Chapter 9

Home, John,107Hope, Sir Thomas, King’s Advocate,34,95Homer, Francis,52Hume, David,68,71,100-101,109,125Hunter’s Tryst,160Huntly, Earl of,39Hyndford’s Close,76,77Inchcolm,165Inchkeith,109,165Irving, John,134Isles, Lord of the, story of, in 1429,25-26Jack’s Land,101Jacobites imprisoned in the Castle,16James I.,11,12,22,26,84James II.,17,26,85,86James III.,14,26,68,85James IV.,16,19,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33, andnote,37,38,42, 49note,66,87James V.,14,18,33,35,85,87,88,89James VI.,15,18,41-42,43,52,53,71,85,90,91,92,93,94,102-103,104,124James VII.,43,95James’s Court,68,70,101,108,125Jeffrey, Lord,131-132,137, andnote,138,149,150“Jenny Geddes,”45,54-58,59“Jock o’ Sklates.”SeeMar, Earl ofJonson, Ben,104Johnson, Dr.,68, 82note,100,107-109,110,111Kames, Lord,108Keith of Ravelston, Mrs.,148Kemp, architect of the Scott Monument, 154noteKennedy, Bishop,85-86Kennedy, Sir Archibald,98Kincaid, Alexander, publisher,107Kingsley, Charles,151Kirkaldy of Grange,52Knox, John,38, 49note,50,51, andnote,52,55,61;his house,65,77,90, andnote;his grave,65,149Krames, the,53Lady Stair’s Close,68-70,105“Laigh Council House,” the,91Laing, David,106,149Laing, Malcolm,134Lands, the (in Old Edinburgh),62-82,85,87,88,89,90,91,95,99,100,101,103,105,107,108,112,113Lang Dykes (called alsoLang Gait),121,126Lasswade, Scott’s cottage at,136Laud, Archbishop, his Service-Book,55, andnote,56Lauder,48Lauder of Blyth, Sir Alexander,49Lawnmarket, the,62,63,68,69,127Leith,13,14,20,26,27,34,36,97,104,142,166Leslie, Alexander, the Covenanting General,18Leven, Earl of,76Libberton’s Wynd,112Library, Advocates’,96,134;Public,95,154;Signet,91Lindores, Abbey Church of,52Lindsay, Earl of,41Lindsay, Sir David,34,89Linlithgow,35Lister, Lord,151-152Lockhart of Carnwath, George,122Lockhart, John Gibson,140,141,144,149“Logy, Maister Leonard,” 33noteLord of the Isles.SeeIslesLorn, Lord (1650),80Loudoun, Earl of,69Luckenbooths, the,105Macaulay, Lord,151M‘Crie, Thomas,149M‘Ewan, William,154M‘Ewan Hall, the,154,167Mackenzie, Sir George,76,95-96Mackenzie, Henry (“the Man of Feeling”),149Maclean, of Torloisk, Mrs., and her daughters,138Macmorran, Bailie,71Madeleine, first wife of James V.,34,44,94Malcolm Canmore,4,5-8,35,126,155Mansfield, Earl of,74Mar, Earl of,18;Earl of Mar called “Jock o’ Sklates,”92Margaret, Saint, Queen of Scotland, second wife of Malcolm Canmore,5-8,9,15,16,24,126,155Margaret, daughter of Henry III. of England, betrothed to Alexander III.,9Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III.,26Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV.,30,35,37,50,66,87“Marmion view,” the,164Mary of Gueldres, wife of James II.,26,86Mary of Lorraine (Mary of Guise), second wife of James V., and Regent of Scotland,35,50,51,89-90Mary, Queen of Scots,5,8,15,18,35-41,50,52,66,76,84,143Maud, daughter of Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margaret,126Maxwell of Monreith, Lady, and her daughters,76-77Meadows, the,122Melrose, dwelling of the Abbots of,76,95Melville, Andrew,93Menzies, William, anecdote concerning Scott and son of,138Merchiston Castle,93,153Miller, Hugh,151Mint, the Scottish.SeeCunyie HouseMoir, Dr. (“Delta”),150Monboddo, Lord,112“Mons Meg,”20-21,144Montrose, Marquis of,59,69,80, andnoteMoray House, account of,79-80Morocco Close,78Mound, the, formation of,127;and Sir Walter Scott,137,139;view from,166Munro, Professor,120Murray, Dr. Alexander,149Murray of Auchtertyre, Patrick,134Murray of Broughton,131, andnoteMurray of Henderland, Mrs.,108Murray, Miss Nicky,74,77Murray of Simprim, Patrick,134Murray, manager of the Theatre Royal,144Myllar, Andro,27Mylne’s Court,68Mylne, John, Royal Master Mason,43Mylne, Robert, Royal Master Mason,68Mylne, Robert, F.R.S., Royal Master Mason, account of,74-75, andnoteNairne, Baroness,100,148Nairne Lodge,100Napier of Merchiston,93National Portrait Gallery,154Neaves, Lord,150Nelson, Thomas,155Netherbow Port, the,62,63Newark, Lord, Covenanting General,98Niddry’s Wynd,74Nor’ Loch,26,51,69,120,124,126-127North Bridge, the,123,137Old Assembly Close,73“Old Kirk, the” (in