Background
He was born in Edinburgh the son of John Bell WS, a lawyer on 9 March 1776 (the Dictionary of National Biography states 1755).
He was born in Edinburgh the son of John Bell WS, a lawyer on 9 March 1776 (the Dictionary of National Biography states 1755).
Archibald Bell FRSE (1776–1854) was a Scottish advocate and miscellaneous writer At this time is home was 81 Great King Street in the Second New Town. He died in Edinburgh 6 October
1854.
He is buried in Dean Cemetery on the west side of the city.
Admitted a member of the faculty of advocates, Edinburgh, in 1795, he became Sheriff-Depute of Ayrshire. In 1821 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. In 1833 he became a member of the Highland Society.