. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. 00, the state ofthe public records throughout the kingdom wasbrought under the consideration of the House ofCommons, and an address being presented to theking on the subject, two royal commissions in ref-erence to them were issued, dated 19th July 1800,and 23d May 1806, and it was resolved that adeputy-clerk-register for Scotland should be ap-pointed. Lord Frederick Campbell, then lord-clerk-register, and one of the record commission-ers, addressed a memorial to his majes
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. 00, the state ofthe public records throughout the kingdom wasbrought under the consideration of the House ofCommons, and an address being presented to theking on the subject, two royal commissions in ref-erence to them were issued, dated 19th July 1800,and 23d May 1806, and it was resolved that adeputy-clerk-register for Scotland should be ap-pointed. Lord Frederick Campbell, then lord-clerk-register, and one of the record commission-ers, addressed a memorial to his majesty, and ob-tained a royal warrant for the creation of such anoffice, dated 19th June 1806. On the 30th of thesame month, he appointed Mr. Thomson deputy-clerk-register. To the duties of this importantsituation he devoted his whole attention, and byhis judicious management and unwearied superin-tendence the entire system of the public registrieswas revised and improved, and a series of publi-cations commenced which are honourable alike tohimself, to the record commissioners, and to Scot-laud. His portrait is In February 1828, Mr. Thomson was admittedone of the principal clerks of the court of duties of this office did not materially inter-fere with his labours in the record publications and other congenial pursuits. On the institutionof the Bannatyne Club in 1823, for the publica-tion of works illustrative of the history and anti-quities of Scotland, Mr. Thomson was chosenvice-president, and on the death, in September1832, of Sir Walter Scott, the founder and firstpresident of the club, he was unanimously electedpresident. He took an active interest in its pro-ceedings till his death. He died at his residenceat Shrubhill, Leith Walk, near Edinburgh, Octo-ber 2, 1852. He had married Anne, daughter ofThomas Reed, Esq., at one time an army agentin Dublin. Her mother was the daughter of SirFrancis James Buchanan, and she was by mar-riage niece to General Drum
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