John Clerk, Lord Eldin
Lord Eldin | |
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Lord of Session | |
In office 10 November 1823 โ 1828 | |
Preceded by | William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne |
Succeeded by | John Fullerton, Lord Fullerton |
Personal details | |
Born | April 1757 |
Died | 30 May 1832 Edinburgh |
John Clerk, Lord Eldin
Life
He was the eldest son of Susannah Adam, the sister of
Though originally intended for the
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1784.[3] He was also a member of the exclusive Bannatyne Club. These drunken affairs resulted in his falling downstairs and breaking his nose after one meeting.[4]
He had an extensive practice at the bar. A keen
His father, his uncle George and he himself were friends of the geologist James Hutton.[1] On his father's death in 1812 he inherited the small estate of Eldin near Bonnyrigg.
Clerk died unmarried at his house at 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh,[6] on 30 May 1832. He was buried with his ancestors in the Eldin vault in the Old Kirk of Lasswade, just south of Edinburgh.
His collection of pictures and prints was sold by auction at his Picardy Place house in March 1833; a serious accident occurred, the floor giving way and dropping from first floor to ground floor due to the number of people in attendance.[1] Many were injured and one, a banker called Smith, was killed.
The small Eldin estate owned by Clerk passed to his brother William Clerk a court clerk, after his death, who in turn bequeathed in to Edinburgh advocate, Charles Ross.[7]
Artistic Recognition
He was portrayed by his close neighbour on York Place, Henry Raeburn.
References
- ^ a b c d Barker 1887.
- ^ Williamson's Edinburgh Street Directory 1784
- ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.)
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- ^ Kay's Originals vol.2 p.441
- ^ "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Kay's Originals vol.2 p.441
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Barker, George Fisher Russell (1887). "Clerk, John (1757-1832)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 11. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 42โ43.
External links
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