Henry Jardine

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For the American diplomat, see Henry V. Jardine.
The grave of Sir Henry Jardine, Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh.

Sir Henry Jardine of Harwood WS

Sir Walter Scott
.

Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 30 January 1766. He was the son of Reverend John Jardine (1716–1766), "second charge" minister of the Tron Kirk[1] on the Royal Mile and Dean of the Chapel Royal, and Jean Drummond, daughter of George Drummond, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. His father died when Henry was 4 months old but his grandfather George Drummond provided assistance.[2]

He attended the

Writer to the signet in 1790.[4]

In 1790 he was winner of the Edinburgh Arrow as finest archer in the Royal Company of Archers.

He became a

King George IV.[6]

In 1814 he was elected a Fellow of the

Robert Bruce, inspection of the remains, and the re-interment in a new leaden coffin which was then filled completely with hot pitch to exclude air and preserve the bones.[8]

During the 1820s one of his apprentices in his rooms at Parliament Square was William Forbes Skene.[9] He was one of the Directors organising the construction of the National Monument of Scotland. He was also a Director of the Bank of Scotland and Manager of the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital and on the Committee for the Deaf and Dumb Institution.[4]

He was knighted by King George IV in 1825.[4]

He retired in 1837 with a pension of £1,400 per annum, a considerable sum for the time.[5] In 1838 he was Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and by this stage was also Brigadier General of the Royal Company of Archers.[4]

He died on 11 August 1851 aged 85 at his home 123 Princes Street[10] in Edinburgh.

He is buried in

Canongate Churchyard alongside his grandfather, George Drummond
, just west of the entrance gate.

A bursary was founded in his name at the

George Parker Bidder
, whose education at the university had been assisted by Jardine.

Freemasonry

Jardine Affiliated to Lodge Holyrood House (St Luke's), No.44, on 21 February 1783. He had previously been Initiated into Scottish Freemasonry in Lodge Canongate Kilwinning, No.2.[11]

Family

He married Catherine Skene (died 1838) in 1794. She was the sister of

George Steuart Mackenzie. His youngest daughter Henrietta Jardine (1805-1862) married Dr. William Cullen (1798-1828), grandson of William Cullen the physician.[12]

Publications

  • Report Relative to the Tomb of King Robert the Bruce and the Cathedral Church of Dunfermline.

References

  1. ^ "Henry Jardine (1766 - 1851) - Genealogy". geni.com. 30 January 1766. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; by Hew Scott
  3. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1785–95
  4. ^ a b c d Kay's Originals vol.2 p.327
  5. ^ a b "Jardine". electricscotland.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Jardine Clan History: Jardine family information - Scotweb Information Centre". scotweb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  8. ^ "King Robert Bruce". News. The Times. No. 10775. London. 12 November 1819. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  9. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X
    .
  10. ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office directory 1850–51
  11. ^ A History of the Mason Lodge of Holyrood House (St.Luke's), No.44, holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland with Roll of Members, 1734-1934, by Robert Strathern Lindsay, W.S., Edinburgh, 1935. Vol.II, p.673.
  12. ^ Cullen/Jardine grave St Johns Episcopal Church, Edinburgh
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