Background
Burton was born in Aberdeen, the son of West K Burton by his spouse Eliza Paton.
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John Burton
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John Hill Burton FRSE was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist.
Education
He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College. After graduating, he moved to Edinburgh and studied for the Bar, being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1831.
Career
The author of "and Correspondence of David Hume", he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854-1877), and Historiographer Royal (1867-1881). In 1832/3 the address of "J.H. Burton advocate" was given as 12 Fettes Row, a fashionable address in the Second New Town. However, he had little practice, and in 1854 was appointed Secretary to the Prison Board of Scotland, and in 1877 a Commissioner of Prisons.
He became at an early period of his life a contributor to Blackwood"s Magazine and other periodicals, and in 1846 published a life of David Hume, which attracted considerable attention, and was followed by Lives of Lord Lovat and Lord President Forbes.
He began his career as a historian by the publication in 1853 of History of Scotland from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection, to which he added (1867-1870) History of Scotland from Agricola"s Invasion to the Revolution, in 7 volumes, thus completing a continuous narrative. Subsequently he published a History of the Reign of Queen Anne (1880).
Other works of a lighter kind were The Book-Hunter (1862), and The Scot Abroad (1864). Burton"s historical works display much research and a spirit of candour and honesty, and have picturesque and spirited passages, but the style is unequal, and frequently lacks dignity.
Nevertheless, he was one of the first historians to introduce the principles of historical research into the study and writing of the history of Scotland.
Burton died at his then home, Morton House on the southern edge of Edinburgh. John Hill Burton married Isabella, née Lauder (born 1810) in 1844. She died in 1850. He remarried in 1855 to Katherine, daughter of Cosmo Innes, and an outhor in her own right, who gave birth the next year to West. K. Burton.
They had nine children in total.
A further son, Cosmo Innes Burton (1862-1890) was a short-lived but noteworthy chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Achievements
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Burton achieved high reputation by Life of David Hume.
Works
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The Emigrants Manual (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from The Emigrants Manual Wages and Prices, Arra...)
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Jacobite Correspondence of the Atholl Family: During the Rebellion, from the Originals in the Possession of James Erskine of Aberdona, Esq. (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Jacobite Correspondence of the Atholl Family...)
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume
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- A History of the Reign of Queen Anne, in Three Volumes, Vol. III
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The Emigrants Manual (Classic Reprint)
Membership
Faculty of Advocates.
Connections
- 1st wife:
- Isabella Lauder
- 2nd wife:
- Katherine Innes
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Born
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Died
August 10, 1881 (aged 71) -
Nationality
United Kingdom