LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| LBT ID: WiClerk1847 | B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1847-01 |
| SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott; M. C. Rintoul, Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction (1993) 304 | |
Edinburgh lawyer, the son of John Clerk of Eldin and brother of Lord Eldin (1757-1832);
he was Clerk of the Jury Court (1815) and a friend of Sir Walter Scott. He is said to be
the model for Darsie Latimer in Redgauntlet. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Clerk: Walter Scott to William Clerk, [1788 c.?] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 6 August 1790 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 3 September 1790 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 26 August 1791 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 10 September 1792 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 30 September 1792 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Walter Scott to William Clerk, 23 August 1795 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Sir Walter Scott to William Clerk, 27 August 1827 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) | |
