Joseph Gillon

(1811 fl.)

LBT ID: JoGillo1811
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott
Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, wit, and acquaintance of Walter Scott; a victim of intemperance, he spent his later years in London, reportedly as a door-keeper in the House of Lords.
REFERENCES TO Joseph Gillon: Walter Scott to James Ballantyne, 22 April 1800 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 4 Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 15 March 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1800-02 Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Chapter VII 1822 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 7: Edinburgh Found 1: ¶ 8