. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. in 1823, when he had the honour of knighthoodconferred upon him. He died at Edinburgh, No-vember 30, 1833, in his 91st year. Although asa speaker Lord Bannatyne was perspicuous anddistinct, his judicial remarks when written bynimself, from his parenthetical style, were exceed-ingly involved and confused. Nevertheless, hisdecisions were sound, and his legal opinions hadalways due weight with his brethren on the Highland Society was originated by him andgome other
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. in 1823, when he had the honour of knighthoodconferred upon him. He died at Edinburgh, No-vember 30, 1833, in his 91st year. Although asa speaker Lord Bannatyne was perspicuous anddistinct, his judicial remarks when written bynimself, from his parenthetical style, were exceed-ingly involved and confused. Nevertheless, hisdecisions were sound, and his legal opinions hadalways due weight with his brethren on the Highland Society was originated by him andgome other patriotic gentlemen in 1781, and hewas an original member of the Bannatyne Club. He had collected a valuable library, rich in histo-rical, genealogical, and antiquarian works, and atits sale, which took place 25th April, 1834, sixmonths after his decease, a set of the Bannatynepublications was purchased for Sir John Hay, bar-onet, of Smithfield and Haystown, for one hun-dred and sixty-eight pounds sterling. It wanted,however, one or two of the Garlands. Thefollowing is a likeness of Lord Bannatyne takenhy Kay in 1799. iHniM/fw<g1iIiglffi5]17\r-VVj3S^ His mansion, Wliiteford House, near the bottomof the Canongate of Edinburgh, became a type-foundry after his death. B ANivERMAN, a sumame denved from the office of banner-bearer to the king. Those of tliis name held that office dur-ing the tenth and eleventh centuries, and carried for arms abanner displayed. Boece states once when King Mal-colm the Third had advanced against the rebels in Moray, hewho bore the royal banner showing a want of courage theking took the banner from him and gave it to Sir AlexanderCaiTon, the ancestor of the noble family of Scrimzeour, vis-counts and earls of Dundee, afterwards hereditary In this story, the first part of which at least issomewhat doubtful, Buchanan follows Boece, but an inter-polated passage of Fordun [Book i. p. 285] places this event,so far as relates to the
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