.  But  there  is  no  declaration  as  to  the  form  of 
scheme  by  which  the  Trust  shall  afterwards  be  carried  into  effect,  though  it  appears  from 
the  Report  in  Vernon,  that  the  matter  was  discussed,  and  that  the  principle  of  the  appli- 
cation of  the  Trust  to  Cy-prts,  was  that  which  was  contended  for  by  those  who  objected 
to  the  title  of  the  heir. 

That  Decree,  no  doubt,  was  not  a  decree  which,  according  to  the  present  forms  of  the 


206  APPENDIX  II. 

Court,  would  have  been  pronounced.  It  left  it  much  too  vague,  and  it  is  obvious  that, 
according  to  our  present  form  of  proceedings,  it  having  decided  it  was  clear  that  the  Trust 
could  not  be  carried  into  effect  according  to  the  terms  used  in  the  will,  and  that  the  heir 
at  Law  was  not  entitled,  the  Court  would  take  measures  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  in 
what  way  it  ought  to  be  administered  for  the  benefit  of  those  to  whom  the  income  ought  to 
be  applied.  That  was  not,  however,  done  by  the  Decree,  but  it  came  again  before  the  Court 
in  the  year  1744,  which  is  reported  in  the  9th  Volume  of  Modern  Reports,  page  407,  and 
what  was  omitted  in  the  Decree  of  Lord  Somers  was  supplied  by  the  Decree  of  Lord 
Hardwicke ;  for  there  he  declares  that  the  Master  should  approve  of  a  scheme  for  the  better 
establishment  and  regulation  of  the  Charity,  and  for  carrying  the  same  into  execution  for 
the  future,  as  near  to  the  will  and  intention  of  the  Testator,  as  the  alteration  of  circum- 
stances since  the  making  of  the  will  would  admit.  Assuming,  therefore,  that  that  alteration 
of  circumstances  did  prevent  the  execution  of  the  Trust  according  to  the  Law  as  it  was 
then  in  force,  seeing  that  Lord  Somers  had  decided  against  the  heir,  and  that  the  same 
Trust  was  to  be  carried  into  operation,  he  adopted  that  course  which  was  the  more  regular 
course,  in  my  opinion,  than  the  course  adopted  under  the  original  Decree  of  Lord  Somers, 
referring  it  to  the  Master  to  approve  of  a  scheme. 

Now,  my  Lords,  certain  schemes  accordingly  were  carried  in  before  the  Master,  and  it 
is  sufficient  for  the  present  purpose  to  call  your  Lordships'  attention  to  what  is  stated  in  the 
Master's  Report.  The  third  part  of  the  fifth  Schedule,  containing  an  account  of  a  scheme 
laid  before  him  by  the  then  Vice-Chancellor  and  other  officers  of  the  University  of  Oxford — 
and  by  the  fifth  of  those  exceptions,  it  was  suggested  that  every  such  scholar  should  be 
obliged  to  submit  and  conform  to  the  doctrine  and  discipline  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
to  enter  into  Holy  Orders,  when  capable  thereof,  by  the  Canons  of  the  Church  of  England. 
That  was  the  proposition  then  made  by  the  authorities  in  Oxford,  raising  directly  the  point. 
Perhaps  it  would  be  an  answer  to  that,  that  the  Decree  had  disposed  of  it — that  the  Decree, 
by  directing  the  Master  to  approve  of  a  scheme  Cy-prh,  had  decided  that  the  very  scheme 
intended  by  the  Testator  could  not  be  carried  into  effect.  However,  the  parties  were  not 
excluded.  If  they  were  desirous  of  a  more  speedy  determination  of  that  point,  no  doubt, 
the  way  to  do  it  was  by  bringing  the  proposition  directly  by  way  of  exception  before  the 
Court.  How  did  the  Court  deal  with  that?  They  came  before  Lord  Henley,  and  Lord 
Henley's  Order  was,  "that  the  defendants'  second  exception  to  the  said  Report  be  allowed 
"as  to  the  sum  of  ,£50  therein  mentioned,  and  all  the  said  other  exceptions  overruled." 

Then,  my  Lords,  here  we  have  the  decision  of  Lord  Somers  excluding  the  heir  ;  we 
have  the  Decree  of  Lord  Hardwicke  directing  a  scheme  to  operate  Cy-prts ;  and  we  have  a 
decision  of  Lord  Henley  directly  upon  the  exceptions  raised  to  the  Report,  overruling  those 
exceptions,  and  therefore,  determining  that  it  ought  not  to  form  part  of  the  scheme,  that  the 
Scholars  sent  from  Glasgow  to  Oxford  should  be  required  to  enter  into  Holy  Orders.  Then, 
that  having  been  so  decided,  the  Court,  by  disapproving  of  all  the  schemes  that  had  been 
suggested,  makes  some  directions.  Having  overruled  the  exceptions,  it  was  quite  unnecessary 
to  make  any  further  declaration  of  the  opinion  of  the  Court  upon  that  subject,  because  it 
was  distinctly  decided.  It  was  brought  before  the  Court,  and  received  the  deliberate 
Judgment  of  the  Court,  that  the  Scholars  should  not  be  required  to  enter  into  any  such 
obligation. 

Then  the  result  of  all  that  is,  that  commencing  with  Lord  Somers'  Decree,  which  does 
not  in  terms  decide  the  point,  but  taking  it  up  from  Lord  Hardwicke's  Decree  of  1744, 
followed  by  Lord  Henley's  in  1759,  we  have  above  a  century  elapsed,  since,  in  terms,  the 
Charity  is  declared  to  be  administered,  not  according  to  the  Testator's  will,  that  having 
become  impossible,  but  according  to  a  Scheme  omitting  that  part  of  the  direction  which 


APPEAL  TO  HOUSE  OF  LORDS 


207 


requires  the  Scholars  to  enter  into  Holy  Orders.  That  having  become  impossible  owing  to 
the  change  of  circumstances  in  Scotland,  it  was  for  the  Court  to  decide  what  was  the  best 
course  that  could  be  adopted.  To  direct  the  Scholars  to  be  educated  according  to  the 
Presbyterian  form  of  Church  Government,  would  have  been  certainly  that  which  the  Testator 
had  not  approved  of,  for  he  evidently  looked  to  a  totally  different  form  of  Church  Govern- 
ment, as  that  which  he  considered  the  Scholars  ought  to  be  devoted  to.  To  educate  them 
in  the  Episcopalian  form  of  church  government  was  equally  inconsistent  with  his  intention, 
because  then  they  could  not  take  part  in  the  Established  Religion  of  Scotland,  as  they  were 
no  longer  able  to  be  sent  to  Scotland,  there  to  be  ordained,  and  after  ordination  for  the 
purpose  of  their  preferment  there.  There  was  no  preferment  to  be  had  in  Scotland  for 
those  who  were  attached  to  the  Episcopalian  form  of  Church  Government.  His  object, 
therefore,  neither  could  be  attained  by  educating  them  according  to  the  Episcopalian  or 
Presbyterian  form  of  Church  Government ;  and  the  course  which  the  Court  therefore  adopted, 
obviously  was,  that  as  neither  by  the  one  or  the  other  could  the  direct  object  be  attained, 
to  leave  the  parties  who  were  still  to  receive  the  benefit  of  a  good  education,  to  adopt  either 
the  one  or  the  other,  according  as  their  own  views  of  propriety  dictated.  It  struck  out  that 
which  had  become  impossible,  and  left  that  which  was  ;  the  purpose  of  the  education  still 
remaining  open  to  the  benefit  of  those  young  men  who  might  go  to  Glasgow,  and  come 
from  Glasgow  for  the  purpose  of  being  educated  at  Oxford. 

My  Lords,  such  was  the  decision  of  Lord  Somers  ;  I  must  assume  it  was  the  opinion 
of  Lord  Somers — I  know  it  was  the  opinion  of  Lord  Hardwicke  and  Lord  Henley,  because 
we  have  in  terms,  their  decision  upon  the  subject ;  and  if  there  had  been  still  more  doubt 
than  it  appears  to  me  there  is,  as  to  that  being  the  proper  course  to  be  adopted  under 
the  circumstances  that  existed  at  the  time  those  Decrees  were  made,  I  should  have  thought 
above  a  century  of  decision,  not  on  a  Scheme  which  might  or  might  not  be  subject  to 
variation,  but  upon  the  construction  of  the  Testator's  will,  connected  with  the  change  of 
circumstances  which  had  taken  place,  would  have  been  sufficient  to  give  a  title  to  those 
who  are  claiming  the  benefit  of  the  charity  in  a  given  form,  which  ought  not  easily  to 
be  dispensed  with.  We,  however,  have  a  Decree  before  us,  which  in  terms  repudiates 
the  provisions  which  were  made  by  the  former  Decrees,  and  which  directs  the  course  to 
be  adopted,  which  the  Decree  of  those  very  eminent  Judges  by  whom  it  was  pronounced, 
thought  to  be  practically  inapplicable  to  the  circumstances  of  the  Testator's  will. 

