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About Robert Scott of Sandyknow
ROBERT SCOTT OF SANDYKNOWE
Grandfather of Sir Walter Scott, the esteemed poet and novelist. Robert Scott was originally groomed for a seaman's career, "but being shipwrecked near Dundee in his initial voyage, he took such sincere dislike to that element, that he could not be persuaded to a second attempt. Robert was one of those active spirits to whom this was no misfortune. He turned whig upon the spot, and fairly abjured his father's politics, and his learned poverty. His chief and relative, Mr. Scott of Harden, gave him a lease of the farm of Sandyknowe..."
In the Introduction to the third canto of Marmion, Sir Walter Scott gives a fine description of his grandfather, Robert Scott of Sandyknowe.
In 1728 Robert married Barbara Haliburton. They had the following children:
- Walter, 114, M. Born in 1729. Admitted a writer to the signet (lawyer) in 1755. Father of Sir Walter Scott. "...by no means a man of shining abilities. He was, however, a steady, expert man of business, insomuch as to prosper considerably in life; and nothing could exceed the gentleness, sincerity, and benevolence of his character."
- Thomas, 124, M. Thomas married Anne Scott, 123, F, daughter of William Scott_of_Raeburn (45), 118, M (about 1703-) & Jean Eliot, 121, F.
References
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p43177.htm#i431766
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Walter_Scott
- Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1 - John Gibson Lockhart Robert Cadell, 1845 pages 2-3
- http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper... cites
- [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Scott07.
- [S237] Austarnet, Daniel Goonan of Deep Creek, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia., (http://home.austarnet.com.au/dfgoonan/1GENMENU.htm),
- [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Campbell12
- http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/biography/homes.html
Robert Scott of Sandyknowe
from http://www.james.com/border_scott/ Grandfather of Sir Walter Scott, the esteemed poet and novelist. Robert Scott was originally groomed for a seaman's career, "but being shipwrecked near Dundee in his initial voyage, he took such sincere dislike to that element, that he could not be persuaded to a second attempt. Robert was one of those active spirits to whom this was no misfortune. He turned whig upon the spot, and fairly abjured his father's politics, and his learned poverty. His chief and relative, Mr. Scott of Harden, gave him a lease of the farm of Sandyknowe..."
In the Introduction to the third canto of Marmion, Sir Walter Scott gives a fine description of his grandfather, Robert Scott of Sandyknowe.
In 1728 Robert married Barbara Haliburton. They had the following children:
Walter, 114, M. Born in 1729. Admitted a writer to the signet (lawyer) in 1755. Father of Sir Walter Scott. "...by no means a man of shining abilities. He was, however, a steady, expert man of business, insomuch as to prosper considerably in life; and nothing could exceed the gentleness, sincerity, and benevolence of his character." Thomas, 124, M. Thomas married Anne Scott, 123, F, daughter of William Scott_of_Raeburn (45), 118, M (about 1703-) & Jean Eliot, 121, F. References http://www.thepeerage.com/p43177.htm#i431766 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Walter_Scott Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1 - John Gibson Lockhart Robert Cadell, 1845 pages 2-3 http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper... cites [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Scott07. [S237] Austarnet, Daniel Goonan of Deep Creek, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia., (http://home.austarnet.com.au/dfgoonan/1GENMENU.htm), [S6] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Campbell12 http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/biography/homes.html
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Robert Scott of Sandyknow's Timeline
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May 11, 1729
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Sandyknowe Farm, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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1731
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1733
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June 11, 1737
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Smailholm, Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1739
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Sandyknowe, Smailholm, ROX, Scotland
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September 2, 1749
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Smailholm, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1755
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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1775
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Sandyknowes, Roxburghshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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