. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. of Lord Mel-ville, Mr. Tytler was appointed judge-advocate ofScotland ; and on the death of his father, in 1792,he succeeded to the estate of Woodhouselee, nearEdinburgh. He had previously, on the death ofhis father-in-law, become possessed, in right ofhis wife, of the estate of Balnain, in the county ofInverness. In 1799 he published an edition ofDr. Derhams Physico-Theology, with an Accountof the Life and Writings of the Author, and ashort Dissertation on Final Causes,
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. of Lord Mel-ville, Mr. Tytler was appointed judge-advocate ofScotland ; and on the death of his father, in 1792,he succeeded to the estate of Woodhouselee, nearEdinburgh. He had previously, on the death ofhis father-in-law, become possessed, in right ofhis wife, of the estate of Balnain, in the county ofInverness. In 1799 he published an edition ofDr. Derhams Physico-Theology, with an Accountof the Life and Writings of the Author, and ashort Dissertation on Final Causes, accompaniedby notes. During the same year he wrote a pam-phlet, which was published at Dublin, under thetitle of Ireland Profiting by Example; or theQuestion Considered, whether Scotland has Gain-ed or Lost by the Union? which came out atsuch a seasonable time that, on the day of publi-cation, the sale amounted to three thousand. In1800 appeared from his pen an Essay on MilitaryLaw, and the Practice of Courts-Martial; a sec- ond edition of which was printed at London in1806.—Lord Woodhouselees portrait is Having been appointed a senator of the collegeof justice, he took his seat on the bench of thecourt of session, February 2, 1802, with the titleof Lord Woodhouselee, and in 1811 he became ajudge of the justiciary court. In 1807 he publishedat Edinburgh, in two vols. 4to, Memoirs of theLife and Writings of the Hon. Henry Karnes ; and in 1810 he produced An His-torical and Critical Essay on the Life and Character of Petrarch ; with a Translation of a few olhis Sonnets. Among other literary projects,which his death prevented his completing, wasthe Life of George Buchauan. He died at Edin-burgh, January 5, 1813, in the 68th year of hisage. He was a contributor to the Mirror and theLounger, and also communicated some papers tothe Transactions of the Royal Society of Edin-burgh, of which he was an original member. Byhis wife, Ann, eldest daughter of William F
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