Now,  it  is  said,  (and  the  only  ground  on  which  that  could  be  justified  would  be,  that 
circumstances  have  so  changed,)  that  although  those  Decrees  might  be  proper  at  the  time 
when  they  were  pronounced,  yet,  that  circumstances  have  entirely  altered,  and  there  is  now 
no  difficulty  in  carrying  into  effect  the  provisions  contained  in  the  Testator's  will.— I  find 
no  change  of  circumstances  such  as  to  lead  to  any  such  conclusion.  At  the  time  Lord 
Hardwicke  pronounced  that  Decree,  and  at  the  time  Lord  Somers  and  Lord  Henley  pro- 
nounced their  opinions  on  the  subject,  the  Established  Religion  was  exactly  the  same  as 
now.  There  was  no  prohibition  of  persons  following  the  Episcopal  form  of  Church  Govern- 
ment in  Scotland. 

There  were  certain  Rules  and  Regulations  prescribed  from  time  to  time,  in  order  to 
secure  the  loyalty  of  those  who  professed  that  form  of  worship.  It  was  not  illegal,  it  was 
tolerated  in  every  sense,  because  the  parties  might  follow  that  form  of  worship  without  sub- 
jecting themselves  to  any  penal  consequences,  but  the  ground  on  which  it  was  decided  was 
that  it  had  ceased  to  be  the  established  Religion  of  the  Country.  It  had  ceased  to  be 
the  Religion  of  the  Country  in  that  form  in  which  these  young  men  could  find  occupation 
and  preferment,  and  therefore  the  Court  said,  some  other  course  must  be  adopted,  and  if  we 
cannot  carry  into  effect  the  whole  of  the  Testator's  intention,  we  must  carry  it  into  effect  so 


208  APPENDIX  II. 

far  as  we  can,  according  to  existing  circumstances.  Are  not  the  circumstances  the  same  ? 
Is  not  the  Episcopal  form  of  Church  Government  now  confined  to  what  was  called  the 
dissenting  interests  in  Scotland?  Is  not  the  Presbyterian  form  of  Church  Government  still  the 
Established  Church  Government  of  Scotland  ?  and  whether  the  Episcopalians  there  have  more 
or  less  tolerance  than  they  had  at  a  particular  time,  and  whether  they  have  been  relieved 
from  more  or  less  of  the  difficulty  that  surrounded  them  at  different  periods,  is  quite 
immaterial,  and  falls  short  of  the  main  point ;  the  main  point  being,  what  is  the  Established 
form  of  Church  Government  in  Scotland  ?  That  which  existed  at  the  time  the  Decree  was 
pronounced,  exists  at  the  present  moment.  I  think  there  was  quite  sufficient  reason  for 
what  the  Court  did  at  those  periods,  and  if  the  reason  exists  now,  I  think  the  reason  ought 
to  operate  at  the  present  moment,  as  it  did  then  ;  I  think  if  the  form  of  gift  which  the 
Testator  intended  cannot  be  enjoyed  in  the  shape  and  form  in  which  we  find  it  proposed 
by  the  Testator's  will,  that  the  only  mode  in  which  it  can  be  applied  to  the  benefit  of  those 
parties  intended  to  be  benefitted,  is  by  that  form  which  was  prescribed  by  those  decisions, 
and  that  nothing  has  taken  place  since  those  decisions  were  pronounced,  which  would 
justify  a  Court  of  Equity  in  departing  from  them,  and  again  resorting  to  an  attempt  to 
carry  into  effect  the  gift  in  the  terms  which  we  find  prescribed  by  the  Testator. 

My  Lords,  under  these  circumstances,  I  submit  to  your  Lordships,  that  the  Decree  of 
the  Vice-Chancellor  ought  to  be  reversed,  and  I  am  not  aware  that  there  is  anything  else 
in  the  Decree  to  prevent  the  dismissal  of  the  suit.  There  is  no  other  claim  made.  The 
object  of  the  Information  was  to  obtain  that  decision  which  was  pronounced  by  the  Court 
below,  and  therefore,  that  being  the  only  object,  (for  the  object  of  the  Information  was  to 
overturn  that  which  has  been  so  long  decided,)  the  reasons  for  which  decisions  remain  at 
this  day  the  same  as  they  did  at  the  time  they  were  pronounced,  I  submit  the  Decree 
ought  to  be  reversed,  and  that  the  Information  should  be  dismissed  with  costs. 

LORD   BROUGHAM. 

My  Lords,  I  entirely  agree  with  my  noble  and  learned  friend.  I  never  had  any  doubt 
from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  this  case,  that  what  was  wanting  first  in  the  Decree  of 
Lord  Somers  being  supplied  by  the  Decree  of  Lord  Hardwicke  in  1744,  and  afterward  by 
Lord  Northington,  that  those  Decrees  were  wholly  inconsistent  with  this  Decree,  and  that 
those  Decrees  proceed  upon  a  notion  in  every  respect  inconsistent  with  the  view  taken  by 
the  present  Decree  now  under  appeal.  My  Lords,  it  is  clear  no  difference  whatever  has 
taken  place  in  circumstances,  since  those  Decrees  were  pronounced,  to  justify  that  contrary 
proceeding,  for  it  is  rather  a  contrary  proceeding  than  a  departure  from  what  was  done  so 
many  years  ago.  I  agree  with  my  noble  and  learned  friend,  and  I  therefore  shall  not  go 
into  the  case,  as  he  has  gone  into  it,  at  such  great  length. 

I  entirely  agree  with  my  noble  and  learned  friend,  that  the  Decree  must  be  reversed, 
and  that  the  Information  must  be  dismissed  with  costs. 

LORD   CAMPBELL. 

My  Lords,  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  I  should  very  much  have  lamented  if  the 
Decree  of  his  Honor,  the  Vice-Chancellor,  had  stood ;  (of  course  it  would  not  be  allowed 
to  stand,  unless  found  to  rest  upon  sufficient  reason  ;)  because,  my  Lords,  it  certainly,  in 
my  humble  opinion,  would  have  very  much  impaired  the  beneficial  effect  of  a  most  excellent 
charity.  I  find  that  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  the  College  of  Glasgow,  in  their  answer, 
say,  that  the  Scheme  that  has  been  so  long  acted  on,  is  a  "  highly  convenient  and  beneficial 
"Scheme,  and  practically  works  extremely  well,  both  as  respects  the  patronage  or  right  of 


APPEAL  TO  HOUSE  OF  LORDS 


209 


"nomination  vested  in  these  defendants,  and  the  class  and  qualifications  of  the  Scholars, 
"out  of  whom  the  said  Exhibitioners  are  to  be  selected  ;  and  that  it  has  given  the  utmost 
"satisfaction,  not  only  in  the  said  College  of  Glasgow,  and  among  the  students  thereof,  by 
"whom  the  said  Exhibitions  are  regarded  as  the  highest  and  most  honorable  reward  of 
"  merit,  but  also,  as  these  defendants  believe,  to  Balliol  College  aforesaid,  where  the  studies 
"of  the  said  Exhibitioners  are  carried  on  and  completed.  And  these  defendants  farther 
"say,  that  the  manner  in  which  the  said  charity  has  been  so  as  aforesaid  conducted  and 
"administered  in  pursuance  of  the  said  scheme,  has  been  very  beneficial,  and  of  great 
"advantage  to  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland  generally,  more  especially  because  it  has  been  the 
"means  of  bringing  forward  and  maintaining  and  educating,  at  the  University  of  Oxford, 
"  many  young  men,  natives  of  Scotland  who,  through  their  talents  and  attainments,  and  the 
"advantages  afforded  them  by  the  said  charity,  have  in  after  life  attained  high  distinction 
"  in  different  departments  of  Literature  and  Science,  and  have  risen  to  stations  of  eminence 
"both  in  Church  and  State." 

Now,  my  Lords,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  this  representation  is  perfectly  just,  and 
that  the  beneficial  effects  which  Scotland  has  derived  from  this  charity,  would  not  have  been 
derived  to  the  same  extent,  if  it  had  been  required  that  all  who  were  to  have  the  benefit 
of  these  exhibitions,  should  enter  into  an  engagement,  that  they  should  take  Holy  Orders 
in  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland,  and  should  be  confined  to  that  Church.  Dr.  Adam 
Smith  was  one  of  these  Exhibitioners,  and  I  believe  that  the  high  education  he  received  at 
Glasgow  College,  laid  the  foundation  of  his  great  eminence  in  Literature  and  Philosophy. 
There  has  been,  my  Lords,  a  long  succession  of  most  distinguished  men,  who  have  reflected 
honor  upon  the  place  where  they  were  educated,  and  have  been  of  great  service  to  their 
country.  And,  my  Lords,  not  only  has  it  been  in  the  department  where  laymen  exercised 
their  faculties,  but  the  most  distinguished  men,  who  have  been  educated  first  at  Glasgow, 
and  then  at  Balliol  College  as  Exhibitioners,  who  have  taken  Orders,  have  gained  the 
greatest  distinction  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  likewise  in  the  Episcopal  Church  of 
Scotland ;  and  I  feel  that  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland  would  not,  if  its  interests 
were  properly  considered,  derive  that  benefit  from  the  exclusive  monopoly  of  this  Charity 
which  it  is  sought  to  obtain. 

