James Henry Skene

(1812-1886)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Skene, James Henry LBT ID: JaSkene1888 VIAF ID: 64387421 LOC ID: nb2010031504	B/BAP: 1812-03-03 DIED: 1886-10-03
SOURCES: William Forbes Skene, Memorials of the family of Skene of Skene (1887) 141; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Son os James Skene, friend of Sir Walter Scott; after a military career he entered the diplomatic service under Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and was consul-general at Aleppo.
REFERENCES TO James Henry Skene: Sir Walter Scott to James Skene, 25 November 1831 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 3: ¶ 3 ¶ 4 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IX 1831 Found 2: ¶ 28 ¶ n1