Sir William Rae, third baronet

(1769-1842)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rae, William, Sir, 1769-1842 NRA: Rae Sir William (1769-1842) Knight Lord Advocate DNB: Rae, Sir William, third baronet (1769-1842), judge LBT ID: WiRae1842 VIAF ID: 31871391 LOC ID: nr93032404	B/BAP: 1769-04-14 DIED: 1842-10-19
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Educated at Edinburgh University, he was Lord Advocate (1819-30, 1834-35) and MP for Anstruther (1819-26), Harwich (1827), Buteshire (1830, 1833-42) and Portarlington (1831-32). He was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Rae, third baronet: Walter Scott to Adam Ferguson, 15 January 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 14 October 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 6 Walter Scott to Thomas Scott, 16 October 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Scott, John, 1784-1821, Mr. Scott’s Second Statement. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821]) Found 1: ¶ 21 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, “Blackwood’s Magazine, John Bull, and the Beacon” in The Examiner (21 October 1821) 657-59 Found 1: ¶ 4 “Duel between Sir A. Boswell and Mr. Stuart” in The Examiner (7 April 1822) 217-18 Found 1: ¶ 6 Sir Walter Scott to John Wilson Croker, 2 July 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir Walter Scott to the Marchioness of Stafford, 11 April 1825 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 16 April 1827 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 26 April 1827 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1783-86 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter V 1786-90 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter VIII 1796-97 Found 1: ¶ 15 Chapter XI 1815 Found 1: ¶ 17 Chapter VII 1818-19 Found 2: ¶ 21 ¶ n1 Chapter IX 1819 Chapter VI 1821 Found 1: ¶ 6 Chapter IV 1825 Found 4: ¶ n1 ¶ 17 ¶ 18 ¶ n1 Chapter V 1826 Found 1: ¶ 30 Chapter VII 1826 Found 1: ¶ 33 Chapter I 1826-27 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 12: 1821-25