But,  however,  My  Lords,  whatever  the  effect  of  the  Decree  may  be,  what  we  have  to 
consider  is,  whether  it  stands  upon  sound  principles?  I  entirely  concur  with  my  noble 
and  learned  friends  who  have  preceded  me,  that  it  ought  to  be  reversed.  Now,  it  is  admitted 
by  His  Honor,  the  Vice-Chancellor,  and  it  was  admitted  by  the  learned  Counsel  for  the 
Appellant,  that  the  Decrees  of  Lord  Somers,  of  Lord  Hardwicke,  and  Lord  Northington  are 
to  be  taken  to  have  been  right.  Of  course,  we  are  not  to  suppose  that  the  Testator,  if  he 
had  considered  that  Episcopacy  would  cease  to  be  the  Established  Religion  of  Scotland, 
would  not  have  made  any  provision  whatever  for  the  Episcopal  Church.  We  are  not  to 
suppose  that  if  he  had  considered  there  was  to  be  another  religion  that  was  to  be  established, 
and  that  Episcopacy  was  to  become  a  sect,  instead  of  the  only  religion  that  was  established 
in  Scotland,  that  he  would  have  made  it  a  condition  of  his  will,  that  all  who  were  to  take 
the  benefit  of  his  Exhibitions,  should  enter  into  a  conclusive  engagement  to  take  Orders, 
exclusively,  in  this  persuasion,  which  was  merely  a  religious  sect,  and  which  was  wholly 
unendowed. 

Then,  My  Lords,  that  being  so,  and  these  Decrees  being  admitted  to  be  right,  what 
change  of  circumstances  is  there  now  that  there  should  be  an  entire  reversal  of  the  Scheme  ? 
because  the  substance  of  the  Decree  pronounced  by  His  Honor,  the  Vice-Chancellor,  was 
this,  that  these  Exhibitioners  should  hereafter  belong  to  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland, 
and  to  that  alone,  and  that  none  should  take  the  benefit  of  this  charity,  except  they  were 

O 


210  APPENDIX  II. 

to  be  exclusively  educated  for  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland.  My  Lords,  I  cannot  find 
any  variation  of  circumstances  at  all  to  authorize  such  a  change  from  the  principle  on  which 
the  Charity  is  conducted.  What  was  the  situation  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland  in 
1744,  when  Lord  Hardwicke  pronounced  that  Decree?  Why,  my  Lords,  it  was  tolerated  but 
not  endowed — it  was  a  Church  for  which  the  State  made  no  provision,  there  being  at  the 
same  time  another  religious  persuasion  that  was  established  by  the  State,  which  was 
endowed  by  the  State,  and  which  was  favourably  regarded  by  the  State  ;  and  the  first  act 
of  the  Sovereign  of  this  country,  upon  coming  to  the  throne,  is  to  sign  a  Declaration  that 
the  Protestant  Church  shall  be  maintained.  That  was  the  state  of  things  when  Lord 
Hardwicke  pronounced  his  Decree ;  what  is  the  state  of  things  now  ?  The  Episcopal 
Religion  is  still  only  tolerated  in  Scotland  ;  it  is  not  the  established  religion  of  the  country. 
There  is  no  endowment  made  for  it  by  the  State,  and  therefore  it  remains  as  it  was.  There 
have  been  some  further  indulgences.  The  Clergy  in  Scotland  no  longer  are  Jacobites.  As 
they  do  not  object  to  take  the  Oaths  of  Allegiance,  or  hesitate  to  pray  for  the  Royal 
Family,  those  cautions  that  were  resorted  to  formerly,  to  preserve  the  Royal  Family  on  the 
throne,  have  ceased  to  be  put  in  force.  Indeed,  there  is  a  courtesy  shewn  to  them,  for  the 
Clergy  who  are  ordained  by  Scottish  Bishops  may,  to  a  limited  degree,  be  permitted  to 
officiate  in  our  churches  in  England,  but  that  does  not  at  all  alter  the  situation  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Scotland.  It  is  merely  a  persuasion  that  is  tolerated ;  there  being 
another  Religious  Establishment  that  is  endowed.  There  is  no  change  of  circumstances,  and 
there  being  no  change  of  circumstances,  and  the  Decrees  of  Lord  Somers,  Lord  Hardwicke, 
and  Lord  Northington,  being  allowed  to  be  right,  another  Decree  which  substantially  over- 
turns those  Decrees,  must  be  wrong. 

LORD  LYNDHURST  does  not  appear  to  have  made  any  remarks. 


III.— FIRST  INTIMATION   FROM  BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  CALLING   FOR 

NOMINATION    OF    EXHIBITIONERS. 

To  the  Principal,  the  Professors,  the  Regents,  &  Chiefe  Officers  of  Glasgow 
College  in  Scotland,  the  Master  &  Fellowes  of  Balliol  College  in  Oxon 
send  greeting. 

By  virtue  of  a  Decree  made  in  the  High  Court  of  Chancery  in  Trinity  Term  June  ye 
23d  in  the  fifth  year  of  ye  Reign  of  William  &  Mary  King  and  Queen  of  England  &<*, 
Anno'q  Domini  1693  upon  and  in  Relation  to  ye  last  Will  and  Testament  of  John  Snell 
Esq  deceased,  Wee  the  said  Master  &  Fellowes  of  Ball :  Coll :  are  obliged  to  give  you  the  said 
Principal,  Professors,  Regents  &c  Notice,  that  there  are  now  four  Exhibitioners  to  be  elected 
into  the  said  Mr  Snell's  Foundation,  which  are  to  be  recomended  to  Us  by  You  the  Principal 
of  the  Coll.  of  Glasgow,  the  Professor  of  Divinity,  the  Regents  &  other  chief  Officers  of  the 
said  College  for  ye  time  being,  or  three  of  you  at  ye  least,  whereof  the  Principal  for  ye 
time  being  is  alwayes  to  be  one,  by  Letters  recomendatory  under  yor  College  Seal,  provided 
the  Persons  so  nominated  come  to  reside  in  this  our  Coll:  within  the  space  of  Six  Months 
from  ye  time  of  ye  Receipt  hereof:  otherwise  the  Nomination  will,  for  that  turne,  fall  Jure 
Devoluto  to  the  Master  and  Fellowes  of  Balliol  Coll :  to  nominate  and  elect  any  person 
born  within  ye  Kingdome  of  Scotland  :  And  also  provided  the  persons  so  nominated  by  you 
have  such  Qualifications  as  are  required  by  the  said  Will  &  Decree — viz1 

Ist  that  they  be  such  only  as  are  Natives  within  ye  Kingdome  of  Scotland. 

2d'y  Such  as  have  been  educated  in  some  One  of  ye  Universityes  of  Scotland,  and  spent 
Three  or  Two  years  at  ye  least  in  ye  College  of  Glasgow,  or  One '  three  or  two  at  ye  least 
in  some  other  College  of  that  Kingdome. 

3d'y  Such  as  have  not  taken  any  Degree  in  any  One  of  ye  said  Universityes,  but  such 
only  as  are  Undergraduates,  &  are  wth  Respect  to  their  Age,  Learning  and  Disposition 
towardly  and  hopefull. 

4'y  Such  whose  Education  &  principles  shall  lead  them  to  ye  promoting  of  ye  Doctrine 
&  Discipline  established  in  the  Church  of  England,  being  that  which  was  chiefly  intended 
by  ye  Testator's  Benefaction. 

5'y  Such  Persons  as  you  shall  judge  thus  qualified  &  think  fit  to  nominate  to  us  for 
our  Approbation  &  Admission  must  bring  with  them  ye  Testimony  of  your  Nomination  under 
the  Comon  Seal  of  your  said  College. 

iThe  words  "year  there  and"  have  been  omitted,  presumably  by  inadvertence.  They  appear  in  subse- 
quent intimations. 

211 


212  APPENDIX  HI. 

6>x  and  lastly  It  is  enjoyn'd  by  ye  said  Will  &  Decree,  that  every  Scholar  so  nominated 
by  you  and  elected  by  us,  is  to  continue  for  ye  space  of  six  months  by  way  of  Probation, 
that  is  to  say,  as  they  shall  give  evidence  of  their  Behaviour  Learning  &  Abilityes  they  are 
to  be  admitted  or  rejected  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  six  months. 

In  Witnesse  Whereof  We  the  said  Master  and  Fellowes  have  hereunto  set  our  Seal 
Manual  this  25th  day  of  February  i6c)f. 

[1V.B.— The  same  form  was  in  vogue  for  at  least  140  years,  and  was  used  in 
1839,  in  intimating  the  expiry  of  Archbishop  Tail's  Exhibition.] 


IV.— FORM    OF   NOMINATION   BY   GLASGOW  COLLEGE,   USED   IN    1797 

AND    DOUBTLESS    EARLIER   AND    LATER,    BUT   NOT   NOW. 

