Thomas Shortreed

(1796-1826)

LBT ID: ThShort1826	B/BAP: 1796 DIED: 1826-08-25
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes to Scott's Letters, ed. Grierson
The eldest son of Robert Shortreed; he was Writer for Jedburgh and Procurator Fiscal for Roxburghshire. He was a young friend of Sir Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Shortreed: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1826 Found 5: ¶ n1 ¶ 66 ¶ 67 ¶ n1 ¶ 68