Sir Archibald Alison, first baronet

(1792-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Alison, Archibald, Sir, 1792-1867 NRA: Alison Sir Archibald (1792-1867) 1st Baronet Historian DNB: Alison, Sir Archibald, first baronet (1792–1867), historian and lawyer LBT ID: ArAliso1867 VIAF ID: 69703133 LOC ID: n85273781	B/BAP: 1792-12-29 DIED: 1867-05-23
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The son of the aesthetician of the same name; educated at Edinburgh University, he was a historian, Tory writer for Blackwood's, and sheriff of Lanarkshire.
REFERENCES TO Sir Archibald Alison, first baronet: John Gibson Lockhart to Henry Hart Milman, 22 September 1840 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 21 December 1842 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 3 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1842 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 18: 1837-43 Chapter 21: 1842-50 Found 1: ¶ 52