Educated at Marischal College, Baliol College, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn; after slaying John Scott in the famous duel at Chalk Farm he was acquitted of murder and afterwards practiced law as a conveyancer in London. He was the lifelong friend of John Gibson Lockhart and an acquaintance of John Keats.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Jonathan Henry Christie:

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [1810?] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 15 June 1813 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 8 September 1813 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 25 November 1814 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [December? 1814] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 3 January 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 28 February 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 3 August 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 9 September 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 29 November 1815 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 3 January 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 17 April 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 27 July 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 18 October 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 22 December 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [1821] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [5? January 1821] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [8? January 1821] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Scott to Jonathan Christie, 10 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821])

Jonathan Christie to John Gibson Lockhart, 20 February 1821 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, [25? February 1821] in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 13 September 1843 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)