James Skene of Rubislaw

(1775-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Skene, James, 1775-1864 NRA: Skene James (1775-1864) artist and antiquary DNB: Skene, James (1775-1864), friend of Sir Walter Scott LBT ID: JaSkene1864 VIAF ID: 36943312 LOC ID: n86112395	B/BAP: 1775-03-07 DIED: 1864-11-27
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A life-long friend of Sir Walter Scott, who dedicated a canto of Marmion to him.
REFERENCES TO James Skene of Rubislaw: Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 3 October 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 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 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1771-78 Found 1: ¶ 23 Chapter III 1778-83 Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter VII 1792-96 Found 1: ¶ 31 Chapter VIII 1796-97 Found 4: ¶ 13 ¶ 14 ¶ 15 ¶ 16 Chapter IX 1798-99 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter XI 1802-03 Found 1: ¶ 16 Chapter II 1805 Found 4: ¶ 20 ¶ 21 ¶ 25 ¶ 27 Chapter IV 1806-08 Found 2: ¶ 7 ¶ 32 Chapter VII 1809-10 Found 1: ¶ 23 Chapter XI 1815 Found 1: ¶ 28 Chapter V 1818 Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter IX 1819 Chapter X 1819 Found 1: ¶ 12 Chapter X 1823 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter V 1826 Found 8: ¶ 10 ¶ 13 ¶ 16 ¶ 22 ¶ 27 ¶ 30 ¶ 42 ¶ 43 Chapter VI 1826 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter VII 1826 Found 1: ¶ 17 Chapter I 1826-27 Found 2: ¶ 7 ¶ 24 Chapter V 1829 Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 1 Chapter VII 1830-31 Found 3: ¶ 33 ¶ 38 ¶ 56 Chapter VIII 1831 Found 1: ¶ 37 Chapter IX 1831 William Scrope to John Murray, 27 October 1837 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 3 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXIV. Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 13: 1826 Found 2: ¶ 12 ¶ n2