. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. nce of the duke of Devon-shire, he was elected for Knaresborough, in theparliament which met in January 1819, and wasrecnosen for that place at four subsequent elec-tions He took a prominent part on all questions MACKINTOSH, 33 SIR JAMES. of foreign policy and international law, and was aprincipal speaker on most of the more importantmeasures that came before parliament He chief-ly distinguished himself, however, by his effortsto improve the criminal code, a task which ha
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. nce of the duke of Devon-shire, he was elected for Knaresborough, in theparliament which met in January 1819, and wasrecnosen for that place at four subsequent elec-tions He took a prominent part on all questions MACKINTOSH, 33 SIR JAMES. of foreign policy and international law, and was aprincipal speaker on most of the more importantmeasures that came before parliament He chief-ly distinguished himself, however, by his effortsto improve the criminal code, a task which hadbeen commenced by Sir Samuel Roinilly. In1819 he was chairman of a committee of theHouse of Commons on the subject, some bills rel-ative to which he introduced into parliament. Hewas one of the earliest and most zealous advo-cates for the emancipation of the West Indianslaves. He rejoiced at the passing of the RomanCatholic emancipation bill in 1829; and he wasa warm supporter of the Reform bill, though hedid not live to see it passed into a law. Subjoin-ed is his portrait, from a painting by Sir Tho-mas Lawrence. It. In 1822, Sir James was elected lord rector ofthe university of Glasgow, and again in 1828, he was sworn a member of the privycouncil, and in December 1830, on the formationof earl Greys administration, he was appointedone of the commissioners for the affairs of India,the office he had refused eighteen years died at London, May 30th, 1832, in the 66thyear of his age, and wa3 buried at Hampstead. III. He had for some time been declining in strength,and a short time previous to his death, whilst atdinner, he swallowed a small fragment of a chick-en bone, which, though removed, occasioned aslight laceration in the trachea, that subsequentlyextended to the vertebrae of the neck, and ulti-mately proved fatal. He was twice married. His first wife, alreadymentioned, died in 1797. By her he had a son,who died in infancy, and three daughters. Hetook for h
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