At  Glasgow,  the  day  of 

Whereas  We,  the   Principal,  Professors,  and  Regents  of  the  College  of  Glasgow,  had 
intimation  made  to  us,  on  the  day  of  ,  by  the  Master 

and  Fellows  of  Baliol  College,  in  the  University  of  Oxford,  that  there  is  one  Vacant  Exhibition 
of  Mr.  Snell's  Foundation,  in  the  said  College,  to  which  the  Principal,  Professors,  and 
Regents  of  the  College  of  Glasgow  have  a  right  to  Nominate  and  recommend ;  We,  the  Principal 
Professors  and  Regents  underwritten,  do  hereby  certify  you,  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Baliol 
College  aforesaid,  that  we  have  nominated  and  recommended,  in  a  Meeting  duly  summoned 
and  convened  for  this  purpose,  the  day  of  ,  and,  by  these 

presents,  nominate  and  recommend  to  you  son  of 

Bearer   hereof,   for  the   said   Vacant   Exhibition ;    whom   we   do 

hereby  certify  to  be  a  native  of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland  [as  by  a  regular  certificate  of  the 
same  to  be  produced]  and  to  have  studied  years  in  the  College  of  Glasgow, 

without  taking  any  Degree,  here  or  elsewhere  ;  and  who,  we  hope,  will  be  found  to  be  of 
a  good  Disposition  and  Behaviour  ;  and  in'  regard  of  his  standing,  of  good  Learning.  In 
Witness  Whereof  we  have  subscribed  these  presents,  and  have  ordered  the  Publick  Seal  of 
our  College  to  be  hereunto  appended,  and  have  entrusted  the  same  [Exhibitioner's  name] 
to  be  the  Bearer  hereof  to  the  Master  of  Baliol  College,  and  to  the  other  persons  concerned 
in  Mr.  Snell's  Benefaction. 


V. — CHANCERY  ORDER  OF   1872   FOR  THE  REGULATION  AND  MANAGEMENT 
OF  THE  FOUNDATION  [OMITTING  THE  PREAMBLE]. 

1.  The  Master  and   Fellows  of  Baliol  College  on  the  one  part  and  the  Principal  and 
Professors  of  Glasgow  College  on  the  other  part  shall  from  time  to  time  by  mutual  agree- 
ment fix  the  greatest  number  of  Exhibitioners  to  be  maintained  at  any  one  time  out  of  the 
revenues  of  Mr.  Snell's  Foundation,  the  number  of  ordinary  Exhibitioners  it  shall  be  lawful 
to  elect  in  each  year  and  the  amount  of  their  several  emoluments,  taking  into  consideration 
amongst  other  things  the  income  of  the  Foundation  for  the  time  being  the  amount  of  Com- 
petition and  the  expense  of  residence  at  Oxford.     Every  such  agreement  shall  be  in  writing 
and  sealed  with  the  seals  of  both   Colleges   and   shall   be   laid  before  the  Visitor  of  Baliol 
College  for  his  approval  and  until  approved  by  him  shall  not  be  valid,  and  until  any  such 
agreement  shall  be  made  and  approved  and  subject  to  such  alterations  as  may  be  introduced 
thereby  the  greatest  number  of  Exhibitioners  shall  be   14  and  the  stipend  of  each  shall  be 
£110  and  the  number  of  ordinary  Exhibitioners   it   shall   be   lawful   to  elect   in   each   year 
shall  be  3  unless  the  number  on  the  Foundation  would  thereby  be  increased  beyond  14  in 
which  case  not  more  than  2  shall  be  elected. 

2.  The  Exhibitioners  shall  be  elected  by  the    Master   and   Fellows  of  Baliol  College, 
only  after  examination  and  nomination  by  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College 
in  manner  hereinafter  set  forth,  from  Candidates   born   in   Scotland  or  whose  fathers  shall 
have  been  born  in  Scotland  and  who  shall  have  resided  as  Undergraduate  Students  for  two 
years  at  least  in  Glasgow  College  or  for  one  year  in  that  College  and  two  at  least  in  some 
other  College  in  Scotland.      The  Principal   &    Professors  of  Glasgow  College  for  the  time 
being  shall  be  sole  judges  of  the  question  what  constitutes  residence  in  that  or  any  other 
College  in  Scotland  within  the  meaning  of  this  clause  if  such  question  should  arise.1 

3.  An   examination   of  the   qualified   Candidates   shall  be  held  at  Glasgow   College  on 
some  day  or  days  during  the  Session  of  the   University  of  Glasgow  by   Examiners   to  be 
appointed  by  the  Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College.      Notice  of  the  time  of  the 
examination  and  of  the  number  of  Exhibitioners  whom  it  shall  be  lawful  to  elect  at  it  shall 
be  given  by  the   Principal  and    Professors  of  Glasgow   College   in   such  manner  as   they 
shall  deem  best  adapted  to  insure  publicity  30  days  at  least  before  the  commencement  of 
the  examination. 

No  Candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  examination  who  shall  be  a  member  of  the 
University  of  Oxford  of  more  than  one  year's  standing  from  the  day  of  his  matriculation 
inclusive,  and  no  Candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  examination  more  than  once  after  he 
shall  have  completed  his  23"!  year,  but  a  Candidate  who  is  qualified  under  clause  2  shall 
not  be  excluded  from  examination  on  the  ground  that  he  is  a  graduate  of  any  Scottish 
University.  No  Candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  examination  who  has  not  given  such  timely 
notice  of  his  intention  to  compete  accompanied  by  such  certificate  of  his  birth  parentage 
and  education  and  such  testimonials  of  moral  character  as  the  Principal  and  Professors  of 
Glasgow  College  may  require. 

The  Examination  shall  be  in  such  subjects  and  shall  be  held  on  such  day  or  days  and 

iThis  clause  is  similar  to  those  in  the  Schemes  of  1857  and  1861.  By  Resolution  of  date  1310  Dec., 
1866,  the  Senate  of  the  University  of  Glasgow  determined  thai  "  Residence"  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  the 
Snell  Trust,  be  constituted  by  regular  attendance  as  a  public  student  for  the  complete  winter  Session  on 
not  less  than  two  of  the  classes  in  the  Curriculum  for  Degrees  in  Arts  in  this  or  one  of  the  other  Scottish 
Universities. 

213 


214  APPENDIX   V. 

subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  Principal  and  Professors   of  Glasgow  College  shall  from 
time  to  time  determine. 

The  Candidates  who  upon  such  examination  shall  appear  to  be  of  the  greatest  merit 
and  most  fit  for  election  shall  be  nominated  by  the  Principal  and  Professors  to  the 
Exhibitions  which  are  to  be  filled  up  ;  Provided  always  that  if  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Examiners  there  be  not  enough  Candidates  of  sufficient  merit  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to 
nominate  the  whole  number  who  might  be  lawfully  elected. 

4.  Every  Examiner  not  being  a  Professor  of  Glasgow  College   shall   receive  on    such 
examination  ,£15  out   of  the   surplus  fund  or  such   other   sum   as   shall  from   time   to   time 
appear  to  the  two  Colleges  to  be  an  adequate  remuneration. 

5.  Any  Candidate  nominated  may  be   examined  by  the  Master  and   Fellows   of  Baliol 
College  before  being  admitted  to  matriculation  in  the  same  manner  as  other  Candidates  for 
admission  to  the  College,  and  if  approved  shall  be  elected   an  Exhibitioner  by  the  Master 
and  Fellows  and  admitted  to  rooms  in  the  College   on  or  before  the  2Oth  day  of  October 
following  his  nomination. 

But  the  Master  and  Fellows  may  reject  any  nominee  whom  upon  such  examination  they 
shall  deem  unfit  for  admission  to  the  College  and  therefrom  and  in  every  such  case,  as  also 
in  the  event  of  any  nominee  dying  before  election,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  but  not  incumbent 
on  the  said  Principal  and  Professors  to  nominate  after  an  examination  conducted  in  the 
same  manner  as  before  in  place  of  the  former  nominee  another  qualified  Candidate  who 
shall  be  likewise  subject  to  approval  or  rejection  by  Baliol  College  and  the  said  powers  of 
nomination  and  of  approval  or  rejection  on  the  part  of  the  two  Colleges  respectively  may 
be  exercised  until  some  nominee  of  Glasgow  College  shall  be  approved  by  Baliol  College. 

In  every  case  in  which  a  nominee  shall  die  or  be  rejected  and  another  Candidate  shall 
be  nominated  and  approved,  the  Exhibitioner  eventually  elected  shall  as  regards  his  term 
of  tenure  and  the  commencement  of  his  stipend  hold  his  Exhibition  as  from  the  day  of  the 
nomination  of  the  rejected  or  deceased  nominee  or  of  the  first  of  such  nominees.  If  the 
Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College  shall  in  any  year  not  nominate  as  many 
candidates  as  might  be  lawfully  elected,  or  if  any  nominee  of  Glasgow  College  shall  be 
rejected  by  Baliol  College  and  no  Exhibitioner  shall  be  nominated  and  elected  in  his  place, 
or  if  from  any  cause  there  be  not  in  any  year  or  part  of  a  year  as  many  Exhibitioners  on 
the  Foundation  as  might  be  maintained  out  of  its  revenues,  the  surplus  of  its  revenues  for 
the  year  shall  be  added  to  the  surplus  fund  to  be  invested  as  hereinafter  directed. 

