Robert Fitzroy Bell
Robert Fitzroy Bell | |
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Born | Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland | 7 July 1859
Died | 23 October 1908 Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland | (aged 49)
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Isabella Cameron Gunn
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Robert Fitzroy Bell (7 July 1859 – 23 October 1908) was a Scottish publisher and advocate. In 1884 he founded the students' representative council (SRC) at the University of Edinburgh.
Biography
Bell was born in
Whilst a student at Edinburgh he was president of the
In 1883 Bell was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates.[5] In 1889 Bell was appointed secretary of the Scottish Universities Commission, a position he held until 1900.[1]
In 1888, with
In 1892 Bell married Isabella Cameron Gunn, and in 1894 he purchased the Temple Hall estate in Coldingham, Berwickshire.[1][7][8] In 1898 he edited the memoirs of John Murray of Broughton.[1] In the 1906 general election he unsuccessfully contested the Berwickshire constituency for the Conservative Party.
Bell died 23 October 1908 at Temple Hall, aged 49, from a
Publications
- Murray, John (1898). Bell, Robert Fitzroy (ed.). Memorials of John Murray of Broughton.
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References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100753. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b McLaren Young, A. (25 February 1937). "Fitzroy Bell: Founder of the S.R.C.". The Scotsman. p. 13.
- ^ The History of the Speculative Society, 1764–1904. The Speculative Society. 1905. p. 169.
- Students' Representative Council. p. 50.
- ^ a b "Mr. Fitzroy Bell". The Times. No. 38787. London. 26 October 1908. p. 11.
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- ISBN 978-1-84033-729-7 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Thomson, Adam (1908). Coldingham: Parish and Priory. Galashiels: Craighead Brothers. p. 272 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Fitzroy Bell: University Celebrations in Edinburgh". The Scotsman. 27 February 1937. p. 16.