William Alexander Mackinnon, of Mackinnon

(1784-1870)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mackinnon, William Alexander, 1789-1870 NRA: Mackinnon William Alexander (1784-1870) MP DNB: Mackinnon, William Alexander, of Mackinnon (1784-1870), politician and chief of clan Mackinnon LBT ID: WiMacki1870 VIAF ID: 42892328 LOC ID: n88068367	B/BAP: 1784-08-02 DIED: 1870-04-30
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The chief of clan Mackinnon, he was F.R.S., F.S.A., a founder of the Literary Union Club and MP for Dunwich (1819-20), Lymington (1831-32, 1835-52), and Rye (1853-65).
REFERENCES TO William Alexander Mackinnon, of Mackinnon: Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 19 July 1810 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IX 1810 Found 1: ¶ n1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 26 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 18 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 11 Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 46 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) WILLIAM STEWART ROSE Found 1: ¶ 24 JANE AND ANNA PORTER Found 2: ¶ 9 ¶ 12