6.  Ordinary  Exhibitioners  hereafter  to  be  elected  shall  hold  their  Exhibitions  for  5  years 
and  no  longer  from  the  day  of  nomination  inclusive,  and  the  Stipend  of  each  Exhibitioner 
shall  be  deemed  to  accrue  from  the  day  of  his  nomination  and  shall  be  paid  to  him  quarterly, 
the  first  payment  to  be  made  within  3  months  after  the  day  of  his  admission. 

7.  Any  Exhibitioner  who  shall  marry  or  shall  cease  to  be  a  Member  of  Baliol  College 
or  shall  be  promoted  to  or  accept  any  place  or  office  in  the  Army  or  Navy  or  in  the  Indian 
Civil  Service  shall  vacate  his  Exhibition,  but  no  Exhibitioner  hereafter  to  be  elected  shall 
forfeit  his  Exhibition  by  acceptance  of  any  Ecclesiastical  preferment  in   England  or  Wales. 
Any  Exhibitioner  who  shall  be  rusticated  or  shall  be  absent  from  the  College  during  the 
usual  times  of  residence  without  the  permission  of  the  Master  shall  forfeit  a  proportionate 
part  of  his  emoluments  for  the  period  of  his  rustication  or  absence  unless  the  Master  and 
Fellows  shall  think  proper  to  permit  him  to  receive  the  same.     If  any  Exhibitioner  shall  die 
or  shall  otherwise  cease  to  be  an  Exhibitioner  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  and  not  less 
than  two  years  of  his  term  shall  remain  unexpired  and  if  the  two  Colleges  shall  so  agree, 
it  shall  be  lawful  to  nominate  and  elect  in  the  same  manner  as  hereinbefore   directed,  in 
addition  to  the  ordinary  Exhibitioners  of  the  year,  an  Extraordinary  Exhibitioner  who  shall 


CHANCERY  ORDER 


215 


hold  as  from  the  day  of  his  nomination  inclusive  and  during  the  unexpired  residue  of  the 
said  term  and  no  longer.  But  if  the  two  Colleges  shall  not  so  agree  or  less  than  two  years 
of  the  said  term  shall  remain  unexpired  no  such  Extraordinary  Exhibitioner  shall  be  nominated 
or  elected. 

8.  The  Estate  and  funds  of  the  said  Foundation  shall  remain  vested  in  and  administered 
by  the  Master  and  Scholars  of  Baliol  College  as  Trustees  thereof,  but  the  said  College  shall 
within  14  days  after  the  5th  day  of  April  in  every  year  render  to  the  Principal  and  Professors 
of  Glasgow  College  printed  accounts  of  the  income  and  expenditure  of  the  said  Foundation 
for  the  preceding  12  calendar  months  and  if  required  by  the  said   Principal  and  Professors 
shall  produce  to  them  or  to  some  person  appointed  by  them  to  inspect  the  same  in  Oxford 
the  vouchers  for  the  said  accounts. 

9.  The  allowances  which  have  been  heretofore  made  to  the  Master  for  his  care  and 
government   of  the    Exhibitioners   of  the   said    Foundation   (commonly   called    Gubernation 
money)  and  to  Baliol  College  in  consideration  of  the  privileges  of  the  Library  enjoyed  by 
the  Exhibitioners  of  the  said  Foundation  (commonly  called  Privilege  money)  shall  be  con- 
tinued.    The  allowance  to  the  Master  shall  henceforth  be  at  the  rate  of  £2  per  cent  on  the 
net  income  of  the  estates  and  funds  of  the  Foundation  and  the  allowance  to  the  College  at 
the  rate  of  £4  per  cent  on  such  net  income.     The  audit  of  the  accounts  directed  by  the 
Testator's   Will   shall   take   place   annually  as   hereby  directed   and  the  sum  of  £li  :  2  :  2 
allowed  for  a  Dinner  by  a  previous  order  in  this  cause  shall  still  be  allowed. 

Emoluments  forfeited  for  rustication  or  absence  without  leave  or  any  other  cause  by 
Exhibitioners  of  the  Foundation  shall  be  added  to  the  surplus  fund. 

10.  The  Master  and  Scholars  of  Baliol  College  may  reserve  in  their  hands  towards  the 
expense  of  managing  the  trust  estate  and  for  repairing  and  improving  the  same  an  annual 
sum  not  exceeding  £10  per  cent  upon  the  said  net  income  or  with  the  approval  of  the 
Principal  and  Professors  of  Glasgow  College  but  not  otherwise  any  larger  sum  which  may 
be  thought  necessary,  and  may  from  time  to  time  apply  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  in 
such  repairs  and  improvements  as  they  shall  deem  to  be  for  the  benefit  of  the  trust  estate, 
and  may  with  the  like  approval  apply  any  part  of  the  money  so  reserved  in  contributions 
or  donations  to  charitable  or  benevolent  purposes  in  any  place  where  the  Estates  of  the 
Foundation  or  any  part  thereof  are  or  may  be  situate.  The  surplus  not  required  for  the 
aforesaid  purposes  of  the  money  so  reserved  shall  be  added  to  the  surplus  fund. 

The  Master  and  Scholars  of  Baliol  College  shall  be  at  liberty  to  lease  any  part  of  the 
Estates  belonging  to  this  Charity  for  not  more  than  21  years  in  possession,  and  also  to  lease 
any  part  of  the  said  Estates  upon  building  or  repairing  leases  for  not  more  than  99  years 
in  possession  without  premium  or  foregift.  But  the  surrender  of  a  previous  lease  shall  not 
be  considered  as  a  premium  or  foregift  provided  that  a  counterpart  of  every  such  lease  shall 
be  executed  by  the  Lessee  or  Lessees.  The  surplus  fund  shall  from  time  to  time  as  often  as 
the  same  shall  exceed  ,£100  be  invested  in  £5  per  cent.  Consolidated  Bank  annuities  in 
the  name  of  the  Master  and  Scholars  of  Baliol  College  and  all  such  investments  shall  be 
deemed  to  form  part  of  the  Capital  of  the  trust  estates. 

11.  Any  Exhibitioner  of  the  Foundation  who  may  be  elected  to  and  accept  an  Exhibi- 
tion of  the  Foundation  of  Dr.  Warner  Bishop  of  Rochester  shall  vacate  the  Exhibition  held 
by  him  when  so  elected. 

12.  This  Scheme  shall  operate  and  take  effect  as  from  the  2"d  day  of  December  1872. 

Dated  this  2nd  day  of  December  1872. 

(Signed)        E.  B.  CHURCH,  Chief  Clerk. 
Approved  the  14th  day  of  December  1872. 

(Signed)         ROMILLY,  Master  of  the  Rolls. 


VI.— GUISE    FAMILY    EPITAPHS. 

IN  THE  CHANCEL  OF  ELMORE  CHURCH. 

ON  A  MARBLE  MONUMENT. 
ARMS.— Guise,  impaling  quarterly  gu.  and  az.  a  cross  flory  Or,  for  Snell. 

In  Memory  of 

William  Guise  Esq. 

of  the  City  of  Gloucester 

He  was  the  eldest  son  of 

Major  Henry  Guise  of  Winterbourne 

in  this  county  and  grandson  of 

William  Guise  Esq.  of  this  parish 

who  departed  this  life 

August  the  28'*  1716 

in  the  68'.^  year  of  his  age 

Lyeth  here  interred  with  William 

his  4th  son  also  Dorothea  his  Wife 

departed  this  life  June  the  12'.'.'  1738 

aged  76 

A  Lady  remarkable  for  her  strict  Piety 
diffusive  Charity  and  engaging 

Courteousness  of  Behaviour 

flowing  from  the  truest  sentiments 

of  Religion,  Goodness  and  Humanity. 

She  was  the  only  daughter  of 

John  Snell  Esq.  Lord  of  the  Manor 

of  Uffeton  in  the  county  of  Warwick 

which  Manour  with  Lands  to  the 

Value  of  near  a  Thousand  Pounds  a 

Year,  he  gave  by  Will  to  support  the 

Interest  of  Episcopacy  in  Scotland ; 

but  this  application  of  his  intended 

Benefaction  being  defeated  by  the  Union 

a  decree  was  obtained  in  the 

High  Court  of  Chancery  for  settling  the 

Estate  on  Baliol  College  in  Oxford 

for  ever,  to  maintain,  support  and 

educate  certain  scholars  to  be  sent 

thither  by  the  University  of  Glasgow 

Allowing  to  each  Fifty  pounds  a  year 

for  Ten  years  only ;  eight  pertake  at 

present  of  these  Exhibitions 

though  the  estate  may  be  deemed 

capable  of  supporting  a  greater  number. 

She  had  issue  three  sons  and  one 

Daughter. 

216 


GUISE  FAMILY  EPITAPHS  2l~ 

John  the  eldest  died  aged  21  years 

He  was  a  gentleman  of  a  very 

extraordinary  genius  and  eminently 

studious,  having  in  that  early 

Time  of  life  acquired  a  perfect 

knowledge  of  all  the  polite  Languages 

Ancient  and  Modern 
William  the  Second  son  died 

aged  12  years 
Henry  the  third  son  is  still  living 

and  caused  this  inscription 

And  Theodosia  the  Daughter  was 

married  to  Dennis  Cooke 

of  Highnam  Esq. 
and  lies  interred  in  Highnam  chapel 


ON  FLAT  STONES. 
ARMS. — Guise  impaling  Snell. — CREST  a  Swan  proper  issuant  from  a  Ducal  coronet. 

