LBT ID: WiClerk1847 | B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1847-01 |
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott; M. C. Rintoul, Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction (1993) 304 | |
Edinburgh lawyer, the son of John Clerk of Eldin and brother of Lord Eldin (1757-1832);
he was Clerk of the Jury Court (1815) and a friend of Sir Walter Scott. He is said to be
the model for Darsie Latimer in Redgauntlet. | |