St. Giles’s),51Oliphants of Gask, the,100,148“Outer Tolbooth,” the, 49notePanmure’s Close,100Paoli, the Corsican,68Parliament House,65,72,81,85,134,142,144Paterson, John, Bishop of Edinburgh,82Pembroke, Earl of (Shakespeare’s friend),103Pentlands, the,156,159,161,166Philosophical Institution, the, and its first Presidents and Lecturers,151Playfair, Lyon (Lord Playfair),151Poker Club, the,75,76,120Pope Innocent IV. (and St. Margaret),8Pope Julius II. (and James IV).,19Potterrow,79,100,113,130Preston Aisle, the (in St. Giles’s),47Preston of Gorton, William,47Priestfield (now Prestonfield),27,109Primrose, James, Viscount,69Princes Street,124,125,126,132,142,153,154,157,163,164,166Printing in Edinburgh in the reign of James IV.,27Queen Street,143,152,154,157Queensberry, Duchess of (“Kitty”),81,105Queensberry House,79;tragedy in,80-81Queensberry, Marquis of,81Queensferry Road, view of Edinburgh from,165Raeburn, Sir Henry,144,149Ramsay, Allan (the poet),74,97-98,99,105-106,107,160Ramsay, Allan (the artist),98,108Ramsay, Dean,150Ramsay, General,98Randolph of Strathdon, Sir Thomas,10Regalia, the Scottish,18-20,140,144Riccio, David,15,38-39Richard II. of England,46Riddle’s Close,70,101Robertson, Principal,108,109Ronsard (the French poet),34Rose, Abernethy, Bishop of Edinburgh,54Rosebery, the Earl of,68Rosehaugh Close,95-96Roslin, Boswell takes Dr. Johnson to,109;Scott takes Wordsworth to,136,164Ross, the Lords, and Ross House,122Rothesay, the Duke of, eldest son of Robert III.,11Royal Scottish Academy,142Royal Scottish Society,142Rullion Green, battle of,59,160Ruskin, John,151Russel, Alexander,151Ruthven, Earl of,41St. Andrew’s Church in George Street,150St. Andrew Square,124,125St. Cecilia’s Hall,74-75St. David Street,125,145St. Giles, Church of,24,27,45-61,63,65,72,86,87,94,120,144,155,164St. John Street,107Salamander Land,105Salisbury Crags,26,165Sandilands’ Close,85Scott, Anne,145Scott, General,125-126,152Scott, Sir Gilbert,154Scott of Harden, Hugh,135Scott, Lady, wife of Sir Walter Scott,135,137;death of,145Scott, Mr. and Mrs., parents of Sir Walter,131Scott, Sophia,140Scott, Sir Walter,11,20,65,69-70,113,129-146,147,160;his homes in and near Edinburgh,135-139,141,143,145;his later places of residence,145;his circle of friends,148-150;the Scott Monument,153-154Scottish Regalia.SeeRegaliaScougall, John, artist,73“Seven Sisters of Borthwick,”20,27Simpson, Sir James Y.,151Shakespeare,5;was he in Edinburgh?103Shandwick Place,145Sharpe, Kirkpatrick,138,149Shoemaker’s Land,78Six Feet Club,160Skelton, John,151Skene of Rubislaw,135,145Skene, W. F.,151Smith, Adam,100Smith, Alexander,151Smith, Sydney,138Smollett, Tobias,107Solway Moss, battle of,35South Gray’s Close,76Spottiswoode, Archbishop,56Stair, the Earl of,69Stair, Lady, and Lady Stair’s Close,68-70Stamp Office Close,75-76,99Steele, Richard,105Stevenson, Robert Louis,77,78,156-162Stewart, Dugald,149Strichen’s Close,76,95Stuart, Sir John (the “Black Knight of Lorn”),12Swanston,156,159-160,161Syme, Professor,151Tait, Professor,151“Tam o’ the Cowgate.”SeeHaddington, Earl ofTaylor, “the Water Poet,”64,104Telfer, Mrs., of Scotstoun,107Tercentenary of the University,152Thackeray,151Thomson, Thomas, legal antiquary,133Tinwald, Lord Justice Clerk,124“Tolbooth Kirk, the” (in St. Giles’s), 51noteTolbooth, the,53,59,63,65,69,80, 155noteTopham, Captain,73,109-111Trollope, Anthony,151Tron Church, the,132“Tulzie,” a,66Turgot, Bishop,6,7,8Tweeddale Close,77Tytlers of Woodhouselee, the,136Union, the (1707),64,76;Treaty of,80,81Union, the Students’ University,154United Free Assembly Hall,90University, the,85,92,109,111,120,151,152,154,159,167Vasa, Prince Gustavus, and the Baron Polier,141Victoria, Queen, her first visit to Edinburgh (1842),147,150Volunteers, the Scottish Light Horse,135Walker Street,145Wallace, Sir William,9,24Warbeck, Perkin, at the Court of James IV.,28Watt, the Republican,134Webber, his attempt on Scott’s life,139Weir, Major, and his sister Grisel,96-97West Bow,97West Port,92Whiteford, Sir John,112Whiteford, Miss,114


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