William  Guise,  Gent,  of  Gloucester 
Dorothy  Guise,  William  Guise 

Deposited  in  this  grave 

with  their  ancestors  are  two  sons  of 

Henry  Guise  Esq.  of  Gloucester 

or  of  Upton  St.  Leonards 

by  Mary  his  wife 
Daughter  of  Edward  Cooke 

of  Highnam  Esq. 

Edward  and  William  both  died 

Infants  one  anno  1736 

the  other  anno  1737 


ARMS.— Quarterly  Guise  and  Snell :    on  an   Escocheon  of  Pretence  Or,  a  chevron  chequy 
gu.  and  az.  between  3  cinquefoils  of  the  second  for  Cooke. 

Here  lyeth  the  body  of 

Henry  Guise  Esq. 

of  the  city  of  Gloucester 

Youngest  son  of  William  Guise  Esq. 

who  lies  interred  in  this  chancel 

a  gentleman  in  his  private  conversation 

well  known  for  his  engaging  affability 

in  public,  for  his  strict  Administration 

of  Justice.     He  died  much  lamented 

the  23r.d  of  Oct.  1749,  aged  51 

\Biglantfs  Hist,  of  Gloucestershire.} 


VII.— LIST   OF   SUBSCRIBERS. 


Alison,  General  Sir  Archibald,  Bart.,  G.C.B.,  D.C.L., 
F.R.S.,  93  Eaton  Place,  London,  S.W. 

Almond,  Hely  H. ,  LL.  D. ,  North  Esk  Lodge,  Mussel- 
burgh,  c/o  James  Thin,  Bookseller,  Edinburgh. 

Annand,  Miss,  18  Norfolk  Road,  Brighton(twocopies). 

Babington,  William,  W.S. ,  4  Wemyss  Place,  Edin- 
burgh. 
Baillie,  Miss  Hunter,  6  Hanover  Terrace,  Regent's 

Park,  London,  N.W. 
Bannerman,  Charles,  M.A.,  27  Blythswood  Square, 

Glasgow. 
Bathgate,  William,  M.A.,  H.M.I. S.,  13  Westbourne 

Gardens,  Glasgow. 
Beatson,  George  T. ,  M.D.,  7  Woodside  Crescent, 

Glasgow. 
Bell,  Alex.  J.  M.,  M.A.,  7  Rawlinson  Road,  Oxford 

(two  copies). 
Berry,  Sheriff  Robert,  LL.D. ,  5  University  Gardens, 

Glasgow. 

Black,  Misses,  Shalloch  Cottage,  Giryan. 
Blackburn,  Emeritus-Professor  Hugh,  LL.D.,  Rosh- 

ven,  Fort  William. 
Bonar,  James,  LL.D.,  i  Redington  Road,  Hamp- 

stead,  London,  N.W. 
Boyle,    John,    M.A.,    Eastcote    House,    Eastcote, 

Middlesex. 
Bradley,   Emeritus-Professor  A.  C. ,   LL.D.,  9  Kd- 

wardes  Square,  Kensington,  London,  W. 
Buchanan,  A.  W.  Gray,  Parkhill,  Polmont. 
Burns,   Rev.   Islay  F.,  M.A.,  Darenth,   Kent,  and 

Westminster  College,  Cambridge. 

Caird,  Colin  S.,  Dungourney,  Greenock. 

Caird,  Edward,  D.C.L.,  Master  of  Balliol  College, 
Oxford. 

Caird,  Mrs.  John,  36  Coates  Gardens,  Edinburgh. 

Campbell,  George  W.,  6  Clarendon  Square,  Leam- 
ington. 

Campbell,  The  Right  Hon.  James  A.,  LL.D.,  M.P., 
of  Stracathro,  Brechin. 

Carlile,  Mrs.  James  W.,  Cameron  Road,  Napier, 
New  Zealand. 

Clapperton,  Alan  E.,  B.L.,  Writer,  4  Woodside 
Terrace,  Glasgow. 


Clark,  James,  M.B.,  CM.,  Cross  House,  Beith. 

Coldwell,  Rev.  C.  L.,  M.A.,  Holy  Trinity  Parsonage, 
Stirling. 

Connell,  Rev.  A.  J.  C.,  M.A.,  Monk's  Eleigh 
Rectory,  Ipswich. 

Connell,  A.  K.,  M.A.,  Godalming,  Surrey. 

Coutts,  James,  M.A.,  n  Dryburgh  Gardens,  Glas- 
gow. 

Cowan,  John  M.,  B.A.,  M.B.,  14  Woodside  Cres- 
cent, Glasgow. 

Craigie,  John  A.,  Govan  Parish  School  Board,  151 
Bath  Street,  Glasgow. 

Craik,  Sir  Henry,  K.C.B.,  LL.D.,  Dover  House, 
Whitehall,  London,  S.W. 

Cumming,  Alexander  N. ,  M.  A. ,  Manchester  Courier, 
Manchester. 

Currie,  John,  M.D. ,  Rayapuram,  Madras,  India. 

Douglas,  Charles,  M.D.,  Woodside,  Kelso. 
Douglas,  Mrs.,  Killiechassie,  Aberfeldy. 
Douglas,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Keith,  109  Boughton,  Chester. 
Downie,  James  Walker,  M.B. ,  C.M. ,  4  Woodside 

Crescent,  Glasgow. 
Ducat,    Rev.   Canon   W.   M.   G.,   M.A.,    St.   Giles' 

Vicarage,  Reading. 
Duncan,  J.   Dalrymple,   F.S.A.,  Writer,  211  Hope 

Street,  Glasgow. 

Dunlop,  George,  W.S.,  20  Castle  Street,  Edinburgh. 
Dyer,  Henry,  D.Sc. ,  8  Highburgh  Terrace,  Dowan- 

hill,  Glasgow. 

Faculty  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  242  St.  Vincent 

Street,  Glasgow. 
Fraser,  John,   M.A.,   M.D.,  Chapel  Ash,  Wolver- 

hampton. 

Gairdner,  Emeritus- Professor  Sir  William  T.,  K.C.  K , 
M.D.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S.,  32  George  Square,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Gemmell,  Professor  Samson,  M.D. ,  17  Woodside 
Place,  Glasgow. 

Gillies,  William  K.,  M.A.,  Grammar  School,  Camp- 
beltown. 

Glaister,  Professor  John,  M.D.,  18  Woodside  Place, 
Glasgow. 


2l8 


LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS 


2I9 


Gordon,  Charles  J.  M.,  M. A.,  15  Ship  Street,  Oxford. 

Gourlay,  Robert,  5  Marlborough  Terrace,  Kelvinside, 
Glasgow. 

Gow,  William,  M.A.,  Blairgowrie  Road,  Coupar- 
Angus. 

Grant,  Archibald  D.,  B.A.,  15  India  Street,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Gregory,  Philip  S.,  27  Stanhope  Gardens,  London, 
S.W. 

Harvey,  Thomas,  LL.D.,  Balmain  House,  Montrose. 

Hastie,  Professor  William,  D.D.,  12  The  University, 
Glasgow. 

Henderson,  Rev.  P.  A.  Wright,  M.A.,  Wadham 
College,  Oxford. 

Herkless,  (the  late)  Professor  W.  R.,  LL.B.,  Tor- 
wood,  Partickhill,  Glasgow. 

Hill,  William  H.,  LL.D.,  of  Barlanark,  Writer,  194 
Ingram  Street,  Glasgow. 

Hoggan,  George  B.,  Writer,  194  Ingram  Street, 
Glasgow. 

Hutchison,  Rev.  Robert  P.,  M.A.,  Barsby  Lodge, 
Pelham  Fields,  Ryde,  Isle  of  Wight. 

Jack,  Professor  William,  LL.D.,  10  The  University, 

Glasgow. 
Jardine,  Manfred  L.   P.,  38  Buckingham  Terrace, 

Edinburgh  (two  copies). 
Jebb,    Professor    Sir    Richard    C.,    D.C.L.,    M.P., 

Springfield,  Cambridge. 
Johnston,  David,  M.A.,  Sub-Inspector  of  Schools, 

Tintagel,  Dairy,  Ayrshire. 
Johnston,  Lieut.-Col.  William,  M.A.,  M.D.,  Newton 

Dee,  Murtle,  Aberdeen. 
Johnston,  Rev.  William  Thomson,  D.D.,  Ivy  Bank, 

Britannia  Square,  Worcester. 
Jones,  Professor  Henry,  LL.D.,  i  The  University, 

Glasgow. 

Kelvin,  Emeritus-Professor  Lord,  G.C.V.O.,  F.R.S., 

etc.,  Netherhall,  Largs. 

Kerr,  John  G.,  LL.D.,  Allan  Glen's  School,  Glasgow. 
King,   William  Y.,   M.A.,    H.M.I.S.,   27   Rutland 

Street,  Edinburgh. 

Langhorne,  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.,  31  Beauchamp 
Avenue,  Leamington. 

