William Shortreed

(1804-1846)

LBT ID: WiShort1846	B/BAP: 1804 DIED: 1846-05-14
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes to Scott's Letters, ed. Grierson
The fifth son of Robert Shortreed, friend of Sir Walter Scott. He was a captain employed by the East India Company.
REFERENCES TO William Shortreed: Walter Scott to Robert Shortreed, 19 January 1820 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 XI 1820