John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812)
The son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, second baronet, he was an Edinburgh merchant and
Scottish Enlightenment figure who published An Essay on Naval
Tactics (1790).
The son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, second baronet, he was an Edinburgh merchant and
Scottish Enlightenment figure who published An Essay on Naval
Tactics (1790).