M'Callum,  James  A.,  LL.B.,  Writer,  194  Ingram 

Street,  Glasgow. 
MacClymont,  Mrs.  Colin  R.,  55  St.  James1  Square, 

Notting  Hill,  London,  W.  (two  copies). 
MacEwen,  Rev.  Alexander  R.,  D.D.,  25  Woodside 

Place,  Glasgow. 
M'Fadyen,  Professor  John  E.,  M.A.,  Toronto,  c/o 

James  M'Fadyen,  24  St.  Ronan's  Drive,  Shaw- 
lands,  Glasgow. 
M'Gilchrist,   Rev.   John,   B.D.,  The  Manse,   Skel- 

morlie,  by  Greenock. 
Mackennal,    Rev.    Alexander,    D.D.,    Beechwood, 

Bowdon,  Cheshire. 
MacLehose,   Norman   M.,  M.B.,   13  Queen   Anne 

Street,  London,  W. 
Macmillan,  Hugh  P.,  LL.B.,  Advocate,  18  Nelson 

Street,  Edinburgh. 


M'Pherson,  Hugh,  B.A.,  I.C.S.,  Settlement  Officer, 

Dumka,  Sonthal  Parganas,  Bengal ,  India. 
Main,  Archibald,  M.A.,  Balliol  College,  Oxford. 
Marr,  John,  J.I'.,  Dunjarg,  Bellahouston,  Glasgow. 
Marshall,    John    W.,    M.A.,    University    College, 

Aberystwyth. 

Martin,  Charles,  M.A.,  14  Doune  Terrace,  Kelvin- 
side,  Glasgow. 
Marwick,  Sir  James  D. ,  LL.  D. ,  19  Woodside  Terrace, 

Glasgow. 
Medley,   Professor   Dudley  J.,  M.A.,  6  University 

Gardens,  Glasgow. 
Meikleham,  J.  Y. ,  37  Upper  Park  Road,  Hampstead, 

London. 
Mitchell,    Alexander  M.,  LL.B.,  8   Kew  Terrace, 

Kelvinside,  Glasgow. 
Mitchell,  John  Oswald,  LL.D.,  7  Huntly  Gardens, 

Kelvinside,  Glasgow. 

Mitchell  Library,  21  Miller  Street,  Glasgow. 
Moir,    Professor  James,   20  Ann  Street,   Hillhcad, 

Glasgow. 

Monie,  Peter  W.,  M.A. ,  Belmont,  Irvine. 
Muirhead,  Professor  John  H.,  M.A.,  i  York  Road, 

Edgbaston,  Birmingham. 
Muirhead,  Rev.  William,  M.A.,  West  U.P.  Manse, 

Stranraer. 
Murray,  David,  LL.D.,  Writer,  169  West  George 

Street,  Glasgow. 

Perry-Herrick,  Mrs.,  Beau  Manor  Park,  Lough- 
borough. 

Pinkerton,  Surgeon-General  John,  M.D.,  Queen's 
Park  House,  Langside,  Glasgow. 

Pinkerton,  Robert  H.,  M.A.,  University  College, 
Cardiff. 

Pitcairn,  A.  Y.,  W.S.,  56  Dick  Place,  Edinburgh. 

Ramsay,    Professor    George    G.,    LL.D.,    6   The 

University,    Glasgow. 
Ramsay,  Mrs.   Wardlaw,  266  Gloucester  Terrace, 

Hyde  Park,  London,  W. 

Rankin,  Daniel,  B.A.,  21  Octavia  Terrace,  Greenock. 
Rankine,  Adam,  B.  A. ,  64  Worple  Road,  Wimbledon. 
Richmond,  James,  Monzie  Castle,  Crieff. 
Robertson,  Professor  James,  D.D.,  7  The  University, 

Glasgow. 
Robinson-Douglas,    W.  D.,  of  Orchardton,  Castle 

Douglas. 

Ruddle,  Mrs.,  The  Mythe,  Tewkesbury. 
Russell,  James  B.,  M.D.,  LL.D.,  49  Braid  Road, 

Edinburgh. 

Sandford,  The  Right  Rev.  C.  W.,  D.D..  Bishop  of 
Gibraltar,  Bishopsbourne,  Cannes,  France. 

Sandford,  Lady,  96  Gloucester  Terrace,  Hyde  Park, 
London,  W.  (two  copies). 

Saunders,  George,  B.A.,  Dorotheenstrasse  6,  Berlin 
(two  copies). 

Scott,  Joseph,  M.A.,  Robcrton,  Abington. 

Shairp,  Mrs.,  sen.,  Cuil  Aluinn,  Aberfeldy. 

Smart,  Professor  William,  LL.D.,  Nunholm,  Dowan- 
hill,  Glasgow. 


220 


APPENDIX    VII. 


Somerville,  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A. ,   n  Westercraigs, 

Dennistoun,  Glasgow. 
Sprot,  Mrs.,  Stravithie,  Fife. 
Steel,  Rev.  John,  D.D.,  Ellangowan,  20  Craigpark, 

Dennistoun,  Glasgow. 
Stenhouse,  William  M.,  M.D. ,  Dunedin,  Otago,  New 

Zealand. 

Stevenson,  Hugh  F. ,  8  Belmont  Crescent,  Glasgow. 
Stirling,  James,  of  Garden,  Port  of  Menteith  Station. 
Story,  The  Very  Rev.  Principal  R.  Herbert,  D.D., 

13  The  University,  Glasgow. 
Sturt,  Mrs.  Napier  G.,   Llanvihangel  Court,  Aber- 

gavenny  (three  copies). 

Taylor,  William, 6Bute Mansions,  Hillhead, Glasgow. 
Tennent,  Gavin  P.,  M.D.,  159  Bath  Street,  Glasgow 

(two  copies). 
Thomson,    Ninian    H.,   M.A.,    Careggi,    Florence, 

Italy  (two  copies). 
Todd,   George,   M.A.,  20  Colinett  Road,   Putney, 

London,  S.W. 


Vertue,  Charles   K.,   B.A.,  The  Court,   Grayshott, 
Hants. 

Waddell,  William  W.,  M.A.,  H.M.I.S.,  14  Victoria 
Place,  Stirling. 

Walker,  Professor  Hugh,  M.A.,St.  David's  College, 

Lam  peter. 
Watson,   William,   M.A.,   Skerry's  C.   S.   College, 

213  Buchanan  Street,  Glasgow. 
Weir,  Thomas  H.,  B.D.,  The  University,  Glasgow. 
Wenley,  Professor  R.  M.,  D.Phil.,  509  E.  Madison 

Street,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  U.S.A. 
Wilberforce,  Mrs.,  Broadsworth,  Doncaster. 
Williams,  Walter  E.,  M.B.,  C.M.,  Portmadoc,  North 

Wales. 
Wyer,  Thomas  R.,  B.A.,  Meerut,  N.W.P.,  India, 

per  H.  S.  King  &  Co.,  45  Pall  Mall,  London, 

S.W.  (two  copies). 

Young,    Professor  John,   M.D.,    19  Bute  Gardens, 
Hillhead,  Glasgow. 


INDEX   TO   EXHIBITIONERS. 


PAGE 

Adams,  George  Stewart  

194 

Addis,  William  Edward,      .... 

'Si 

Aird,  David,       ...... 

72 

Alison,  Archibald,       

54 

Almond,  Hely  Hutchinson, 

137 

Annand,  Adam,  

89 

Babington,  Charles  Maitland, 

70 

Baillie,  Matthew  

58 

Baird,  Robertson,        

'35 

Balfour-Crawford,  Charles.     See  Crawford. 

Barclay,  James  Robertson.     See  Robertson- 

Barclay. 

Bathgate,  William  

165 

Bell,  Alexander  James  Montgomerie,  . 

"54 

Bell,  George  Joseph,  ..... 

120 

Bissland,  Thomas,       

I  CO 

Blair,  Robert  

139 

Bonar,  James  

1  68 

Boyle,  John  •    . 

62 

Boyle,  John,       

123 

Brown,  Alexander  Noble  

67 

Brown,  George  Douglas  

191 

Brown,  John  Macmillan,     .... 

161 

Bruce,  Mr.,        ...... 

49 

Burns,  Islay  Ferrier,  ..... 

175 

Caird,  Edward,  ...... 

148 

5° 

Cameron,  Thomas,      ..... 

37 

47 

Campbell,  Alexander,          .... 

49 

Campbell,  John,  

IOI 

Campbell,  John  James,        .... 

118 

Campbell,  Lewis  

136 

Canterbury,  Archbishop  of.     See  Tail. 

Carlile,  James  Wren 

Carnegie,  James,          ..... 

Carnegie,  Robert,       ..... 

Cathcart,  Archibald  Hamilton,    . 

Cheap,  Andrew,  ..... 

Christie,  Jonathan  Henry,   .... 

Clark,  Francis  William,       .... 

Cleghorn,  Patrick,       ..... 

Cochrane,  Brice,          ..... 

Cochrane,  James  Atholl,     .... 

Connell,  Arthur,          ..... 

Connell,  James,  ...... 

Corehouse,  Lord  (of  Session ).    See  Cranstoun. 

