Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair

(1786-1861)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Playfair, Hugh Lyon, 1786-1861 DNB: Playfair, Sir Hugh Lyon (1786-1861), army officer and provost of St Andrews LBT ID: HuPlayf1861 VIAF ID: 9752304 LOC ID: nr97025708	B/BAP: 1786-11-17 DIED: 1861-02-21
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The son of Dr James Playfair, principal of St Andrews (1738-1819); he served as an officer in India (1804-34) and was provost of St. Andrews University (1842-61).
REFERENCES TO Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair: Francis Jeffrey to Samuel Rogers, 30 July 1819 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ n1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VIII. 1818-19. Found 1: ¶ n1