Craik,  Sir  Henry, 

Cranstoun,  George,     ..... 

Craufurd,  Thomas, 

Crawford,  Charles  Balfour, .... 
Crawfurd,  Archibald,  ..... 

Crawfurd,  Cornelius 

Cross,  John  Ashton,    ..... 

Cumin,  Patrick, 

Gumming,  Alexander  Neilson,     . 


PAG* 

152 

33 
29 
60 
48 
88 

182 
79 
39 
52 
94 

119 

156 

65 

44 

52 

97 

37 

160 

127 

I  So 

48 


Douglas,  Charles  James  Sholto,  . 
Douglas,  George  Robinson.     See  Robinson- 
Douglas. 
Douglas,  Henry  Alexander,         .        .        .126 

Douglas,  James, 39 

Douglas,  James, 69 

Douglas,  John, 46 

Douglas,  Stewart, 4* 

Drummond,  David 37 

Drummond,  George  Maurice,      .         .         .  108 
Ducat,  William  Methven  Gordon,       .        .158 

Duncan,  Robert 3° 

Dunlop,  William "9 


221 


222 


INDEX  TO  EXHIBITIONERS 


Eccles,  James, 
Edgar,  John, 


Ferguson,  Duncan,     .... 
Fletcher,  Henry  Mordaunt, 
Forrest,  Sir  James,  Bart.,    . 
Fothringham,  Norman, 
Fraser,  Hugh,     ..... 
Fullerton,  William,     .... 

Galbraith,  John  M'Intyre,  . 

Gardner,  Francis  John, 

Gillies,  William  King, 

Gleig,  George  Robert, 

Glencorse,  Lord  (of  Session).     See  Inglis. 

Goldie,  Patrick  Heron, 

Gordon,  Charles  James  Mackay, . 

Gow,  William,    ..... 

Grant,  Archibald  Duncan,  . 

Gray,  William  Anderson,    . 

Greenfield,  Andrew,   .... 

Greg,  Favour  James,  .... 

Gregory,  Charles,        .... 

Gregory,  Thomas,       .... 

Gregory,  William,       .... 

Hadow,  James,  ..... 
Hamilton,  George,      .... 
Hamilton,  George  Lowther, 
Hamilton,  Hubert,      .... 
Hamilton,  James  Alexander, 
Hamilton,  Sir  William,  Bart.,     . 
Harvey,  Thomas,        .... 
Hay,  George  Forster  Newton- Primrose-, 
Henderson,  Patrick  Arkley  Wright,     . 
Horsley,  Samuel,         .         .         ... 
Hutchison,  James,       .... 


Inglis,  John, 

Innes,  Cosmo,     . 

Irvine,  Alexander  Campbell, 

Ivory,  Thomas,  .         . 


Jardine,  John,     .... 
Jeffray,  Lockhart  William, . 

Kay,  Laurence,  .... 

Ker,  William  Paton,  . 

Kerr,  John  Guthrie,    . 

Kerr,  William  Walter  Raleigh,    . 

King,  William  Yuill,  . 


PAGE 

35 
1 80 

169 

132 

1 66 

5' 
61 

36 

138 

i'3 

'93 

92 

78 
1 88 
193 
«4S 
1 86 

S3 
158 

3° 

«73 

56 

54 

45 

no 

140 

122 

83 
129 

106 

M9 

112 

77 

in 

98 

'33 

122 

73 

in. 

171 
172 
172 
no 

170 


Laing,  Francis,  ..... 

Lament,  Archibald,    .... 

Lament,  Norman,        .... 

Lancaster,  Henry  Hill, 

Lang,  Andrew,  ..... 

Langhorne,  Charles  James, 

Lawrie,  George  James, 

Lee,  John, ...... 

Lindsay,  Charles  Dalrymple, 
Lindsay,  Wallace  Martin,    . 
Littlejohn,  George,     .... 

Lockhart,  John  Gibson, 
London,  Bishop  of.     See  Tait. 
Luke,  George  Rankine, 

M'Caul,  John  Gordon, 
MacClymont,  Colin  Ritchie, 
MacConechy,  James,  .... 
M'Cormick,  Samuel,  .... 
MacCunn,  John,          .... 

M'Douall,  William 

MacEwen,  Alexander  Robertson, 
M'Fadyen,  John  Edgar, 
Macfarlane,  Robert,    .... 
M'Gilchrist,  John,       .... 

M'Gilchrist,  William 

Mackay,  Samuel  Francis  Henderson,  . 
Maclean,  Charles  Hope, 

Maclellan,  George 

Macleod,  Norman,  .... 
M'Neill,  Duncan  Archibald, 
Maconechy,  James.  See  MacConechy. 
M'Pherson,  Hugh,  .... 
Main,  Archibald,  .... 
Marshall,  John  Wilson, 

Maxwell,  Patrick 

Maxwell,  Patrick,        .... 
Meikleham,  David  Scott,    . 
Menteath,  James  Stuart, 
Millar,  John,       ..... 
Moncreiff,  Sir  James  Wellwood,  Bart., 
Moncreiff,  William  Wellwood,     . 
Monie,  Peter  William, 
Monro,  David  Binning, 

Monro,  James 

Morehead,  Robert,     .... 
Muir,  William,   ..... 
Muirhead,  James  Patrick,    . 
Muirhead,  John  Henry, 
Murray,  Allan  Robertson,   . 
Murray,  Gideon,         .... 


PAGE 

75 

49 

5° 

133 

155 

138 

97 

183 

59 

178 

36 
90 

142 

82 
160 
140 

81 
167 

67 

163 

190 

86 

187 

40 

195 
107 

Si 

79 
150 

189 

195 
181 

55 

62 

106 

41 
101 

7i 
68 

194 
141 

33 

74 

»73 

117 

'74 
159 

40 


INDEX   TO  EXHIBITIONERS 


223 


PAGE 

Mylne,  James  William 102 

Newton-Primrose,  George  Forster  Hay-.    See 
Hay. 

Nichol,  John 144 

Nichol,  John  Pringle, 185 

Nicoll,  Alexander 87 

Pinkerton,  Robert  Hamilton,      .         .        .176 

Preston,  John, 41 

Primrose,  George  Forster  Hay-Newton-.    See 

Hay. 

Provand,  Henry  John,  .  .  .  .  in 
Purves,  John,  ......  149 

Ramsay,  Mr 47 

Ranken,  Robert  Burt,          .         .         .         .147 

Rankin,  Daniel 185 

Rankine,  Adam,          .         .         .         .  157 

Richmond,  John, 80 

Riddell,  James 95 

Robertson,  Charles, 63 

Robertson- Barclay,  James,  ....  53 
Robinson-Douglas,  George,  .  .  .121 

Rose,  Daniel, 153 

Rose,  Thomas, 76 

Routledge,  John 100 

Salisbury,  Bishop  of.     See  Douglas,  John. 
Sandford,  Francis  Richard  John  (Baron  S.),      127 

Sandford,  John, 104 

Saunders,  George 184 

Scott,  Ernest  Findlay,         .         .         .         .188 

Scott,  Joseph, 166 

Scott,  Robert  Alexander,     ....       88 

Scott,  Robert  Allan 108 

Scott,  William  Duncan 177 

Sellar,  William  Young,  .  .  .  .130 
Shairp,  John  Campbell,  ....  124 
Smith,  Adam,  ......  43 


Smith,  John,       ..... 
Steuart,  George,         .      •  . 
Stevenson,  George  Hope,    .        .        . 
Stirling,  James,  ..... 

Stirling,  John, 

Stuart,  John 

Stuart-Menteath,  James.     See  Mcnteath. 

Sutherland,  John  Campbell, 

Suttie,  Charles,  ..... 


Tait,  Archibald  Campbell,  . 
Taylor,  Richard  Allan, 
Taylor,  William  Leechman, 
Thomson,  Ninian  Hill, 
Threipland,  Stuart  Moncrieff, 
Todd,  George,    .        .        .         . 
Tiaill,  James,      . 

Veitch,  William  Douglas,    . 
Vertue,  Charles  Erskine,     . 

Waddell,  William  Wardlaw, 

Walker,  Hugh 

Wallace,  Edward  Hamilton, 

Wedderburn,  William, 

Wellwood-Moncreiff.     See  Moncreiff. 

Whyte,  Melvill, . 

Williamson,  John,       ... 

Wilson,  William,        . 

Wilsone,  George, 


Wood,  Andrew, . 
Wright-Henderson,    Patrick    Arkley. 

Henderson. 

Wyer,  Thomas  Rowland,    . 
Wylie,  Francis  James, 


FACt 

45 

37 

196 

34 
45 
179 

53 


"4 
86 

So 

t34 
64 

'57 
91 


152 

164 

183 

192 

90 

57 
4' 
83 
49 
42 


See 


Young,  Charles, . 
Young,  David,  . 
Young,  John, 


162 
1 86 

96 
96 

77 


University  of  Toronto 
Library 


DO  NOT 

REMOVE 

THE 

CARD 

FROM 

THIS 

POCKET 


Acme  Library  Card  Pocket 

Under  Pat  "Rel.  lodtt  File" 

Made  by  LIBRARY  BUREAU